Game 3 numbers below. As with the last game, I only counted the first 38 minutes of the game, even though I rewatched the last 10 several times.
I looked at Miller, too, because people might have been worried about him going off.
James Makes Misses Fouls Turnovers PPP Green 3 2 0 1 1 Leonard 2 5 0 1 0.63 Splitter 0 1 0 0 0 Ginobili 1 0 0 0 2 Duncan 0 3 0 0 0 Total 6 11 0 2 0.68 Wade Makes Misses Fouls Turnovers PPP Green 2 6 0 1 0.44 Leonard 1 0 0 0 2 Ginobili 2 1 1 0 1.5 Duncan 0 0 0 1 0 Total 5 7 1 2 0.8 Bosh Makes Misses Fouls Turnovers PPP Green 0 0 1 0 2 Leonard 0 0 0 1 0 Splitter 2 4 2.1 0.63 Duncan 1 1 0 2 Total 4 5 3 1 0.923077 Allen Makes Misses Fouls Turnovers PPP Ginobili 0 0 0 1 0 Neal 1 0 0 0 2 Total 1 0 0 1 1 Miller Makes Misses Fouls Turnovers PPP Parker 1 0 0 0 3 Green 1 0 0 0 3 Leonard 1 0 0 0 3 Neal 1 0 0 0 3 Bonner 1 0 0 0 3 Total 5 0 0 0 3 Chalmers Makes Misses Fouls Turnovers PPP Parker 0 2 0 1 0 Green 0 0 0 1 0 Joseph 0 1 0 0 0 Duncan 0 2 0 0 0 Leonard 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 5 0 3 0
Notes:
-Leonard was again rock solid on James. Kawhi's length is starting to really bother James, and for some reason, Lebron is staying ground-bound more than he usually has. If James isn't going to try to elevate on his shots in the post, Leonard's long arms are going to continue to make life extremely difficult for him. I love that Leonard started to be more assertive on James. That steal over him at the beginning over the second half is going to stay in Lebron's thoughts any time he gets ready for an entry pass.
-Leonard remains weak in transition. He got caught sleeping on the break again, leading to two scores. The Spurs in general have been great in transition so far, so let's hope they continue to cover for him.
-This was an interesting game for Green. For the first time all series, Danny got good numbers against Wade. Green's length started to bother Wade, and him giving Dwyane space as forced a lot of bad shots, which this time didn't happen to do in. Green was once again terrific in transition, which helped cover up for Leonard being poor in it. The two starting wings are working together beautifully so far.
-Green was the unfortunate beneficiary of most of James' mini-run at the end of the third. I thought Green played fine defense on all of those shots, and James was just bound to hit a few here and there. In general, Danny is doing the best job (in my opinion) at getting into James' head. While he lacks Leonard's length and fundamentals, Green's instincts against Lebron are top notch. It doesn't even seem like Green is reacting against James; it just seems like he knows what Lebron is going to do before he does it. While Leonard's the hammer that keeps pounding the rock, I think Green is the dynamite that keeps blowing it open.
-Ginobili was better on defense than his numbers may suggest. Wade happened to make his difficult jumpers on Manu instead of Green. He's still getting it done on that end, especially with another ailing two-guard opposite him. It's on offense where he needs to improve.
-Despite Parker's complaint, Neal wasn't even remotely bad on Mike Miller. In fact, as the number show, no one really was. Miller just happened to catch someone sleeping once and capitalized on it. Once Miller beat them, no player gave him another open look. I thought Neal actually played pretty good defense, his close-outs on Miller and Allen worked well. If Neal can play this well on defense for the rest of the series, he should get a lot of Ginobili's minutes.
-Mario Chalmers was the anti-Miller in Game 3; everyone took turns beating up on him. The Spurs' switch of defense on him made a pretty big difference, but really, he was left open a number of times (especially by Parker) and just couldn't hit the shot. For the Heat, that's about the worst news they could get outside of an injury.
-Cory Joseph looked good against opposite points. His defense was fine, even though his offense was shaky. I'd rather Neal start at the point if Parker has to sit out, but I think Cory should remain the back up. I loved how him competed when switched onto bigger players. He ate James alive on one possession to break one of Miami's plays. If he can do what George Hill did defensively in the ECF, he'll really help the second unit.
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