Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Cleveland Cavaliers	25	32	36	39	132
Sacramento Kings	31	24	41	30	126

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Cleveland Cavaliers	132	46-88	52.3%	11-35	31.4%	29-32	90.6%	9	51	30	14	9	11	3
Sacramento Kings	126	48-94	51.1%	16-37	43.2%	14-20	70.0%	15	47	30	21	9	15	5


Cleveland Cavaliers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sam Merrill^SF	23:51	2	0-6	0-5	2-2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	-8
Jaylon Tyson^PF	27:17	10	3-8	0-1	4-4	3	3	6	0	0	0	3	1	-27
Jarrett Allen^C	32:40	29	11-12	0-0	7-8	1	9	10	1	0	0	1	0	-18
James Harden^SG	32:08	23	7-13	5-8	4-4	0	2	2	8	1	0	3	1	-14
Donovan Mitchell^PG	34:36	35	13-24	2-8	7-7	1	1	2	4	2	2	3	4	12
Craig Porter Jr.	22:48	4	1-3	0-1	2-4	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	1	3
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	16:49	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	2	16
Thomas Bryant	15:17	10	3-5	2-4	2-2	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	24
Dennis Schröder	17:00	7	3-9	0-4	1-1	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	1	22
Keon Ellis	17:19	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	1	2	3	3	3	1	0	1	20
Tristan Enaruna	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Nance Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyrese Proctor	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Emanuel Miller	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Mobley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Strus	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Wade	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sacramento Kings	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
DeMar DeRozan^SF	29:35	13	4-16	2-4	3-3	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	1	-8
Daeqwon Plowden^PF	39:24	16	6-11	2-7	2-2	6	0	6	4	1	0	2	4	7
Maxime Raynaud^C	22:45	14	5-8	0-0	4-4	1	6	7	0	2	0	2	1	1
Nique Clifford^SG	39:47	30	12-19	5-9	1-2	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	5
Russell Westbrook^PG	31:53	21	8-14	5-10	0-2	1	4	5	9	0	0	7	2	-6
Devin Carter	27:14	18	6-13	2-5	4-5	2	2	4	4	1	1	1	3	-4
Dylan Cardwell	25:12	12	6-9	0-0	0-0	4	7	11	4	1	1	1	4	-7
Precious Achiuwa	15:45	2	1-3	0-1	0-2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	-7
Doug McDermott	08:10	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-11
Drew Eubanks	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Domantas Sabonis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
De’Andre Hunter	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach LaVine	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malik Monk	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keegan Murray	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Stevens	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

FunkyFreshJeff | Cavaliers

280 | 15 hours ago

Barely survived the Nique Clifford legacy game, 1-0 in the HarDon era

LakeErieMovement | Cavaliers

104 | 15 hours ago

Career highs from Clifford and Carter.

DeRozan and Westbrook ⁷⁄₁₄ from 3.

Sam Merrill missing 4 wide ass open 3s.

What the fuck was this game.

Call_Em_Skippies | Cavaliers

34 | 14 hours ago

Our starters besides Don were -20. Jaylon and Merrill had a bad shooting night.

Also we are small, rebounds will be tough without Mobley or Wade.

Commercial-East4069 | Cavaliers

15 | 14 hours ago

Our d was pretty mid for most of the game. We weren’t getting bodies on guys. That said, they were playing really hard, they shit unusually well and they had a ton of long records.

OsuLost31to0 | Cavaliers

7 | 14 hours ago

Yeah you can tell the Kings really wanted the win tonight. I’d love for them to get one just not against us lol

tacomonstrous | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

shit unusually well

Hmmm

Commercial-East4069 | Cavaliers

1 | 4 hours ago

Shot* and rebounds. It was late ahha

Focused_Sky

9 | 15 hours ago

It’s called a fluke.

DoobieGibson

11 | 14 hours ago

Devin Carter is the Cavs 2K My Player random ass rival

16.5 PPG against the Cavs. he had ¹⁶⁄₅ vs them last year lol

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

4 | 14 hours ago

I remember that too. I usually work second shift, so can catch kings/cavs game, and I remember Anthony Carter’s son going off last year! Kid needs to learn that his old pops was consistent….each and every game, and that’s how you get staying power in the League.

xenophonthethird | Cavaliers

1 | 3 hours ago

Kings had like 30 second chance points on 15 rebounds. That’s a big oof.

