3ball
05-27-2015, 11:40 AM
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Strongsides have less defenders today, due to weakside spacing - 1-defender strongsides that provide secluded 1-on-1 are standard, as seen over dozen times in Game 4:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-27-2015/htKYYr.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-27-2015/8Td59Q.gif
Same drill in Game 3 - only 1 defender on strongside:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/LJjm2B.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/LN8UHS.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/QpWaKl.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/7mUjI9.gif
Same drill in Game 2 - only 1 defender on strongside:
http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/60edafbed8d187680e60fbc7ad5e81de.gif
http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/5f6d4329b3bcca4b79bf694fe56dfe1e.gif
Game 1... As usual, only 1 defender on strongside:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-22-2015/WAhpK1.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-22-2015/4KTtgX.gif
Weakside spacing leaves the strongside with fewer defenders, which necessitates the flooding of defenders BACK TO the strongside - this is how strongside floods originated - weakside spacing necessitates strongside flooding.
Otoh, as the first GIF showed, weakside spacing didn't exist in previous eras, so defenders didn't need to leave the strongside.. With defenders remaining on the strongside, the strongside was already flooded and today's "strongside flood" strategy was not necessary.. 5-defender strongsides (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11128077&postcount=21) were standard.
These fully-flooded strongsides were a product of no-spacing and represented the "advanced" version of the game that included hand-checking, higher physicality, and legal paint-camping, and therefore requiring more sophisticated 2-point shooting ability.
This is a stark contrast to today's weakside spacing and resulting 1-defender strongsides (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377570), which is basically the "beginner" version of the game that includes less strongside defenders, no hand-checking, no paint-camping, no physicality.. The highest levels of offensive sophistication (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11534471&postcount=108) simply aren't needed for the beginner version of the game.
Btw, the stats show that Lebron isolated more than anything else he did in the regular season and playoffs.. This means his 33% isolation FG% was the biggest factor driving down his overall efficiency and we can assume MJ's far superior isolation ability would've resulted in a far better efficiency.
Since Lebron is such a poor 1-on-1 and isolation player, Golden State let Lebron isolate all alone on the strongside for the entire Finals - it's always the best defensive strategy to let a player shoot at 33% over and over.. The Warriors exploited the Cavs by letting Lebron isolate at 33% a pop over and over (similar to how teams do hack-a-Deandre):
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378398
Btw, given MJ's vastly higher isolation ability and efficiency, what would stop a coach from isolating MJ against a 1-defender strongside on EVERY play?.. http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377958[/I]
More discussion of today's lower number of strongside defenders: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377945
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Strongsides have less defenders today, due to weakside spacing - 1-defender strongsides that provide secluded 1-on-1 are standard, as seen over dozen times in Game 4:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-27-2015/htKYYr.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-27-2015/8Td59Q.gif
Same drill in Game 3 - only 1 defender on strongside:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/LJjm2B.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/LN8UHS.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/QpWaKl.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-25-2015/7mUjI9.gif
Same drill in Game 2 - only 1 defender on strongside:
http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/60edafbed8d187680e60fbc7ad5e81de.gif
http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/5f6d4329b3bcca4b79bf694fe56dfe1e.gif
Game 1... As usual, only 1 defender on strongside:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-22-2015/WAhpK1.gif
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-22-2015/4KTtgX.gif
Weakside spacing leaves the strongside with fewer defenders, which necessitates the flooding of defenders BACK TO the strongside - this is how strongside floods originated - weakside spacing necessitates strongside flooding.
Otoh, as the first GIF showed, weakside spacing didn't exist in previous eras, so defenders didn't need to leave the strongside.. With defenders remaining on the strongside, the strongside was already flooded and today's "strongside flood" strategy was not necessary.. 5-defender strongsides (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11128077&postcount=21) were standard.
These fully-flooded strongsides were a product of no-spacing and represented the "advanced" version of the game that included hand-checking, higher physicality, and legal paint-camping, and therefore requiring more sophisticated 2-point shooting ability.
This is a stark contrast to today's weakside spacing and resulting 1-defender strongsides (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377570), which is basically the "beginner" version of the game that includes less strongside defenders, no hand-checking, no paint-camping, no physicality.. The highest levels of offensive sophistication (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11534471&postcount=108) simply aren't needed for the beginner version of the game.
Btw, the stats show that Lebron isolated more than anything else he did in the regular season and playoffs.. This means his 33% isolation FG% was the biggest factor driving down his overall efficiency and we can assume MJ's far superior isolation ability would've resulted in a far better efficiency.
Since Lebron is such a poor 1-on-1 and isolation player, Golden State let Lebron isolate all alone on the strongside for the entire Finals - it's always the best defensive strategy to let a player shoot at 33% over and over.. The Warriors exploited the Cavs by letting Lebron isolate at 33% a pop over and over (similar to how teams do hack-a-Deandre):
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378398
Btw, given MJ's vastly higher isolation ability and efficiency, what would stop a coach from isolating MJ against a 1-defender strongside on EVERY play?.. http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377958[/I]
More discussion of today's lower number of strongside defenders: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377945
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