nate33 wrote:trast66 wrote:Bryant was terrible. He can’t guard on the perimeter and provided no rim protection. Was even worse than last year. He would be hard to keep on the court if we were a real team. He’s got to start getting it this season on the defensive end.
Credit to Brooks for keeping him out until Mo Wagner, of all people, fouled out. Tough love.
Thanks. I only saw the 4th quarter. Stats can be misleading, I guess....
Except that what trast wrote is nonsense. I watched the whole game.
Porzingis did one thing well last night; he went 3-7 on 3-pointers. Otherwise he was ineffective. He didn't outplay Bryant, & he wasn't the reason we lost. Nor was Bryant.
If you put your opponent on the line 15 more times than you get there, you will lose. Every single time. Period. No exceptions. Can you find me a game where that's not true, someone? Didn't think so.
It was nice to see Mo go 4-5, but in 17 minutes he committed 6 fouls & turned the ball over 5 times. The idea that there was some kind of *benefit* to keeping him in is plain ridiculous.
In fact, Mo, Bertans & Chiozza committed 15 fouls in 65 minutes -- that's a team rate of 55 fouls per game.
Combine that with Brad going 1-11 on 3-pointers, & we beat no one. In fact, Beal & Bertans, our 2 best shooters by far, combined to go 9 for 33 (27%).
As to the Mavs, 4 guys played well for them last night -- Doncic was amazing. Wright, Finney-Smith, & Justin Jackson were effective in a combined 72 minutes.
Porzingis was mediocre at best, & the rest of them sucked.
For us, it was great to see Rui look solid. Bryant was too. Bonga was really good.
Oh, & b/c I assume that someone, maybe Trast, will point out that we were -16 with Bryant on the floor, I feel I should point out that McRae played pretty well, but we were -7 in his 23 minutes. Beal had a terrible night, & we were +1 while he played.
Most important of all, I note that Justin Robinson played 1 minute, & so did Garrison Mathews. We were up +3 in each of their minutes. That means that if those guys had played 20 minutes each, we'd have been +120, right?
Go Wizards! Lets get the Thunder tomorrow night!