You turn it over a sickening 21 times, or on 24 percent of your possessions. You only dish 12 assists as a team on 35 field goals. What happens when your team loses a player who contributes 13.5 points, nine assists, and one of the best assist-to-turnover marks in the NBA? The Bulls rallied behind Derrick Rose (25 points, nine assists, two turnovers), but Ben Gordon (6-22 shooting) never plays well in Los Angeles, and Luol Deng (4-10 shooting, nine points) has been left behind by Vinny Del Negro's offense. Pau Gasol (34 points, 24 in the first half) built his initially, and then Kobe Bryant came out firing in the third quarter. Los Angeles' play in the third quarter turned this into a blowout after it'd been a game for a while, and though Chicago came back, advantages built in the first and third quarters were too much to overcome. But coming in second in the blame/praise column is the team's focus coming out of timeouts, deadballs, and quarters/halves. The Lakers lost because they're better than the Bulls, much better, and that isn't in doubt.
This is on James.ģ1 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three turnovers and a block in 34 minutes in the win. But Williams has actually played worse in Cleveland than he did in Milwaukee last year. That one that, somehow, is tops in the NBA. And he should continue to be what he's been since the spring of 2007: the NBA's best player.Īnd his contributions, through the roof by most standards but maybe not as mind-boggling due to Cleveland's slow (24 th in the NBA) pace, are what is driving this top-heavy Cleveland offense. This is right in line with where he should be. Nobody should be surprised by James' play, this is right in line with the expected growth from last year, when he out-scored, out-shot, out-rebounded, out-assisted, out-blocked and had a lower turnover ratio than the guy who was voted NBA MVP (they tied in steals, though James did on a slower-paced team).
I'll let that sink in a little bit, you might not want to buy it, it might not make sense that one of the ugliest and most frustrating offensive teams of the last four years is now pumping out the league's best offense, but that's what happens when something sick like LeBron James happens. The Cleveland Cavaliers are first in the NBA in offensive efficiency right now.
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