DatGinga | Cavaliers

13 | 14 hours ago

HarDon is insanity 😂

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

8 | 14 hours ago

Spida locked the fuck in that second half, he was going crazy. Also, I really like the effort from Keon Ellis. Wish we could have scooped him in the bidding war, but glad he’s getting playtime now

boogswald | CLE

1 | 7 hours ago

Who is this legendary player

BlueDuckHunter12

183 | 15 hours ago

Nice ethical loss by the Kings while the rest of the league engages in disguising unethical tanking. Please take note basketball gods.

CapybaraNightmare

143 | 15 hours ago

Sacramento deserves the #1 pick honestly. They have been so bad for so long, rarely intentionally tank, have a great fan base, and never have any legitimate superstars.

StopPopFox | Kings

59 | 14 hours ago

Thank you for your blessings

transizzle | SAC

28 | 14 hours ago

it’s kind of insane how long it’s been since we had the #1 pick given our track record. Jordan hadn’t even won his first title yet.

DrChiz | Kings

22 | 14 hours ago

Yeah no it’ll probably be another magical 1% lottery winner for a big market or star studded franchise already OR go to Indiana and their stacked squad. They been the most blatant tankers. Only lost Turner to trade & Haliburton but you’d think their whole team was taken out by a bus going off a cliff with their record all season, it’s ridiculous and so blatant.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

15 | 14 hours ago

Well to be fair, like half of their actual rotation players did get injured at some point this season (not even including Hali). They were pretty much Siakam and friends for a while, so they kind of got forced into tanking by happenstance. I think they’re doing it on purpose now, but it was legit for a while

DrChiz | Kings

2 | 14 hours ago

They still been largely leaning into it cause any of the Top 3 guys added to their starting lineup, but especially now with Zubac at center added, would just make them constantly winning the East. Especially Peterson at the 2 for them or Boozer at the 4, they would just be insane.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

2 | 14 hours ago

Oh for sure, once they knew they were gonna be bad this season they leaned into it. But they definitely came into the season with a never tank attitude until their starting lineup imploded

CapybaraNightmare

5 | 14 hours ago

Somehow the Spurs will end up with the top three picks to flush out Wemby’s supporting cast 🧐

DrChiz | Kings

2 | 14 hours ago

Well they got a lot of guards with Fox/Castle/Harper. They would be one of the rare few where picking AJ or Boozer or Wilson would be better. AJ still needs a lot of work and doesn’t play D. But imagine if they had Boozer as their 4 with Wemby at the 5? Scary. Even Caleb Wilson at 4 would be sick like Giannis before the muscle added on. Spurs better not get another rigging in a row.

Pistons got screwed B2B with worst record and falling to the 5th pick twice. If shit was fair they’d have a scary squad, despite that they’re still dominating the East through smart trades and Cade.

IonHazzikostasIsGod | Raptors

5 | 14 hours ago

and never have any legitimate superstars

they traded…Haliburton…for…Sabonis…

boringexplanation | Kings

4 | 9 hours ago

We literally refused to tank two of our final games last season so we can make the play-in, which allowed our pick to convey to Atlanta.

Literally one game decided that we have no pick versus the 13th pick that ended up being Derik Queen.

And we refused to purposely lose.

lessregretsnextyear | Cavaliers

1 | 6 hours ago

I never wished for a lottery to be rigged before, but damn do I hope Silver rigs this lottery to penalize the teams that are shamelessly tanking, like the Jazz, Wizards etc. They don’t deserve a #1 pick.

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

0 | 14 hours ago

But their owner and front office……shudders

fundraiser | Kings

14 | 14 hours ago

the gods have rewarded the kings with decent lotto luck the past few years but they didn’t account for the brain dead front office and ownership. literally served up Luka on a platter, then made up for it with Tyrese. i don’t know if the gods have a third gift in them but i hope they do!

DrChiz | Kings

5 | 14 hours ago

For as much as fans hate & blame Vivek for his meddling (present company included)… I can’t really blame him because the one time he didn’t enforce his opinion/beliefs in a player and “trusted his GM” is what led to Vlade picking Bagley over Luka lol.

