2016 NBA Playoffs Thread: Post-Joey Crawford Edition

[Hurricane Season]

HAVE LEBRONS TEAMMATES BETRAYED HIM?

 

[Mexi]

Why would someone want to stand outside the arena watching the game on a screen?

it was cute at fkrst but now it's kinda lame

We get it toronto, you like the raps

 

[BNC]

You really don't get the point that's being made. Was slowing down the pace and minimizing possessions the best strategy for Cleveland? Yes it was. But there are ways you do that, there are ways you minimize possessions but still get the most efficient shots you can while maximizing your possessions. Five guys standing around and being easy to defend is not how you do that. Bosox said it and he was 100% on point, the Cavs "couldn't throw the ball into the ocean" because they spent every possession stationary and literally made it where Golden State didn't have to play defense. Even if you want to minimize possessions, you still have to run your sets and move the ball. Quite literally play a chess match. But when you're only averaging 140 passes a night like Cleveland did, you aren't giving yourself a chance in hell to beat Golden State. Do you have any idea how few 140 passes per game is? To put that in perspective, a team like Golden State, who also had their possessions minimized as a result of what Cleveland was doing quite literally doubled them up by moving the ball 280 times on average per night in that series. The team that played the slowest pace of any team in this seasons playoffs, the Pistons, averaged 254 passes a night in their series against the Cavs. Through their first three series last season, Golden State was averaging 331 passes a night. I suppose that I should also say that Cleveland was averaging 269 passes a night going into that Finals series. So going back to the original point, slowing down to a crawl is fine and dandy, but to be effective you still have to run your stuff. You still have to move offensively, you still have to move the ball and force your opponent to play defense. Cleveland did not do that. That's a failure in coaching from David Blatt, that's a failure in coaching and leadership from LeBron.

GSW has guys that you can actually trust with the ball though, the players Cleveland had can only be trusted to catch and shoot 3s. They were basically playing 6 guys with two of them being TT and Mozgov.
 
Also, where are you getting these stats from? 

 

[elcheato]

I'd like to know how JVG thinks Tristan instigated that, despite Biyombo starting it by randomly checking Kyrie for no reason. 

 

[Mexi]

Lmfao he hit bron

 

[Mexi]

It was half demarre?

Bron backed up af tho

 

[snipezo]

The Jurassic Park thing is actually really stupid too lol. 

 

[47th oG]

lol lebron

 

[jonathanlambert33]

GSW has guys that you can actually trust with the ball though, the players Cleveland had can only be trusted to catch and shoot 3s. They were basically playing 6 guys with two of them being TT and Mozgov.
 
Also, where are you getting these stats from?

Dude not to be disrespectful but your excuse making is next level, it's extraordinary. Now the Cavs didn't have guys capable of moving the ball on offense, couldn't be trusted to dribble and pass, so they resorted to standing still and holding the ball the entire offensive possession? Are we talking about middle school basketball or the NBA? What's next? The reason the offense was stagnant and nobody moved was because they weren't trusted to run because of the high probability of tripping over their own feet? I was going to talk about how 2 of the Cavs top 3 most used lineups in that series featured four ball handlers but I'm not going to waste my time.

 

[Pugz]

leflop

 

[Mexi]

Lets get a bron takeover
Havent had one in a while

 

[Mexi]

I hate kyrie and yes id like to see chris paul play with bron

 

[Mexi]

Charlotte coulda used bismack this year

 

[Rios15]

it was cute at fkrst but now it's kinda lame

We get it toronto, you like the raps

It's funny how anything passionate is lame. I respect it but I've been once, not my thing.

 

[elcheato]

I hate kyrie and yes id like to see chris paul play with bron

Interesting that you picked today to post that and not during the first 10 games when he averaged 25 ppg. 

 

[CP3MVP]

Biyombo is murdering the Cavs on the glass

 

[snipezo]

Biz is so gonna get paid this offseason

 

[Mexi]

Interesting that you picked today to post that and not during the first 10 games when he averaged 25 ppg.

havent been watxhing tbh

 

[Mexi]

Trade kyle so i could see corey start thanks

 

[BNC]

Dude not to be disrespectful but your excuse making is next level, it's extraordinary. Now the Cavs didn't have guys capable of moving the ball on offense, couldn't be trusted to dribble and pass, so they resorted to standing still and holding the ball the entire offensive possession? Are we talking about middle school basketball or the NBA? What's next? The reason the offense was stagnant and nobody moved was because they weren't trusted to run because of the high probability of tripping over their own feet? I was going to talk about how 2 of the Cavs top 3 most used lineups in that series featured four ball handlers but I'm not going to waste my time.

You actually trust JR to do something other than shoot?