Deleterious

The 3 point alley-oop?

Ausar wouldn't get any back cuts on Harden if Harden doesn't come above the FT line. If he runs baseline Harden just stands on the block and takes it away, he doesn't even have to move. I would argue Mobley fading towards Cade and with one eye on him is more susceptible to a back cut than Harden just looking at Thompson. The second paragraph doesn't really matter. If Harden is on the court any player he guards can set a screen for Cade. The fact they didn't have Harris set ball screens all night might be a good question for JB.

Cavs are 0-4 on the road in the playoffs

No it is not happening. You are 100% making it up to draw action to your site. Prediction markets are not like normal books, they don't win or lose. They are more like stockbrokers and just collect a commission on each trade/bet.

One thing that concerns me for game #2. Most felt they would put Mobley on Ausar so he could roam and spy on Cade. With Allen in foul trouble all game they weren't really able to do that since Mobley had to guard Duren while Allen was out. They still handled Cade fine. I wonder if that gave them enough confidence in their ability to guard Cade without Mobley spying on him. If so, they could take Mobley off of Ausar and have him guard Harris instead. Going from Harden guarding you to a former DPOY winner guarding you is a big change. Harden guarding Ausar would likely see Thompson go crazy on the offensive glass. Harden is 5 inches smaller and can't jump like Thompson. But I doubt Thompson can do much scoring wise to hurt Cleveland, just get Detroit extra possessions.

This plus 10 of his 19 shots were 3PTAs.

Speaking of Harris. Harden was the primary defender on Harris for the most possessions last night at 27. Harris had an EFG% of 83% in those possessions. Pistons need to exploit that matchup even more in game #2.

According to Cavs fans. Find refs that don't cheat and Cleveland wins 4-1

I mean, not many teams are going to beat OKC in the playoffs. Maybe San Antonio but they are so young and inexperienced. I didn't think OKC played all that well last night either. You hold SGA to 18 points you better win. That was the first game this season he failed to score at least 20 points.

135 shots to score 171 points is brutal. You give most NBA players that many shots and they will produce. The worst NBA player is still better than 99.99% of the population. He is 12-43 from three for a scorching 27%. He has 10 assists in 8 games His TS% is 55% which is below league average. A volume chucker is not considered a good player. Like I said, Cleveland is a bad overall team and with a bad defense. His numbers should improve.