You mentioned RJ being a big upgrade from Shawn Marion earlier in this thread and you were right...and it paid dividends.
Bron is missing shots on drives, to me, for the same reason that Channing Frye almost elbowed KT's head off last night...gsw is allowed to reach and smack people across hands and forearms with no whistle. KT had fouled CF after he got a rebound....refs act like they didn't see it, so he cleared space with elbows. Refs then called a tech on frye for "physical taunting" or some other garbage. Bron is getting his hands and armed smacked around on drives(no whistle) and it's throwing him off.He's strong enough to power through hat stuff if he goes all the way to the hole and dunks it, but on pullups....it's throwing off his balance a bit.
That's a very astute point. I have thought LeBron has been getting hacked, going back to the 2015 Finals. But I also attributed that to my having a definite bias toward Cleveland and thinking the refs were screwing us. I'm glad to see it's being noticed, just wish it was by the officiating crews.
I fully expect Love to come off the bench for Game 4. And I think Kerr will adjust to Jefferson. It's up to Lue to counter adjust. Moving LeBron to the #4 against Green was a good move by Lue. LeBron is a matchup nightmare for Green. I also think the Cavs should go after Green and try to either get him into foul trouble, or better yet try to bait him into a flagrant foul.
