Post#9 » by co_laper » Sun Dec 6, 2009 4:48 pm
Saw the game and it wasn't good.
We had turnovers problem and like Sean Elliott said, it came in waves. It happened twice in the game. First time in the first half, I think it was the 2nd quarter. Second time, it came in the 3rd quarter. Thing is, a lot of the turnovers during those "waves" are commited by our stars. There were Tony throwing the ball away. Manu got his passes blocked a few times too in the game and some of them become steals. Same thing with Duncan. That was the biggest reason we lost the lead. We'd be up by nearly 10 points, and then we'll self destruct by committing turnovers. A lot of them turnovers are self-inflicted. Forcing the issue kind of thing.
Parker is playing well offensively and Duncan was extremely efficient tonight, but Manu is not what I remember on this game. He had trouble protecting the ball on drives tonight. Some of them were slapped away cleanly and the highlight of the game is probably when he stole the ball on an inbound pass and went for a dunk but got blocked by JR Smith. he had a few drives in the game that didn't finish. Perhaps, he's not 100%.
Blair seems to have trouble with long, athletic players. I figured he would eat Chris Anderson alive, but that didn't happen. About the only point Blair put up was when he bounced the ball too hard and it accidently went into the basket. He got his shot blocked and everything. Looks to me like Blair is better matched up againts short PFs like Carl Landry type instead of tall shotblockers like Chris Anderson. Blair may destroy Thabeet, but Anderson right now is a much better defender than Thabeet.
And the last thing I'm still worried about is Jefferson. I'm still waiting for that one game where our big 3 is healthy and Jefferson fits in beautifully. He certainly didn't do that tonite and I'm really starting to question if he's a good fit.
When you look at.. say Boston. The big 3 complement each other well. Pierce is a slasher. Ray Allen is a shooter. KG provides shooting and defense. They all complement each other. But when you look at Manu, Parker and Jefferson, they're all slashers. Now, Jefferson didn't exactly settle for jumpshots all day. He made a few aggresive moves driving the ball, but the fact is he didn't get enough touches to be making those moves. He got like how many FGA tonite? probably 8 or something. and like 4 or 5 of them are 3 pointers. I only remember about 3 times tonite where he drive the ball and attack the rim. That's not exactly what I'm hoping for from Richard Jefferson and we've already played 17 games. I'm still waiting for that one game where Richard Jefferson is the Richard Jefferson we want to see with everyone healthy.
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