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Execution Meets IQ
Posted by: Dave on May 06, 2009 - 02:11 PM
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Last nights game, although "Only One Loss" brings home the reocurring theme this team has displayed this entire year.
1. Low Basketball IQ
2. Bad Execution In Crunch Time
To have so many veterans on this team it amazes me how low of an IQ this team displays collectively. We ignore EVERY SINGLE matchup advantage we have on the court. We find it damn near impossible to feed the post regardless of the position our big men have. I can't count how many possessions a game I see Fisher holding the ball over his head staring directly at Bynum who has deep position, just to swing it to the weakside of the floor completely away from him.
And to capitalize on that, we continue to take long jumpers, mainly three pointers in a tight game down the stretch.
Now we all know that had those 3's gone down, we'd be looking at a different outcome. But I for one am not a believer of a good shot being good simply because it goes in.
Now for Kobe's performance, I was please with the fact that he took his shots within the flow instead of doing alot of one on one to create his shots which takes up alot of time off the shot clock leaving guys standing around. But I was still disappointed that he still hasn't seemed to learn from the Boston series what it takes to beat a defensive team...and that's getting to the basket at all costs even if you get some charges in the process.
Your not going to beat a defensive monster like Houston/Clevland/Boston with fadeaway jumpers unless your sizzling hot for the entire game.
We all know Kobe's capable of going on one of those scoring sprees whenever lightening strikes, but realistically speaking, it's simply not good basketball. Especially when you have two seven footers standing by the basket dying to get the opposing center in foul trouble. And like I've posted a million times, if he continues to take these jumpers, our wins and losses will be solely based on whether he's hot or not down the stretch. And to me, that's not a good equation. But what was Kobe's response at the press conference? "We just have to make those open shots next time." This leads me to believe that the only thing Kobe figured out is that "If I made more of my shots, we would have won."
This team needs to realize that MORE JUMPSHOTS EQUALS MORE YAO MING! We need to get our bigs the ball and attack Yao at every possession. Once he's in foul trouble we can push the ball down Houston's throat. To me this strategy is pretty simply, but when you don't have high basketball IQ like this team continues to display, the gameplan is lost.
by LKnight
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