bws94 wrote:yosemiteben wrote:reelsgm wrote:
Hyperbolic exaggeration of how utterly **** Lin was in gm6 still exists here? Yes, Lin went 1-8, 3TOs and 5 fouls.
I don't think it's hyperbolic exaggeration to say that's a pretty objectively **** performance. I get you guys love Lin and all, but seems weird that you can't acknowledge that he had a bad game. It's like you're taking it personally when I point out that he played terribly in that game compared to his past several games in the series.
YB, this poster is in a league of his own, if you get my drift. Most sane Lin fans know he had a crap 6th game.
Lin had a very reasonable and foreseeable "bad" game.
1. the coach insisted to play Batum, this affected lin's game and team's chemistry.
2. after 3 dominant performance helping Charlotte came back from 0-2 to 3-2, anyone not blind could see that stopping Lin is the key to win. A game plan to stop Lin was expected.
If there's someone responsible for the loss, i would say Clifford, he was too worried that Batum may not stay in Charlotte and take the chance to please him by playing him even he was not ready yet.
"Hey, NIc, you know we value you more than the playoffs."
And the strategy worked, Nic stay, everyone happy.