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Originally Posted by Flash Demon
West had a beastly game, as did Joe Smith.
In my opinion, Pavlovic should play more. He only played because the subs were playing in the last couple minutes, and he was 2/2. He's the only other real playmaker on the Cavs besides LeBron, and maybe West. |
I don't think Sasha Pavlovic should play more than 10 minutes. He's a horrible shooter and isn't good at passing after driving.
Joe Smith should split minutes with Ben Wallace while Anderson Varejao should just get 10 minutes when Zydrunas Ilgauskas is resting. Most of the time, Wallace or Varejao should be on the floor to guard Kevin Garnett. I noticed how good Joe Smith was back in Chicago and I hope Mike Brown keeps playing him, because he's the 3rd-4th-best player on the team and he can go off for 40 points. Zydrunas Ilgauskas is the 2nd-best player on the team so he still should be getting 35-40 minutes.
Daniel Gibson, Delonte West, and Wally Szczerbiak should split the minutes for point guard and shooting guard, resulting in 30-35 minutes each. Gibson probably shouldn't play much when he's not shooting well as West contributes much more than scoring. Who do you think is the better at running the point (not just scoring), West or Gibson? They both are decent passers.
Why is Devin Brown playing only in trash-time? He used to be a starter. He should get 10 minutes at least.
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Originally Posted by zz99
Only because the rest of the team played well. 
LeBron is shooting 13-58, for 54 points, with 21 turnovers this series. |
Of course, that's what the +/- statistic is based on. Still, LeBron James played better than every other Cleveland Cavalier and Paul Pierce played worse than every other Boston Celtic except maybe Sam Cassell.
Last season in the playoffs, LeBron James was shooting 30% for the first 4 games against Detroit Pistons. He was 7-19 for the first 3 quarters of Game 5 too. But James cannot be kept out of the paint for an entire series and he will have a dominant game. He's obviously improved somewhat every game through this series. Defensively, he was very good in Game 3.
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Originally Posted by Flash Demon
He didn't have the most turnovers this game. Only 4, much less than his 8.5 average from before. He also had 4 steals and 3 blocks to offset the TO's.
Also, he was 3-5 of 3 pointers, and 2-11 inside the 3 point line, which I KNOW at least 1 of those 2 was an outside jump shot. :P
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He only had 2 turnovers. He took less shots as well. He's had massive numbers in assists and many rebounds as well.
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Originally Posted by zz99
You're bound to eventually make a jump shot when you take as many as he does.
Here's James' chart from three -
0-0, 1-7, 0-5, 2-3, 0-0
From just barely inside the three -
0-6, 1-5, 0-3, 0-4, 1-1
From mid-range -
0-3, 0-1, 0-4
And finally, in the paint -
8-16
He has made a total of 4 jumpers, out of 43 attempts. |
Everybody that I play with has off-shooting occasions. Don't discount the 30-point, 8-assist, 7-rebound beast yet.