Playoff Sim 21
Mar 3, 2014 19:58:22 GMT
Post by Jestor on Mar 3, 2014 19:58:22 GMT
Game 2 in New Orleans saw the host Pelicans swap out Gerald Wallace for Shane Battier at the SF spot, and Wallace shifted down to PF. And yet, with these changes, the first half had an eerie mirroring to Game 1, where the Pelicans took the first quarter 35-28, but in the second, Boston rallied back. In Game 1, it was only enough for a 2 point deficit. This time? It was all knotted up at 57 going into the break. The third quarter, which in Game 1 was all Celtics, was in this contest a scrappy, defensive affair that saw Boston just scrape a 1 point lead, 16-15. Sadly for New Orleans, their fourth quarter efforts were once again dismal, a 31-25 bowing out that gave Boston the 104-97 final scoreline and commanding 2-0 series lead.
Shane Battier became the latest one to try and stop Lebron James
So how well did the switch work? In terms of slowing down Lebron, it worked quite well. Although James won Player of the Game with 29 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals, it came at a very inefficient 9 for 25, 2 of 7 from downtown shooting, while Battier was briskly efficient, dropping in 10 of 13, 3 of 5 from behind the arc for 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a block, and the matchup was once again the best of the night, both players leading in scoring.
In other Boston news, Louis Williams again put up the points, netting 14 off the bench, albeit on a somewhat wasteful 5 of 14/2 of 6 line and Thomas Robinson once again bulldozed his way to a double-double, this time good for 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on a pristine 6/8 shooting.
Four out of New Orleans' five starters scored 14 points or more, the lone exception that of Mike Conley, who continued to have problems against Pablo Prigioni, converting just 3 of 13 attempts and finishing with 6 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals that were somewhat undercut by 4 turnovers. But where the game was really lost for the Pelicans was at the charity stripe - Boston enjoyed a 40-22 FTA and the resulting 31-20 FTM margin was more than enough to be the difference in a game the Pelicans should have won. Now they're plastered to the wall, their feathers quite ruffled indeed.
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Shane Battier became the latest one to try and stop Lebron James
So how well did the switch work? In terms of slowing down Lebron, it worked quite well. Although James won Player of the Game with 29 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals, it came at a very inefficient 9 for 25, 2 of 7 from downtown shooting, while Battier was briskly efficient, dropping in 10 of 13, 3 of 5 from behind the arc for 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a block, and the matchup was once again the best of the night, both players leading in scoring.
In other Boston news, Louis Williams again put up the points, netting 14 off the bench, albeit on a somewhat wasteful 5 of 14/2 of 6 line and Thomas Robinson once again bulldozed his way to a double-double, this time good for 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on a pristine 6/8 shooting.
Four out of New Orleans' five starters scored 14 points or more, the lone exception that of Mike Conley, who continued to have problems against Pablo Prigioni, converting just 3 of 13 attempts and finishing with 6 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals that were somewhat undercut by 4 turnovers. But where the game was really lost for the Pelicans was at the charity stripe - Boston enjoyed a 40-22 FTA and the resulting 31-20 FTM margin was more than enough to be the difference in a game the Pelicans should have won. Now they're plastered to the wall, their feathers quite ruffled indeed.
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