I'm thinkin' about the Over in Phoenix also. Should be a faster, less defensive game, you think?
Yeah. but I really only have faith in the first half over. If PHX jumps out in front it could be like game 3 where it becomes scraps in the second half. I think the priority for them is how they come out at the tip. Portland strategy in game one was smart because they weren't crashing the offensive boards and basically were getting back so they could limit PHX transition points. That's how they can get PHX to play more half court sets which mean trouble. But I think it races in the beginning.
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Quote Originally Posted by HappyKane:
I'm thinkin' about the Over in Phoenix also. Should be a faster, less defensive game, you think?
Yeah. but I really only have faith in the first half over. If PHX jumps out in front it could be like game 3 where it becomes scraps in the second half. I think the priority for them is how they come out at the tip. Portland strategy in game one was smart because they weren't crashing the offensive boards and basically were getting back so they could limit PHX transition points. That's how they can get PHX to play more half court sets which mean trouble. But I think it races in the beginning.
If you think Char gets at least 90 don't you think they have a chance to win or cover?
Your thoughts please
Darn nice day yesterday Specialk
The Char team total play is based off of me capping the refs... I still think ORL is the team to beat here. CHA did everything right until the last 3 and a half minutes Saturday... and I thought they were the right side. But the truth is they are not as deep as the Magic. They lead the league in turnovers and are near the bottom in offense. Of course they can cover... mathmatically any team has a shot. But I backed off my under on this game, which would've made less sense had I kept that play.
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Quote Originally Posted by sailing58:
If you think Char gets at least 90 don't you think they have a chance to win or cover?
Your thoughts please
Darn nice day yesterday Specialk
The Char team total play is based off of me capping the refs... I still think ORL is the team to beat here. CHA did everything right until the last 3 and a half minutes Saturday... and I thought they were the right side. But the truth is they are not as deep as the Magic. They lead the league in turnovers and are near the bottom in offense. Of course they can cover... mathmatically any team has a shot. But I backed off my under on this game, which would've made less sense had I kept that play.
You don’t change a team’s season-long personality with a half-hour of
video, but that didn’t stop the coaches from trying. Charlotte Bobcats guard Stephen Jackson called Sunday’s film
session “brutal,’’ so you know what they were viewing: Poor ball
movement, a pattern of turnovers and a tendency to default to jump
shots. That’s what wasted a tremendous defensive effort in Game 3 of
this playoff series with the Orlando Magic. The Magic has been zoning up on defense to the extent NBA rules
allow. That became a common tactic versus the Bobcats this season. The
Toronto Raptors used the zone extensively against them and word spread
around the league. The Bobcats are dangerous when they drive to the rim. They’re
dangerous only to themselves when they shoot 23 3-pointers, as they did
Saturday. Four of those 3s – all misses – came after the Bobcats
fouled-out Magic center Dwight Howard. It seemed crazy that the Bobcats
didn’t attack the rim more once Howard was gone. It made even less sense that Gerald Wallace didn’t take a shot
in the fourth quarter. “Our offense is staggered,’’ Wallace said. “The ball isn’t
moving. It’s stuck on one side. And with Dwight Howard, they do a great
job of zoning up. “Right now all they’re guarding is jump shots. That’s tough on
us, because we don’t shoot jump shots that much.’’ More precisely, they don’t shoot jump shots that well. Their
regular-season 3-point percentage (34.6 percent) was in the bottom-third
of the NBA and they’ve been far worse in this playoff series at 29.6
percent. That allows the Magic to pack the lane defensively, almost like a
college zone. Coach Larry Brown said many of those 3-point misses were
open shots, but why wouldn’t the Magic dare the Bobcats to beat them
from the outside? “They don’t respect our outside shooting, except for Jack and
D.J. (Augustin),’’ Brown said. “So we’ve got to move the ball sooner and
have better spacing. And we’ve got to have better organization…We’ve
got too many empty possessions where we don’t get into (plays) quickly
enough.’’
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from local Cats paper:
You don’t change a team’s season-long personality with a half-hour of
video, but that didn’t stop the coaches from trying. Charlotte Bobcats guard Stephen Jackson called Sunday’s film
session “brutal,’’ so you know what they were viewing: Poor ball
movement, a pattern of turnovers and a tendency to default to jump
shots. That’s what wasted a tremendous defensive effort in Game 3 of
this playoff series with the Orlando Magic. The Magic has been zoning up on defense to the extent NBA rules
allow. That became a common tactic versus the Bobcats this season. The
Toronto Raptors used the zone extensively against them and word spread
around the league. The Bobcats are dangerous when they drive to the rim. They’re
dangerous only to themselves when they shoot 23 3-pointers, as they did
Saturday. Four of those 3s – all misses – came after the Bobcats
fouled-out Magic center Dwight Howard. It seemed crazy that the Bobcats
didn’t attack the rim more once Howard was gone. It made even less sense that Gerald Wallace didn’t take a shot
in the fourth quarter. “Our offense is staggered,’’ Wallace said. “The ball isn’t
moving. It’s stuck on one side. And with Dwight Howard, they do a great
job of zoning up. “Right now all they’re guarding is jump shots. That’s tough on
us, because we don’t shoot jump shots that much.’’ More precisely, they don’t shoot jump shots that well. Their
regular-season 3-point percentage (34.6 percent) was in the bottom-third
of the NBA and they’ve been far worse in this playoff series at 29.6
percent. That allows the Magic to pack the lane defensively, almost like a
college zone. Coach Larry Brown said many of those 3-point misses were
open shots, but why wouldn’t the Magic dare the Bobcats to beat them
from the outside? “They don’t respect our outside shooting, except for Jack and
D.J. (Augustin),’’ Brown said. “So we’ve got to move the ball sooner and
have better spacing. And we’ve got to have better organization…We’ve
got too many empty possessions where we don’t get into (plays) quickly
enough.’’
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