Post#38 » by JimmyFromNz » Sat Mar 2, 2024 5:08 am
VC for Tatums second half performance.
Brown had some good moments and stepped up on Luka (despite getting cooked) at the right time. What i struggle with is the 55% shooting which is great, but the 45% shots missed each one of them are soul snatching, rushed iso turnaround nonsense or pull ups out of the flow of the offense despite the stats its hard to unsee those.
The Luka criticism is laughable, as if we didn't watch a one man band tonight cook every single one of our premier defenders, 'empty stat' crash the offensive boards on our bigs, run some beautiful fast breaks to get guys like his rookie centre easy lobs and defer to kyrie even when it meant watching him spin into traffic for contested shots whilst Pritchard was marking him on the perimeter. Yeah defensively that might take a toll on you, maybe.
The difference couldnt be more stark than watching JT sleep walk through the 1st half with the rest of our guys picking up the slack to lead, and then see him have the benefit of playing himself into a rhythm in the 2nd with 1 v 1 coverage against kyrie or open 3 point heaves where Dallas had no option to help due to our other threats. It's a completely different playing field.
Regardless, great win havent felt as good about the team in a long time,biggest challenge going forward is maintaining this through the dog days of the season, coming up soon.