GT: Hornets vs Celtics Wed Dec 23 7PM EST

MasterIchiro · Post #41 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:11 am

Batum kicks things off right with his trademark turnover.

sidestep · Post #42 » by **sidestep** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:12 am

TinmanZBoy wrote:I hope to see a little adjustments from coach in this one. I know coach would not change the starting lineup since he wants each of his players to be comfortable with their roles, but in this one I hope coach starts lin or give the lin/kemba/batum lineup a little longer stretch to counter IT/Bradley/Crowder line up... as coach said, IT is a difficult cover for any team, i think the best way to cover him is to let Lin attack him to the point Stevens has to take him out of the game, sub Turner in... when IT is on the court, you have to explore the mismatch... IT is a master running the PnR, he runs a lot flare screen and misdirections, he basically killed the Hornets in the third quarter by running it...Kemba has to do a better job to identify his moves...
Quite frankly, the Celtics did not play well in last one in Charlotte... the hornets simply played worse. I expect them to play a lot better in this one, the Hornets has to prepare well for this one, be the more aggressive one, take advantage of the home court...
another change I want to see is to run Kemba/Lin on the strong side more, let Batum be in the weak side to stretch floor and cutting, that is what Batum was very good at in Portland... just to free him up, let him play off the ball, get him some easy buckets to get him going...

Yes, key to the game is adjusting to the backcourt matchups. Last time, Stevens hid IT in the defense by having him guard PJ. That matchup wasn't exploited, and when IT was guarding Lin, esp in 4th quarter, Cliff didn't exploit that either by going at IT.

Kemba and the PnR big need to keep IT from scrambling the defense. If that doesn't work, then I hope to see Cliff put Lin on IT.

DY_nasty · Post #43 » by **DY_nasty** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:12 am

i still don't know what's up with cody

he hasn't been the same guy at all this year

MasterIchiro · Post #44 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:13 am

Pj with his patented brick followed by a three from an actual scorer.

Liver_Pooty · Post #45 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:13 am

Lol Hairston. God damn

MasterIchiro · Post #46 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:13 am

Pj with his signature wide open three miss.

DY_nasty · Post #47 » by **DY_nasty** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:13 am

lol pj

Post #48 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:14 am

well i guess PJ's "hot" streak is over

bws94 · Post #49 » by **bws94** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:15 am

Bring in Frank. Sit PJ.

Liver_Pooty · Post #50 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:15 am

I'm ready for Frank to start over Marvin

MasterIchiro · Post #51 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:15 am

Marv with his obligatory wide open three miss, this one of the air ball variety. He's really outdone himself.

bws94 · Post #52 » by **bws94** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:15 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:I'm ready for Frank to start over Marvin

I totally agree. I think that's worth a trial.

HornetJail · Post #53 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:15 am

Boston is not afraid to leave PJ very wide open

MasterIchiro · Post #54 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:17 am

DY_nasty wrote:lol pj

He's a bust like biz, pj and Vonleh. Hope not Frank too.

sidestep · Post #55 » by **sidestep** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:18 am

cody was angling for OReb so couldnt get back in transition in time. No one else picked up Olynyk.

MasterIchiro · Post #56 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:18 am

MasterIchiro wrote:
DY_nasty wrote:lol pj

He's a bust like biz, pj and Vonleh. Hope not Frank too.

I quoted the wrong post, meant this to be a reply to you wondering what's up with Cody.

HornetJail · Post #57 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:18 am

Good drive Cody

MasterIchiro · Post #58 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:19 am

MotorKeepsGoing wrote:Boston is not afraid to leave PJ very wide open

Who would be?

qiantom · Post #59 » by **qiantom** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:19 am

Well, just terrible basketball.

Liver_Pooty · Post #60 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:20 am

Celtics are just a better team.