I imagine he regularly drops “The one time I didn’t trust my gut… we passed on Luka. I won’t ever let that happen again, I know ball”

WhiteBakerMayfield | Cavaliers

137 | 15 hours ago

Westbrook gives, Westbrook takes

Or1ginal_Silly | Kings

44 | 14 hours ago

It’s the latest in tanking strategy. Develop the rookies for 45 minutes a game then put in derozan or Westbrook to ball hog for the tank.

DrChiz | Kings

23 | 13 hours ago

It’s a great system, hard to say a team is tanking when they’re just giving minutes to future Hall of Famers that still put up numbers every game and every season. Plus it’s fun ball to watch all the rookies/young core play together. Not only is it good for their individual developments, but the team chemistry development as well and they FIT so it’s fun, sharing, fast, good defense, basketball. Not ball hog ISO vets eating all the clock only to miss & play no D on the get back.

UncircumciseMe | Cavaliers

23 | 14 hours ago

Gives us a W so I’ll take it

No-Aioli-1014

0 | 13 hours ago

I’ll be very curious to see what happens to Westbrook after this season.

PM_me_datSmile | Kings

118 | 15 hours ago

Cavs fought for their lives against Daeqwon Plowden and the 12-42 Sacramento Kings

Long live the tank

FunkyFreshJeff | Cavaliers

65 | 15 hours ago

So many 2k myplayer names on your team lmao

onionnurve

23 | 15 hours ago

They could be making it up and we wouldn’t even know

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

5 | 14 hours ago

I didn’t even know at this point, if we’re being honest.

math-yoo | Cavaliers

21 | 14 hours ago

Daeqwan vs Nae’qwan. The can be only qwan.

archaelleon | Cavaliers

2 | 13 hours ago

I like the cut of your jib

Complete_Chocolate_2 | Clippers

7 | 14 hours ago

Look at the box score. A lot of players with the first name D for whatever reason.

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

27 | 15 hours ago

Kings looked good tonight - played super hard.

Felt like there was 3 Kings in the paint every miss just crashing the boards all night

DrChiz | Kings

21 | 14 hours ago

Because the truth people don’t want to admit is the team ALL SEASON has played better when veteran STAR players get less playing time.

The rookies + young core actually play like a real team and complete unit. They share the ball, make the extra pass, get into it and actually guard 1 through 5 pretty well with a player at each position that actually plays defense.

So it’s the Catch 22. Playing the rookies/young core is way more fun to watch, get playing and development reps and chemistry together BUT may win more games & hurt pick odds. While playing the star vets is a boring product, for sure gonna probably lose & keeps their trade value (whatever that may be) still relevant come off season/next deadline but no development reps for the young guys & building chemistry on court.

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

2 | 14 hours ago

Its almost like if FO doesnt trifle too much and let young ballas ball, things would be better

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

Vivek just saw this and made another call to check on Ja.

DrChiz | Kings

1 | 14 hours ago

Hey if they wanna take Zach Lavine and give us a pick, then bring his short ass here and fire away! Not like you gotta pay his ass.

I was against Ja 2 seasons ago and never understood the hype. A shorter/smaller PG with no jumper/shot much D who relies on his athleticism to get to the rim, quite often throwing himself at it in harms way and risking injury.

Only for the major injuries and surgeries to pile up next to all the off court shenanigans as well, and now nobody wants him. Shocker. Meanwhile I’m the crazy one for wanting us to sign Giddey cause I’ll happily take a 6’9 aggressive, pace pushing, good playmaking and passing PG that plays some defense and also can score or hit an outside shot when it’s needed.

If Neo Avdalas falls to the second round, which he was lottery and think he has fallen that far now or is close to it, then I’m all for taking a gamble on what I call “Greek Luka” lol another 6’9 PG, that’s worth the gamble to me, then Clifford is a great combo 6th man. BAM!

DoobieGibson

9 | 14 hours ago

haven’t seen 3 kings rush like that since that star went up in Bethlehem

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

11 | 14 hours ago

Hey, say what you want, I respect you guys for playing hard even with that record. That was actually a really entertaining game, and it would have been ruined if the Kings suddenly sat their starters to purposely lose

GunsmokeIV | Kings

17 | 14 hours ago

In all fairness, if we sat DeRozan and Westbrook we might’ve won lol

dwilkes827 | Cavaliers

10 | 14 hours ago

TBF Westbrook was great the first 44 minutes. The last 4 were rough though lol

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

6 | 14 hours ago

Fair lol. Westbrook can look good the whole night, but you really don’t want him taking those last clutch shots. He clanks those most of the time

GunsmokeIV | Kings

5 | 14 hours ago

It wasn’t just the shots, turned it over a few times down the stretch.

