Josh Smith Just play. Your complaining to the refs during live play, even for a brief moment, leads to a transition bucket or scrambling defense. Just play. Get back. Especially since transition defense s a weakness of ours, and transition offense is a strength of theirs. James Harden Great numbers except for shooting percentage. But there's something missing. Your aggressiveness and killer instinct. Because of Deandre, you seem tentative when you drive and that leads to late kick outs. Not good considering teams have known our game plan since the regular season. it'll result in a steal. Bring back the regular season effort on defense. One more thing, if the refs aren't calling fouls, then extend your game to midrange. You've been shooting the 3 well. Take more. Terrence Jones Settle down. Stop rushing. Catch all the butterflies in your stomach, and stomp on them. Don't force it. You did so well in the regular season. just breathe. Then, #breatheagain (shoutout Dwight. Keep doing your thing) Morey Start looking for 3-point specialists this offseason. Whether or not we win it all, we obviously need one. If the numbers are saying it's better to shoot a crazy amount of threes, then at least get some players who specialize in 3-point shooting.
Not giving up 120 points in a regulation basketball game seems like something we should do. I'm not 100% sure on that, but I feel like it's a solid option.
We should be down 3-0, time to get desperate and save the dying season. Doing the exact same thing isn't gonna work. 1. Bench Terry 2. Start Brewer. (I would start Nick but McHale doesn't trust rookies) 3. Dwight or Capela, either must be on the floor at all times. 4. Utilize more Jordan hacks. Have to try and stop/break Clippers offensive rhythm. Do those and maybe you keep it close and give yourself a chance.
Transition defense hurts a lot. Not neccesariy fast break points, but getting back late lead to a lot of our players out-of-place. Players had to make rotations that they weren't used to making.
