How The Cavs Can Get LeBron Going
Something LeBron did a lot of during Game 5 was standing on the wing or in the corner, just looking uninterested. I was sitting there waiting for LeBron to make a cut off the basketball, get the ball going full speed, and slamming it home. After seeing the ball go in, LeBron would start making jumpers and the Cavs would come back and get the win. That never happened though, LeBron just continued to stand there.
Kelly Dwyer just put out a fantastic article on what LeBron needs to do in Game 6, what I want to look at is what the Cavs can do to get LeBron going. In my opinion, it’s all in the playcalling.
Pick and Roll As A Decoy
While watching game 5, I was so shocked that the Cavs didn’t call this play. I was waiting for it and waiting for it, but it never happened. That’s funny, because the Cavs seem to run this play once or twice a game and it seems to always work:
