Cavaliers Triumph Over Rejuvenated Nets in Season Opener

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 Donnie, a line that seemed peculiar

00:04 to both of us earlier in the day.

00:07 The Cavaliers, the fourth seed

00:09 in the Eastern Conference last year,

00:11 with the third best price

00:12 to win the Eastern Conference crown this year.

00:15 So higher expectations in the land

00:18 were only a one point favorite on the road in Brooklyn

00:21 to open up the year against a new look Nets team.

00:24 No Kevin Durant anymore, of course,

00:26 no Kyrie Irving like was the case to start off last year.

00:29 It was Cam Thomas and Mikhail Bridges

00:32 and Ben Simmons in the re-emergence.

00:34 Why was it only a one point spread

00:35 even with the Cavaliers on the road?

00:38 Well, we found out why.

00:39 The Cavs come back from down six

00:41 in the final minute and a half of regulation.

00:44 Donovan Mitchell, a step back three,

00:47 gives the Cavs the lead and eventually the win.

00:50 But the line closed at a point and a half

00:53 in favor of Cleveland.

00:54 So the hook giveth and it taketh, Donnie,

00:57 even in the opening week of this NBA season.

01:00 Cleveland does start out a perfect one and O straight up.

01:03 I said Cavs money line and you got it, minus 116.

01:08 114, 113, the win for Cleveland last night in Barclays.

01:13 - A lot of teams were struggling

01:15 with the three point shot last night here.

01:16 And that's, you know, to be understanding

01:18 here early in the season.

01:19 I have a Max Drews last night,

01:20 seven of 13 from three point range.

01:22 And also Donovan Mitchell and Max Drews,

01:24 both combined, or excuse me, 27 points a piece,

01:27 which was a very good performance.

01:28 But come on, man, all eyes on the prize yesterday.

01:30 I sent out a tweet early in the day,

01:32 I wanna use my profit boost here,

01:33 hand it out on Ben Simmons.

01:35 And I say to myself, you know what?

01:37 Nobody's going points here.

01:38 We're not buying down points at seven and a half.

01:40 We know he doesn't wanna shoot the basketball.

01:41 He didn't get to the free throw line

01:43 or shoot a three point shot,

01:44 but you know what he did?

01:45 He's a distributor.

01:46 He can have a clear path layup

01:48 and he'd rather kick it out for a three point shot.

01:50 Use that, people, to your advantage.

01:52 As he goes yesterday, just about getting a double double,

01:54 not with points, but with rebounds and assists here.

01:57 Those are the angles to attack for Ben Simmons.

01:59 This is how bad he is.

02:00 Can you imagine this, like growing up, man?

02:03 Everybody goes out, you're third grade,

02:04 fourth grade, or fifth grade.

02:05 Can you imagine going to the basketball court,

02:08 down the street from your house and going like,

02:09 man, I don't even wanna shoot.

02:11 I just wanna dribble and pass to my friends

02:12 to get their looks up here.

02:13 Everybody starts with taking 15 three point shots

02:16 themselves from third grade on.

02:18 It's amazing that he does not want to do that.

02:20 What player doesn't wanna shoot the basketball

02:22 in the NBA?

02:23 It's insane.

02:25 - Ben Simmons, he had four points last night.

02:27 He was under his points prop of seven and a half,

02:30 but well over both his rebounding number,

02:32 six and a half, and assists at six and a half.

02:35 He had 10 boards and nine dives.

02:38 Mikael Bridges leads the way for the Brooklyn Nets

02:41 in that starting rotation.

02:42 He had 20, but it's the camp.

02:44 Thomas experienced 36 points off the bench,

02:48 13 of 21 from the floor.

02:50 He was lighting it up for the Nets in that second half

02:53 to only clink off the iron,

02:56 what would have been the game winning three.

02:58 It wasn't necessarily the cleanest look for Brooklyn.

03:02 And Donnie, on the other side,

03:03 the Cleveland Cavaliers had all five starters

03:06 score in double figures,

03:07 led by Spida and Max Struce,

03:10 a new member of this Cavaliers team, 27 points a piece.

03:14 Struce, of course, the former Miami Heat player,

03:16 seven threes last night in his Cleveland debut.

03:19 If my producers, Joe Frizzo or John Shames,

03:23 a couple of NBA guys could let me know in my ear,

03:26 is Jarrett Allen no longer in Cleveland?

03:29 That was part of my handicap last night.

03:31 Okay, he is.

03:32 He just didn't play in the opening game.

03:34 That is very, very good to know.

03:35 Thank you, NBA guys behind the scenes.

03:38 (upbeat music)

03:40 (bells chiming)

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