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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:02:24 GMT -5
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:09:35 GMT -5
One game at a time. One quarter at a time. One possession at a time.
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Post by kivancb on Sept 25, 2020 19:10:38 GMT -5
One team as a whole
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:25:38 GMT -5
Bob Ryan and Jeff Goodman Preview Game 5 of Celtics vs HeatBob Ryan gives historic precedence for Tyler Herro’s playoff dominance at 20 years old. Goodman criticizes Boston’s approach.By CLNSMedia
Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images
Bob Ryan and Jeff Goodman discussed the Celtics and Heat series, which could end tonight, on their podcast on Thursday. They fixated on Tyler Herro and the Celtics’ maddening offense, responsible for 64 turnovers and 77 Heat points off them in four games.
Herro scored the most points by a rookie against the Celtics since Wilt Chamberlain and his 37 marked the most by a rookie in the postseason since Magic Johnson. At 20, Herro looks like the potential future star fo the Heat. How has he dominated the Celtics so heavily in this series?
“(Jamaal Wilkes) sneaked in 37 when you weren’t looking. Tyler Herro’s 37 had pyrotechnics going off the whole night. What I loved most about him is the versatility, he’s not just bombarding threes … he goes to the hoop with great dexterity and ambidextrously, and with authority as well.”
Celtics turnovers key an otherwise even Celtics-Heat series. Goodman digs into Boston’s shot selection while the pair wonder if it’s over for these Celtics down 3-1 in the series. He said players like Daniel Theis should not be shooting three-pointers and wondered, like everyone, what happened to Jayson Tatum in his 0 points first half.
“I don’t think it was anything physical,” Goodman said. “He wasn’t attacking like he should, then he starts settling like the whole team does at times for three pointers, instead of Brad running something to get him an easy basket. You got to run something to get a guy like that a basket early just to get it out of his head.”
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Post by fierce on Sept 25, 2020 19:27:16 GMT -5
On a side note, here:
Warriors expected to pass on LaMelo Ball
Not a fan of negative feedback, LaVar has seized any opportunity to shoot back, questioning Kerr’s credentials and lobbying for the Warriors to not draft LaMelo. This is the third in a series of stories looking at players the Warriors might select with the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft. League sources told The Chronicle that LaVar will likely get his wish. With less than two months until the draft, the Warriors are believed to be higher on Iowa State point guard Tyrese Haliburton — and perhaps, even French point guard Killian Hayes — than they are on Ball. There are far better odds of Golden State trading back in the draft to a team that covets Ball than of it drafting him for itself. – via Connor Letourneau @ San Francisco Chronicle Top Rumors, Draft, Killian Hayes, LaVar Ball, Tyrese Haliburton, LaMelo Ball, Golden State Warriors
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:34:33 GMT -5
For all his offensive firepower, Walker is severely undersized with a generous 6’0, 184-pound listing and, though he certainly makes a big effort on defense, Kemba is clearly the weak link at that end of the floor. Per Jacob Goldstein’s Winsadded.com, his -1.12 D-PIPM ranks 202nd out of 256 players with over 1,000 minutes played. Jae Crowder promised that there would be some adjustments from the Heat offensively after the Celtics managed to take Game 3. In Game 4, the Heat’s plan to attack Walker, whenever possible, was quite apparent.
On the very first offensive possession of the game for Miami, with Walker matched up against Crowder, the Heat ran a simple pick-and-roll to get Kemba switched on to Jimmy Butler. One-on-one, Walker has no chance against Butler, and with no help coming, it’s a simple bucket for Miami as Butler just backs him down and hits a jumper right over the top. Jayson Tatum has his arms out but doesn’t really ever threaten to help.
... With under 5 seconds on the shot clock here, there’s some truly inexcusable help defense from the Celtics. Tatum, for one, loses Herro on the wing and fails to pass him off to Smart, but also doesn’t ever look like he’s actually going to come and double Jimmy and force him to make a decision. Instead, he’s in no man’s land as Herro ghosts in for the layup.
That failed coverage wasn’t just on Tatum. Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward are on two clear non-shooters in Andre Iguodala and Bam Adebayo, and they have to be more aware of that huge gap in the middle of the paint and be willing to rotate over and cover the middle. Instead, both stay on their men, and Herro gets the easy layup to finish off the Celtics.
