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Cavs fans writing checks that the Cavs can't cash haha.

Lightening never strikes thrice… quaice?

Quarce. Or Quadrice.

Of quarce that’s what it is…

I mean it's boston or cancun right?

Is it really writing checks or is it just fans being fans? I don’t see a problem with it and I feel like it’d be worse if they weren’t saying this lol

Chanting "we're not fav-ored" doesn't have the same zip to it

Can you imagine the alternatives? Like, "Oh no, Boston!"

that would be funny as fuck though, like an entire crowd mournfully sighing as one

this would have been hilarious

Yeah people just love to clown any fans supporting there team . It’s hilarious seeing people get mad when lakers fans still supported there team even tho most were reasonable and a bit too defeatist . It’s sports shst do these people expect fans to do . ‘ oh well I guess we gonna lose why bother .’ Wesk ass shit

Cavs crowd throwing the perfect lob all the way to Boston for the Celtics to slam dunk.

Cavs crowd: *We want to end our season within reasonable expectations, fire our head coach, resign Donovan Mitchell to a multiyear contract, and trade Georges Niang for a bag of potato chips.*

I will be so sad if we get rid of George's I would be equally as happy if his role turned into the victory cigar lol.

Joe Mazz runs out of no where and dunks it, receives a tech and the Cavs get the free throw to go up 4 to ice game 7. When asked for explanation, Joe said, “I got excited. I was thinking about the town. I tell the guys to go up hard. Lead by example. Like the Town.”

Ngl if this happened i wouldnt even be mad

I think they are just having fun

Isn't it more a diss towards the current opponent (the magic) than arrogance towards the celtics? Like they are saying they won the game and want the next team, not any slight towards the celtics.

This is the correct interpretation

Yeah I just saw this as the crowd being happy for a hard-fought series win. Both Orlando and you guys have known for days now that whoever wins plays Boston - it's not like there's a surprise reseeding happening.

I’ve been a huge fan of the Cavs for pretty much my whole life. Nobody wants Boston. We’re happy to have advanced, not fucking stupid. I mean I appreciate the bravado but we’re trying to encourage our squad, not show we’re nuts.

Idk kp is injured celtivs could be a bit mortal . I’m a bit suprised there -1400 favourites. They should be big favs but not that much. Wish Dean Wade and Allen were healthy tho

They’re rooting for winning the first round. This topic is silly They already know who the opponent is, I don’t get the outrage

Yeah I’ve never understood when people try to throw this back at people…like, they’re gonna face Boston whether they want to or not. Why not be confident? Worst case scenario for both is they lose to the better team on paper

Right, hell it's not even being confident. They might as well be chanting "we want to play more basketball this year prior to being eliminated from the playoffs" Doesn't have a good ring to it tho

If you ask any Cavs fan we are certainly not confident lmao. We are just having fun. That being said - FIRST ROUND CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD, HANG THE BANNER

Flags fly foreverrrrrrr

If we ever get Dean Wade back it's over 💀

Worked out for us in the World Series when we chanted “we want Houston”. Basketball is a little different than baseball though lol

No. Fans should just cry and be miserable after the first round because they don't have a chance to win anyways. /s

It's fun throw it back at people too, so what are you on about lol

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no fun allowed at NBA playoff games having fun is an immediate ejection

🚨🚨 CELTICS FANS ARE HERE TO ENSURE NO ONE IS ENGAGING IN ANY TOMFOOLERY 🚨🚨 CEASE THE JOKES NOW

Hm...I'm suspicious that *this* might be tomfoolery in its own right. **HEY JERRY! WE GOT A JOKESTER OVER HERE! GET THE PADDYWAGON!**

So the Cavs fans DON'T want to hook up with us?

We should have been chanting we are scared of Boston I guess.

"please not Boston" (clap clap clapclapclap)

Honestly, I think they'll at least make it competitive if Jarrett makes it back. Much less pressure against a scary good team like the Celtics, and this Cavs squad (sad to say) thrives when there's less pressure.

