It's mind blowing how a 4 time MVP can't take advantage of all the open looks the spurs give him consistently.
Kobe would go ham with all that room to operate instead of the usual two hands in his face.
Lebron had a solid game 2, only people that don't understand basketball think otherwise..he directly affected virtually every point Miami scored during their backbreaking run, and he was completely dominant on defense..
Game 1: Above average
Game 2: Solid
Game 3: Horrible
Of course Kobe would dominate, he doesn't have to exert energy in any other facet of the game
I'm a Lebron fan but his struggles certainly look mental, the Spurs are dearing him to shoot and he's not pulling the trigger and when he does he looks uncomfortable as .
dunno how you can say lebron had a solid game 2, when he was cold as till he started to pad his stats in the 4th quarter on that run...
dude stop posting misleading , dude was cold for 3 quarters, missed like his first 10 shots in game 2...
You really are a chicken git with Lebeta's really far up your assOf course Kobe would dominate, he doesn't have to exert energy in any other facet of the game
So that's your excuse for a 4 time MVP not hitting open jumpers? Not enough energy? He's just a mental midget son... simple as that.
Sure, the end result was ed up but a 34 year old Kobe was putting up career numbers while averaging 39 minutes a game this season.
Lebron is an athletic freak in his prime, the energy excuse won't fly.
Lebron is struggling because he has run into a pair of elite defenders who are able to pressure him for 48 minutes. He is also facing triple teams when he drives into the lane. I don't care how good you are, no perimeter player is going to consistently score on triple teams. People are being to hard on Lebron, tbh. The Spurs have focused on him, and he has facilitated accordingly. Not his fault when his shooters miss.
imagine if jax was on the team thats 3 elite defenders to throw at the heats perimeter players
dont forget diaw did a good job on lebron in game 1
excuses seems to be all the heat and their fans have
The Spurs are employing the same type of defense to every perimeter oriented teams out there. It just so happen that Lebron's the only player to struggle? I can't just put two and two together but its simply not just the Spurs defense. It plays a huge role sure, but Lebron inability to drain his jumpers is also another factor. He's been pretty good with stand still mid range but dribble and a pull up is not Lebron's biggest strength.
Spoesltra needs to put this guy in the post. I bet he does far more damage that way than his usual mid range game jump shot which he has been doing for the past 2 games and is unsuccessful.
LeBron's surrounded by talented players.
LeBron's a great talent, but his team is not an excuse anymore. Yes, other guys have had greater help in the past (like having prime Shaq on their team), but the Heat are not the Cavs. The Cavs would've struggled to make the playoffs without LeBron. This Heat team would probably be the 3 or 4 seed without LeBron and possibly make the ECF depending on if they ran into the Pacers or not.
Spurs were able to contain Steph Curry and Klay Thompson as well. Pop is excellent at finding and exploiting an opponents weakness.
no, they wouldn't, especially with current Wade and his knees..
Miami without Lebron would be Milwaukee, tbh..
Do you guys realize 2013 Lebron in the playoffs is one of 3 guys in the modern era to make the Finals with his 2nd option averaging less than 15 PPG?
He also leads Miami in playoffs PPG, RPG, APG and SPG, I don't know how many players have led a team to the Finals by leading all those categories, I don't know if it has ever been done, tbh..
He was the first player in the Finals in like 30 years to put up 18, 8, 7 with 3 steals and 3 blocks..
He was also like +30 in the game..
He's getting Randolph'd, though. I wonder how long it will be before players just start playing him one-on-one and him still missing shots.
And maybe they should start playing like it, tbh....
You really are a chicken git with Lebeta's really far up your ass
So that's your excuse for a 4 time MVP not hitting open jumpers? Not enough energy? He's just a mental midget son... simple as that.
Sure, the end result was ed up but a 34 year old Kobe was putting up career numbers while averaging 39 minutes a game this season.
Lebron is an athletic freak in his prime, the energy excuse won't fly.
Nah, this season the Heat had a cakewalk to the Finals until the ECF and even that team shouldn't have taken them 7 games. The 2012 Finals were no different than this year. Lebron couldn't hit a jumpshot to save his life in last years Finals but Scott Brooks was too much of an imbecile to see the blueprint the 2011 Mavs laid out right in front of him. Put a lengthy, athletic defender on Lebron, cut off his driving lanes and dare him to beat you from the perimeter. Brooks thought Ibaka's over-hyped shot blocking ability would be enough to close off the paint but it wasn't and Brooks never adjusted. As a result Lebron got to the rim at will and the majority of his points that series was in the paint. Popovich clearly isn't making the same mistake.
The spurs are daring Lebron, to shoot jumpers. They never play Durant or Kobe like that. Spurs is playing mind games with Lebron, with this defensive strategy.
why has this postseason been so taxing for lebron?
- the heat cruised by the bucks in round 1; practically blowing out every single game
- the bulls played physical in round 2; but it still went 4-1 with i think 2 blow out wins for the heat
- the only real lengthy 7 game grind matchup against the pacers
i personally think its a combo lebron a bit anxious for revenge from 2007 ++ the rest of his team becoming cavs version 2.0 (
physical eastern conference
applicable till Achilles retires
The Miami Heat quite simply ran out of plays. If you know anything about play making and not seeing through a bandwagoner or homer's eyes, you'd know their goose is cooked. When LeBron was out there doing ISO plays while everyone stood around, that's when you know its over. They were out of their system and offense.
Greg Popovich is a great coach and if you were to say anything negative about his decision making, I'd deem you a pathological idiot. In other words, you'll be an idiot for the rest of your life.
I stopped reading right here. He left Cleveland because he didn't have the help and now you're saying he has to do it all in Miami because he doesn't have the help eventhough he's playing on a team that features 4 future hall of famers (Wade, Bosh, allen). You're so ing full of yourself. Go back and look at your post from last year... Bosh, being one of the best big men, Wade, the best two guard in the league and that was before the arrival of Ray Allen. You're the biggest phony on Spurstalk. Take off your damn clown shoes.
Oh, and speaking of 2012, the Miami heat wouldn't have beaten the Thunder without the so-called help contributing.... Chalmers, Battier, Miller ect. I guess it's relatively easy for a simpleton to say that Lebron plays on an island by himself rather than to give credit to the Spurs defense for shutting down Miami's offense. Your argument laughably falls on deaf ears.
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 06-12-2013 at 05:55 PM.
true, there is a reason if Mike Miller is playing so well.
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