Is Posey hurt?

[TheReaLPuba]

These last two games he just hasn't been able to stick with LeBron James.

He just seems a step and a half too slow, taking poor angles, and just letting one juke move or head fake get him way out of position.

Maybe he's expecting help after getting blown by but it's never there and LeBron is getting easy baskets at the rim.

I've seen no mention of an injury but he WAS playing excellent defense in the first few games of the series....what happened?

[wdleehi]

He is just getting to close to Lebron on the outside.  Giving Lebron the room to get that 1st step around him.

[IowaGuy]

He's hurt.  It happened at the end of game 2. If you watch the tape you can see him bend over in pain right as everybody was walking off the court after the final buzzer.  I think I heard it was a rib injury.  it really seems to be effecting his movement, i've never seen him play that bad of defense.  Wally was getting around him!  You can also see he is wearing a protective jacket under his jersey if you look closely.  I hope he can recover cause we'll need some tough D in clevland on friday.

[coco]

JPosey looks hurt and so does RA.  RA has no lift.  He's probably hurt but not telling anyone. 

Where is TA?

[dobbs]

Agree that both players are hurt.  Ray Allen has had trouble staying with Wally and Wally has had no trouble staying with Ray.  WALLY.  NO TROUBLE.  STAYING WITH RAY.  What is wrong with this picture?  The guy has Eight Belles' ankles and Ray needs picks to get free of him.  It makes no sense at all.  He has to be hurt.

[MMacOH]

Anyone who tried to guard Lebron that closely is going to get taken to the rim.  Lebron is faster than any other small forward in the league.  He has the speed of a PG in a SF body