Dam crazy run but all this tells me is that if the MAVs could do all that I don't want to keep hearing how bron and his all stars didn't have a chance in the finals he loss.
Why, when they were completely different teams?
The Mavs were pretty much a perfectly constructed team. On offense they had a fantastic go-to primary scorer (Dirk), and a very good secondary scorer (Jason Terry). They had an excellent court manager running the point (Kidd) plus a secondary ballhandler (Terry) and a very good chance-of-pace backup point (Barea). They had a strong lineup of shooters (Dirk, Terry, Barea, Peja, Kidd, Stevenson) as well as guys who could get some buckets inside (Marion, Chandler, Haywood).
On defense they had one of the best defensive big men in the league (Chandler) plus a backup big man who could hold his own strongly (Haywood), multiple swingmen with strong defensive credential to throw at Bron (Marion, Stevenson), and generally a highly intelligent, veteran team that could run the most advanced zone in the NBA that year to perfection.
They also had two fantastic rebounders in their bigs (Chandler and Haywood) along with the best rebounding swingman in NBA history (Marion) and even a strong rebounder at the point (Kidd).
And on top of all that, they had solid veteran coaching.
They only had one big "star". But stars don't determine success, as the 2004 and 2014 playoffs also should have pointed out. Having a well-constructed team is a greater barometer of playoff success than being top-heavy.
The Cavs had the biggest star on the court, and two other all-stars. But they were a horribly constructed team. They only had one good shooter (Miller), and he was hurt (young Chalmers was "kind of" a shooter). They didn't have anyone at the point who could run the offense so they had to lean on Lebron and Wade. They didn't have any big men who could defend. They didn't have any big men who could rebound well. They relied on Lebron to be their primary scorer (at least 1a), primary ballhandler, best perimeter/swing defender, best rim protector, and one of their best rebounders. When he wasn't shooting well and didn't have other shooters to spread the floor, it played into the Dallas zone perfectly. And on the other end, they just didn't have the personnel to shut down all the Mavs at once.
They still could have won the series if Lebron had shot better and a few plays had gone the other way. But if you're relying on the outside shooting of 2011 Lebron to win, when you have Lebron/Wade/Bosh on the floor, then you've really done a poor job of constructing the team. The Miller/Haslem injuries certainly hurt them. But they should have made a much greater effort to find adequate ballhanders, shooters, and interior defenders to fill out a real team. In a sense, Lebron did do this to himself, as he chose to match up with Wade and Bosh, who are fairly poor complements for his skills. Chicago, even though he isn't a perfect match with Rose, overall would have been a far more stacked team.
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