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Shane Battier's numbers game - Heat Index Blog - ESPN
The numbers don't lie.
Game 1: 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting, 4 3-pointers, zero turnovers, and solid D
Game 2: 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting, 5 3-pointers, zero turnovers, solid D, and a Heat W
During the regular season, he shot 38% from the floor and 33% from beyond the arc.
Needless to say, no one saw this coming.
If the Miami Heat go on to win the ship, people likely won't focus on the Skull Wrinkle's contributions. The spotlight will likely fall on how LBJ finally did enough to get that ring, or how Wade rose to the occasion. And that story will be hopelessly incomplete.
Make no mistake about it, everyone should know that the Heat wouldn't have had a shot at winning the first game in OKC and definitely wouldn't have pulled out a crucial game two road victory without Shane "fukking" Battier.
LBJ knows the drill:
His teammates laud his versatility as a defender and recognize the importance of his 3-point shooting.
His performance two games in is a reminder that championships are a team product. The superstars (LBJ, Wade, Bosh, KD, Russy, and Harden) can't do it by themselves. Sure they'll grab all the headlines and undoubtedly get all the credit, but we should all understand that LBJ and KD won't be getting that first ring without help from their teammates--"the role players".
We gave Sefolosha his due after game one. Let's applaud Battier now. We'll see if he can keep it up, but for now you can't deny the impact.
The numbers don't lie.
Game 1: 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting, 4 3-pointers, zero turnovers, and solid D
Game 2: 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting, 5 3-pointers, zero turnovers, solid D, and a Heat W
During the regular season, he shot 38% from the floor and 33% from beyond the arc.
Needless to say, no one saw this coming.
If the Miami Heat go on to win the ship, people likely won't focus on the Skull Wrinkle's contributions. The spotlight will likely fall on how LBJ finally did enough to get that ring, or how Wade rose to the occasion. And that story will be hopelessly incomplete.
Make no mistake about it, everyone should know that the Heat wouldn't have had a shot at winning the first game in OKC and definitely wouldn't have pulled out a crucial game two road victory without Shane "fukking" Battier.
LBJ knows the drill:
His teammates laud his versatility as a defender and recognize the importance of his 3-point shooting.
His performance two games in is a reminder that championships are a team product. The superstars (LBJ, Wade, Bosh, KD, Russy, and Harden) can't do it by themselves. Sure they'll grab all the headlines and undoubtedly get all the credit, but we should all understand that LBJ and KD won't be getting that first ring without help from their teammates--"the role players".
We gave Sefolosha his due after game one. Let's applaud Battier now. We'll see if he can keep it up, but for now you can't deny the impact.
Stop trying to deny the impact. Shane's been stylin' on them thus far.
Battier been getting by on that mythical lockdown defense rep for a while now