Incorrect. You can't gauge whether or not someone is "going off" just by their total output. You have to look at efficiency. They were both going off, so it would've been foolish to double team ellis.
It would have been smart to double team Ellis and force him out of his comfort zone. They are a perimeter team, get the ball out of the guards hands...force someone else to beat you. Or, we could just sit pat and take the loss like men.... DD
I think Adelman was experimenting with our roster to see if we can truly run and gun like the Warriors. After all, they've been preaching about how fast and athletic they are now.
When both of our guards shoot as badly as they did last night, the answer to that is a resounding....no. DD
Wow.. So apparently Rick adelman is a bad coach now. Aren't the venting / knee jerk comments for post game analysis? Just an unessarary, or at least, very premature post for a coach that has consistently done a excellent job overall then poor.
I've always been a believer that when you let the other team dictate the style of play..you're walking yourself into an ambush. It was weird to see it from Rick. He's great at avoiding situations like that. On Jordan Hill, everytime The Bull, is asked about J-hill, He says that Jordan is one of those players that sucks during practice but brings it during the game. We all know how coaches feel about Practice??
You can double team Ellis and still play good man defense on Curry.....one is not mutually exclusive to the other, now is it. DD
It depends on the lineups you have on the floor. Assuming that we had Hayes, Scola, Brooks, Martin, and Lee/Battier/Budinger on the floor and GSW had Biedrins, Wright, Curry, Lee, and Ellis, who would you use to double team Ellis? Curry and Wright were both shooting 50% from the 3 pt line and Biedrins/Lee were both shooting over 50% from the field. Double teaming is futile if multiple opposing players are shooting well.
We don't know if those people would have shot as well with a double team on Ellis when he caught the ball and a backside zone, because we never tried it. The point remains...if one guy is shooting 75%, you need to do something different rather than just HOPE he cools off. Make an adjustment. DD
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDENSE Defense wins championships. Does anyone have idea on which one is more important, defense or offense?
At least put things in the proper context. That 55% comes against single coverage. You want to remove that single coverage. What do you think that'll do to the 55%?
Why do you do this? You take a point to argue about and totally twist around what others are saying to do what? Argue? Who said, take away any coverage? You double team Ellis with a big, force him to pass it elsewhere, but do not leave Curry..... How is it that you get to the point where you leave Curry all alone? I mean there are 5 players on the floor, double off of Biedrens, double off of Wright, double off of another player. Hell, Ellis and Curry are not even running a PnR off each other, how is anything I am talking about related in any way to leaving Curry open? Answer; It isn't. DD
I'm simply trying to show you the flaws in your logic. I am very aware that double teaming Ellis will leave someone open, and that won't necessarily be Curry. That's why I gave the FG% for the Warriors' starting 5. To show you how very aware I am of this. And as the numbers show, those Warriors were shooting well in the normal course of the game (single coverage). And you think we would've been better served had we removed that single coverage?
Yes.....I do think forcing someone else to take the shot or create instead of their best players is a good strategy and have been saying so in this entire thread. DD