Russ giveth, Russ taketh away. Rollercoaster ride

Fabulous_Piccolo5361

9 | 14 hours ago

They got Nae’Qwon to counter Daeqwon

Rich_Ad_4886 | Knicks

91 | 15 hours ago

Mobley and Allen are gonna feast man.

Commercial-East4069 | Cavaliers

48 | 14 hours ago

That didn’t look like his first game with Allen.

HornedCoog91 | Nuggets

35 | 13 hours ago

They said no practice just dome film room before this

Guarantee they just pulled tape of harden and zu and showed Allen lol

Allen said “understood”

PovlKjoellerMoshpit | Clippers

3 | 6 hours ago

Maaan, among all this Aspiration drama, all the ups and downs of the season, I’m gonna miss Harden and Zubac the most. They were a huge part of what made our team decent.

birdazam | Timberwolves

3 | 11 hours ago

Was Allen already on the Cavs when Harden got traded to the Nets?

Bazakastine | Rockets

13 | 11 hours ago

Allen was sent to the Cavs in that trade basically.

Devoidoxatom | Warriors Bandwagon

2 | 8 hours ago

Harden made Clint Capela look like an allstar loll

Federal-Cod-742

1 | 4 hours ago

And Zubac and helped Embiid get an MVP

Federal-Cod-742

2 | 4 hours ago

Idk how to word this but their games, Harden and JA, just fit seamlessly. An all time PnR merchant guard and a rim running big will always fit seamlessly.

Commercial-East4069 | Cavaliers

1 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, they just both are just so brilliant with their understanding of the spacing on the pick and roll. I guess if harden knows Allen is going to be in the exact right spot and Allen knows that harden is going to get Allen the ball in the exact right spot or take a good look, you can both just do your job. There’s definitely something synergetic about it.

WuvRice | Cavaliers

88 | 15 hours ago

Damn bruh they were doubling James all fucking game and Allen scoring almost 30

Commercial-East4069 | Cavaliers

23 | 14 hours ago

And Allen also found Tyson cutting a few times for free looks at the rim.

LakeErieMonster88 | CLE

23 | 14 hours ago

He’s been on a scoring tear recently. Last week he had 40/17/5/2/4 with like 16 or 18 in the first quarter. This is the best stretch in his career

BallIsLife2016 | Cavaliers

2 | 11 hours ago

He had slowly been marginalized and it’s like the coaching staff suddenly remembered he’s really good and are empowering him again. His touch and footwork around the basket are phenomenal but he’s been getting less and less opportunity to show it until recently.

BallIsLife2016 | Cavaliers

12 | 14 hours ago

As someone who still isn’t a big fan of the trade, it was something to see someone on the Cavs receiving hard doubles while Mitchell was on the bench.

Federal-Cod-742

2 | 4 hours ago

Man I love that James Harden is a late career hired assassin still performing at a high level a la Deion Sanders or Darrelle Revis.

Therealrickyrubio | Timberwolves

79 | 15 hours ago

Holy shit Russ in those last few minutes led the tank so incredibly well. Unsure if he is doing so intentionally or not but that man is behind the wheel.

Abyss333333 | Toronto Huskies

44 | 15 hours ago

⁵⁄₇ from 3 the whole game and then misses 3 wide open 3s in the last minute or so. Brutal

calebkeith | CLE

25 | 15 hours ago

The last 3 was his normal output

NeonB00Bpiss

15 | 15 hours ago

To be fair that’s the Russ experience for you!

mucho-gusto | CLE

12 | 15 hours ago

Regression to the mean

EightFortyDaysOf

12 | 15 hours ago

He started ⁵⁄₅ from 3 lol. Reason they were up and then led the tank perfectly going 0/5 at the end

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

2 | 15 hours ago

That tracks

Niceguydan8

0 | 14 hours ago

Normal regression

Cheelss

10 | 15 hours ago

I mean he was also their best player the whole game

GunsmokeIV | Kings

21 | 15 hours ago

No he wasn’t, Nique actually played defence.

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

6 | 14 hours ago

I kind of feel bad for their young guys who played so well. You’d think they’d let the young guys take late game shots for the sake of development.

