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Post by Keyser Soze on May 20, 2009 21:31:58 GMT -6
I didn't see this coming. I gotta give credit to Warriors GM who picked the Magic.
Rashard Lewis is CLUTCH, Turkey's Michael Jordan (Hedo Turkoglu) had like 20 assists as a 6"10 forward, Dwight had a huge game, and this Pietrus guy can ball.
I dont get how the Cavs lost though. The were up by 16 in the 1st quarter, then 16 in 3rd quarter. Their D was swarming creating turnovers, blocking shots. Lebron was controlling the game. What happened? Crazy game, and crazy ending.
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Post by yourkers15 on May 20, 2009 23:29:47 GMT -6
I did not expect the game one win, i didnt even watch the game after the first.
But what it seems like is the Msgic creeped in little by little, and once it came to the 4th quarter they took over, lewis hit his last 7 shots.
But what it comes down to for the magic is how turk plays, if he takes care of the ball and doesnt get shot happy they will always have a good shot to win, and for the first time we will get to see the cavs on the hot seat, see how they react to a loss.
How about dwight knocking down the shot clock. Thats was pretty amazing.
Also Lebrons shot was on today and thats scary. It also seems he likes to use his shot alot, so if he has an off day it could be very good for the magic.
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Post by Keyser Soze on May 20, 2009 23:45:59 GMT -6
Yeah he shot the ball way too much. I think all those jumpers, resulted in empty possesion, and then magic were able cut into the lead deeper and deeper that way. But in the finals 3 minutes he got right into the teeth of the D EVERY single time.
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Post by yourkers15 on May 21, 2009 1:01:24 GMT -6
I think Lebron does it to prove a point, and i think he wants to show up kobe as well. The old Lebron would go to the rim with no problem get the calls his way and be at the line all night. But the Lebron with a jump shot feel the need to use it plenty when he really has no need to.
Another thing he needs to understand is that he is the only true playmaker on his team. I dont believe mo will is a playmaker, i find him to be just a scorer who will get his assists as he creates off the dribble. Also West is pretty much a spot up shooter and a good defender. So Lebron needs to do more than he should, but its something he can do very easily. So he needs to create all the time so west and williams can get their shots. So his chucking does not help out the others around him.
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Post by Keyser Soze on May 21, 2009 7:30:21 GMT -6
I don't think scoring was a problem though. They scored 107 on a non-overtime game. Surprisingly enough defense is their problem. Prior to last night if delonte west hit that 3 with 40 seconds left cavs would have win. If Lebron would have made that 3pt play on dwight, cavs would have definately won. But last night 0 stops late.
Like you said Rashard made 7 straight shots. These slow bigs can't keep up with him. And these guys like varajao and ben wallace can't take advantage of rashard downlow. Do they play sczerbiak more?
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Post by legend on May 21, 2009 11:15:00 GMT -6
I think switching in Wally is definetly an option but I still don't think it will help much. Wally seems to get lazy at times especially against better players.
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Post by yourkers15 on May 21, 2009 11:46:20 GMT -6
Well right now its pick your poison for the Cavs. So they either put Lebron on Lewis or Turk. Or he can be on and off try and get them out of rythm.
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Post by Keyser Soze on May 21, 2009 14:09:44 GMT -6
Cavs really need to figure out a way to take advantage of Lewis. He's weak. Or they go small IMO.
This varajao chasing Rashard stuff late in games is gonna result in a lot of unhappy endings for cleveland.
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Post by joshbounds on May 23, 2009 20:19:14 GMT -6
Magic stink!! Booooo!!!
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