GT: Bobcats vs Nets - Feb 11, 7:30PM

[Paradise]

YOU LOVE THEM AND HATE THEM....MOSTLY HATE THEM....OUR BROOKLYN NETS

D-Will
13.4 ppg, 6.7 assists, 2.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals - 46.0 FG%, 40.4 3PT%, .566 TS%




S DOT - Shaun Livingston
7.9 ppg, 3.1 assists, 3.1 rebounds, 1.1 steals - 45.8 FG%, 46.2 2PT%, .531 TS%



Joe Johnson
15.4 ppg, 2.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds, 0.5 steals - 44.4 FG%, 39.1 3PT%, .553 TS%



Paul PIerce
13.3 ppg, 2.9 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 1.1 steals - 42.1 FG%, 34.2 3PT%, .564 TS%



Kevin Garnett
6.9 ppg, 1.5 assists, 6.9 rebounds, 0.7 blocks - 42.2 FG%, 42.6 2PT%, .453 TS%


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The Visiting Charlotte Bobcats



Kemba Walker, Gerald Henderson, Micheal Kidd-Gilchrist, Josh McRoberts


KEYS TO A WIN

-Show up, Compete
-Rebound, Rebound, Rebound
-Defend The Perimeter
-Stop playing Jason Terry


Good Luck Charm

Spoiler:

[exculpatory]

Win goddamit!

[Prokorov]

this is another team we should go big against... mcroberts is really active and has taken advatage of other teams that have gone small and jefferson is one of the better interior scorers.

blatche, plumlee, or mirza should start alongside garnett

[exculpatory]

Here is the VERY tight scorecard going into MUST WIN Games 50 & 51 (VS 2 teams right in the mix) prior to the ASG with a record of 23-26 (with an outstanding 13-5 record in 2014).

3 games behind the Raptors 27-24 for the 3rd seed & AD - but only 2 games behind in the L column.

2 games behind the Bulls 26-25 for the 4th seed - but only ONE game behind in the L column.

1 1/2 games behind the Hawks 25-25 for the 5th seed - but only ONE game behind in the L column.

1 game behind the Wiz 25-26 for the 6th seed - TIED in the L column.

3 games ahead of the Bobcats & the Pistons (each with 29 losses) in the L column.

It goes without saying that it is put up or shut up time VS the Bobcats tomorrow & the Bulls on Thursday. Time to play aggressively & WIN. No BS. Nets can get to 25-26, take a week off, & then play 6 game West Coast road trip with energy & momentum. Then roll through final 25 game sprint to the end as the **** 3 seed!!!

I want DWill to dominate once & for all.
I want an aggressive JJ.
MT - Make your 3s & space the floor.
SDot - Play like you have been lately.
AA - Play D & spot up.
Dray - Show your talent & no freaking brain dead, bad shots or excessive dribbling.
AK-47 - Keep up your uncanny ability to disrupt & make smart plays. Do NOT shoot anything but dunks & lay-ups.
KG - Play awesome D (JKidd - KG needs to **** play on this b2b, goddamit. He has a week off after the Bulls!)
Terry - Take off this game & in fact the rest of the reason. DNP-CD.

Paul has been excellent in 2014 on O, D & energy/effort-wise, but he has not been looking for his shot aggressively during the last 3 games - after 25 & 33 point games just prior to that. I do not want him to overshoot, but stop the mother **** overpassing Paul & stop being too unselfish. This team needs the Truth down the stretch. Take your legendary/vintage step back Js, keep driving to the hoop, & take 3s only in the flow of the game. Paul has scored between 18 & 33 points in 10 out of the 44 games (23%) that he has played so far - he needs to score in that range in at least 15 of the Nets' remaining 33 games this season (closer to 50%) for the Nets to be maximally successful. He still has plenty of elite game left & he has played 4 minutes less per game so far - which hopefully has better preserved his 36 year old legs.

PS I agree with Prok (amazing as it seems) that there are certain teams against whom the Nets should NOT play small ball.

PPS Get Asik here - even if it means giving up Plumlee (who I like). Add Asik's interior D supporting KG & I think the Nets can at least scare the **** out of the Pacers & the Heat.

For TRB3: I read your comment in the Dick Gregory thread on the GB. He is a courageous outspoken guy, but his comments about Magic are completely ludicrous (in the same totally despicable & idiotic category as the CIA & the Mossad knocking down the Twin Towers). You know that I am a Professor of Medicine, right - aside from PP's greatest fan? . Your basic understanding of HIV VS. AIDS is correct. Magic never developed full blown AIDS - the multiple life threatening opportunistic infections consequent to depleted T-lymphocytes - because he received FROM THE GET GO outstanding care from Infectious Disease super-docs & a cocktail of anti-HIV drugs (which prevented virus-induced T-cell depletion). He is still at potential risk for premature cardiovascular disease related to HIV-associated lipodystrophy & dyslipidemia - a not uncommon side effect of chronic exposure to anti-HIV medications. Magic was very fortunate that 1) he was famous & very rich; & 2) dramatically more effective anti-HIV drugs became available just after he was diagnosed.

[CalamityX12]

[De8]

most of yall probably think it's a trap game and we're gonna lose but as always im going to the optimist and say we win by 10

[therealbig3]

most of yall probably think it's a trap game and we're gonna lose but as always im going to the optimist and say we win by 10

I don't think we can really say this is a trap game when Charlotte has been as good as us this year.

[Keith Van Horn]

I would venture to say it will be a close one where we come from behind to win by a couple points.

[Prokorov]

most of yall probably think it's a trap game and we're gonna lose but as always im going to the optimist and say we win by 10

how is this a trap game? we are playing a playoff team thats right behind us in the standings. this is as big as the bulls game. these next 2 games are huge, given we are likely to only win 2 or 3 games on the 6 game road trip.

[jeff1624]

This is must win. We're inching closer to one of the top seeds and a win here (and tomorrow but that's a different story) is needed.

[F3LON]

Hopefully by this time next week the Nets make a good trade.

[BK nets BK]

let's get that W

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[Paradise]

Blatche elbowed in the face right in front of two refs. No call.

Unbelievable.

[NyCeEvO]

Tele had a wide-open 3. He should've taken it.

[NyCeEvO]

Kinda surprised there was no foul call on that D-Will drive/ Looked like a lot of contact to me.

[Paradise]

We truly suck at closing out quarters strong. 8 point lead cut to 1 in a span of 2 minutes.

[kerry kittles]

Blatche is such a horrid defender. He is having a nice offensive game . He needs to stop gambling on defense resulting in him being out of position

[NyCeEvO]

Terry...absolute garbage! Pass right to the defense.

[Paradise]

If it wasn't for Terry this would be a double digit lead. He is so bad.

[therealbig3]

Terry is such a train wreck.