NBA Playoffs Recap: Day 2

So after all 16 teams played one thing was evident: this years playoffs will be very interesting (any maybe not that entertaining) home court advantage is going to be key to the outcome of most series’. This recap will mainly cover Game 1 between the Pistons and Cavs, and maybe some insight on the GSW and Rockets. In the first game the Cavs were exposed to some major problems. When you have physical defenders that are able to minimize Lebron’s effect on the game, most of the ball movement becomes stagnant and productivity stops. Thankfully this didn’t happen later in the game as James finished with 22 points and 11 assists. Things like this happened in Chicago, San Antonio, and a little bit in Golden State and the only way to fix it is to have other starters and role players generate everything. That didn’t really happen in the games vs the aforementioned teams which why the Cavs lost the majority of the games. Teams going against the Cavs usually prepare by thinking about Lebron because he is the only reason the Cavs are successful so if you can stop him it would be hard for the Cavs to rebound. I think that is the biggest thing the Pistons have to figure out. Something the Cavs need to figure out is how to run plays that work for them as a whole. It becomes obvious that most (99%) of their offense is isolation or dribble penetration then kickout by Lebron. It really pisses me off because we have so much talent on that team but don’t know how to use it. If we knew how to harness it we would be a formidable foe to Golden State. As for their series vs Rockets the Warriors are going to sweep them because they already know how to stop James Harden because they are coached very well defensively. Well that recaps the first games of the Playoffs, tune in next week for the next few.