Live Thread: Cavs @ Pelicans

Good evening, Cavs fans. This is the sandwich game to end all sandwich games. First off, the Cavs play the one-loss Dubs Friday, who along with Cleveland are one of the top five NBA teams right now. Meanwhile, the Pelicans are banged up bad, with Herb Jones, CJ McCollum, Dejounte Murray, and Trey Murphy III with Jordan Haskins, Jose Alvarado, and Zion Williamson “day-to-day.” That Cleveland might be looking past these guys is not outside of the realm of possibility.

For Cleveland, Strus is about four weeks away, Dean Wade is still sick, Jaylon Tyson is questionable with a hip injury, and Caris is day-to-day with that sore knee. Should be interesting to see who Cleveland runs at the end of the rotation. Brandon Ingram and (ostensibly) Zion will still be a handful. But with Trey Jemison, Yves Missi, and Daniel Theis listed at center, Allen and Mobley should be able to help on D. I’d still like to see some J.T. Thor minutes if they get a chance.

Hope the good guys project competence. Go Cavs.