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

3 | 14 hours ago

Teams have to understand thats where he is rn, reason why teams like Denver let him walk for younger players.

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

He’s exactly what we need right now, straight ethical hoopin.

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

59 | 15 hours ago

Get that ring with Cavs, Uno

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

46 | 15 hours ago

Ok James Harden is kinda nice ngl lmaoooo

Also fun to see Ellis getting some 4th quarter minutes on a contender instead of wasting away on the Sac bench. He’s a solid player.

bootywizard42O | NBA

49 | 15 hours ago

Another fanbase about to find out how good Harden actually is

InterCha | Clippers

29 | 14 hours ago

The cycle continues, he comes in and you expect him to demand too much, then when he leaves you’re curled up sobbing on the bathroom floor.

bootywizard42O | NBA

13 | 14 hours ago

It’s always nice to see other fanbases start to appreciate what an amazing player and human he is. He’s been my second favorite player for over a decade now.

mauro_membrere | Kings

12 | 14 hours ago

Glad he can be on a playoff team, his departure gave somehow gave more minutes to our younger guards.

Cobruh | Bucks

38 | 15 hours ago

“Doug, execute Westbrook 66”

Me_is_Nate | Cavaliers

37 | 15 hours ago

why was this close

xBornToBeDownvotedx | CLE

43 | 14 hours ago

Westbrook shot 50% from 3

Far_Display7308

26 | 14 hours ago

Kings players were unconscious bro Russ shot ⁵⁄₇ from three before the late game bricks.

Bulleveland | Cavaliers

16 | 15 hours ago

Because Harden hasn’t developed a rhythm with any of our players yet

Abyss333333 | Toronto Huskies

52 | 15 hours ago

Imagine just showing up to a random NBA game and dropping 22 and 8 without any practice

MegaAltarianite

15 | 14 hours ago

Jock Landale drove to Atlanta and dropped 26/11/5.

BallIsLife2016 | Cavaliers

5 | 11 hours ago

Comparing James Harden with Jock Landale is unfair. One is a generational talent with unkempt facial hair and the other is only James Harden.

peterhohman | Cavaliers

6 | 14 hours ago

I mean Jock Landale does it, should be child’s play for Harden (in all seriousness, really liked Harden’s passing out of the gate, he was great as I expected finding Allen. I expected him to take some time to get in a scoring groove, that 4th quarter was awesome).

dom3bh

2 | 6 hours ago

I mean, that’s what happened in his first game in Houston (except the stat line was ³⁷⁄₁₂) and it ingratiated him quick with the fans. I remember the feeling well, and glad it’s happening for CLE.

nobraininmyoxygen | Cavaliers

15 | 15 hours ago

That and Cleveland doesn’t have much size especially with Wade and Mobley out

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

1 | 14 hours ago

Agreed, that second apron was tough. I think they would have definitely gotten some body to fill that last week if they could have.

GeneralJMan | Cavaliers

7 | 14 hours ago

He didn’t even practice with them just film session. Pretty crazy performance considering it was basically a pick up game for him.

DoobieGibson

6 | 14 hours ago

Lavine was out

ButWhatIsADog | Cavaliers

3 | 14 hours ago

Credit to the Kings, they played a nice game tonight.

Cudi_buddy | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

We been playing some good first half’s, even third quarters. But 4th quarter usually the vets chuck or the rooks get blinded by the lights. Either way, it’s been decent to watch a game here and there

mucho-gusto | CLE

2 | 13 hours ago

No Mobley no rebound I guess

SocialistAvocado | Cavaliers

35 | 15 hours ago

It wasn’t a perfect debut, but I can see the vision Koby and the FO had for getting harden, relieve the pressure off Don, so hes fresh for the 4th, and also the gravity harden has with the ball, just makes our bigs so deadly. It’s gonna take time but if all gels well, we could beat anyone. I’m als ready to commit war crimes for Keon Ellis

MasterButterfly | Cavaliers

19 | 14 hours ago

Ellis and Schroeder play so fucking hard - getting on the floor, getting in dude’s faces, running all game long. Also I legitimately did not realize how big and strong Harden is, dude’s a unit. When he started to lock in on defense at the end people could not get through him.

