Celtics-Bulls style

…they would be calling fouls on every play and no one would watch….it’s just so frustrating that it’s such a big part of the game. Given a choice though i would rather see a physical clean game than one where offensive and defensive “touch” fouls become predominent.

but literally every play Dwight Howard either fouls someone with a pushoff or travels. Does it bother me? No. But don’t act like the Magic are being unfairly treated.

…did you visually omit the part where i wrote this in a humorous light??? I myself was amazed they called the travel on Lebron. The point of the post was to many calls…not enough non call…..man touchy touchy…you think you had actually lost the game for crying out loud!! LOL

The foul call was on LeBron further up the court and he was passing to Mo. Mo was gonna lay it in after the whistle (as most NBA players do, they love to shoot). As he was laying it up, Dwight swung across the top of him and clocked him in the head.

I keep seeing complaints on ESPN messageboards, etc., Magic got screwed cause Mo didn’t get a T because of throwing the ball at Howard, but he had a reason he did it. It wasn’t just a random act.

Mo Williams took 3 more dribbles and shot a layup. Dwight Howard whacked him upside the head and Mo looked around, there was no call so then he threw the ball at Howard.

Yeah, it turned out pretty bad on that play, but I think that was scrambling by the defense on that play.

I base my belief on Brown on his history in the previous years’ against Detroit and Boston where he took teams that had no business going seven games to seven games in those series. I don’t know about this Wallace and Smith vs. Howard garbage, Howard is too big for both of those players and easily get position on them. Howard simply needs to be fouled if he gets position too easily, They are going to have to be choosy on who double teams him. I agree that Anderson is being exposed when he has to cover shooters. And I like I said I bet Sasha gets more time on Hedo next game. I don’t buy any of this loyal stuff, I think he’s working what he thinks will work best. The other thing is you can’t simply change everything to fit what you think the other team does and thereby abandon your team’s defensive identity, they Cavs simply need to play what they know in regards to the defensive system and maybe use certain players in that system more in this series (Sasha).

…where he is quite adept at drawing those "offensive " fouls..lol

i think brown’s in a bit of a tough spot when it comes to the “give it to LeBron” strategy, and especially in tight, clutch situations. did you notice how reticent Z was to even look at the rim in the last few minutes? the other guys stand around and hope for LeBron to make something happen…brown can yell all he wants, but it’s up to LeBron and the rest to execute.

playing wallace or smith more against howard won’t make a difference, i don’t think. howard’s a bad matchup for the whole of the cavs’ roster, and that’s just something we have to live with. i think we should continue to cover him w/ one guy, though, as he’s not the one doing the damage.

the one criticism of brown that i can see is that his rotations are still hard to figure. sasha needs to play more, and it shouldn’t have taken a game 1 loss (and LeBron saying something) to get to that place. as for changing things up, i don’t think brown views the situation as being as dire as many would have us believe. we’ve been up 16 and 23 in these two games, and won and lost by 1 point each. it’s not like we have to start over. brown’s gameplans have been pretty effective for 48 of the 96 minutes…it comes back to execution.

Probably no, but I don’t expect Mo, Delonte and Z all to continue to struggle either. One or more of them are bound to heat up and make the offense a little more daunting.

The St. Anger album? I can’t make any promises, but I’ll try. I’m sitting on “Crushing All That Cower” for a big blowout win.