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Originally Posted by DarkCheck
I think Barbosa is the bigger surprise. As Barbosa is a wild, out of control player/shooter. He is the one guy i always cringe when it's him driving or shooting. He is very fast with lots of energy but out of control. Where Livingston is a solid professional scorer as he's in control and always looking to find that high percentage pull up jumper around the foul line using his size to shoot over the usually smaller people guarding him. He had a bad series against okc like most warriors did because okc was one of the few teams that are bigger and longer then them. I worry Barbosa may think he's awesome now since everything was falling for him last game causing him to fire up tons a shots that will miss instead of giving it up to the more trustworthy bench scorers Livingston and Speights. If Klay in with backups he is first option then Livingston unless Speights is feeling it then you let him fire them up.
Now I get this, I do. You make a lot of good points, especially in regards to OKC. Livingston was forced into worse shots because he couldn't beat them in size or strength, and OKC's athleticism turned Barbosa away so much that I didn't think he even deserved time on the floor. But I thought the Cavs, who are not particularly great defenders on the whole, would relish at Livingston's Isoball and be devastated by Barbosa's quickness towards the basket.
It just turned out that the Cavs are bad against both of those things (At least last night).