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Lue: I should have called more plays for LeBron
- Updated: May 22, 2016
4:15 PM ET
TORONTO – Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue believes he made a mistake by not calling more plays for LeBron James in his team’s Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 loss to the Toronto Raptors. James said he believes the team will have a better game plan for Monday’s Game 4.
The Cavs scored just 84 points in the loss, their lowest scoring output in 50 games. Kyrie Irving, who had been the Cavs leading scorer and shot-taker in the postseason, and Kevin Love both had miserable shooting nights, combining to go 4-of-28.
James scored 24 points but took just 17 shots.
“I think I should have called more plays to make (James) dominant,” Lue said Sunday. “I think we continued to run plays that had been effective and working throughout the course of this series, knowing that Kyrie and Kevin could get going at any time. I should have put the ball in LeBron’s hands a little bit more to let him create and let him draw double teams. So that was more on me.”
Part of the reason the Cavs offense has been so potent in the postseason has been their ball …
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