I think this is one of those series where if it was played on any other website Orlando would win. I mean George Hill clearly has showed that he will bother Ty and Ty will average under .400 for the playoffs. We all know Jamal will choke once again especially if Kobe is guarding him. So you have 2 guys shooting under .400 and these are 2 of your 3 "main" scorers. Clearly stats have shown that Allen makes life harder for Kobe, but not impossible and Kobe is still going to get his points. I mean you guys make it seem like Allen is better than Kobe. Kobe>>>Allen. The only "favorable" matchup I see for Cleveland is Horford vs Asik, but in the 2 games they played this season Asik had double the amount of rebounds than Horford so if Orlando is winning the rebounding margin and Cleveland's 2 out of 3 main scorers are being inefficient and combining for 28 (at the max) I can't see how Cleveland wins.
In another note I definitely see Cleveland beating New York/Boston.
Jeepers ron. Do I really have to keep doing this?
There isn't enough evidence that Hill can bother Ty. Only three games where they played legitimate minutes together, and in two of them Ty did well. And as I showed with my Tony Allen video post, the stats don't always tell the story. Basketball-reference player comparisons are useless.
Air and I have told you why you can't just expect Crawford to shoot below .400 at least 3 times now. I'm not repeating myself again.
In no way and in zero posts have I said that Tony Allen is better than Kobe Bryant. But I have said (and Kobe has said) that Allen can contain him better than anyone. Please refer to the video post. I'll even give you the link:
http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=67493.msg1548297#msg1548297Asik got tons of rebounds because he was the only good rebounder on the Rockets last year. And yes, Horford will have no trouble scoring on him.
If you still want to vote Orlando, that's your prerogative, but I'm pretty sick of seeing the same arguments pop up over and over again, especially when I've already refuted them. If you wanted to continue the conversation from one of my earlier posts, I think that's fine too, but here all you're doing is re-raising issues I've already discussed and (IMO) shut down.
Good day, sir.
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