Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Defensive "Style"

Ryan, please read this note from Windhorst's blog...

–If the Cavs play them this closely the rest of the series, they like their chances. If they lose all the close games, then they’ll tip their cap. Regardless of whether the Cavs shoot 31 percent, which is an all-time low in the playoffs, or shoot 50 percent, they were ahead by a point with 1:30 to go and down two with 20 seconds to go with the ball in LeBron’s hands. The Cavs’ offense was terrible at times but their defense was excellent for much of the game, especially their rotations and backside protection. This is why Mike Brown preaches the style he does, the defense enabled them to stay in the game when they were awful.

"This is why Mike Brown preaches the style he does, the defense enabled them to stay in the game when they were awful."

Sound familiar?

Another comment from his blog:
"This series is probably going to be ugly, both teams are good defensive teams"

"...good defensive teams" - straight from Windhorst's keyboard.