cd021
06-07-2013, 09:54 PM
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/64797/a-story-of-refinement-how-the-spurs-elevated-playmaking-triumphed-in-game-1
"Dwyane Wade is in terrible position. Wade scored 17 points, above-average output for him these days, but aside from some very difficult first-half shot-making during a stretch when LeBron rested, this was one of his very worst playoff games. The Spurs caught him over-helping/ball-watching twice and found his man, Danny Green, for open 3-pointers. He was slow chasing Manu Ginobili through basic cuts, once yielding an open 3 for the Mad Genius at the top of the arc. He fell so far behind Ginobili on one San Antonio possession that James and Wade had to switch assignments as Ginobili curled off multiple picks, the last one from James’s man (Leonard). The Spurs then dawdled into what looked like a dead possession when Gary Neal, who played more minutes alongside Tony Parker (18) than in any other Spurs playoff game so far, launched a contested 2-point jumper — a huge win for Miami.
But the win turned to a crushing loss when Leonard danced around a lazy Wade boxout, caught the rebound, and laid it back in:
And then there is the spacing issue. Wade cannot just be standing in no-man’s-land on the baseline, allowing his man, Neal, to linger at the edge of the paint, another body for LeBron to see without any consequence. He either needs to be in the corner or elsewhere on the floor above the 3-point arc. Wade is a poor 3-point shooter who doesn’t even look to shoot from there anymore, so he wouldn’t exert much gravitational pull on Neal by standing way out in the corner. But every half-step Neal takes away from the paint matters, and if Wade’s in the corner, he at least has a head of steam if LeBron kicks him the ball. And, man, does Wade need a head of steam these days.
And this spacing snafu happened more than once; look at Wade on the left baseline here:"
Much of the Article highlights the Spurs execution and smart defense on James.
I was surprised by how much time he took to rip Wade.
I've said before when he isn't attacking and or getting the the line he is kind of useless on offense ,this post season. He can't shoot from outside (29% 3pt for his career), Manu & Green can play off of him and assume he is going to drive. When they go big its not unlike RJ and the Spurs doing that Phoenix series in '10 when RJ couldn't shoot from outside and it screwed up the spacing drastically. Playing Bosh & Haslem along with Wade essentially means that they have 3 players who aren't going to shoot from outside 18 feet (Bosh occasionally on corner 3's) leaving Chalmers and Lebron to space the floor.
"Dwyane Wade is in terrible position. Wade scored 17 points, above-average output for him these days, but aside from some very difficult first-half shot-making during a stretch when LeBron rested, this was one of his very worst playoff games. The Spurs caught him over-helping/ball-watching twice and found his man, Danny Green, for open 3-pointers. He was slow chasing Manu Ginobili through basic cuts, once yielding an open 3 for the Mad Genius at the top of the arc. He fell so far behind Ginobili on one San Antonio possession that James and Wade had to switch assignments as Ginobili curled off multiple picks, the last one from James’s man (Leonard). The Spurs then dawdled into what looked like a dead possession when Gary Neal, who played more minutes alongside Tony Parker (18) than in any other Spurs playoff game so far, launched a contested 2-point jumper — a huge win for Miami.
But the win turned to a crushing loss when Leonard danced around a lazy Wade boxout, caught the rebound, and laid it back in:
And then there is the spacing issue. Wade cannot just be standing in no-man’s-land on the baseline, allowing his man, Neal, to linger at the edge of the paint, another body for LeBron to see without any consequence. He either needs to be in the corner or elsewhere on the floor above the 3-point arc. Wade is a poor 3-point shooter who doesn’t even look to shoot from there anymore, so he wouldn’t exert much gravitational pull on Neal by standing way out in the corner. But every half-step Neal takes away from the paint matters, and if Wade’s in the corner, he at least has a head of steam if LeBron kicks him the ball. And, man, does Wade need a head of steam these days.
And this spacing snafu happened more than once; look at Wade on the left baseline here:"
Much of the Article highlights the Spurs execution and smart defense on James.
I was surprised by how much time he took to rip Wade.
I've said before when he isn't attacking and or getting the the line he is kind of useless on offense ,this post season. He can't shoot from outside (29% 3pt for his career), Manu & Green can play off of him and assume he is going to drive. When they go big its not unlike RJ and the Spurs doing that Phoenix series in '10 when RJ couldn't shoot from outside and it screwed up the spacing drastically. Playing Bosh & Haslem along with Wade essentially means that they have 3 players who aren't going to shoot from outside 18 feet (Bosh occasionally on corner 3's) leaving Chalmers and Lebron to space the floor.