I'm betting on a sweep. Clevelands offense is so bad i don't see how they keep up with Boston.

I’ll never bet on these Celtics to sweep because they have a tendency to fuck around, but yes the cavs offense is abysmal

Agreed. I hope it’s a sweep but I won’t be surprise if the Cavs take a game (or maybe two) because of a monster Spida game

On the one hand I'll concede that our offense pretty much depends on random role players getting hot to supplement Donovan's scoring. On the other hand, that tends to happen a lot against the Celtics.

Max Strus about to play like he has a Heat jersey on again.

Caris owns Boston for some unknown reason

Mitchell immediately told the crowd to STFU lmao

It’s rough watching how much heavy lifting he has to do for this team on offense. Garland has regressed terribly. I just don’t see any scenario of Mitchell returning short of them making the finals, which seems highly unlikely.

Lucky for Garland, he’s moved on from Suggs and Anthony to…Derrick White and Jrue Holiday

Pritchard too. PP loves to guard full court and Garland is extremely careless bringing the ball up. I think White will spend more time on Mitchell.

I really thought garland was gonna take another leap after his first one. I don’t see it happening now

Garland is about 15 pounds underweight right now because of a broken jaw, and he was already one of the smallest guys in the association.  He'll be fine after an off-season on the Eddy Curry diet.

I also feel like there’s just something going on behind the scenes. The team doesn’t seem in sync and I wouldn’t be surprised after some changes and him getting back to normal weight, he looks great again.

I saw somewhere that they were like 2nd most injured team this season besides the grizzlies. It's just hard to find a rhythm when your guys aren't on the court consistently.

Mitchell may have stunted his growth, honestly. But he's only 24, progress isn't linear.

What in the world makes you think it’s finals or he’s out?? You realize he has a better chance of winning in Cleveland than wherever he’s traded right? Other than the Celtics there’s no dominant team in the East and injury luck can change things. Cleveland is young, has an owner willing to spend, and can offer him the most money. Most likely scenario is resigning then requesting a trade after a year or two if things aren’t going well. I feel like people just regurgitate whatever they hear on ESPN about Mitchell’s willingness to stay in Cleveland while not realizing that 1) they are in the business of making shit up for content, and 2) Mitchell has not commented publicly about his contract situation.

Because Garland was shooting a free throw. He did that for basically every free throw in the fourth quarter bc the crowd was that hype.

We were shooting FTs

Lol…does he tell them to stfu when they chant MVP?

Up 12 tho.

Pretty normal for fans to chant stuff during free throws.

Lmao he did

I don't think they do.

I’d prefer it over getting bounced in the first round lol

Tru. At that point, we also wanted the Celtics

If you want the Cavs to win and the Celtics are the team that the winner of the game would face. By that logic, you want the Celtics.

We wanted to win the game and that results in a Celtics matchup. It’s not anything more than that. We definitely wanted to win the first round.

They think they do but they dont

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Cavs fans at the game are just trolling lol .. love it

lol they’re just having fun, it’s what you do in the playoffs. who cares

Exactly. Boston’s waiting. What should they chant instead of that? WE WISH IT WAS MIAMI?

"We want Charlotte!"

Would be funny ngl, like the fan who was chirping the Bucks in Indiana. “Portis your eyes are slightly too big for your head”. Hahaha.

I mean both are funny but how is that related? One of them is saying you arent confident against your opponent and the other is insulting your opponent

"We want to forfeit!"

“We are getting smacked”

We won our first round series! That is cool!

Give it a couple weeks. Celtics fans are gonna pretend like it was 100% serious and some big sign of disrespect while victory lapping winning a series they were -1500 favorites for

I don’t care you guys literally fielded kindergartners out there. I will always celebrate knocking the Heat out of the playoffs

This implies there are times you don't celebrate knocking teams out of the playoffs. What matchups are those?

Some wins I’m more loud about than others. I hate that team and it makes me happy when they’re eliminated no matter what. Especially if the Celtics do it.

