So much overhelping in the 2nd quarter. And too many times guys are just getting straight up beat off the dribble. Two Celtics threes and the shot Smart was fouled on were the direct result of unnecessary help. Deron, Tristan and Korver all overhelped.
Failed blitz on Smart leads to Bradley open corner three. That's the argument against blitzing Smart. He's a good passer capable of making quick decisions. However, Tristan was late because he had to hang back a split second as Olynyk set a back screen for Brown.
Love missed two WIDE OPEN threes in the 2nd. JR bad one on one take against Bradley. JR comes back a couple possessions later, doesn't force a three he probably should have taken anyway, and finds Tristan for a floater. He continues to play a very nice floor game.
Al Horford BULLSHIT bank shot from the top. Like, what the fuck even is that?
Explain this to me because I guess I don't get it. They called that Kyrie play late where he got fouled a two shot foul because it was a rip through. Which, I guess, technically it was. But he got the shot up. And it almost went in. Are you telling me if that goes in, they don't count the shot? Doesn't make sense.
Tristan stays a split second too long on the help on the last Boston play, leads to the Horford drive and dish to Olynyk.
Overall: The Cavs were slow on rotations in the first quarter, but Boston threw looks at them they hadn't seen before. Boston also had incredible off ball movement that seemed to confuse the Cavs (kind of like what we saw in games 1 and 2 in the finals last year). The Cavs cleaned it up in the second quarter, simplifying some of the off ball switches, but they lost some of their D principles. They overhelped too often, and they got beat off the dribble several times.