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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On February 15 2012 14:10 Mithhaike wrote: Cant deny with what you said Jibba, but from what im seeing, they KNOW Lin prefers going right, calderon was backing off the 3 point line because he knew chances are, a drive to the right was the safer play. Calderon was also trying to push lin to the left. In that situation, getting a shot off is way better than driving up to the rim when the other team's expecting it. after all, he's not Kobe who's pretty much impossible to stop without a double/triple team. His decision to go for a 3pointer pretty nailed the game, he obviously had the feel & confidence that he would be able to get it in. And he did! the ending was amazing! a 3 point play with a layup evening out the score, and getting the final basket off at less than 1sec, and its a 3-pointer?! that dude has balls of steel. Lesser men would have chosen the safer route of doing the more confident play of driving up trying to get a foul. But Lin basically closed the game out with that 3pointer, everyone knew it. Awesome job Lin! However he's definitely getting exposed, teams are forcing him to go left all the time, and he's getting double teamed denying him the space to get shots off. This game was a classic example of my reasoning a few posts back. Lin has major weakness going to the left, and his turn over rate is way high. definitely needs improving :D His flaws make his story even better. A flawless athlete would just have us saying "obviously..." but with his flaws, he wills his team to win. So amazing to watch. When I saw the shot go off today, I remember thinking of this: | ||
RowdierBob
Australia12660 Posts
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
they were forcing left and gave him the shot. going to the left might have worked, but they were playing his right pretty hard. reminds me of the duke 3 earlier, if you know the clock has 3 seconds left get out on him, jesus. | ||
matiK23
United States963 Posts
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vasculaR
Malaysia791 Posts
On February 15 2012 13:50 Zlasher wrote: The play was probably to drive in and iso one on one, if the defenders on the outside try to come in for a block then he'll kick it out, or he can continue to drive and take a foul. Also that picture was the spanish national team, pau and marc gasol are in there, among other players, before the 08 olympics. There was a ton of shit involved about that lol How is 45% from a guard position not stellar lol? Theres nothing wrong with that at all... well he did lose the ball a lot and made some really messy drives (leading to no shot) I felt JLins game today wasn't very amazing so maybe that was I was getting at. (not saying 27 points isn't amazing but just the overall feel I guess) Still insist that the guy is here to stay. Clutch is clutch. | ||
Saeglopur
Canada177 Posts
this Jeremection is here to stay | ||
Capulet
Canada686 Posts
On February 15 2012 14:31 Saeglopur wrote: I give up. I tried to stay off the bandwagon but..... this Jeremection is here to stay You...ruined...it...Why! I'll admit, I wanted to hop off the wagon right before he played minnesota thinking his hot hands will cool down and he was just in the middle of an upswing. Nope! He is consistently producing some very nice numbers. But as mentioned somewhere in this thread his defensive game needs a lot of polishing. The better question is what happens when Camelo Anthony comes back. | ||
Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
On February 15 2012 14:44 Capulet wrote: The better question is what happens when Camelo Anthony comes back. after the Timberwolves & Raptors game, I honestly think Lin will become more efficient with Melo back in the lineup because of less focus on Lin to run the team and Lin will get more minutes of rest and thus be fresher his scoring will decrease, but his FG% and assists will go up while his turnovers decrease | ||
cbrsmurf
United States40 Posts
Oh, and I don't blame Calderon for playing off and to the left, that would be the expected play. Who would've guessed a three?? | ||
Supamang
United States2298 Posts
Lin is obviously killin it. I think the 3 point ending shot was the correct decision, the only problem obviously being his 3-pt percentage. They knew what he would have liked to do and they knew he was on the clock, taking it in to either draw a foul or dish it out was what they were expecting. I admit that I cringed a bit when he first took the shot, obviously Im glad he proved me wrong. Shumpert taking Calderon was such a clutch decision. Completely shut him down in the 4th quarter, Shumpert didn't get enough love for that, though I still think it's awesome that Lin said "Shumpert bailed him out" in the post game interview. Can't wait for the next game. | ||
NotJumperer
United States1371 Posts
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vthree
Hong Kong8039 Posts
The iso was fine. Taking a three at the end of a tied game when your strength is driving to the basket isn't fine. Taking a three when you're a 17% 3pt shooter at the end of a tied game isn't fine. Actually, it depends on the defense as well. If Calderon played him straight up, then no, the 3 would not have been the best opinion. But Calderon basically took away the right and gave him so much room so that shot was fine in that situation. And yes, Shumpert was actually the one who got them in that situation with the steals so he deserves a lot of credit. | ||
kofee
United States18 Posts
Now I must gripe about the Warriors curse, we are the actual D-league. Has anybody said Iliminati yet? | ||
qrs
United States3637 Posts
On February 15 2012 16:51 Jumperer wrote: That's not a pun. That's not even a play on words. And I have no idea how that 'b' got into the middle of your made-up word.I'm hopping on the Linbagon | ||
asLeep
United States293 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On February 15 2012 17:23 asLeep wrote: Gotta hop onto the bandwagon and linsert myself into this thread. On a side note, sucks if you're a longtime warriors fan and you think about all the talent that they've traded away. :| You learn to get used to it, the fact that their positive to negative trade ratio is about 0.1 They throw away draft picks, when they do keep their draft picks they make the shittiest draft picks ever and pass up on some seriously great players. Steph and Monta are probably the only two positives in the past 15 years but they are small guards which are a dime a dozen compared to the bigs that we're always seeking. Honestly, its a big reason the Warriors are behind the SJ Sharks, SF Giants, SF 49ers, and Cal Bears Football to me...GSW are like 6th or 7th down my list of hometown teams to root for. | ||
Grampz
United States2147 Posts
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
On February 15 2012 18:07 Grampz wrote: first tebow, now this... good lord Jesus works in mysterious ways. | ||
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