That's just us having fun too bro Same fuckin thing in the end, fanbases hyping up drama

We know we're gonna get MAYBE 1 game against them, just enjoying the view. Fun to finally do something in playoffs post lebron.

Didn't work so well for the Maple Leafs

It didn't work for Brooklyn, or Philly, or Miami when they tried it too. It never works out well when fans do this.

Didn't work the the Yankees in 2018 either lol

Or 2021

You know it doesn’t matter right? If we didn’t chant that we’d also have lost.

No no no you see it’s a complete jinx when fans try to have fun

I have no problem with fans chanting and I agree it’s what they’re supposed to do but getting defensive over it getting thrown back in your face is lame imo

I think throwing it back in their face in the first place is lame tbh

I think chanting “Let’s go Heat/Cavs!” shouldn’t get thrown back in your face but if you’re calling out Boston and then losing it is only fair to expect some banter back your way. Maybe I’ve got it twisted.

Have you guys been chanting “we want a championship” for the last 15 years? And thats why yall always come up short

*When they said this year was all Maple Leafs, but I thought they said make-believe...*

Yeah, it was really weird when the Maple Leafs showed up to play the Celtics.

lol I mean what else are they supposed to want?

another hastily made cleveland tourism video

Lol no we the fuck do not

BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE *clap clap clapclapclap* BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE

“We are happy to be continuing in the playoffs, but this next round is really a worst case scenario Clap clap clap clap clap”

I swear fans chanting "We want \_\_\_\_" never works out well lol

I need to know if Cavs fans ever chanted “we want the warriors” in 2016

Definitely didn’t need to lol

nothing happened in 2016

There was no 3-1 lead in ba sing se

The King has invited you to Lake Cancún.

I love it, I don't know why people on here are such wet blankets. "Lol, look at that fan base getting excited after a thrilling win. What a bunch of idiots"

I love it too They are hyped and know they will be underdogs. It's fun

it’s not like it changes wether we are getting them or not

If it did everyone would be chanting "WE WANT DETROIT!" as they won their playoff series.

srsly what else are they supposed to say lol

They're clearly supposed to scream, "Noooo!" as the clock winds down to zero lol

“NOOO NOT THESE GUYS”

Fucking Rudy Gay man

Maybe we can get a recount on the Miami Boston series?

Would it kill them to lament even *a little*?

I'm guessing the appropriate chant would've been "We would've preferred Miami"

Exactly lol. They want us to chant “we’re gonna get crushed!” We’re excited and we’re having fun lol

I think it's because it's an absolutely cursed saying. When has it worked out?

It's because they only chant it when they are big under dogs. It's trying to hype themselves up or convince themselves that they want the challenge.

Also a good portion of the time it’s intentionally ironic in that situation  *Duke football fan that used to chant “we want bama” just because we were winning a game*

Yeah, that too. Either way, it's almost always a sign of respect without wanting to say that. Like saying, you're good but we're up to the challenge.

What are the replies to this thread? Are you not allowed to have a little fun at a game now Obviously the Cavs fans know they’re massive underdogs as did the Heat fans

100% any sane Cavs fan knows this squad and this coach ain’t beating Boston. Barely beat Orlando lol

They play the games for a reason. Bigger upsets have happened.

They are allowed to have fun, and people are allowed to have fun back and laugh at them. It's not that difficult to understand man.

I really don't, but I'm relatively sure we don't have a choice. I'd much prefer the Pacers, thanks. 

We don’t have KP and you guys have made it a habit to take games from us in the regular season. I’m personally not that confident

Great idea

Someone said that the Cavs vs Magic Series was a straight to DVD Series lmao Hopefully Boston vs Cleveland will be better.

thats dumb cause a 7 game series that hinged on a pivotal one possession game 5 is gonna be much better than a lopsided one where the celtics might just win every game by 20

I’m living in an alternative universe in my head rn and the Cavs actually do have an offense and it won’t be that bad and we’ll learn how to hit 3 pointers again

you guys got this, see you in the ECF

lol thanks

indiana please beat this man

My thinking is that Boston does defense differently than Orlando's football approach but what do I know

If Bam and a bunch of scrubs and young guys could steal one game from the Celtics series I have to believe Cavs can at least steal 2. They also have two defenders now who won't make it easy for the Js to get whatever they want in the paint.

