UNCNYC wrote:Its funny how a season can be. The LL Cool J's have cooled off. (LL meaning Lin and Lamb. ). I hope they get it together because we can scare some teams come playoffs. We have the talent
Classic! LinLamb Cooled Jeremys!
catch20two wrote:Lin missing FTs. Smh
That was pretty bad. Missed dem both when the team needed them the most. A 6-0 run became a 10-0 run. He has been doing very well at the line lately tho.
bws94 wrote:ChokeFasncists wrote:
OTOH, Lin did play good D, the D collapsed after he went out. (not saying that was the only or main reason)
He didn't play that great a D. He let so many guys get by him with simple stutter steps and way overhelped getting burned on 3s. A nice ripaway and deflection and maybe playing good D against a post up here and there doesn't make for overall good D.
It wasn't Lin's night.
This is the NBA, good teams are gonna score. He let guys get by him knowing that there's help behind. There are many times when guys couldn't get by him as well. He overhelped and got burned but his help D worked several times as well. It wasn't great D but it was good in the second half. At least his D was better than that played by the team after he went out in the fourth quarter. The players he guarded didn't score much on him and shot a low percentage. It's not easy to be able to guard DWill, JJ Barea and Matthews well in the same game.
fatlever wrote:Such an odd matchup tonight with Batum guarding Barea.
A real head scratcher, good that they switched real soon and all was fine.
euphorbus wrote:If the game is physical, then you want your most physical player out there, someone who can stand up to the other team. Likewise, if your team lacks urgency or intensity in the face of a desperate opponent, you put in someone who ups the team energy to a high degree of intensity.
Once again, the coaching staff never considered the possibility of putting in Hansbrough in this situation. The game against the Rockets was a rare occasion when they made a situational move to a three-guard offense, and it succeeded beautifully, as I pointed out in the game thread.
When you get to the playoffs, it becomes imperative to make move and counter-move on a game-to-game basis, sometimes half-to-half if you are down by 19. The other coach and players will know your every tendency, your every weakness, and try to exploit them.
Cliff indeed seems to prefer a rather stable/rigid substitution pattern. He's not big on small tactical adjustments.
