Wednesday, June 13, 2007

wow.

i only watched the 4th quarter of game 3, but i was majorly impressed with eric snow. he made some incredible non-scoring plays. damon jones also had a highly impressive baseline drive that led to a high-degree-of-difficulty assist to lebron. basically, everybody except varejao was on the same page -- find some remarkable way to get the ball BACK to lebron. and pavlovic did his job keeping them in the game as well. and, of course, i'm not the first one to say this, but, the main reason that foul HAS to be called is not so much that it altered the shot -- it's that it altered *what* shot lebron took. because he was being intentionally fouled, it's a no-brainer. shoot while you still feel the grip on your arm - you either get a 4-point play or a chance to tie. if lebron wasn't 100% sure to get the whistle, he knows he still has 4 seconds and there is no one between him and the 3-point line.
he could even have put the ball up from 5 feet closer, even while falling to his left -- his most high percentage 3-point form! still, i thought that ball was going in, like the 42 footer against the pistons in the regular season that was waived off.

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