I am not going to look at LeBron’s poor game in detail, because let’s face it, a lot of writers/bloggers who are better than me have done it already, with my personal favorite being Kevin Arnovitz’s look at it. What I was looking for when I rewatched last night’s game was whether or not there was anything wrong with LeBron’s outside shot. I noticed a couple things that looked a little different last night vs. when he has things clicking from the outside.

On The Catch

In my opinion, LeBron did two things you don’t normally see him do on the catch. He wasn’t stepping into/through the basketball, and he was bringing it down on the catch.

In the third quarter, the Cavs really tried to get LeBron going. They started setting off-ball screens for James and had him running off of them. Here, LeBron runs along the baseline, getting a screen from Antawn Jamison.

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Ray Allen is a good shooter.  A really really really good shooter.  Yet somehow, the Celtics are able to get him a number of open looks game in and game out.  Late in the first half the Celtics found themselves in another situation where they wanted to get Ray Allen an open look, and though the execution was a tad bit off, they were able to do it.

This play starts with Ray Allen setting a screen for Rajon Rondo.  Because the Celtics have been so worried about Rondo, they don’t want to allow Anthony Parker (Rondo’s defender) to fight through the screen.  Because of that the Cavs switch it and Mo Williams picks up Rondo.

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