bb22 wrote:jonjames wrote: It doesn't matter what Lebron does in this series.
That’s literally all that matters. Lebron is the reason those role players are successful. He is everything.
Love this new Celtics team, but whether we admit it or not, they have beautifully taken advantage of a young and inexperienced sixers team.
Things will be a lot harder for both teams in the ecf. Similar to the first round.
Wrong. Lebron put up 34.4 ppg / 10 rpg / 7.7 apg on 55% FG% and 65% TS% and yet his team was taken to 7 against Indiana and in Cleveland's 4 wins they put up an average point differential of +3.5. His supporting cast on the other hand struggled against Indy hence the 7 game slugfest as opposed to the 4 game sweep of Toronto.
Love: 11 ppg / 9.3 rpg / 1 apg / 33% FG% / 45% TS%
JR: 8 ppg/3 rpg/1 apg/32% FG%/44% TS%
Korver: 8 ppg/2 rpg/1 apg/37% FG%/59% TS%
Green: 5 ppg/2 rpg/1 apg/34% FG%/45% TS%
Hill: 9 ppg/2 rpg/2 apg/52% FG%/67% TS%
Korver, Hill and Nance stepped it up and that's how they were able to win. Now against Toronto otoh...
Love: 19/13/2/43% FG%/54% TS%
JR: 11/1/1/52% FG%/74% TS%
Korver: 14/2/1/53% FG%/72% TS%
Green: 13/1/2/58% FG%/69% TS%
Hill: 9/1/2/50% FG%/59% TS%
The difference is night and day. It literally doesn't matter what Lebron does against Boston. He's gonna get his regardless. It's what his supporting cast does against the Boston D that will decide the series. And of course Boston has to keep playing well offensively which I'm sure they'll do against Cleveland. Cleveland's defense has been bad this postseason ranked 11th with a defensive rating of 112.3. The series between Boston and Cleveland is going to be very interesting indeed!
