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I know this is apart from the talk about adding pieces to the team or what the Cavs need to do to keep Lebron here/win a championship ect...but...
About Larry Hughes... I have been a big criticizer of Larry, mainly because he takes those flat jumpers that always seem to clang off the rim very loudly. Hughes is not a jump shooter especially from 3 point range, but he has nights where he squares himself up and makes himself an average shooter. Anyways, the difference in his game last night and whenever he has a good game is free throws. When Larry is attacking the basket and slashing to the hoop, he can finish and get fouled. That also opens up his mid range game which we saw last night that he can be deadly when inside about 15 feet. If you look at his games earlier in the season, he had no free throw attempts in four of the first six games which is ludicrous for a player of his type. In those games he scored 9, 6, 3, 4 points. Then he went to the line 9 times against charlotte and dropped 22. The next night he was 5-5 from the line and had a hot shooting night overall and scored 36. He scored 17 against Dallas going 5-5 from the line, 25 against Phoenix going 10-11, and then last night he was 12-13 from the line for 40. Larry's success hinges on his ability to attack the basket and get to the free throw line and that is where he is most effective.
The guy on the radio after that game made a good point last night. Larry seemed to accept his role last night as being second fiddle to Lebron and he seemed to feed off of him. He knew Lebron was drawing doubles and attention, so he cut and was open. It resulted in a career night as a Cav. I just hope Larry can take what he did last night and carry it over to other nights.
Here's his game by game where i got the stats... NBA.com : Larry Hughes Game By Game Page
About Larry Hughes... I have been a big criticizer of Larry, mainly because he takes those flat jumpers that always seem to clang off the rim very loudly. Hughes is not a jump shooter especially from 3 point range, but he has nights where he squares himself up and makes himself an average shooter. Anyways, the difference in his game last night and whenever he has a good game is free throws. When Larry is attacking the basket and slashing to the hoop, he can finish and get fouled. That also opens up his mid range game which we saw last night that he can be deadly when inside about 15 feet. If you look at his games earlier in the season, he had no free throw attempts in four of the first six games which is ludicrous for a player of his type. In those games he scored 9, 6, 3, 4 points. Then he went to the line 9 times against charlotte and dropped 22. The next night he was 5-5 from the line and had a hot shooting night overall and scored 36. He scored 17 against Dallas going 5-5 from the line, 25 against Phoenix going 10-11, and then last night he was 12-13 from the line for 40. Larry's success hinges on his ability to attack the basket and get to the free throw line and that is where he is most effective.
The guy on the radio after that game made a good point last night. Larry seemed to accept his role last night as being second fiddle to Lebron and he seemed to feed off of him. He knew Lebron was drawing doubles and attention, so he cut and was open. It resulted in a career night as a Cav. I just hope Larry can take what he did last night and carry it over to other nights.
Here's his game by game where i got the stats... NBA.com : Larry Hughes Game By Game Page
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