tamaraw08 wrote:That_Casual wrote:Kilroy wrote:
I think you're high if you don't think AD played a good game tonight... Maybe not his best, but 5 blocks? Cmon now...
I don't blame D'Lo because I never expect anything from him either... But you had Brooks and basically the entire Griz team daring Lebron to beat them, and LeBron put up decent numbers but it still seemed like he couldn't deliver when it counted.
And wtf do I care if he's 38? He's either the superstar of the team or he's not...
Wow, a whole 5 blocks? That makes up for 13 points.
Oh and no… Bron isn’t the superstar of the team. Its supposed to **** be the 30 year old in his prime AD. Bron is **** begging him to take over the team ffs and he keeps failing so a god damn 38 year old has to try carry the entire **** offence
Did James played a perfect game? Absolutely not!
but to say that Brooks kicked his ass is just plain crazy BS! Dillon needed 14 shots to score 12 points zero offensive rebs, a grand total of 1 rebound while Lebron grabbed 12!
Brooks had 3 assists to 2 turnovers while James had
3 assists to just 1 turnover, would have had more assists if his teammates like D’Lo AD etc made more shots…and
BTW the 38 year old James scored 28 points on 23 shots.
Kilroy didn’t want to blame D’Lo because he said he didn’t expect much from him and yet I guess he was ok for AD to score 13 points, 14 points BELOW his playoff average.
Who was he guarding Tilman or JJJ? I guess it doesn’t matter both of them outscored AD anyway.
Now is just AD’s fault that the Lakers lost? Of course not, pretty much everybody except Rui showed up but to say Brooks kicked James butt is just bat **** crazy
The loss lies at the feet of Anthony Davis and D’Angelo Russell. Nobody else. Every other segment of the team did what is required for the most part.
I go in to each game with the idea that if you post 110 points, that should be enough to win if you defend well. We held them to 103 last night. I break it down roughly what type of points you need from each segment of the team. Obviously someone can go off and have a monster night which results in more but generally I look at it like this in terms of what’s the aim:
Bench - 25 points.
#4/5 guys (Reaves and Vando - 20 points.
Top 3 guys (Bron/AD/D’Lo) - 65 points.
Well, last night the bench have us 27. Reaves/Vando gave us 20. That then leaves it down to the top 3 to go for 65. Bron held up his end by going for 28. I’m looking for Bron/Ad/Dlo to go for 25/25/15. All of which is below their averages by the way so it shouldn’t be unrealistic. Bron held up his end as I said.
So every section did what’s required. The bench gave us the 25+ points. Reaves/Vando gave us the 20. Bron gave us his 25+… the two that shat the bed? AD and D’lo. If they hold up there end, we win. Hell of ONE of them hold up their end and give us what I expect from then we win. We didn’t even need 25 and 15 from the pair. If they’d even gone 20 and 10 rather than 25 and 15, we win.
There was lots of minor issues last night. Dennis shocking turn overs and zero points. Troy yet again giving us nothing offensively. Vando passing up on dunks again. Reaves going 1/3 from the FT line. Bron having a terrible night going 1/8 from 3. But it’s minor issues. The big issue was AD and D’Lo giving us not even half their averages. And at the end of the day, it’s going to be impossible to win a chip if your #2 and #3 guy are giving you less than 20 combined.
