Chicago @ Atlanta 2 PM

[evildallas]

I'm not sure who deserves the blame or what Woody says in those timeouts, but the team as a whole almost never converts after one of those special situation timeouts. On that 5 second play, it was clearly Josh Smith not taking a shot he had to, but on other plays throughout the season it's been other guys too. I was screaming "how can you not know there is only 5 seconds on the clock." The thing is the timeouts to set up plays fail almost regardless of clock. We had 21 seconds on the shot clock after a timeout in the 3rd period I think and coming back out where you figure we had a play diagrammed to get a good shot at a two I don't believe we even got a shot off that time. The only special situation timeout I can remember working was when Joe hit that game winning shot against Minnesota.

Earlier in that Washington game there was a possession were the ball got deflected out of bounds with 1 second on the clock. Woody was standing on the sideline trying to signal for a twenty. I was screaming don't waste a timeout you still won't get a good shot. Strangely the refs switched the possession and deprived Woody the opportunity to waste another timeout.

Again, I don't know if it is the coach or the team's IQ but the results have been bad for the most part coming out of any timeout.

[JoshB914]

Couldn't agree with you more NDa, when it comes to late game mistakes Chillz kills us. He always ends up being matched up with one of the opponents quicker guards when he can't defend one on one. Also remember that choke against Seattle where he missed his first free throw of the season on a pair and the game went to double OT.

[conleyorbust]

Couldn't agree with you more NDa, when it comes to late game mistakes Chillz kills us. He always ends up being matched up with one of the opponents quicker guards when he can't defend one on one. Also remember that choke against Seattle where he missed his first free throw of the season on a pair and the game went to double OT.

Eh, I don't blame Chil for being played as our SG late in the game. He can't help that. As far as missing FTs, it happens to everyone. Josh Cs "clutchness" is in his ability to keep possessions alive for us at the end of games by grabbing loose balls or offensive rebounds when we really need them.

On the subject of Josh Smith's bball IQ. Skyhawk, the ball goes to Smith because he is one of 2 guys on our team that can create his own shot on a consistent basis. Chil is great off the ball, Horford and Law are too raw, Marv isn't aggressive enough, AJ isn't quick enough, and everyone else sucks. Smith usually blows by the guy guarding him and is a good enough passer to do something if the shot isn't there. He will throw an errant pass in the full court but he also is one of the few players on our team that consistently pushes the pace and for every TO in that way he creates a couple of easy scoring opportunities that wouldn't be there if he just handed it to AJ and we walked it up.

Don't get me wrong, 3.3 TPG is way too many but Josh is also a great passer for a PF and he usually draws quite a few FTs which goes hand in hand with TOs. Ease off the Josh hate.

[JoshB914]

Chillz should not be covering 2 guards late in the game. I don't know if that is on Woody or he is just terrible at staying with his man but he gets beat the basket every time.

[Rip2137]

You have to say it is Woody because there is no reason at the end of the game for Mario West NOT to be in the game covering a two guard. Instead he keeps the same guys on both ends when he should be going offense defense.

[JoshB914]

Agree 100% Rip. We've seen Rio come in for a few seconds and play perfect D on guys like Carter and Lebron. I don't understand why we don't use him situationally for defensive purposes.