Playoff Live Thread (Game 5): Cavs @ Celtics

Whelp it looks like Sam Merrill will have to save the season, Cav’s fans. With LeVert, Mitchell, Craig Porter Junior, and Ty Jerome not expected to play, and Jarret Allen still out as well, they Cavs will be very short handed with just Max Strus and Darius Garland as their only ball-handling guards. Meanwhile, I expect Georges Niang to get some disastrous run as a point forward.

The interwebs are ablaze with the possibility that this is the last time we’ll see Donovan Mitchell on the Cavs bench, with multiple teams prepared to give the Cavs their offers for the best player on the roster. I personally think it’s all much ado about nothing and that Spida will sign an extension with the Cavs in the offseason, but if Game 3 was the last time we’ll see DM in a Cavs uni, then it’s been a pleasure.

Personally, I think the Cavs can steal this one by playing with three point fire and flip the script but we shall see. Go Cavs.