This game is being played at a crazy pace. Lue is going to have to find rest for LeBron and Kyrie or they're going to run out of gas again in the last six minutes.
General Playoff Thread: The Long 2nd Season
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Unlike last game the Cavs have a couple possession cushion however after Dellavaturnova's first half performance it will surely be a very short leash.
I know I've been harping the importance of resting guys, but Barbosa and Speights have been useless. Speights has such terrible defensive instincts for a man his size.
Those are the stupid mistakes by the Cavs that drive me insane. Clearly Jefferson isn't comfortable bringing the ball up. He was looking for someoen to pass to the entire time, and nobody came back to him, and it resulted in him traveling.
EDIT: Meant to include the point about LBJ getting rest during the Hack-A-Thompson free throws.
Good point that I didn't consider actually.
Even so, he still looks gassed. Cavs are about to go to the 2015 Finals slow it the fuck down strategy.
Cleveland really squandered a chance to get the lead much higher with sloppy passes, turnovers, and missed layups.
Chinanu Onuaku will be bringing the underhanded FT with him to the NBA from Louisville next year.
That said, up 9, Cleveland needs to steal 2-3 minutes of rest for LeBron here. He played the whole 3rd quarter.
I honestly don't remember the refs calling a single foul, either way, to the body of a shooter going to the hoop the entire series. If it isn't a clear rake across the arms, it's not called. Likewise, on these loose balls with guys diving all over the place, slamming into each other, they haven't really called any fouls when that happens. This was one of the few times I can remember Cleveland ending up with the ball after a scrum like that. Of course, they'll probably forget to get it over half court now.
God, I fucking hate guys like him so much. No fucking talent at all. If he wasn't this size, he'd not be in this league. He has no ability except to act like a douche.