ConSarnit wrote:bape_lovers wrote:Dude, did Potel played all 48 mins? Did potel stop the guards from penetrating? Do you look at box score, OH THE CENTRE DIDNT DO ****
ConSarnit wrote:
He did? CHI shot 20/26 (77%) in the restricted area in that game. They scored 52 points in the paint.
We got absolutely killed at the rim. Isn’t it Poeltl’s job to fix that? I don’t think he’s the main reason he lost but a big reason we brought him in was for rim protection and he definitely didn’t provide that in the play-in game.
He was brought in, in large part, to protect the rim. He definitely wasn’t brought in to score (scored 7 pts in the playin game and turned the ball over 5 times). Poeltl has 2 main jobs: roll to the rim and protect the rim. He didn’t do the second part. He’s not the only one to blame but when you’re a C a large part of your job is to clean up messes. That’s part of the job description, it’s why he’s making $20m a year. He was not good in that game. It’s the same as Gary going 0-5 from 3. When you have very specific roles on the team and you don’t come through you didn’t have a good game.
Our rim protection was terrible that game and that’s Poeltl’s job. If he can’t clean up the messes or he was being stretched out by Vuc and couldn’t recover that’s on Poeltl.
Again, not all of this is on Poeltl but he has very specific duties in which he failed. No one could have watched that game and thought we did a good job protecting the rim.
Consider these stats for Poeltl (a defensive minded C) and tell me it was a “good game”
7/8/3 with 5 turnovers in 37min
Opposing team shoots 20/26 at the rim.
How could anyone be satisfied with that performance?
I was satisfied with everybodies performance until the 4Q, inlcuding Poeltls. He had Vuc under Control, provided Defense and was generally available for screens and other Helpfull tasks like boxing out. He does many good things, that are not visible in the BoxScore. Just looking at Stats without the proper context, can be very misleading.
Overall the Raptors were the better team the first 3Q. Our Starters played well.
The 4Q was simply a Choke Job the Raptors as a team are known for. And thats were the Bulls made all their Damage.
Here the Replay for those that are interested:At the Start of the 4Q we were up 11. (Up 16 in the 3Q with 3:46 to go)
After 3 mins in the 4Q, when Poeltl first came in, that lead has already shrunk to 5!
At 3:11 after FVV made a 3, we were at 100:100. At that Point there was no lead anymore.
Play by Play the last 3:11 (Poeltl not on the court);
Lavine hits a Layup 102:100; (Bulls first)
Trent misses a 3;
DeRozean makes a Floater; 104:100
Barnes makes
1of 2 FT; 104:101
Vuc mises a 3, lavine grabs the OFF reb
Lavine misses a layup
(Poeltl comes in)
Caruso misses a layup
FVV misses a 3, Barnes grabs the OFF reb
Barnes misses a Layup
lavine misses a 3
Siakam makes
1 of 2 FT; 104:102
DeRozean makes
1 of 2 FT (their only miss btw); 105:102
(Poeltl comes out)
Siakam makes a dunk; 105:104
Lavine makes 2 of 2 FT; 107:104
(Poeltl comes in)
Siakam makes
1 of 3 FT; 107:105 with 12 seconds to go
At that point game is over and the last 2 FT made by Lavine are just to seal the deal
So tell me, please, were in all of this, Poeltl is the main culprit for the loss.
Both times Bulls scored at the rim in Crunchtime, Poeltl wasnt even on the court.
The Starters +/- for the 4th Quarter:
Poeltl was - 8, Barnes -9, the rest of the starters were -13.
Poeltl and Siakam were the only Players with a positive net rating for the course of the game: +6 both.
Guess who was a negative for the Bulls, yes Vucevic, the Matchup for Poeltl.
Our Shooting in the 4th:
50% from FT
40% from the field
16,7% from 3
Bulls outscored the Raptors 37 to 24.
In Conclusion:
We lost the game in the 4th Quarter, cause the
entire team as a collective decided to play bad.
On offense and Defense.
Everybody was to blame without exceptions.
Also give credit to the Bulls. They fought hard, got hot in the 4th, and made many tough shots that were well defended.
They were 63,2% in the 4Q, even against bad teams, thats a hard number to reach.
But for those, that simply have an Agenda against particular Players, be it FVV, Siakam, Trent or Poeltl, they will always pin the blame on that Player alone. No matter the evidence against it.
But sadly it is easier to quote a box score, say player X is trash, than to explain the proper context under which said Box Score came to be in the first place. Thus my long answer to it.
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