Iso ball beat Analytics last night

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This was barely mentioned on NBA TV but I think it deserves to be repeated.

The Cavs won the last 3 games because LeBron and Kyrie dominated one on one. GSW decided not to double them and switched every pick n roll. This forced Bron and Kyrie into isolation one on ones.

And them boys cooked em.

Iso ball defeated Analytics.

Don't let that get lost in the LeBron James lovefest.
 

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Cavs won playing ole school basketball.

Physical defense and exploiting one on one matchups.

Old school basketball would also be having two true bigs on the floor at all times.

There were multiple elements at play....and analytics doesn't necessarily frown on isolation basketball. Cavs use analytics in all their planning. I've seen it first hand.
 

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Old school basketball would also be having two true bigs on the floor at all times.

There were multiple elements at play....and analytics doesn't necessarily frown on isolation basketball. Cavs use analytics in all their planning. I've seen it first hand.
He's gunning for his trophy again. He had a pair of trash arguments saved up regardless of who won. Don't bother arguing with a moron because people watching can't tell which person it is.
 

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the more coaching schemes convolute a simple thing
the more weak individual players are allowed to produce above their true talent level
the wacker this shyt gets IMO

take your matchups don't run don't call for help
let the strong thrive & the weak fade out
restore natural order in the league

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Old school basketball would also be having two true bigs on the floor at all times.

There were multiple elements at play....and analytics doesn't necessarily frown on isolation basketball. Cavs use analytics in all their planning. I've seen it first hand.

There are always multiple elements at play... but he has a point.

To your point of 2 big men... weren't Thompson, Love and James on the court at the same time?

In practice they had 3 big men out there
 

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the more coaching schemes convolute a simple thing
the more weak individual players are allowed to produce above their true talent level
the wacker this shyt gets IMO

take your matchups don't run don't call for help
let the strong thrive & the weak fade out
restore natural order in the league

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Yeah, because what coach would want his players to exceed expectations? I mean that's just craaaaazy, right?
 
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