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

8 | 8 hours ago

He has an old man’s game. Expect him to be productive for 2-3 more years. He gets clowned on a lot but he takes care of his body a lot

esports_consultant

2 | 5 hours ago

Yes all the shameless foul baiting obscured his actual talent as a player. He was not really dependent on that as much as people thought in retrospect.

megaman47 | Kings

31 | 15 hours ago

Our young guys had this game won and westbrook and demar, altho he hit that 3, shot us out of the game

GunsmokeIV | Kings

24 | 15 hours ago

r/nba bitched at us for not playing them last night, would’ve lost by 20+ with them playing lmao

nobraininmyoxygen | Cavaliers

11 | 14 hours ago

I mean they were a combined 7-14 from three tonight which is about as good as you could ask for. The kings were hitting a ton of threes in general tonight.

GunsmokeIV | Kings

4 | 14 hours ago

Oh, cool. Now look how many shots DeRozan missed that was inside the arc.

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

3 | 14 hours ago

I mean really play those young guys they were impressive!

You guys have such a weird mix of vets and young players tbh

megaman47 | Kings

4 | 14 hours ago

I’d like to see Clifford, carter, Keegan, carwell and reynaud, that’s a good defensive unit and solid offense

_SotiroD_ | CLE

3 | 14 hours ago

Cardwell was such a nice surprise for me, I admittedly don’t really watch the Kings that much (if at all), so what I saw was promising, defending well and just really high energy.

In general I like your newer players, hope you guys are able to get out again of that basketball hell sooner than later, not really a fan of Westbrook/DeRozan/Lavine for the rest of this team’s construction, so I hope you guys are able to move on from it with no trouble lol

megaman47 | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

Thats all vivek

_SotiroD_ | CLE

2 | 14 hours ago

Oh yeah, terribly aware of that, Vivek sometimes is really puzzling

megaman47 | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

He wants short term awnsers.. he has no patience, he let monte build the beam team then when monte didnt immediately make all the right moves he started meddling again and thats how demar got signed then Mike brown got fired which pushed fox out… then instead of waiting for the off-season to trade fox he wanted lavine to try to save the season last year. .. and now we have the worst contract in the league and another big contract with sabonis…

gundam1983 | Kings

28 | 15 hours ago

Kings have been giving the league some ethical tank bangers.

OsuLost31to0 | Cavaliers

4 | 14 hours ago

Yeah with what has been going on in the league you guys had every right to not try down the stretch but the young guys fought hard, respect

ImJeeezus | Kings

27 | 15 hours ago

Subbing out Zach LaVine and DeRozan isnt a tanking decision. I dont want to hear it lol

GunsmokeIV | Kings

16 | 14 hours ago

Playing Zach Lavine is a tank decision.

x-trauma | Bulls

3 | 14 hours ago

Brilliant coaching

mitchtrubiskymvp420 | Cavaliers

25 | 15 hours ago

A little close for comfort but good shit from Uno, Mitch, and can’t forget JA

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

23 | 15 hours ago

Those back to back threes from James were vintage

boringexplanation | Kings

4 | 9 hours ago

I was saying the same exact thing when we were up

SlickVanExel | Hornets

26 | 15 hours ago

No idea what took so long, but I’m very happy to see the Kings fully unleash Devin Carter and Nique Clifford. Let the kids hoop.

1psithur3 | Kings

11 | 14 hours ago

Had to primarily play the veterans to see if anyone is willing to trade for them at the deadline. Deadline has passed, the young guys are getting a majority of the minutes.

I’m happy for Devin though. Trading Keon is controversial but it opened up all the minutes to go to Devin.

Dare I say, the Kings aren’t as hopeless as previously thought.

RLL1977 | Trail Blazers

20 | 15 hours ago

Just found out Doug McDermott still in the league

cough_landing_on_you

23 | 15 hours ago

Nice to see Keon Ellis getting important minutes. He might get more pt than Dennis.

WateryPasta | Cavaliers

22 | 15 hours ago

HarDon going for 32 in the 4th makes me tingle a bit

yeah2233 | Cavaliers

10 | 14 hours ago

Gave me a hard on for sure

Rissure | Kings

20 | 15 hours ago

CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DAWG

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

5 | 14 hours ago

Naw he’s a big purple dog

Weak-Application-146 | Cavaliers

16 | 15 hours ago

Was that Travis Scott that just hijacked the Cavs post game interview and screamed fuck? Lol

GunsmokeIV | Kings

14 | 15 hours ago

See? We play our vets we lose.

