NBA Playoffs Season 2014-2015

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Kerr is failing to make adjustments.

1. Pick up the tempo -

The Cavs are just letting James and Dellavedova walk the ball up the court and go into their half court sets. What they need to do is apply fullcourt pressure, not a press, but fullcourt pressure on whoever is bringing up the ball up the court. The Cavs are getting into offense with around 18 seconds left on the clock, which is way too much. Instead, let them deal with the pressure and get into more loose offensive possessions that would probably result in worse shots and/or turnovers and generate more transition offense.

2. Make life easier for Curry-

The Cavs are destroying the high P&R by trapping Curry and forcing the ball out of his hands. Instead, the Warriors should scratch that and have Curry attack Dellavedova one on one/in space. This would allow Curry more time to react to a potential double since it'll have to come from distance and cause the Cavs to make an adjustment since Dellaveodva can't cover Curry in space.

When they do P&R I want to see Thomspon as the screener. This means that whoever is defending Thompson will have to decide whether to trap Curry and give Thompson a wide open shot or hedge loosely on Curry, which puts Dellavedova in danger of not being able to recover fast enough on Curry.

1. I think it's more Cleveland dictating the tempo than Warriors failing to do so. They're posting LeBron a ton, so it slows the game a ton too.

2. Agreed, but it would not have mattered if the rest of the Dubs are making shots. Curry had a decent game in finding open guys when he's trapped, problem is, they're not capitalizing by missing. Barnes has missed so many open shots and so as Draymond. And I wonder why Curry can split the trap in the middle ala Stev Nash? I think he has the handles to be able too.

[Endless Paradise]

Fantastic article on what the Cavs are doing to flummox the Warriors:

https://medium.com/the-cauldron/the-big-list-of-important-things-from-the-first-three-games-of-the-2015-nba-finals-86e9f455f40

[GC003332]

Joe Crawford refereeing tonight, due to the fact that the first 3 games have all been the best rated ever on ABC the league has decided that it Will be a 7 game series.
Joey will be rewarded for working 'Hard' for the league and get a game 7 gig for his 'efforts'.

[LGC88]

I think GS is fine on the defense event. They can't handle Lebron, he does whatever he wants no matter what and who they throw at him. BUT somehow they managed to not let the Cavs score less than 100pts before overtime, which is a good indication for GS. They usually win when opponent score less than 100pts.

GS is struggling in offense because they don't impose their rhythm.
They are thinking too much and play too tight. As a result, they were even missing open look 3s.
Then something happen and it was simply shocking, the cavs were 20pts ahead and suddenly Curry, Lee and co. started to run everywhere, simulating energy to hopefully catch a rhythm and you know the rest, they bang 3s after 3s, steal 1 and came back to 1 point before losing the game.

GS needs a certain type of rhythm, similar to the Spurs when Pop always insist on Pace.
Shooting 3s is about pace. Shooting a static 3 open look is harder (ask JR Smith).

To me, it all comes to this. If GS will manage to enter into some kind of rhythm, they might win the next 3 games (like they did against Memphis). If they don't, I'm very worried for them.

[D.o.s.]

Joe Crawford refereeing tonight, due to the fact that the first 3 games have all been the best rated ever on ABC the league has decided that it Will be a 7 game series.
Joey will be rewarded for working 'Hard' for the league and get a game 7 gig for his 'efforts'.

I do dislike Joey Crawford, though.

[wiley]

I think GS is fine on the defense event. They can't handle Lebron, he does whatever he wants no matter what and who they throw at him. BUT somehow they managed to not let the Cavs score less than 100pts before overtime, which is a good indication for GS. They usually win when opponent score less than 100pts.

GS is struggling in offense because they don't impose their rhythm.
They are thinking too much and play too tight. As a result, they were even missing open look 3s.
Then something happen and it was simply shocking, the cavs were 20pts ahead and suddenly Curry, Lee and co. started to run everywhere, simulating energy to hopefully catch a rhythm and you know the rest, they bang 3s after 3s, steal 1 and came back to 1 point before losing the game.

GS needs a certain type of rhythm, similar to the Spurs when Pop always insist on Pace.
Shooting 3s is about pace. Shooting a static 3 open look is harder (ask JR Smith).

To me, it all comes to this. If GS will manage to enter into some kind of rhythm, they might win the next 3 games (like they did against Memphis). If they don't, I'm very worried for them.

That rhythm coincided with playing David Lee...
Though being so far behind also must have inspired some of it.

[rondohondo]

Dumb move for Lebron to say there is zero room for error in his pregame speech. JR Smith and Mozgov are going to clench up 

[GC003332]

Joe Crawford refereeing tonight, due to the fact that the first 3 games have all been the best rated ever on ABC the league has decided that it Will be a 7 game series.
Joey will be rewarded for working 'Hard' for the league and get a game 7 gig for his 'efforts'.

I do dislike Joey Crawford, though.

There is a growing report that the league office is of the belief that if Lebron wins the Title he is going to take a sabbatical and leave them in the lurch.He has been unwilling to sign the necessary documents thus far, the league has given him a revised timetable of game 7 to agree to stick it out or hand the Title over to the Warriors.
His slide tackle of the Golden Boy was his test of the league to see if he is still in fact the 'Chosen One' or if they have moved on from him.
High stacks game of Russian roulette. The plot thickens.

[SCeltic34]

Do or die for Golden State.  Teams are 32-0 when taking a 3-1 lead in the Finals.

[mahonedog88]

Story of the series right there.  Warriors missing 3 WIDE OPEN shots to start, Shumpert makes the first 3 he takes.

[esel1000]

Story of the series right there.  Warriors missing 3 WIDE OPEN shots to start, Shumpert makes the first 3 he takes.

You need to take it inside when the shots aren't falling...

[mahonedog88]

Tristan Thompson is gonna have a field day with this lineup

[SCeltic34]

Warriors have already taken 9 threes.

Gotta get to the basket better with this small lineup.

[SCeltic34]

And there's the inconsistency with the NBA.  That's good defense by Mozgov, went straight up but got a foul called.  He did the exact same thing three times last game, but didn't get called for it.

[mahonedog88]

The Warriors feel more into in the first 6 minutes than they did through 3 quarters of game 3