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Originally Posted by cmorioles
Wade gets no pass with me, he stunk the entire game. Maybe he was irritated the play wasn't called for him, I don't know.
Like I said, James is a fabulous player, he just doesn't want that last shot. Why did he drive right? Left was clearly the better option. You didn't answer, any of those other guys getting that shot off? He passed to a guy that had no prayer of making the shot, so anything James would have taken was better than the option he chose.
Yes, passing to an OPEN teammate when doubled is the best move but you can't do it with no time and the guy isn't open. A 30 footer was a MUCH better option than what he did.
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If he goes left than KG forces him awy from the basket toward the corner which gives him no chance of finding anyone. Like I said it wasnt a great play as he left his feet and was forced to throw a defended pass to the only guy plausibly open. But arguing that a contested falling away 26 foot shot is a better option than what else can I say. His chance of success doing that was about 2% versus the pass which was about the same chance. There isnt a player in league history who gets grief about that play except maybe Kobe who would have shocked everyone by passing.
The real fault should be with the coach. You have 20 seconds to go in a tie game and you come up with that as a play? Watch the shot Durant makes to beat the lakers and you see a design that at least allowed Durant to be isolated far away enough from help to not be doubled. Why they didn't put Jones or Miller or both in to at least make Boston spread the defense? Or give the ball to james at the point and set a pick for him and set up Miller, Wade, Chalmers, Jones, Battier at the three point line to allow someone to be open on the double or help? Make KG defend outside the paint. While James didn't make an effective basketball move the play was doomed from the start unless a Boston defender fell over.
Who knows maybe they had a great play set and they ignored or screwed it up. But the fact that Battier was a statue, Haslem was flaring out away from the basket and Chalmers was cutting towards james while Wade was behind the backboard makes me wonder what the hell they were trying to do?