Eastern Conf Final - Cavs-Magic

[SSS]

I would leave Z on the bench. He is too slow to defend the pick and roll. Between Varajao, Smith and Wallace you have 18 fouls to use on Howard - no dunks allowed! LeBron can play the 4, Wally gives you another shooter and you try to out-Orlando the Magic.

The Cavs have lost 11 of their last 15 versus Orlando. It appears Brown hasn't learned much from those defeats.

Wallace has a lot better chance to get under Howard's skin if he strings together a few clean stops. That would bother me more than a known drama guy like Varejo transparently targeting me.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I would leave Z on the bench. He is too slow to defend the pick and roll. Between Varajao, Smith and Wallace you have 18 fouls to use on Howard - no dunks allowed! LeBron can play the 4, Wally gives you another shooter and you try to out-Orlando the Magic.

The Cavs have lost 11 of their last 15 versus Orlando. It appears Brown hasn't learned much from those defeats.

Bingo...he is just throwing shit out there and hoping it sticks...

Sasha was an x-factor in game 2...Where was he at tonight? What about Boobie not playing till tonight? What about Joe Smith only getting a couple minutes...He is athletic and can hit the jumper, so if they go with Z and Smith then Howard has to step from the basket or someone is getting open looks or go with LBJ at the 4 and Z at the 5 with say Sasha you are big enough to guard the 4/5, have athleticism to rotate and then Howard has to step on the defensive end or someone is getting an open look...

And how fucking hard is it to guard a pick n roll...Watch the film they have so many tendecies...First work your ass off to get over the damn screen...I know Howard is a big guy, but at some point you have to squeeze through there you know it is coming...how about stepping with help from someone else and rotating a different way then the same damn way all the time...

mix it up, give them different looks, because it seems everytime after they stop the initial flow from the pick n roll, then the Magic struggle, but they are getting it to Howard with a small on him, clear down low, or someone else is wide open....

And at some point you try and match up with Howard more one on one and take a 2 vs a 3...Or foul him make him make the free ones and hope that he misses...

 

[purplehaze1213]

Considering the situation, if Dwight actually picks up a T then he should be kicked out of the NBA for sheer stupidity. That being said, I don't think there is any way he is going to lose his cool again.