NLL Insider - Game Two Review CAVvBOS

by Rootsey, updated on Friday, May 20 2016, 09:16 pm EST

So the game 1 review was so highly thought of, it vanished into thin air. Well guess what peoples? That just means I can type up the same spin I put in the last article, add in some game two stats and wham bam. Story Time. Now there is another reason I can type a similar story to the first game, any guesses? ... That's right its because it was the same factors playing out over again, this time with a slightly different result. The best players in the league go head to head, and it came down to the weakest link in the starting lineup being the difference.

Cast your mind back to game 1, Lebron lead the show for the Cavs, putting up a double double and throwing in 6 assists, Tony Parker smashed out some points and assists and the surprise overtime hero was Terrence Ross. For the Celtics it was the Durant and Ariza show with a strong showing from the front court and Ty Lawson just shooting carp.

Moving onto game two, what do we see. Durant took over this game and was abley helped in the front court by Al Horford and Nicholas Vucevic who turned the tables on the rebounding game dominating Drummond and Ibaka (55-43) as opposed to the first game where we saw Cleveland have the advantage (59-43). Ty Lawson also found his shooting stroke notching 17pts on 66% shooting. For the Cavs Lebron couldn't keep up with on 19 points, and Parker picked up the slack with 37 on over 50% shooting. Terrence Ross and Serge Ibaka went to dinner the night before and forgot they had a game, with 23points and 9 rebounds between them.

For those who didn't read my game 1 analysis, it was really really good, except for my mocking GM jmac's call that Lebron, Parker, and Ross wouldn't shoot over 55% every game. I was of the opinion that Lebron and Parker score a majority of their points in the paint (shown by their total of 2 3pt shots in game 1), and no one on the Celtics were going to stop them getting to the paint at will. Now it didn't come to fruition in this second game with Lebron getting SHUT DOWN (by Lebron standards) by Trevor Ariza.

So where did my game 1 analysis go right? Points in the Paint and Rebounding were my other two calling cards to victory and both were in favour of the victor in both games. Where do we go from here? Cleveland! Who's going to win? Umm I'll get back to you.

This is going to be the best series (save DENvDAL) with the two best players in the league going head to head, with both games decided by overtime.

Go Sports!

NLL Insider - Game Two Review CAVvBOS

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