I rather start Sheed for a couple of reasons. First, because he would give Beasely more problems offensively than Davis would. I don't think either matches up particularly well defensively with Beasely, so I prefer to get with the Sheed for an offensive edge. Also, I think that this would've provided some extra motivation for Sheed to step up an assert himself in KG's role. Should this even be a thought at this stage in the game? No, but we're talking about Sheed so you just don't know.
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Why is that when Sheed is fronted we don't put a shooter (Pierce or Ray) on the strong side of the ball, in the corner, to have the better angle for the entry pass? This is hard to explain on a keyboard, but Rondo (for example) would have the ball on the wing in order to make the entry pass to Sheed. However, since Wallace is being fronted there is no angle to make the pass. In addition, what makes this even more difficult is that Wallace no longer has good hops so a lob to the basket is basically out of the question. This happened over and over in offensive sets in Game 1. Doc and Co. did a poor job in adjusting and failed to bring over a shooter to the corner (triangle offense of sorts) to counter the strategy. Instead, the ball was swung over to the weakside and Wallace would rotate to set a high screen, on that side, for the ballhander. Bottom line, mismatch inside was constantly abandoned.
