Post#225 » by CharityStripe34 » Mon Mar 6, 2023 12:32 am
BigO wrote:CharityStripe34 wrote:BigO wrote:
Niang was playing pretty bad leading up to the Bucks game, so I don't blame bud for sagging off him. Bud finally changed the scheme to keep someone on Niang, and wasn't a problem after that.
Niang going hot was instrumental in them erasing the 18pt lead starting the fourth. For all the consternation about Gianni's mental mistakes, if he doesn't score 14 straight points we would've been down way earlier. I agree that it was the defensive brainfarts all around that, to me, looked worse. Guys can miss shots but this team's bread and butter is incredibly stout defense leading to efficient offense. Once the Sixers got back into the game the pace on offense slowed to a crawl.
I was already over the loss not long after, because
I know Bud will replay the fourth quarter in film session and show the guys their mental lapses late in the game. Especially the way the ball stopped moving around.
1) The offense wasn't the problem in the fourth quarter
2) Does any lapse ever fall on the coach? Did you like how they forced Harden to his left in the fourth quarter? Do you think that was the right scheme?
The pace wasn't great, IMO, offensively. Agreed that the defense was worse. Guys overhelping for no reason and yeah letting Harden go left was baffling.
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