“Early 90s I had no clue, I just went for everything.”
- Wiser Daly learns to pick his poison, Reuters, November 6, 2017.
3. If you thought that LeBron James dominated Indiana’s Paul George in the post Sunday night, you should have heard how the topic dominated conversation after Monday’s practices. Sure, this was part media concoction, the nearly-singular focus on one — albeit important — factor in the Heat’s ultra-efficient, ultra-impressive 114-96 victory. Still, there was no question, in listening to some of the Pacers’ answers, that James has now stamped this series in indelible ink.
James didn’t just get in the Pacers’ paint in Game 3, over and over, bounce after bounce after bounce after bounce on the left block, before torquing his torso and unleashing a lethal layup. He got in their heads. It may be harder to excise him from the latter than the former.
Coach Frank Vogel tried to downplay the destruction, noting that the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony had scored on George, regarded as an elite defender, in the last series, too, and the Pacers still had prevailed.
“I think he was guarding (James) for five baskets in the post, which is 10 points,” Vogel said. “How many did they score? 114. So we’re not going to overreact and bring the whole world after LeBron in the post.”
That’s the wise call, considering that doing so would run counter to the way they have defended at a supreme level all season. You can’t abandon or question all your principles at this stage. Still, they can start to sound a little shakier.
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