Excellent tank job though.

mauro_membrere | Kings

13 | 15 hours ago

Are the east coast tank bros still awake? Sorry to disappoint you lol

narcistic_asshole | Cavaliers

14 | 14 hours ago

I love Keon Ellis.

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

12 | 14 hours ago

Me too

jacknifee | Cavaliers

14 | 14 hours ago

goodness please return soon dean and evan our second biggest body in the 4th was james harden lmao

CloneWarsMaul | Celtics

12 | 15 hours ago

Couldn’t watch. How did Harden look? Is he a big reason JA had 29?

WuvRice | Cavaliers

18 | 15 hours ago

Yes

CloneWarsMaul | Celtics

10 | 15 hours ago

Him and Mobley gonna feast

DontFollowMyAdvices

12 | 15 hours ago

Captain Westbrook reporting for Tank Duty

Bulleveland | Cavaliers

9 | 15 hours ago

Which team is more elite at tanking, Jazz or Kings?

thegentlecactus | Cavaliers

11 | 15 hours ago

Gotta be Jazz man

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

7 | 14 hours ago

Jazz straight up sat their best player for half a game just because lmaoo

Ok_Watercress_3598 | Kings

6 | 14 hours ago

Jazz makes it more obvious, hard to tell if we’re intentionally tanking or if we just suck with games like this.

DrChiz | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

Jazz. They’re trying to lose and got a lot of good talent for years now and just added more. Kings just suck and aren’t a well built team when all the veteran star players are playing big minutes together. That’s why they coulda won the game, mainly the young core and rookies played and they play like a team together and also cover 1 through 5 on defense.

sheepish132 | Cavaliers

9 | 14 hours ago

HarDon combined for 32 in the 4th to win it all. Exciting end of the game there.

Adventurous-Job-4604

11 | 14 hours ago

If there’s one player who benefits the most from this Harden trade, it’s probably Jarrett Allen.

DirectInvestigator66 | Cavaliers

7 | 14 hours ago

James Harden had 8 assists but that doesn’t tell half the story of his playmaking. He had a ton of hockey assists.

ianbits | Cavaliers

7 | 15 hours ago

Definitely going to take an adjustment period, promising at times. Kenny needs to stop running out the three small guard lineups. Frontcourt depth remains an issue, with Mobley and Wade out we just had no one.

I need to see more from this team when people are healthy, but Harden at least looks like he’ll fit in nicely.

peterhohman | Cavaliers

3 | 14 hours ago

I kinda liked Mitchell/Harden/Ellis. In an ideal world, Sam Merrill wouldn’t be our forward for many minutes with that lineup, though - would be great to have healthy Wade and Mobley to play with that crew.

Ok_Possible_5702

1 | 14 hours ago

Is Strus ever coming back?

ianbits | Cavaliers

1 | 14 hours ago

Hopefully. It was always sort of billed as post all star break so hopefully by the playoffs to play the 3 off the bench.

yoden | Cavaliers

1 | 5 hours ago

I think at one point it was a four guard lineup with keon at the 4. Also a three PG lineup with Harden, Schroeder, and Porter.

Allen and Mobley better hit the gym because we’re going to need a lot of minutes from them.

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

7 | 15 hours ago

Russ leading the tank the last minute was both fun and sad to watch

Shadoken-TYPE0 | Canada

7 | 15 hours ago

Cavs rebounding was awful in the 4th but im glad they pulled through

GeneralJMan | Cavaliers

6 | 14 hours ago

Rebounding and defense gonna be very rough until they get Wade and Mobley back.

Asleep_Mousse_276

6 | 15 hours ago

tank commander Russel Westbrook. atrocious late game possessions

heat_fan_ | Raptors

7 | 15 hours ago

Spida is an absolute beast

This game was way closer then it expected

1-0 in the Harden era

nancybenoitribute

5 | 15 hours ago

Damn… 12 game losing streak?

I guess bro

DrChiz | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

lol think that ties the SAC era one from like 91-92 and 14 is the franchise record… which it’s over 100 years old at this point, so that would be impressive and I hope we beat it.