Unlike the Raptors or Sixers before them, the Heat are taking full advantage of Kemba Walker’s size disadvantage on the defensive end, attacking him whenever they can. His Celtics teammates must do a better job of helping him out if Boston wants to have any chance of completing a miraculous comeback in this series.
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Post by kivancb on Sept 25, 2020 19:35:59 GMT -5
Ball. Hayes. Okongwo. Whatever.
We need to consolidate our draft picks in a trade. Ainge gotta get this done. There's no way we're adding three more rookies if we do not make a trade.
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:37:40 GMT -5
Boston has opted to attack Miami’s zone from the perimeter, where the Heat stack stud wing defenders Jimmy Butler, Jae Crowder, and Andre Iguodala to cut off penetration. To have any chance at this series, Boston has to think differently by letting their best player go to work where the zone is weakest. Zone defenses of any formation are about assigned areas of coverage over individual matchups. But perhaps the best way to force those assignments to be abandoned is through an inside-out approach that collapses the defense, creating a chain reaction that smart and unselfish teams know how to take advantage of. Get a player at the nail and defenses automatically swarm the most vulnerable spot of their zone. The more of a threat that player is to score on the catch, the more attention he draws and the more crevices his presence opens up. Jayson Tatum was that option several times over the course of Game 4 and the shots he manufactured should find their way into Brad Stevens’ game plan for Game 5. www.celticsblog.com/2020/9/24/21453845/to-better-their-offense-boston-celtics-must-get-jayson-tatum-in-the-middle-of-the-court-miami-heat
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Post by fierce on Sept 25, 2020 19:43:28 GMT -5
Ball. Hayes. Okongwo. Whatever. We need to consolidate our draft picks in a trade. Ainge gotta get this done. There's no way we're adding three more rookies if we do not make a trade. Agree. Interesting that I read an article saying that GSW prefers Okongwu over Wiseman.
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:44:47 GMT -5
To trap or not to trap When the defense decides to trap, his lack of length and the few shooters Miami surrounds him with are evident. If scoring from Herro is the worry, the most effective strategy to prevent him from scoring is to simply get the ball completely out of his hands without having to learn a unique defensive strategy on the fly: In trapping situations this year, Herro turned it over 20 percent of the time, and teammates only shot 1-for-9 when the ball found them. Statistically-speaking, he may be the right guy to trap. But looking forward to Game 5 (and hopefully beyond), Stevens could make the decision to match Marcus Smart’s minutes more closely with Herro, pulling Hayward back into the starting group and returning Smart to the bench role he once thrived in. Offensively, Boston features a little less balance by putting Hayward with the Big Three from the jump, but it’s a defensive-minded adjustment which thinks more about matching Miami’s bright young reserve. Smart is as smart and pugnacious as they come (having minimized Goran Dragic’s early production in the series), and his ability to execute a nuanced game plan like the one mentioned above could be the ace in the hole Boston relies on. www.celticsblog.com/2020/9/24/21453830/how-to-vanquish-miami-heat-super-tyler-herro-boston-celtics-marcus-smart
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Post by kivancb on Sept 25, 2020 19:45:11 GMT -5
Not a surprise fierce.
Wiseman is more skilled, but wise men would say Okongwu suits better as a modern big man.
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:45:27 GMT -5
Ball. Hayes. Okongwo. Whatever. We need to consolidate our draft picks in a trade. Ainge gotta get this done. There's no way we're adding three more rookies if we do not make a trade. Agree. Interesting that I read an article saying that GSW prefers Okongwu over Wiseman.
He's my pick if we get up that high ...
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:46:38 GMT -5
Good D. Better shot
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:46:39 GMT -5
Robinson opens for Heat 3-0
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:47:37 GMT -5
0-3 on threes for C's ... no attack in the paint!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:48:03 GMT -5
Bad start
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:48:37 GMT -5
Finally!
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:48:42 GMT -5
JB with our 1st TO of the game ...
Smart a corner three ... our 4th
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:49:21 GMT -5
JT drives the lane and is fouled ... indeed, finally!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:50:42 GMT -5
Travel?
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:50:46 GMT -5
Kemba misses a three and another ...
C's (1-6) now shooting threes ... umm, 1-7
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:51:12 GMT -5
He didn't dribble!!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:52:42 GMT -5
Another travel
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Post by hedleylamarr on Sept 25, 2020 19:53:10 GMT -5
I guess they don't foul or travel
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2020 19:53:14 GMT -5
Pass picked off and Robinson makes another transition layup ... Heat by 6!
You go Brad ...
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