Where is Camby and Dalembert in the 4th and end of game?

Is this a knee-jerk reaction to the Suns game?

Aside from Marcin Gortat rolling to the basket on a Nash PnR, most of the Suns offense comes from the perimeter. 15 footers by Nash, Hill, Morris, etc.

I don't think putting in two centers, and having Nash draw them out to the perimeter where CamBert might be exposed, is a great idea.

 

I just don't understand the reason for Dalembert's diminished playing time.

 

me neither

 

Could be because Camby have been playing a lot better.

 

REBOUNDS..

And I dont think he meant both on the court at the same time.

 

Camby had 18 rebounds at half time.. and 18 rebounds at the end of the game

 

Beat me to it.

Camby nearly out-rebounded the whole Suns team in the 1st half and then was a no-show in the 4th qtr. He would have stopped Gortot from getting that key offensive rebound late that helped them keep their lead!

 

This topic is already being discussed here:

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=218418

 

Agreed 100 pct!

 

Both Camby and Dally are pretty good at showing in the PnR and getting back inside and using their length.

One thing is for sure both guys are tons better than Scola or anybody else we got defensively agaisnt the PnR. Now, Patterson may be getting there and personally I think Patterson is the guy to have closing the games when we need a 2-way player because of his ability to defend and also shoot the J because Scola cannot defend and because Dally is so bone-headed. However he is not spectacular. But, any of the 3 bigs are far superior to Scola defending against the PnR.

 

Last 2 games I understand because the Rockets were trailing double-digits, so they need more points than anything else. I still think they got to finish the games with a true center, not a flopping and easy to drop center.

 

I would like to see the Camby + Dalembert twin towers starting lineup a bit more sometimes. I think it would be neat to go small at the 1-2 and big at the 4-5. Best of both worlds.

Lowry
Dragic
Parsons
Camby
Dalembert

Go for defensive stops and get Lowry/Dragic/Parsons to push the pace for transition buckets.

 

mchale might be doing some last minute tanking.

 

No tanking whatsoever. In the suns game, we couldn't hit ****. Obviously Camby and Dalembert aren"t gonna give us offense. Yes we didn't have a real big man on defense, and this is detrimental. but in this case I think Mchale's mindset was that we had to sacrifice defense for offense. I think it was the best option at that point.

 

Could be a tactic to keep his value low to resign him for cheap.

 

Because we've been down by double digits in the forth two games in a row. They need all the scoring they can get.

 

Yeah..put 2 non defensive players in so the other team can keep scoring. Scola is not effective without a true center out on the floor with him and neither is Patterson.

 

I think McHale has a secret disdain for centers and thinks he should have been starting over Robert Parish.

DD

 

to the OP.

Can't come back without scoring points. You can have all the defense in the world on the hardwood. If you can't score points to mount the comeback, then having all that defense is useless.