But, but...he's playing against the best defensive PGs in the league....tonight he's being shut down by all-nba defender Austin Rivers.
Lillard needs to take advantage of the double they're bringing up top. There's other options besides trying to split it and fumbling all over yourself. He needs to play off ball, have CJ run the point.
Well, if the refs are going to give Rivers and Prigioni the same All-Star treatment they give Paul, it makes things a little more difficult. Prigioni is holding Lillard with two fucking hands whenever he is guarding him.
He can be a scrub all he wants if it lets us advance. The true leaders get their teams to the next round and he has and will do that better than Roy.
It's the shot selection that bugs the hell out of me. He's clearly being hounded. Pass the fucking ball instead of taking contested 28 foot jumpshots with 2 guys on you. With his shit defense, he can't be this garbage on offense.
You would have to break it down further and see who was putting Dame on the line and how that contributed to his points per shot. Advanced stats are nice for some stuff, but nothing trumps FG% in my book.
As the old saying goes, you can lead a mule to logic, but you can't make him think...or something like that.
Do you honestly not remember how hard Beverly made Lillard work that year, and how happy we collectively were that he was hobbled going into the playoffs? Advanced stats mislead more often than not. I'll stick to the eye test.
Plumlee sure has created a lot of 4 on 3 situations alone for the team. I wish his man knew how to stay in front of Plumlee guy must be the worst defender in the league. Half the time Plumlee isn't even being guarded! What gives!? I really hope for game 6 this continues to happen. Plumlee is really good at finding the open man in a 4 on 3 half court situation. (I just hope Lillard stays away from trying to split the double. Keep passing to a wide open Plumlee please.)
