Whatever happens in games 4-7, can we agree ANALYTICS has proven to be FALSE?

[Malta]

you do know GS shot 46.8% from 2 last night correct?? with no post player???

so you're saying they couldn't up it 3.2% with lebron going to the hole another 23 times

They actually shot 51% from 2 point land, they were 24-47 from 2 for a total of 48 pts, however they were 12-30 from 3 for 36pts, so on 17 less field goal attempts and 12 less makes they were only 12 pts behind their 2 point total.



What otherworldly player do you know of that can go to the rim 23 times against a set defense with guys that aren't respecting your shooters and will rotate over to try and pick up charges? They could have gone 41-88 tonight (47%) without any threes and they still would have lost the game by 1 That is the power of 3 point shooting, the Warriors took 11 less shots than the Cavs and still rolled em.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

They actually shot 51% from 2 point land, they were 24-47 from 2 for a total of 48 pts, however they were 12-30 from 3 for 36pts, so on 17 less field goal attempts and 12 less makes they were only 12 pts behind their 2 point total.



What otherworldly player do you know of that can go to the rim 23 times against a set defense with guys that aren't respecting your shooters and will rotate over to try and pick up charges? They could have gone 41-88 tonight (47%) without any threes and they still would have lost the game by 1 That is the power of 3 point shooting, the Warriors took 11 less shots than the Cavs and still rolled em.

Again I agree in a vacuum. Who's to say the game would have turned out the same way if lebron was doing that.

Who's to say once they stopped respecting the shooters that those 23 bricks wouldn't be 5 for 12?


That's what I been saying. I'm not disagreeing with the 3 being important. I'm saying that if you obviously not making them shyts, going for high percentage shots could do a lot more than chucking up an additional 20 damn bricks

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Basically I'm saying don't live and die by the 3

Live and die by the 2 and sprinkle a little 3 on top


This whole series has been, if you make 3s you win. If the 3 is off, keep shooting anyway straight into a loss

This is nba 2k type shyt right now

 

[Malta]

Again I agree in a vacuum. Who's to say the game would have turned out the same way if lebron was doing that.

Who's to say once they stopped respecting the shooters that those 23 bricks wouldn't be 5 for 12?


That's what I been saying. I'm not disagreeing with the 3 being important. I'm saying that if you obviously not making them shyts, going for high percentage shots could do a lot more than chucking up an additional 20 damn bricks

Cavs shot 41% on their 2 point attempts, they weren't winning this game pounding the ball into the paint.

They would still lose the game if they go 5-12 from 3, and 6-11 on the rest of the shots. Only way they were winning tonight is if their shooters hit around 10 threes, that's all there is to it

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Cavs shot 41% on their 2 point attempts, they weren't winning this game pounding the ball into the paint.

They would still lose the game if they go 5-12 from 3, and 6-11 on the rest of the shots. Only way they were winning tonight is if their shooters hit around 10 threes, that's all there is to it

Yes. If the game would have played exactly the same in every other way

I don't think it would when you have a change of philosophy that drastic from 27 3s to 12

 

[Malta]

Yes. If the game would have played exactly the same in every other way

I don't think it would when you have a change of philosophy that drastic from 27 3s to 12

They'd lose in every scenario you've come up with so far.

We've seen them win 2 games now, in those 2 games the Warriors were +2 total on threes made. The Cavs have to play them almost even in threes and get to the line more than them to make up for their lack of offensive efficiency, if the Warriors make 6-8 more threes than them the game won't be close


The Grizz already tried and failed to beat them the exact way you're talking about.

 

[Osmosis]

I agree that the OP is completely baseless but you guys should concede that Cleveland is running a very archaic offense that should not be as successful as it is.

 

[Absolut]

warriors are a couple missed open 3's from brooming the cavs outta there. had curry hit that wide open 3 after that awful inbounds late they win game 3 imo, and had chances in game 2 and bricked it away. warriors showed up 3 out of 12 quarters the first 3 games and they were toss ups to the wire. going into todays game they closed -145 favorites to win the series, despite being down 2-1. the way people were talking it was like the cavs were blowing them off the floor. cavs couldnt have played better and its evened up at 2's, and the warriors are heavy favorites to close the shyt out

 

[Kal El]

no.. cause if they turned those 27 shots into 27 mid to low range 2's... they'd obviously hit a way higher number... going 50% on those 27 shots would have given them the win

Cleveland shot 14 mid to low range 2's in the 2nd half last night.

They shot 1-14.

 

[Kal El]

Even with Curry's 2-15 shooting from 3 in Game 2, he's still over 40% for the series