That's definitely a part of it. Their inexperience is evident. Who else saw Curry's horrible body language last night? That's your leader? Like they said, you can't be MVP just when things are going well.

Their strategy of letting Lebron get his was one I thought to be the correct strategy. The problem is it interferes with how they want to play offensively. So maybe they have to take some risks to push the pace and start getting out in transition like they want to. Maybe that will help with morale if they're playing the way they want to.

The other problem with letting Lebron get his is that's only a stategy that works well when there isn't a significant mismatch in the first place. But no one has come close to stopping Lebron, so it's a problem. If his shot was actually falling at a good clip, these games wouldn't be close.

If they try to stick with their current strategy with Lebron draining the shot clock, that TOP skews heavily towards Cleveland. They don't have enough possessions for their great 3-point percentage to average out.

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Posted by SabiDojo

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Posted on 6/10/15 at 11:51 am to Goldrush25

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That's definitely a part of it. Their inexperience is evident. Who else saw Curry's horrible body language last night? That's your leader? Like they said, you can't be MVP just when things are going well.

Yeah, I was wondering how the media was going to respond to that.

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Their strategy of letting Lebron get his was one I thought to be the correct strategy. The problem is it interferes with how they want to play offensively. So maybe they have to take some risks to push the pace and start getting out in transition like they want to. Maybe that will help with morale if they're playing the way they want to.

Yeah, I thought it was the best strategy too, but it's obvious Blatt has told the rest of the team to just be active around the rim and trust in each other defensively.

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The other problem with letting Lebron get his is that's only a stategy that works well when there isn't a significant mismatch in the first place. But no one has come close to stopping Lebron, so it's a problem. If his shot was actually falling at a good clip, these games wouldn't be close.

Yeah, LeBron's post game has really been a problem for GS. It's tough because he is such an incredible passer that it's dangerous to double team him. And, because GS has been aggressive in guarding him, the refs are allowing LeBron to be aggressive in the post, which makes him even harder to guard.

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