kblo247 wrote:Landsberger wrote:kblo247 wrote:The LAkers with Kobe used to do that even with Shaq on the court. spread Shaq/Pau, Horry/Lamar, Fish, and Foz/Ariza/MEtta out and let Kobe run the clock down and get a shot. IT got them 7 finals trips and 5 rings. Bron did it in cleveland and Miami and got 9 finals trips out of it and 3 rings.
So what? Are you saying you want to see what we just saw in close games as the norm? You have other players who can get their own shots. The pick and roll with Davis and motion on the back side with a shooter sliding top to the corner puts so much more pressure on a defense than what we just did.
So what? So what is it works. **** how it looks, it works. Just because MAgic didn't do it, or the Warriors didn't do it with Steph/KD doesn't change the fact it works It was what made the LAkers successful their whole tenure in Staples under Kobe/Phil. It is what the Bulls did in Chicago with Phil. And it is what Bron has did for every finals trip. You go with what works, not what looks good.
Scoreboard tonight says W too
LeBron isn't going to close out the top teams in the West anymore in pure isolation. This offense leaves no chance at an offensive rebound, tip or even good defensive transition if he misses. With this talent we could be much better. In the end I couldn't really care less what any team did anywhere else... just couldn't. It has no relevance what so ever.
We won late in several playoff games in our last championship run with shots by Fisher and Metta.... not Kobe btw.... If Fisher hadn't had a huge final 2 minutes in Boston we might not have won that series. Kobe was trash offensively in game 7 and Metta closed it for us.