Golden State Warriors: Three takeaways from game one win in NBA Finals
Stopping Lebron James is kind of difficult
The only reason the Cavaliers were close to winning this game is because of the ridiculous play of Lebron James, as you might expect. James’ game one performance was one of the greatest individual performances in finals history.
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James finished the game with 51 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. On top of this high point total, he was extremely efficient in his scoring. James finished making 59% of his field goal attempts, 42.9% of his three point attempts and 90% of his free throw attempts.
It was a dominating performance in all regards. In fact, he made it look easy.
It didn’t just look that way, it was relatively easy for him. This is because the Warriors simply have no one who can slow him down, a problem the team will have to take to the chin as the series continues.
Many believe that the return of Andre Iguodala to the lineup, when he is finally healthy, could serve to remedy this problem, but that may not be the case. While Iduodala is the team’s best defender of James, he is not a good defender of him.
Iguodala really doesn’t slow him down very much, and this will be even more noticeable if he is not 100% healthy upon his return.
The Warriors must make some sort of adjustment to how they guard Lebron James in game two. It is difficult to pinpoint what that adjustment may be, seeing as he played a near perfect game yesterday. But that is what Steve Kerr gets paid for.