Tornicade
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By the 4th quarter and overtime, Barnes made the adjustment that LeBron never made through an entire series sweep in the 07 Finals.
Maybe it was Mark Jackson forcing him to do something that Mike Brown couldnt force LeBron to do...
Dunno. But I felt throughout yesterdays game, that I was watching Pop do the same thing to GSW that he did to us in those Finals. All the Dubs needed was one guy who could be a threat with his back to the basket to open up lanes again for what Jack ended up doing and what Barnes took advantage of on that driving dunk-and 1, and the step back over Ginobili in OT.
Stat geeks will look at the 9-26 and talk about irrelevant efficiency stats.
Guys who know the game will say that the way Jackson ran the offense through Barnes in the 4th and OT was more important to softening the Spurs D, so even when he didnt finish those few times at the end over smaller guys, him staying aggressive was just like a heavyweight landing body blows and softening the Spurs up for the perimeter to get going again (curry's 3 from corner and Thompsons two scores from right side wouldnt have happened without the Spurs adjusting to Barnes)
Great coaching yesterday by Jackson, and as a Tar Heel fan, I hope Barnes got the message that he played with late and stays aggressive down in SA.
Actually the stats support what your saying. the shooting percentage. Barnes was shooting 37.5 percent. he was 7 of 7 from the line giving him a a 44% true shot percentage. right on par with the team TS of 47%. this allowed Jack and Curry to be more efficient. In the 4th he was 3-6 at 50 percent. with three shots under the room and 3 mid range jumpers.
Anyways i could go into more detail but rest assured. us stat geeks are happy to prove your conclusions on request