Podcap: Cleveland 114, Brooklyn 113 (Or, Spida and his Amazing Friends)
Your friendly neighborhood Spida swung through the streets of Brooklyn, Wednesday, but he didn’t save New York. Donovan Mitchell used all of his Spida sense to close out a game that the Cavs trailed by six with less than 90 seconds left. Mitch started off this episodes showdown sequence with a monster steal and slam, and finished it with three-pointer against Cam Johnson who tried to flop his way to defense, leaving Mitchell all alone to bury a three-pointer that put the Cleveland ahead for good with 12 seconds left. The Cavs would go on to defend the Nets’ last shot well and start the season strong with a win.
In the early 80s, NBC and Marvel dropped a Saturday morning series called “Spider Man and his Amazing Friends,” which added obscure mutant “Firestar” and less obscure but no less unconventional “Ice Man” to Peter Parker’s retinue. Similarly, our own Spida Mitchell was helped by some unexpected friends. “Ice” Okoro had one of his best all-around games in memory, drawing a surprise start and contributed a 18/6/4 line on just 10 shots while putting his foes in a cage of solid dihydrogen monoxide. Cleveland called on Okoro to cool off Cam Thomas who’d racked up 24 in the first half, and Ice Man definitely helped put the ice cuffs on the precocious scorer in the second half. As for the “Firestarter” equivalent, Max Strus was aflame for much of the game, blowing up the expectations with a monster 27/12/2 explosion, including going 7-13 from downtown, and posting a +13 in his first start as Cleveland’s power forward.
The game was a blast, and to help us make sense of it all, Saturday morning comic fanboys, Elijah Kim and Chris Francis swung into the podcast booth. The Korean takeover of the CtB podcast studios (Chris’s words, not mine) breaks down the game, the surprising come-from-behind victory, and what lies ahead for Cleveland.
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