Chris Parker/Cleveland Scene answers your questions

[hud11]

A couple times lebron moved while Kyrie was Iso-ing, and he got a layup. I'm fine with iso as long as other guys react and move, but too often its stand and watch.

Kyrie needs to do a better job of pushing after misses. I think back to the Dallas and Memphis games and he really was pushing the pace and that set the tone.

 

[David.]

Iso we were seeing towards the end of the game was not good. I never use the eye test over stats, but I'd bet on it being extraordinarily inefficient Tuesday night.

 

[kip stabone]

New Cavs Column is up
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and...s-knife-fight-but-can-they-avoid-getting-hurt

Nice shout out to RCF!

 

[Hydroponic3385]

Chris with the shout out:

During Coach David Blatt’s pregame presser for game two, we asked about the use of isolation and whether, despite the team’s success at it, he needed to temper its use lest it lead to offensive stagnation. (Thanks to the folks on the RealCavsFans.com forums who helped inspire the query.)

 

[Chris Parker]

Well it was very efficient at the end, less so before that. They scored 7 of their last 10 chances with 0 or 1 passes after they got set past mid-court, but were 2 of 10 (counting TOs as misses, FTs as makes) the prior 10 possessions and 5-13 on 2-5 passes

I was curious and started counting from 5:30 left in 3rd after the JR Smith 3 -- the last pts by anyone other than Irving or James.

I wrote ANOTHER column just about that for the real nerds out there. Its mostly just breakdown of every possession, but you know, I thought I'd share my work and let people read and draw own conclusions. I'll post when it gets up.

 

[Damien O'Connel]

I understand it's Boston, but these are the NBA playoffs. Games are going to be more competitive than they otherwise would be in the regular season.

You have 2 superstar perimeter players so that they can take over when the going gets tough. That's what we pay them for, and that's why teams need these players to win a championship.

To win consistently in the playoffs, your big time players have to show up in big time moments. We have Kyrie and Lebron, they're supposed to win games for us.

 

[Chris Parker]

I understand it's Boston, but these are the NBA playoffs. Games are going to be more competitive than they otherwise would be in the regular season.

You have 2 superstar perimeter players so that they can take over when the going gets tough. That's what we pay them for, and that's why teams need these players to win a championship.

To win consistently in the playoffs, your big time players have to show up in big time moments. We have Kyrie and Lebron, they're supposed to win games for us.

I don't disagree nor do I feel it has reached "problem" stage. But honestly, that would be hard in Boston, which is just really overmatched talent-wise.

We won't be able to rely on just two guys and run plays to the exclusion of others the later it gets in the playoffs. I perhaps feel it might be good practice to do a little bit of that now as opposed to having it thrust upon them in later rounds. Also, I feel Bradley does a helluva job on Kyrie, so to some extent you're just making problems for yourself by continuing into that well.

 

[el_capitan]

Whatever happened to W&G?

@The Oi forgot the password.

 

[The Oi]

@The Oi forgot the password.

That's because @Maximus locked me out our shared profile.

 

[Chris Parker]

As I said, I couldn't resist looking back at the last 17 minutes of the game and what happened on offense. if you're obsessive like that as well, take a look....


http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and...-minutes-of-the-cavs-game-two-win-over-boston

 

[Pick6]

Glad I came across this thread and glad you decided to join, Chris. I like your work and will be following from now on. Refreshing change of pace from the generally lackluster and tmz'ish media coverage we get in Cleveland.

 

[GaryBriggs]

yeah, kyrie iso'ing on avery bradley is bad offense.

lebron iso'ing on evan turner is most decidedly not.

 

[David.]

its good to be able to rely on iso when the rest of the offense isnt working. thats what Im gathering happened last night.

Jr wasnt shooting well, love ended upw ith 13, the bench literally provided 5 points.. Iso has consistently provided around a point a posession all season between Ki and LBJ and you dont have to depend on the team to get it.

I say it was the right call, considering KI and Lebron were scoring decently efficient last night and the others werent

 

[cavsfever]

Great teams at later stages of the playoffs will jump all over us if our offense is too predictable. The Celtics can know what's coming and not really be able to stop it, particularly when it involves Lebron. The Bulls, not so much.

Remember teams like the Thunder who could never quite get over the hump despite great individual stars, because their offense was just a little too predictable.

 

[teamballer]

I'm not a fan of ISOball but I think it makes sense to use it a bit more against Boston, because the talent on that team is spread so evenly, that a Kyrie or LeBron ISO will usually be the most favorable matchup by default, no matter who is on them. I agree it's been overdone in this series, but I don't think it's as detrimental as it would be against some Western teams.