Friday, June 7, 2013

Finals, Game One

A bit disappointed, not because the game.

Here's the game.
Both teams played well. Great defense and rebound. The Spurs had great ball movement with only 4 turnovers. Tim Duncan, the greatest power foreward ever played this game, was the reason of why the team kept up with the Heat in the first 3 quarters. Tony Parker had 0 turnover and a big shot by the end of the game. Gregg Popovich showed that he's not only the best coach in the league but also a competitor of the greatest coach of all time.
Heat had great game till the 4th quarter. A few reason caused the lose. First of all, LeBron had the ball too long. Although had good stats, 18, 18, 10, he had a big turnover in the 4th quarter. And because he had the ball too long, other players were not able to be involved as much as they should be. D-Wade almost disappeared, other players became nothing but jump shooters. Second, Lebron made some bad calls. Case one: he drove in then passed the ball out to Bosh and Bosh missed the 3. It would be great had Bosh made the 3, but LeBron shouldn't have passed the ball in the first place. If he took the shot, it would be an easy layup, or even better, he would've forced Duncan to foul and it would be the 5th foul. Case two: the last play, he caught the ball and passed to Wade in the paint when there's 5 seconds left and down by 4, which the only sane option was a catch-and-shoot 3. Third, Wade should take the lead but it's either he didn't step up or Erik Spoelstra decided to let LeBron have full control of the ball, it didn't happen. I understand Wade hasn't been even 80% of him but he was the best offensive player and closer of the night so it should be him attacking the rim not LeBron dribbling around. Fourth, Ray Allen. He was spotless untill the fourth quarter. One turnover and one missed free throw. The turnover was from dribbling and it happens almost 1 out of 3 times when Allen dribbles. I just don't understand why he's ever allowed to dribble. Fifth, Erik Spoestra. Why Bosh didn't attack when Duncan's in foul trouble? Why Allen was allowed to dribble? Why did LeBron over-dribble? Why didn't put Wade on Parker early? (He put LeBron on Parker but first it was too late, second it's a bad call because it would lose rebound, though didn't happen because Parker made the shot.) Where's the timeout when the momentum first changed?

But overall, gerat game. No matter how it end, it's gonna be a epic series.

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