I didn't watch either game, but this kind of shooting indicates that the Hornets haven't played much D so far in the series.

Will be interesting to see how they do in the friendly confines of Charlotte.

Strangely enough, Charlotte had 70 free throws, to only 43 for Miami, not what you would expect in playoff games in Miami.

smackeddog wrote:I wish they'd never lengthened the first round - it's a chore to get through. When it was just best of 5 there was a higher chance of an upset, making it more exciting, and when there was a big mismatch the series were over swiftly.

agreed

mreinman wrote:and the rockets win with super duper harden going crazy. Everyone else sucked of course.

Yup...you're right. None of those guys had anything to do with playing the kind of D you need to play in order to beat GS...the kind of D that some on the Rockets seem indifferent to playing on a consistent basis.

...Yup

mreinman wrote:and the rockets win with super duper harden going crazy. Everyone else sucked of course.

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he'd fit right into the triangle offense with his passing skills.

dk7th wrote:in the celtics victory i noticed one salient stat from the box score: evan turner dished out 7 assists from the shooting guard position and had a usage to assist ratio of .82:1 which is an elite stat for a shooting guard as a facilitator. looking at the play by play, he had a nice mix of passing in traffic to big men cutting, as well as hitting perimeter players, assumedly on drives of his own where he found an open teammate on the perimeter.

he'd fit right into the triangle offense with his passing skills.

i wonder how many assists he had to IT4 who was one of only 10 celtics ever to score 40 pts in the playoffs. meaning I COULDVE racked up 7 assists if i was playing next to IT4 last night. with that said, he has a nice skills set. jack of all trade, master of none type of player. the classic swiss army knife. this is the type of mediocre player i hope the knicks can sign but not overpay for

callmened wrote:

dk7th wrote:in the celtics victory i noticed one salient stat from the box score: evan turner dished out 7 assists from the shooting guard position and had a usage to assist ratio of .82:1 which is an elite stat for a shooting guard as a facilitator. looking at the play by play, he had a nice mix of passing in traffic to big men cutting, as well as hitting perimeter players, assumedly on drives of his own where he found an open teammate on the perimeter.

he'd fit right into the triangle offense with his passing skills.

i wonder how many assists he had to IT4 who was one of only 10 celtics ever to score 40 pts in the playoffs. meaning I COULDVE racked up 7 assists if i was playing next to IT4 last night. with that said, he has a nice skills set. jack of all trade, master of none type of player. the classic swiss army knife. this is the type of mediocre player i hope the knicks can sign but not overpay for

i counted two to thomas. that still leaves a whopping 5 assists for the others which is not nothing. maybe the game plan was for evans to be the facilitator because they needed thomas's scoring above everything else, but this is why i am high on him for the knicks in the triangle-- that and he is a good defender, far better than afflalo.