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Post by hedleylamarr on May 11, 2018 10:24:40 GMT -5
I agree that we should see a Moose sighting in this series. He can muscle down low, and score on CLE. Also, as many have said, we need to slow down LeBron. This first game is key. We need to win the first one. It seems he always wins that first one. Brad needs to throw multiple players at him, and we need to score, I'd say, 105-110 points per game. That way, even if he gets 40, it's incumbent on his team mates to step it up.
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Post by cole on May 11, 2018 11:20:15 GMT -5
Maybe the refs will let him bang like Embiid did last series? not likely, huh?
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Post by hedleylamarr on May 11, 2018 11:28:26 GMT -5
Maybe the refs will let him bang like Embiid did last series? not likely, huh? Embiid is still in the locker room not shaking hands!
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 16:54:03 GMT -5
I agree that we will see Moose when LeBron is not on the floor. It will be fun to see how Brad figures out a way to challenge Korver and Love at the defensive end. I am getting excited about this series. This will enable the Celtics to put their mark on the league once again.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2018 17:08:45 GMT -5
In Response to SFBosFan: I agree ... BOS/GS is a better draw for the NBA and it's fans than another ho-hummer vs the Cavs. 1) Hood refused to play when the Cavs starters were taken out for the game leading by 25+/- ... doesn't want to be there & contribute unless in a bigger role 2) Hill isn't an offensive threat ... some defense and a passer 3) Was Larry Nance Jr a difference maker in the playoffs? 4) Greenkiller's Jordan Clarkson is inconsistent The Cavs are James, Love (when he shows up), Smith & Korver (as long as he remains hot). Green & Hill are core fillers and neither is a major offensive threat. If you think Hood, Clarkson & Nance (rookies to PO's except Hood who avg'd 8.9pts/gm for UT last season and just 4.6pts/gm in this playoffs so far) have the chops to spell the Cavs core then we have no shot ... I don't buy that. Secondly Thompson has no advantage over Monroe, in fact, Monroe may have the advantage over him!www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/8/17330144/cavs-raptors-game-4-playoffs-bench-lebronThe most notable progress has come from Kevin Love, the oft-derided sidekick who can never seem to do enough. Love looked lifeless in Round 1, hurting his hand and getting outplayed by Thad Young. He shot just 33.3 percent from the floor in the series; at that point, you almost had to wonder if he’d get benched. But on Monday, he finished with 23 points on 13 shots, marking his third straight game with 20 points or more (including 31 in Game 2). In seven games against Indiana, he didn’t score 20 or more a single time.
Kyle Korver has turned into a deadly shooter again, shooting 40 percent from deep against the Pacers; against Toronto, he somehow bettered that to a scorching 56 percent. His field goal shooting jumped from 38 percent to 58 percent as well. J.R. Smith was a perfect 6-for-6 Monday and scored 20 points in Game 1; the last time Smith scored 20 in a game was the first week of February. Even Jeff Green was more treat than trick in this series, scoring in double digits in three of the four games after reaching 10 or more points only once in the first round. Overall, the Cavs bench finally decided to give a helping hand. Cleveland was next-to-last in bench offensive efficiency in the first round. But in the second round, the unit jumped to third-best. Ty Lue’s decision to keep Tristan Thompson as a reserve also paid off. Thompson was a factor in Game 1, grabbing 12 rebounds and 14 points in a one-point victory. Lue could have overreacted and inserted Thompson into the starting lineup. Instead, he kept Love in and it worked. The Cavs ran the Raptors off the floor with such an overwhelming offense that it didn’t matter how bad they were defensively.
For the Raptors, the resurgence of LeBron’s supporting cast was a backbreaker; on the rare occasion that LeBron would miss or be on the bench, his teammates did just enough to pick him up and make his rest worth it. LINK> Toronto was never going to stop LeBron with its limited options, but the fifth-best defense in the regular season could have contained his supporting cast. (Spoiler: They didn’t.) This is the version of their team the Cavs have been looking for all season. After months of tinkering with the formula and overhauling it in dramatic fashion at the trade deadline, they seem to have stumbled onto something that works at the perfect time.From the LINK above: [Raps were] ... counting on a rookie (OG Anunoby) and a second-year player (Pascal Siakam) to guard the best player in the world. LeBron just beat the Pacers almost single-handedly. If Anunoby and Siakam can slow him down at all, the Raptors will advance.
The Raptors couldn’t contain LeBron in the regular season. He averaged 29.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and eight assists a game on 57.1 percent shooting in three meetings between the teams. Anunoby and Siakam were the two primary defenders on LeBron, guarding him on 163 of his 215 possessions (75.8 percent) against Toronto. LeBron shot only 4-of-16 from the field with Siakam on him, compared with 13-of-21 against Anunoby, but both youngsters struggled to guard him without fouling. He averaged 11.7 free throw attempts per game against the Raptors, almost twice as much as his regular-season average of 6.5.
Anunoby and Siakam won’t have nearly as much help against LeBron as they did against John Wall in their first-round win over Washington. One of the two was the primary defender on only 157 of Wall’s 465 (33.8 percent) possessions in that series. LeBron’s sheer size means there are far fewer players who can match up with him. Even though the King is 33, perimeter players without elite size and athleticism bounce off of him like they aren’t even there. Double-teams don’t work either, because the Cavs play so many 3-point shooters around LeBron that something is always open when the defense collapses.
The Pacers found that out the hard way. They went with a three-headed monster of Bojan Bogdanovic, Thaddeus Young, and Lance Stephenson on LeBron in the last round. Bogdanovic and Young are average NBA athletes, while Lance is too short to prevent LeBron from scoring over the top of him. The only real success Indiana had against LeBron came when Lance got under his skin by talking trash and taking cheap shots on him. And even then, LeBron finished with one of the most dominant offensive performances in his playoff career, averaging 34.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 7.7 assists a game on 55.3 percent shooting.Comment: I'm betting that Morris, Smart & Ojeleye do a better job than those mentioned above.
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Post by cole on May 14, 2018 6:02:38 GMT -5
A final word to the sixers. What do Ben Simmons and markelle fultz have in common? Neither were able to win in college.
David Robinson took freaking navy to the 8. Steph dragged Davidson to the same. Lsu underperformed and Fultz team struggled in a weak pack 12. First picks should be winners.
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Post by puddin on May 14, 2018 7:27:43 GMT -5
Cs defense was like a well oiled machine....
It made the Cavs/LBJ look old and tired.
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Post by cole on May 14, 2018 8:26:08 GMT -5
Cs defense was like a well oiled machine....
It made the Cavs/LBJ look old and tired.
Pud
Sorry, I led you to the wrong thread
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Post by fierce on May 14, 2018 8:44:31 GMT -5
Cavs look tired and old?
They are old and tired!
Lebron and most of the Cavs players are over 30 years old.
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Post by puddin on May 14, 2018 9:08:07 GMT -5
Cs defense was like a well oiled machine....
It made the Cavs/LBJ look old and tired.
Pud
Sorry, I led you to the wrong thread
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Post by puddin on May 14, 2018 9:16:43 GMT -5
Cavs look tired and old? They are old and tired! Lebron and most of the Cavs players are over 30 years old. The Raptors made the Cavs look like....
...they had found Matt's fountain of youth.
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