Alot of those games we could have won with somply better defense. It starts with rim/paint protection. If we had that we could have won a lot of games without a superstar.
by the way...Brooks is trash also. No one is untouchable...esp after this game. Well actually i'd like to keep Patterson at the very least. He looks promising.
The 4 to 2 point threshold gives you a chance to still tie with a 3 if there is a miss. A missed three down 4 = game over. Made two, cutting it to 2 = a chance vs. a team who MIGHT miss one. I hate when people praise Coach one day, then the next day call him an idiot. This is a read/react offense. If you see an open lane to get a quick two, take it and foul.
To be honest, regardless of wins or losses at this point, I'm just enjoying the youth Morey bought in. Watching Brooks, Lee, Williams, Pat, and Hill is very fun. Even if we don't make the playoffs, perhaps we luck out and draft another Patterson.
I liked what Adelman did at the end of the game. We just had an awful collapse throughout the entire middle of the 4th quarter that lost the game.
We have no rim/paint protection!! We get burned constantly because we have no true center who can block shots and clog the lane! And even if we would have *somehow* won those games, what happens in the playoffs when we get exposed even more without a true big man? We don't have any superstars and thats the problem.
the awful collapse was exacerbated by the awful substitution by Adelman in the middle of the 4th. He should have left Bud and Patterson in. We needed OFFENSE as well as defense. Atleast Pat can play 2 ways.....Scola gets exposed late in games. Poor decision making again.
This is a major no-no, I can accept up and down games from young players but rebounding is all about hustle and desire...1 board in 17 minutes will not cut it.
It's amazing that this team scored 112 points with no K-Mart, no Miller, no Yao, and AB struggled with his shot tonight. If only this team could find a way to play defense. Pat Pat was once again solid in all phases of his game. It's scary how fundamentally sound that guy is. He probably will never be a star player but he is definitely a difference maker when he gets in the game. If we can get a center to play next to him his game could go to another level.
