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In reply to the discussion: Ray Allen heads South. [View all]

JonLP24

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4. I agree
Sat Jul 7, 2012, 03:44 PM
Jul 2012

which is probably the most interesting story about the NBA Playoffs. He is a one-dimensional sit behind the 3-point line, catch the ball-and-shoot player who was awful during the playoffs, I remember after Game 4 @Indiana, I was reading a re-cap of the game & the writer was saying (paraphrasing) "Lebron James had a triple-double""Yes, I know he had 9 assists but I'm counting the (James driving to the paint to pass to Miller for a missed 3-pointer) as an assist, since Miller's was brought in to sit back there and make open three's"

75 out of his 99 shot attempts were 3-pointers during the playoffs which was hurting them(He went from averaging 4.4 PPG before G5-6.1 after) then he plays by far his best game during the playoffs in the last game.

I agree Ray Allen is huge because is more of a player and is far more accurate. I've read that the Heat plan on using Allen to use Lebron James as a "point-power forward".

Offensively it does have it's flaws, in Game 1 of the Finals, The Heat made nearly all their 3's(especially Battier) in the first half, then couldn't buy a 3 in the 4th lost their lead and wasn't really close to the end. It is great if it works, but really bad if it doesn't." OKC demonstrated the same flaw, heavily relied on the 3 at-times which led to a lot of misses, especially from James Harden.

That is all I meant by they need more inside scoring. It has less margin of error. This move for Allen makes them a better offensive team than they were last year and I feel their defense is one of the best in the league, they only need a few if any adjustments.

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