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[Playoff Matchup Thread] Cleveland vs. Boston

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All this buzz about stevens being some sort of jedi i watched the bball breakdown expecting something exceptional. I was suprised...half the sets are the same as ours and the other half are designed to generate 2 point jumpshots.
 
For Boston to win Isiah Thomas has to utterly destroy Kyries defense every game. Dude getting into has to be a CONSTANT issue. They also need good 3PT shooting to keep us from focusing on Turner and Thomas. Then they have to contain Lebron and Kyrie. I just don't believe that have those tools to even do that for one game. Kyrie is going to kill Thomas and Turner can't guard Lebron and has never been able to. I would say their front court has to win it for them but that simply won't happen. They don't have a rebounder better than our 3rd best rebounder

Gonna be very hard for Boston to overpower this Cavs team, which I fee may be the best all around team the Cavs have ever fielded
 
Days of rest for each game.

Game 1: 3 days (5 for LBJ)
Game 2: 1 day
Game 3: 1 day
Game 4: 2 days
Game 5: 1 day
Game 6: 1 day
Game 7: 2 days

Have you seen how well we play with one, let alone two or three days rest? That is why I think this will be a sweep. The only game I see Boston with a chance is game 3 to be honest. One day of rest and in the Garden. But even then, it will only be our 3rd game in 8 days.

LBJ knows what Rd 1 is about. Take care of business, get a few days before round 2. Let's hope Milwaukee can steal a game or two from Chi.
 
All this buzz about stevens being some sort of jedi i watched the bball breakdown expecting something exceptional. I was suprised...half the sets are the same as ours and the other half are designed to generate 2 point jumpshots.

I agree. While they are greatly executed plays and desinged very carefully, I don't see anything out of the ordinary our D can't handle. Really most of the sets look like not overly complicated high school sets. Stevens is a talented guy but he is miles away from being experienced and savvy enough to do any damage in the playoffs. His bag of tricks is just not big enough yet.
 
If you guys want anything specific from that video I'd be happy to oblige.
I have some requests :D

1. Kyrie's shot against the Spurs plus the handshake with LeBron after. Starts at 2:30
2. Mozgov block. Starts at 2:02
3. JR half court shot (plus view of him after). Starts at 1:21
4. Love three starting at 0:33


Thanks a ton man.
 
So awesome Rager- thanx for posting!!


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The kid is WAY better than the awkward one with guys yelling.
 
I want Boston swept.

And the tears of their fans will be "oh so delicious!"
 
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I want Boston swept.

And the tears of their fans will be "oh so delicious!"


You'll be sorry, amigo. You'll hear never ending conspiracy theories when the Cavs sweep them. Things like the league are out to get them. Yes, the 17-time champion Celtics is being targeted by the league.
 
What adjustments are people expecting for game 2. I might think boston might try a little trapping especially on delly and smith. They tried to dribble drive with their 4 man in the first quarter and it worked quite well so i can see them trying to do that more.

I think cavs look to attack thomas more in the half court and add a bit more high low action. In fact i think boston were sending the baseline man to double the post so i could see some weak side curling down the lane on any post ups
 
I expect Boston to try to keep Irving away from the ball on defense. Possibly even committing multiple defenders to denying him. McHale said earlier in the year when they played the Cavs (granted Kyrie wasn't there) that their game plan was to let LeBron shoot as much as he wanted but not let anyone else get going. Boston would be smart to try to take Kyrie out of the game and force LeBron to score more while looking to get the post guys involved more.

If you're the Cavs, you can't lose that physical tone that you tried to set. It didn't go well, but it will only get more physical as the playoffs go on.

The weave at the top was hurting the Cavs early. Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart shooting 20 footers isn't something I'm afraid of, so I think the Cavs need to go under the handoff screens at the top when those are the guys running the offense.

I'd like to see LeBron do a better job rotating on defense. He was very good on the strong side of the floor yesterday both on and off the ball. When the ball would reverse, however, he'd be late to a shooter or miss a box out that resulted in a rebound.
 

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