NBA Playoffs thread.
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vslice02
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Virtually identical to the Chandler/Durant foul. IMO officials are allowing how hard the player falls to the floor dictate the foul. Sad.
vslice02
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Ronnie Brewer picked up the charge at the end of regulation but that play exemplified the defensive genius of Thibbedeau. Miami tried to go to a LeBron (guarded by Deng) pick-and-roll with Mike Miller (guarded by Rose) but Brewer and Rose auto-switched it when Wade (guarded by Brewer) down-screened for Miller so instead of a LeBron/Rose matchup it was LeBron/Brewer. I loved that play.
But Rose can't settle for 2 consecutive step-back jumpers. At MVP time he needs to attack.
But Rose can't settle for 2 consecutive step-back jumpers. At MVP time he needs to attack.
vslice02
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Yup, there was also a play when Chicago had the lead where Bosh went into the lane and got 2 FT's on basically just solid post defense by Noah.
And Chicago's sideline out-of-bounds plays are atrocious.
MVP is about the regular season, your posts are getting ridiculous by the minute. But even if you want to talk playoffs - when you dont have much help like Rose, it is easy in the playoffs to double or triple team him and dare others to make shots. Thats part of why Rose is struggling. If he had Wade in place of Deng, the results would be a little different.
MVP isnt always given to someone with the best offensive stats. Again, stupid argument. Lebron is playing alongside 2 other stars, one of whom is a superstar himself. And the Heat still finished with an inferior record to the Bulls. That seals this debate. With Wade and Bosh next to him, if Lebron had won 65+ games, then we could have this debate. Even Wade averaged 25.5 ppg on 50% shooting. So then could he be the MVP and not Lebron? There is no argument really here. Heat have 2 superstars, the Bulls have just one. They dont have anyone even remotely close to a Wade averaging 25ppg on their team
well he was the MVP for the Cavs sure. But that was last year. We are talking about this year and the Heat
I was debating about Lebron vs Rose ONLY. Even otherwise, Howard's and Dirk's teams finished with an inferior record, right? So it doesnt matter.
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vslice02
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Agree he should've had a minute or two of rest - especially w/how well Watson played in the 2nd-qtr. However, I'm not sure it would've made a difference. 3 straight games now the LeBron and the Heat defense shuts off his driving lanes in the 4th qtr.
What LeBron and Wade do is similar to what Jordan and Pippen would do in taking their defensive pressure to that extra level late in games and completely smother teams offensively down the stretch. They're not on the same level as Jordan/Pippen but rarely have we seen defensive play by mulitple perimeter players swing the outcome of games since the Bulls' championship run.
Also I'm fine with Rose as the MVP because that's the way it's always worked. If it went to the best player Shaq would have more than 1 MVP, and Jordan have the MVP record instead of Kareem. It usually goes to the best player on one of the best teams - often a player/team that makes a breakthrough.