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Originally Posted by Coach Pants
Jump Shooter LeBron = 0 championships.
And lets face it the guy is a moron so he's not going to change the way he plays the game.
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Always a pleasure to hear from perhaps the only perfect human being ever to live.
Fine, do you really want this explained to you?? It is not rocket science. The simple difference maker in this series is Mo Williams. The Cavs were so devoid of talent, he was considered the final piece to aid LeBron. LeBron's Pippen. To compare a guy like Mo Williams to Pippen is absurd but it is what it is. He had a great regular season shooting 47 percent and was a 44 percent 3 point shooter.
This series, their 2nd best player is shooting 23 for 71...32 percent and 6 for 27 from 3...22 percent (and one of those made 3s was a 65 footer...take that one away and the 44 percent season 3 point shooter is shooting under 20 percent this series.). That's it. That is what is wrong. For them to be playing every game to the wire with their number 2 guy doing pretty much zero speaks to just how well LeBron is playing this series. To have your number 2 scorer and one of the best 3 point shooters in the league shooting half of his 82 game 3 point percentage is not a recipe for Cavalier playoff success. LeBron did turn the ball over a ton in game 4 late which certainly played a role in the loss, but the biggest problem this series has been Mo Williams. He's a poor defensive player. His singular purpose is to be the complementary offensive player for LeBron and he performed that role tremendously in the regular season. And to say LeBron is not getting him the ball would be a gross mis-statement. Mo is getting 18 shots a game this series....7 threes a game. He is what has killed them this series. Then he goes and shoots his mouth off making guarantees trying to ignite something and he goes out and shoots his obligatory 5 for 15 and 0 for 3 from three point range. He was beyond depressed after the game, he knows it is all on him. He is the problem so far.
LeBron series shooting 56 for 110, 51 percent....rest of team 90 of 220, 41 percent. 3 point series shooting. LeBron 9 for 27, 33 percent. Rest of team 15 for 65, 23 percent. Magic shooting 43 percent from 3 this series. Cleveland 26 percent. Cleveland was a better shooting 3 point team than Orlando this year. 39 percent to 38 percent. So basically what you have is one of the top 3 three point shooting teams in the league shooting terribly. LeBron is the only one shooting close to his season percentage from long range. They're a JUMP SHOOTING team. That's what they became this year. They improved their offense by leaps and bounds. That's why they went from a 45 to 50 win regular season team to a 66 win team this year. They are simply not shooting well this series. Whether that's Orlando's defense is debatable. I've seen them miss numerous wide open looks...I mean wide open. They're not shooting this series. Mo Williams is the biggest cuplrit. Not jump shooting LeBron. Those are the facts. Facts are always debatable however when you are dealing with perfect human beings but I did my best. I know what's going on this series. I was the only person on this thread in mid April to pick Orlando to reach the finals. I know how Cleveland plays against them. They struggle. They are actually playing Orlando much better this series than they did in the regular season or the last 3 years. In all honestly, despite my whining and crying, Orlando is lucky to be up 3-1, but they are. As poorly as Cleveland is shooting from long range, and as great as Orlando is shooting from long range, cleveland had legitimate chances to win 3 of the 4 games this series.
Thanks for your help though. None of us...me, LeBron, nor Mo will ever reach perfection as you have. Sorry. Back to regularly scheduled programming.