Well that was unpleasant! Postgame thread vs Sixers 1/14

[Garbanzo]

The bad:
Brutal game for Udoka
At one point the team was +13 when Tatum played the 4 with Rob at the 5 position (give or take a few points)
I stopped counting when Udoka didn't challenge that offensive foul on Brown in the middle of the fourth (why Ime, why?, that was raising a white flag way too soon).

The good:
Even Udoka realized that we should never pair Horfie and Williams together.
He stopped using that from the middle of the 3th.

Pritchard and Nesmith were great
Jalen and Jason both played very well, passed the ball and didn't lose it, while Tatum was paired with Rob.

He didn't learn, he goes away from double Big every game (basically forced to), but somehow he still insists on starting the game with it. It will work once in a while so Ime thinks it's the players not making it work the rest of the time.

I know.. I know..
Agreed
Just trying to give myself some hope

[Half-Full]

In the time I watched the game (I stopped at the end of the first half- couldn't take any more), I saw too many threes that weren't dropping. An inability to get into the paint resulted in ball movement on the perimeter, and a three point shot that was mostly not dropping. Have to give credit to Philly's defense, but did not see even a glimmer of a solution for our inability to close the 20 point hole we found ourselves in. Very frustrating. I saw that late in the game (4th quarter) Ime went with Nesmith and Pritchard, and they provided some energy. Why he waited until the 4th quarter after seeing the starters were unable to chip away at the '6ers lead for three quarters is a mystery. Not saying that the bench would have turned the game around, but why not give them the chance? Tatum and Co. weren't doing it. One thing that Nesmith always brings is energy, and lord knows we needed some of that.

[Shak_Celts]

The bad:
Brutal game for Udoka
At one point the team was +13 when Tatum played the 4 with Rob at the 5 position (give or take a few points)
I stopped counting when Udoka didn't challenge that offensive foul on Brown in the middle of the fourth (why Ime, why?, that was raising a white flag way too soon).

The good:
Even Udoka realized that we should never pair Horfie and Williams together.
He stopped using that from the middle of the 3th.

Pritchard and Nesmith were great
Jalen and Jason both played very well, passed the ball and didn't lose it, while Tatum was paired with Rob.

He didn't learn, he goes away from double Big every game (basically forced to), but somehow he still insists on starting the game with it. It will work once in a while so Ime thinks it's the players not making it work the rest of the time.

I know.. I know..
Agreed
Just trying to give myself some hope

I feel you, you saw the hoops a lot of us had to jump through to find silver linings this season.

It's okay...

[ryan in Maine]

He didn't learn, he goes away from double Big every game (basically forced to), but somehow he still insists on starting the game with it. It will work once in a while so Ime thinks it's the players not making it work the rest of the time.

I know.. I know..
Agreed
Just trying to give myself some hope

I feel you, you saw the hoops a lot of us had to jump through to find silver linings this season.

It's okay...

For real. I had to play the LeBron drafted JB in the All Star game card the other day.