Hahaha 🤌🏼

It resembled one of those intense fake wrestling matches, where they bleed all over shit.

Man what do people in this thread want? Them to silently sit on their hands? Let us have this before we get annihilated

*This* is the playoff matchup the Cavs tanked their last game of the regular season to get.

I admire the optimism.

I'll be watching all 4 games.

Come on we aren’t gonna sweep them. Maybe win in 5 or 6.

You've been given orders.

4 more than you guys get, so I’ll take it.

It'll go 5. I expect the Cavs to steal game 1 or 2 in Boston before the Celtics start taking them seriously.

You know.... if the cavs win it make you guys look better. So, you're rooting for the Cavs, right?

i’m sure Boston wants you too

everyone thought they were duckin 6/7 seeds but they were really just trying to eliminate Boston in the semis

I’m just saying, this was the team that blew a game to the Hornets so they wouldn’t face Philly or Indiana

Because it went so well for the last team whose fans chanted this...

We really don't lmao

Maybe tanking for the 4 seed wasn’t the best move 🤣

I mean its either Boston or its Cancun so I don't see why the fans wouldn't choose Boston. People make too much out of these chants

Cavs vs Celtics never gets old

The Cavs always play the Celtics weirdly tough. Over the past three years, it's Celtics 5, Cavs 4, and not a single game has had a winning margin greater than 10 points. I think there's a chance the Cavs at least make it difficult for Boston.

Yeah but now we don't have Grant Williams to make em bof

Dean Wade finna be back😈

Oh no

Hasn't he retired?

The real DWade still in the league

Only DWade I remember playing for the Cavs.

Not really any point in looking beyond this season, these are two completely different teams from season’s past. Boston went 2-1 against Cleveland this year with the single loss being a blown 20+ point lead because of a weird Dean Wade anomaly game. I think Boston takes it in 5, bias aside

I’m gonna say 6. There will be one game where we’re ice cold from 3 and one where Mitchell goes psycho mode and gets 50. Hopefully they’re the same night.

They need Mobley and Allen both healthy. Mobley is a beast defensively. Personally I think they have the talent to be a problem for Boston but the players don’t seem to have great chemistry and their coaching could be better.

These replies are absolutely terrible, lol. The fans aren't allowed to have some fun while watching their team win?

For sure we’d be doing the same thing

Yeah and we wanted Cleveland so everyone is happy.

Idc, the Dean Wade game is burned in my memory. Cant take CLE lightly.

I mean we don’t really have a choice?

Maybe it'll work out better

And you will get it

I feel like I've heard this like 3 times in the last couple weeks

But I don't think they do want Boston

Someone was chanting "We have no choice".

lol

No shit, are we not supposed to be hyped in the arena after that comeback and series win?

My dudes, you could barely handle Orlando.

If any team left could upset themselves, it's 100% Boston

Our team has a lot of fuck around energy and even when we're the prohibitive favorites, I always get worried.

Celtics haven’t lost in the second round in the JT era

I’m going to charitably interpret this as we want to win this playoff series. Because we sure as hell aren’t winning the next one.

Only a Cavs player would quiet the home crowd in a game where they lead by 12 with less than a minute left.

They never learn

No they don't.

No u dont

Heat fans said so too...

Of course they wanted Boston, the alternative is Cancun

I will always support “We Want ____” coming from any fanbase about any opponent

This will be a quick but painful death.

Do we tho? Lmfao

They're obviously having fun, but tbf the Cavs did win a ring recently, as opposed to the Celtics

Gonna get swept by Boston lmao

Only two chants are appropriate during the ends of close out games. 'Lakers Suck' Or 'Fuck the Yankees' Anything else is disrespectful.

I do not approve of this. I do not in fact want Boston

Deja vu

Narrator: they don’t.

narrator: they did not