Far_Display7308

4 | 14 hours ago

HarDon closed it out in the fourth

kawhi28 | Clippers

5 | 15 hours ago

Westbrook tank commander

urfaselol | NBA

4 | 15 hours ago

Unbelievable Russ performance

descartes127 | Cavaliers

4 | 15 hours ago

Déjà vu from when we stomped the Celtics at the garden first game post-deadline in 2018

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

4 | 14 hours ago

Kevin Love yelled, “There you go!” Kyle Korver gave a look of pleasant surprise. J.R. Smith belted, “We got a fucking squad now.” And before LeBron James hit the locker room door, ex-NBA star Kevin Garnett hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.”

cloudypp123 | Kings

5 | 15 hours ago

My goat tank commander Russ

NeonxGone | Cavaliers

4 | 15 hours ago

Travis Scott is my favorite new Cavalier

rumblegod | Thunder

4 | 14 hours ago

Cavs coming out of the east

TheMoorNextDoor | Nets

4 | 13 hours ago

Imagine if the Nets didn’t have to trade Allen for Harden.

I truly believe we would’ve had a championship.

Allen was the defensive piece needed.

HornedCoog91 | Nuggets

1 | 12 hours ago

Would have had a ship in 21 regardless if harden hadnt had the hammy tear, or kai got hurt that series. Or maybe even still could have if kd had a smaller shoe lol or was a cm back on that shot …

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

4 | 15 hours ago

Does kenny know Jarrett Allen is not the only available big on the roster rn

Open-Focus-5232

1 | 14 hours ago

Bryant and Tomlin both got 15 minutes lol

NegbombDB

3 | 15 hours ago

Some needs to call Kash Patel to investigate Russ. Those last minutes were horrible

GeneralJMan | Cavaliers

3 | 15 hours ago

Defense is going to be incredibly shake without Wade and Mobley lol. May they recover soon.

champsorchumps

3 | 14 hours ago

u/screwballbot Clips for Russell Westbrooks FGAs in crunch time tonight

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4 | 14 hours ago

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gundam1983 | Kings

3 | 14 hours ago

How mad do you think Keon is seeing Devin Carter get 10 more minutes than him?

KoupDetat | Greece

3 | 14 hours ago

This is how you ethically tank (choking)

NobelRafael1 | Lakers

3 | 13 hours ago

I wonder how much the Cavs improved by with the addition of Harden and Ellis. This could put them over the top in the East.

Weak-Application-146 | Cavaliers

3 | 15 hours ago

Cavs are going to have to score 130 every night from here on out if this is the new Defense.

MasterButterfly | Cavaliers

12 | 14 hours ago

Perimeter defense I thought was fine, Kings just shot the lights out for a while. Bigger problem was the offensive boards, which will hopefully improve with playing time (plus Wade and Mobley back)

swords_devil | Lakers

2 | 15 hours ago

Keon Ellis revenge game

DoobieGibson

2 | 14 hours ago

2 small guards won’t work defensively

it was only James Harden’s prodigious size that kept Westbrook, Devin Carter, and Nique Clifford at bay tonight

Garland still there and that Triumvirate explodes for 70+ easily

Agent_NegativeZero

1 | 14 hours ago

The Kings must be the biggest loser of the trade deadline. You telling me all that talent wasn’t needed by any other team(s) making a playoff run?

next_door_nicotine | Kings

1 | 13 hours ago

Get Nique Clifford some help

s/, sorta.

Adventure-Pig

1 | 11 hours ago

Cavs gonna average 140 points a game

aroach1995 | Cavaliers

0 | 15 hours ago

Did we just tanked?

SkepticCritic

4 | 14 hours ago

You guys won the game, wdym tank?

aroach1995 | Cavaliers

0 | 10 hours ago

I mean the Sacramento Kings tanked it. Like they could have won

SkepticCritic

1 | 33 minutes ago

They kept the guys that were hot and the vets in beyond normal minutes restrictions so this was as close to being ethical as possible (outside of Sabonis being on the injury report which could be real or just made up)

Ok_Possible_5702

1 | 14 hours ago

The win is good for the Cavs, but having to fight tooth and nails to beat the tanking Kings is not a great sign.

DenseSign5938

4 | 13 hours ago

That’s just nba.

remyboyz1995

3 | 13 hours ago

They miss Mobley’s defense and rebounding

The Cleveland Cavaliers (32-21) defeat the Sacramento Kings (12-42), 132-126 in James Harden’s Cavs Debut.

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