MirORich
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A couple things from the post game interviews:
-JRs back tightened up on him and they decided to keep him out the rest of the game. A partial, explanation for some of the puzzling rotations in the first six minutes of the 4th qtr. With JR out and Korver being exploited and bullied by Smart, it limited the options.
-Excuse or not, all the players mentioned just needing to get in better shape. That likely affected how little they pushed the pace in the second half and the defensive trapping not being as intense as it was in the first half. Lue specifically said he wants the players to not pace themselves, go all out full energy for 6-7 minutes and then just let him put the next guy in.
-Lue also said he needs to create more plays/opportunities for Love and that he definitely sees Love as the second option behind LeBron. Said that when they don't push the pace and keep the Nak moving, it doesn't benefit Love as much as when they do, as that type of movement and pace leads to switch mismatches that can result with a smaller defender on Love for postups/backdowns or just a scrambled defense that leads to open threes.
All of the post game interviews were good but the LeBron and Lue ones were the longest and most info heavy/insightful.
-JRs back tightened up on him and they decided to keep him out the rest of the game. A partial, explanation for some of the puzzling rotations in the first six minutes of the 4th qtr. With JR out and Korver being exploited and bullied by Smart, it limited the options.
-Excuse or not, all the players mentioned just needing to get in better shape. That likely affected how little they pushed the pace in the second half and the defensive trapping not being as intense as it was in the first half. Lue specifically said he wants the players to not pace themselves, go all out full energy for 6-7 minutes and then just let him put the next guy in.
-Lue also said he needs to create more plays/opportunities for Love and that he definitely sees Love as the second option behind LeBron. Said that when they don't push the pace and keep the Nak moving, it doesn't benefit Love as much as when they do, as that type of movement and pace leads to switch mismatches that can result with a smaller defender on Love for postups/backdowns or just a scrambled defense that leads to open threes.
All of the post game interviews were good but the LeBron and Lue ones were the longest and most info heavy/insightful.