Post#386 » by younggunsmn » Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:58 am
We should have won this game by 25 points, it should have been a 40 point deficit after 3 quarters with how hot we were shooting and how Memphis was missing everything outside of 10 feet (Brooks 3-18) and from the line. Sad because we finally got some really solid bench contributions.
But I've never seen so many incredibly stupid turnovers. I've never been so incredibly frustrated by a player as a fan as I am by KAT.
So uniquely, extremely talented. So many boneheaded mistakes and turnovers. Tonight he got a traveling call after trying some ridiculus globetrotter crap between the legs, lost an easy rebound trying to steal it from his teammate, dribbled it off his heel with the game on the line, shot a 30+ footer without a single teammate near the basket, and threw several ridiculus passes straight into the crowd. Puts his head down from the perimeter and dribbles into 2 and 3 defenders over and over. Can I get that play deleted from the offense please?
And Russell, my word, we would have won this game by 20 points if he had just missed the plane. He kills us on both ends of the floor, he's just utterly useless defensively. We hide him on a lesser option which means he's gonna be the guy who needs to rotate, and he's just utterly and completely useless at that. He's 6'5 and he plays like he's 5'6. Please upgrade him in the offseason. I'd take Tyus Jones over him I'm that ready to be done with the D-Lo experiment. Did we even run a play the last 6 minutes other than ISO hero ball? Ant getting in foul trouble was a big blow because he was less aggressive going to the basket.
Memphis is just KILLING us at 2 things:
1. Transition defense. Theirs is damn near impenetrable. Ours is trash. They got a layup off a made 3 at one point.
2. BOXING OUT. Clarke had 9 offensive rebounds, he was planting himself within 5-8 feet of the basket, in the middle of the lane, every single time a shot went up and we offered no resistance. Yes we run a scrambling type defense, but these guys do way too much ballwatching when a shot goes up. Put a damn body on someone.
Memphis stole this one. This is a game they should have lost. We would be off to the next round if our team BBIQ wasn't so damn terrible, and with this low of a BBIQ we would be a 20 win team without the overabundance of god given talent.
This would be the year to make a deep run. Even making the playoffs becomes tougher next year with the Clips, Lakers, and Pels getting their superstars healthy. This team needs to grow up. DLO and KAT way too many years in the league to be making this many really stupid mistakes and playing outside the structure of the offense so often.
And the way these games are officiated makes the product about as legitimate as pro wrestling. Ja slips for obvious travel and gets free throws. Shoves Beverly out of bounds no call. They were missing calls left and right tonight, but things didn't get one sided until the 4th quarter. Sometimes I question how much Superstars are created by the referees in this league bailing out their bad plays.
