Jodie Meeks has seen his minutes diminish in the playoffs, but he has been making the most of the time he has been in the game.
Jodie shot 4-for-8, hit a 3-pointer and finished with 11 points. Game 4, he played 12 minutes and finished with nine points.
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“It helped me,” Meeks said about Game 3. “Coach was telling me to find your rhythm as well as you can. I knocked down a couple shots, got going a little bit, and it definitely helped me in Game 4.”That, Collins said, was the idea.
“I thought in Game 3, Jodie had a good finish,” Collins said. “That is the time to let’s see the ball go in the basket if you’re behind. And if you’re winning, don’t let some of these guys who haven’t played a lot of minutes get going.”
But Meeks got going, so Collins went to him again in the second half of Game 4,when the Sixers fell behind by as many as 18 points early in the third quarter.
Meeks’ steal and layup with a minute left in the third quarter got the Sixers to within four points. A few minutes later, Meeks hit the 3-pointer that gave the Sixers the lead.He also hit four straight free-throws in the final seconds to close out the game.
“He ran out and got on the break,” Collins said. “Then he’s a free throw shooter you can count on at the end of the game. For him to do all that was very, very important for us.”
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I really don’t think I am being biased, but I think Jodie’s shooting should definitely get him more minutes.
Ok, I am being biased, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t get more minutes.
Here is an interview with Jodie Meeks and Andre Iguodala about tonight’s Game 5 matchup with Rajon Rondo and the Boston Celtics.
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