Well what New Jeresy is playing on defense is like zone-ish man. They're guarding players like Hughes, Pavlovic, and Lebron when they run around, but the defender to some extent is playing defense in one area of the court. Therefore that disables all penetration inside and is forcing Cleveland to shoot everything outside. Cleveland can't even get passed the FT line.
Well, all they have to do is win one quarter and they win the game, hopefully they look like a team that cares. I think the Wizard-sleepwalk has put them in a apathetic state of mind. Ah, the good and the bad of that first round series.
4 of the New Jeresy players are pretty much in the paint-ish area and forcing any jumper possible. Whenever a Cleveland player drives to the basket, the closest help defender comes to help and the others drag inside to force the driver to shoot the ball or pass it to a person outside.
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