I have no idea what the James/Blatt are trying to do here. For like the last 20 possessions, James has taken 7 seconds just to get the ball past half court, and then he spends another 5 seconds just lazily dribbling until he makes a decision, which is usually a bad jumper.
Yeah, I understand slowing the game to neutralize Golden State's speed, but not to this extent, especially when you're the inferior defensive team. And even if you slow the game down, you can at least MOVE on offense off the ball.
On a side note, JR Smith is the stupidest player in basketball.
It's probably the correct strategy, actually, Ethan Strauss(covers the Warriors closely) predicted they would play like this..slow-pace, ISO, less possessions to affect the variance in their favor to negate the severe talent and athleticism advantage for the Dubs..
Yes, but not all slow pace is created equal. You can slow the game down while also being somewhat offensively dynamic with off ball movement (Delly is capable of getting Curry into a track meet), less ball dominance, which always has an adverse affect on teammates.
It's on Gilbert for putting such a team together. They're lucky they have the GOAT.
Shut the up.
Problem is:
- They don't have an offensive system..no hyperbole, they actually don't
- None of their bigs can create a shot
- Their only other creator is JR Smith
- Their bigs are both lane-cloggers, poor spacing
Dellavadova can occasionally make that floater, but he's extremely inconsistent..
They should probably move off the ball more, but there isn't much they can do against the #1 defense that has multiple LeBron defenders..
This isn't Kobe, where you can give it to Pau or Bynum or Odom to create, tbh..
LeGOAT isos truly are their best option though but the play definitely needs to start sooner. When he doesn't bring the ball up court they take like 2/3rd of the shot clock just to get it in his hands.
It's not like the Cavs have a choice. LeBron and Delly are grinding it out there with a bunch of scrubs. It's the Finals and results matter more than styles of play. JR Smith tried to lose the game for them and they still won because Curry was putrid from the field. Just putrid....
90's ball actually had ball movement and players who knew how to move without the ballWhat you described is "Lebron ball". He does that every game holds the ball and waits for an eternity to make a decision. He did it with the Heat as well so it's no surprise that we're seeing a ton of it here. Cleveland is being let off the hook by an overrated dumb as Western conference team that shoots any kind of shot that comes to mind early in the shot clock instead of trying to run an actual offense. They look a lot like the Rockets except with better defense.
Shut the up.
Their only efficient and reliable play all playoffs has been LeBron running a mini-fastbreak and quickly going to the post, tbh..they have done it a few times in this series, too, but their offense has been ugly throughout the playoffs..
It was beginning to look scary once Love started to get going, but obviously that did not last..
The Heat didn't run their offense that way since 2012, tbh..90's ball actually had ball movement and players who knew how to move without the ball
I blame you got ass fans.
Yeah, GS should've won Game 2 by double digits in regulation, but...they didn't...
The Cavaliers didn't run this offense in the second half of the season when Kyrie and Love were healthy and they were merking teams right and left. Those guys are hurt and in a situation like this LeBron is going to revert back to what he knows best. It is what it is.
They should've won in regulation, period. Mo Speights is a stupid sack of .
This is awful offense mixed with some really good D.
Making last year's winners look awfully good.
A healthy Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love would help their offense.
I don't mind Lebron being the focal point in an ISO situation. It's really the only offensive choice the Cavs have. But taking 17 seconds just to make a decision is killing his offensive rhythm, as well as the team's. The Cavs can slow the game down and Lebron can still attack with purpose rather than just sitting there for 10 seconds dribbling in the same spot and then shooting a bad jumper.
Spurs are boring. LeBron is fun
Leave it so Spurs fan to refer to it as "really good D"
Blame Blatt/James and also losing Irving. Blatt is a defensive coach and yes, defense won the game for the Cavs yesterday.
Blatt offensive system is very much a PG driven system. PnR rolls, Double Screens and High Low sets. Without Irving, Blatt really now has to rely on James to create offensively. Blatt basically has just given the rein to James offensively.
Its pretty amazing they even won tbh
the cavs need to slow the pace down....
a high scoring game doesnt benefit them due to on that roster...
but mozGOD is in godmode atm, white mofo dunking every time his close to the rim
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