Our defensive problem?

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Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball 2 hours ago

Caught up on Pelicans-Cavs yesterday, few interesting wrinkles outside of just "LeBron and Kyrie are awesome."

Blatt had to keep Love on the floor for offense, which meant he had to put Varejao on Anderson half the time, leaving no rim protection.

Also, the Cavs ran a lot more pick and roll in that game than they did in previous games (eye test, haven't seen the numbers)

So the "they're coming together!" storyline will get a lot of play, but there was also a lot of what I've been yelling about: simplifying it

Been trying to figure out problem with Pelicans defensively, and I think I have it. They don't locate threats. They just run to position.

That was really the biggest problem for the Pelicans. They jog down the court and just kind of hang out, instead of attaching to guys.

So there's Mike Miler freely running to the corner with no one really ssaying "oh, I should probably go guard him"

And then LeBron's picking up steam at half court, and no one's really realizing, "we better get some help weakside."

Austin Rivers does show some good things offensively, but teams keep targeting him on the defensive end.

And Williams ran out a Fredette-Rivers-Salmons lineup at one point that had me throwing couch cushions and audibly booing it, on replay.

And Wlliams threw out that Stinky Fish lineup WITH LEBRON ON THE FLOOR!

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