Post#15 » by Xatticus » Wed Mar 27, 2019 5:24 am
I voted for Vucevic. I thought he had a pretty good night all around. He has gotten much better at knocking rebounds out to teammates when he is matched up against guys he struggles physically with. I thought his decision-making tonight was really good. He didn't force his offense. He only tried to score when he established good position.
Isaac was terrific from what I saw, but I missed the first few minutes of the game and people were lambasting him in the game thread for whatever happened at the start of the game. I love that he makes his offensive reads before he catches the ball, but he needs to improve his finesse on entry passes. He works on the offensive glass and that will really pay off when he has the body to match his physicality. His decision-making at the offensive end has improved dramatically since the start of the year. I loved the possession where he caught the ball in semi-transition above the top of the key, turned to see nobody in front of him, and proceeded to attack the basket without hesitation.
Those are really the only two players that I thought played all that well tonight. MCW is an exceptional defender though. He is more athletic than what I expected and his off-the-ball defense is terrific. We have a really nice group of players in our rotation that you can count on to play great team defense and to bring good effort at the defensive end every night. That's going to give us a chance to win a lot of games even when we aren't shooting well.
I thought Augustin was crap tonight. He wasted a lot of clock on a bunch of possessions trying to force his 2-man game with Vucevic. Miami just wasn't going to allow it to happen. It was another game where his stat line flattered him because of the late game free throws to salt away the win.
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