Jordan Isn't Worried That Cavs' Hughes Is Tipped Off to Team's Offense

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Coach Eddie Jordan isn't buying into the notion that former Wizard Larry Hughes's knowledge of the Wizards' offense is giving the Cavaliers a big advantage.

    Hughes, who was the star of Cleveland's 97-82 Game 1 victory with 27 points on 9 of 17 shooting, said he was able to "tip off" his teammates about some of the Wizards' tendencies during the game.

    "Yeah, he knows, just like we know what they do," Jordan said. "When they call a play out [assistant coach] Wes [Unseld Jr.] stands up and relays the message to our guys. He says: 'It's going to be a flex cut or it's going to be a pick-and-roll,' so, it's the same thing. It's just that a whole lot is being made of it because Larry used to play with us and he scored 27 points."

    Guard Antonio Daniels said knowing what the Wizards are going to run and stopping them are two different things, because the system is designed to handle every defense it faces. The backdoor cuts the Wizards' run when a defense overplays the passing lanes are one example.

    "There's no disguising our sets," Daniels said. "The Princeton offense is set up with counters so if one thing is taken away, we have a counter for something else, and if that's taken away we have a counter for something else. That's why it takes so long to understand, that's why it's so hard to run. We run that offense for a reason. It's very difficult to scout because you can't take away one thing."</div>

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