QFT No one else on our roster other than Yao has a shot of slowing down Oden on the block.. he's just too big. Oden has to be forced away from the basket.. he's much like Chuck in that he can't hit a shot farther than three feet from the basket.
that is interesting...i dont' think hayes is a scrub, but his job is to come out and give a new defensive look. He should have bullied aldridge and made him have to drive
He wasn't guarding Aldridge when he was in... Carl was... there were only about four possession where Chuck was on Aldridge. Chuck was on Oden when he was in... when Oden was taken out because of fouls then there was a change defensively.
As bad as the officiating was, I really look at Scola as the reason we lost. There were at least 4 times where he had the open shot but hesitated and passed. He normally is much more aggressive and can easily hit an open 14-16 foot shot. Last night, he looked to pass, and skip the open shots that he had. On defense, he committed a few lazy reach in fouls. He isn't the greatest defender, but he puts a body on someone and usually makes the opposition work hard for their points. Giving away points at the line in a tight game isn't gonna win us any games. I also would be happy if I never saw another Chuck Hayes missed reverse layup. He almost never makes them and if he just went up straight he has a better chance of getting to line, where we can laugh at his equally bad free throws. (But at least we could get a line violation or two from those)
I don't think it was all Adelman. Landry has a tough match up in this series. He depends on his quickness and athletic ability. The Blazers have all of that plus 3-4 inches on him. Hayes is the same way. He might be the best of the 3 against Alridge but you don't shut down LA. On offense, you can guarantee the Blazers will double Yao from here on. Hayes can only get time when Yao is out. Scola is not quick nor jumps high. He does not depend on that. His production should not drop off as much against the Blazers. Of course he isn't going to stop LA either. Scola missed some shots but the coach couldn't know until he did. He did shoot 50% after those misses.
Hmmm... interesting. Aldredge hit alot 10 to 18 footers. kinda tells me scola was playing more to help inside allowing aldredge to hit those outside shots. playing him tighter may decrease his effectiveness.
See my only key to winning this series, shut down Aldridge. That is all. Most people try to over think this stuff. With all these numbers, like Joe Blow shoots 90% win the game is after 8pm, or Steve does good win his parents are at the game. SHUT DOWN Aldridge
Exactly what I was thinking...We shut down Aldridge and force the other players to get involved..let Roy score all he wants with the CP3 treatment..last night we got beat by their two best players.. Let Chuck go one on one with Aldridge he made him work for his shots...
Chuck should have helped Scola like Yao did. What's the point to guard Oden while wasting Chuck's quickness?
Most are talking about Roy's 42 points and how he dominated us. The question is did their SFs and guards dominate ours? Roy + Blake + Batum + Outlaw + Fernandez + Rodriguez = 74 points Artest + Battier + Wafer + Brooks + Lowry = 76 points Looks pretty even to me, with us having a slight edge. Now you see where the key lies, PF. Aldridge's far superior production over all our big men combined is what cost us the game. Aldridge = 27 points Yao + Scola + Landry + Hayes + Mutombo = 27 points One player completely neutralizing the offensive production of our entire frontcourt is not good. So the solution is getting more production out of those bigs, or limiting Aldridge's. Which is easier? I don't expect Yao's production to change if he keeps getting guarded that way. Seems more reasonable to utilize our PF-stopper Chuckwagon and have him play at least 20-25 minutes on LMA.
