February 4, 2010 at 10:29 pm

3rd Quarter Frustration: Dwyane Wade Edition.

If you’re watching the Cavaliers/Heat game on TNT (which you should be!), you’ve seen another solid defensive third quarter by the Cavaliers on Dwyane Wade. Wade, who scored 18 points in the first half, was held scoreless in the third quarter on 0-7 shooting. Here are Wade’s splits from his three games against Cleveland this season.

Game	3rd Q points	3rd Q shooting	Rest of game points	Rest of game shooting
Nov 12	11 points	2-4 (50%)	25 points	7-17 (41.2%)
Jan 25	0 points	0-4	32 points	10-17 (58.8%)
Feb 4	0 points	0-7	24 points	11-19 (57.9%)
TOT	11 points	2-15 (13.3%)	81 points	28-53 (52.8%)

Hopefully the Cavs continue to smother the opposing team’s scorers in the third quarter this season. It would definitely aid what used to be commonly referred to as the “kryptonite quarter,” that’s for sure.

By Mark Cameron

Comments

TAS February 4th

He completes an and 1 right after you post this. >_<
Cameron February 4th

Haha, it’s no longer the third quarter. Not my fault!
Randolphkeys February 5th

Our defensive intensity in the third has been largely under-valued due to our offensive struggles in the same quarter over the years. Great work, Cams.
CCF February 5th

One has gotta believe this has to do with our player/coach, LeBron James. Without a doubt, they discuss situations and make adjustments at the half, rendering an opponent useless…or at least as close to useless as can be.

More to Shaq’s suggestion that LeBron could coach in this league now…..