The lineup to start the 4th: LeBron, Walker, Vando, Dennis, Rui. No spacing = LeBron jacking up 3s especially when Reaves, D'Angelo and AD aren't out there. Terrorist Ham strikes again.
I want him to do it too, I just don't think he can. There are times in the first quarter he looked gassed in Denver. I think this version of Bron is just what we are getting for the rest of the playoffs. A few smarter plays and we would have won.
Its disappointing for sure. Again game 1 seemed like the game they were meant to steal, but were working against Ham's inexperience to start that game.
Which is why he should be working out of the post more ..like most great players do as they age out of athletic dominance …but he’d rather put up nasty 3 point attempts during his historic drought …it’s just not smart basketball ultimately and it bails the defense out …he’s had success in the post whenever he’s consistently went to it these playoffs …let’s see if his IQ overrides ego moving forwardSomething to remind people who can't think straight.
MJ in 1998 was more than 3 years younger than Bron is now... and he had damn near stopped driving. Was shooting 75-80% jumpers at that point. That's why he had fallen to 46% FG in the 1998 postseason and all the way down to 42.7% by the 1998 Finals.
At 38yo with an injured foot, Bron ain't going to drive to the hole all game. It's not physically possible. You can say he shouldn't shoot threes at all (funny, that's the opposite critique y'all used to have of him), but claiming he can beat fools off the dribble forever is ridiculous.
At least we've finally deaded that idiotic Kobestan narrative, "I don't care if he misses, at least he was willing to take the shot!"
Funny to watch y'all pull the 180 on that one.
No... no no no
I guess Reaves and AD needed a blow which I get, but probably can't sit two of Bron, AD and Reaves at that point of the game and as bad as he's been I'd rather see D'Angelo out there if you HAVE to sit Reaves, especially with Brown not out there.
The HOPE is that Denver altitude was working against him as well. Cant have that excuse in LA. Denver is probably the most dominant team at home. And the Lakers were close to beating them. Whether a game 5 or game 7 they'd have to truly put it all together/find the 2nd wind to get it done. But they only get there by taking care of business at home.
Do they? Idk breh. I think they need this nikka to score 35.
A team losing minutes with a star on the bench isn’t new. It isn’t an anomaly.
Even prime LeBron is not going to be able to post against any halfway competent defense when he's surrounded by Vando, Dennis, Lonnie Walker and Rui.
Don’t know why not ..he did it last series with those guys and at the end of game 1 this seriesEven prime LeBron is not going to be able to post against any halfway competent defense when he's surrounded by Vando, Dennis, Lonnie Walker and Rui.
