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Post#1 » by Thabo Sefolosha » Sat Apr 1, 2017 6:49 pm

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Post#3 » by Pillendreher » Sun Apr 2, 2017 4:03 pm

Trap game. Hornets still fighting and better as of late.
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Post#4 » by DoubleJ13 » Sun Apr 2, 2017 5:19 pm

Hope we don't put them on the line 50 times like the last time. That would be helpful. Also would be cool if the offense of everybody not named Russ came back.
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Post#5 » by Pillendreher » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:20 pm

Sloppy start.

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"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Post#6 » by Pillendreher » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:26 pm

Offense has been terrible.
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Post#7 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:26 pm

Seems like we do this every time we play some crap sub-.500 team lately. We come out in the first 4-6 minutes and get out to a 7-10 point lead and actually blow out a bad team. But then we revert back to who knows what kind of crap play, and before you know it our lead is gone and we're either in a dog fight or, what's been more common lately, we slowly fall behind by more and more and by the fourth quarter we're trying to come back from 10-20 points down.
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Post#8 » by InTheSabonus » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:26 pm

Oh Enes...
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Post#9 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:31 pm

If Kanter and Abrines can't hit anything it will be another brutal day for the second unit.
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Post#10 » by Pillendreher » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:34 pm

Trash defense and trash offense.
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Post#11 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:36 pm

Same 'ol same 'ol.

We jumped out to, what, a 13-6 lead? Forced the Hornets to call a timeout and we were primed to race out to a 10-12 point lead by the end of the quarter. Same crap we've been doing against these crap sub-.500 teams pretty much every time we play them in the first 6-8 minutes of the first quarter.

Second unit starts to trickle in, the Hornets close the first quarter by outscoring us 25-9, and we're down by 9 points after one.

This one is a loss. We suck. We suck so much. We especially suck so much against crap teams. I'm so ready for this season to be over. It's been a miserably painful disaster.
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Post#12 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:37 pm

Our bench came in and is currently a combined 0/7 from the floor and has scored 0 points.

Presti, you've really screwed up this supporting cast. It's awful. We really, truly are the Brooklyn Nets with Russell Westbrook.
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Post#13 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:40 pm

Let it be noted I'm very proud of Vic on that three point play.

* then turns it over and fouls lamb on a dunk. :banghead:
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Post#14 » by Pillendreher » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:41 pm

Knrstz wrote:Let it be noted I'm very proud of Vic on that three point play.

His or Lamb's?
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Post#15 » by bondom34 » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:47 pm

Russ comes in, team can suddenly play basketball.
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Post#16 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:48 pm

Dre blew up that fast break by getting back on defense.
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Post#17 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:52 pm

Russ is a turnover machine today.
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Post#18 » by Pillendreher » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:56 pm

Gibson once again not getting minutes. Donovan is such a tool.
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Post#19 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:56 pm

When I see Dre shoot a three I feel like it's an embarrassment to this organization.
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Post#20 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Apr 2, 2017 7:58 pm

I'm so tired of hoping Steven Adams will become a good player.
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