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I thought that game was well fought considering it was basically a mathematical certainty of a loss based on the schedule.
Good effort from Lowry and DD. Cory and Pat continue to look like they are rounding into form.
Some odd choices in this game. Starting with the odd choice they make every game, starting Siakam. Once again that lineup was not great, and Siakam couldn't defend Griffin to save his life, and they managed to be -3 in like 9 minutes and also put the Clips in the bonus almost instantly at the start of both halves. Siakam tries, and kudos to him for that, but that lineup just doesn't work. While the real starters were a +1 in 10 minutes, because of course.
Weird to close the game without Powell playing much late. Thought he did well for most of the game, especially defensively, and could have helped stop the Clips late (which the Raps couldn't do to save their lives - again, though, defence at the end of the game while living in this schedule nightmare is hard).
Weird to go to hack a Jordan with BeBe out there - in theory BeBe is an upgrade defensively from JV, so why wouldn't you leverage that strategy with JV out there, and try to defend with BeBe on the floor? Can't control that he suddenly turned into Jose Calderon from the line, just the timing of the strategy was very strange.
JV not getting the ball at all as a primary option is a little odd. Heck, he was barely used as a screener for long stretches - there were long stretches where the Raps barely bothered to run screen plays at all. Maybe tired legs made the most lazy on offence but whatever the reason there were long ugly stretches in this one (and yes, overall they scored very well, it was a stylistic thing that bothered me more than the results).
I'm finding it difficult to get too upset though. Tough loss, good fight, on the road against the most dominant team in the league so far, on a back to back in the middle of the worst schedule stretch of the season? What are you gonna do?
Hope the Raps can regroup and take the next two to give them a morale boost and some momentum for the upcoming home stand.
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DanH wrote: View PostI thought that game was well fought considering it was basically a mathematical certainty of a loss based on the schedule.
Good effort from Lowry and DD. Cory and Pat continue to look like they are rounding into form.
Some odd choices in this game. Starting with the odd choice they make every game, starting Siakam. Once again that lineup was not great, and Siakam couldn't defend Griffin to save his life, and they managed to be -3 in like 9 minutes and also put the Clips in the bonus almost instantly at the start of both halves. Siakam tries, and kudos to him for that, but that lineup just doesn't work. While the real starters were a +1 in 10 minutes, because of course.
Weird to close the game without Powell playing much late. Thought he did well for most of the game, especially defensively, and could have helped stop the Clips late (which the Raps couldn't do to save their lives - again, though, defence at the end of the game while living in this schedule nightmare is hard).
Weird to go to hack a Jordan with BeBe out there - in theory BeBe is an upgrade defensively from JV, so why wouldn't you leverage that strategy with JV out there, and try to defend with BeBe on the floor? Can't control that he suddenly turned into Jose Calderon from the line, just the timing of the strategy was very strange.
JV not getting the ball at all as a primary option is a little odd. Heck, he was barely used as a screener for long stretches - there were long stretches where the Raps barely bothered to run screen plays at all. Maybe tired legs made the most lazy on offence but whatever the reason there were long ugly stretches in this one (and yes, overall they scored very well, it was a stylistic thing that bothered me more than the results).
I'm finding it difficult to get too upset though. Tough loss, good fight, on the road against the most dominant team in the league so far, on a back to back in the middle of the worst schedule stretch of the season? What are you gonna do?
Hope the Raps can regroup and take the next two to give them a morale boost and some momentum for the upcoming home stand.
DeRozan was a pylon on defense, with even Jack & Matt criticizing his poor/slow rotations several times. He once again forced his own shot too much down the stretch.
I'm also getting quite frustrated with Lowry. He can play so well at times, but he can go through stretches when he absolutely sinks the team. His shot selection, selfishly trying to out-duel Paul, and constant whining to the refs is getting stale. His defense is also overrated.
Ross and Patterson were the bright spots on this night.
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A.I wrote: View PostBREAKING: Commissioner Adam Silver has addressed last night's controversial call against the #Raptors. pic.twitter.com/nmPKtvVZkg
— Tim and Sid (@timandsid) November 22, 2016
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I normally don't shill my own writing here, but I wrote a piece on the end of this game:
http://www.holyfield.co/blog/2016/11...easure-of-time
If this isn't allowed, I apologize to the mods.twitter.com/anthonysmdoyle
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Mess wrote: View PostThey have 6 losses. Only 2 of which (both to the Kings) were objectionable. Cavsx2, GSW and Clips (both 2nd night of back to back) are nothing to freak out about.twitter.com/anthonysmdoyle
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Mess wrote: View PostThey have 6 losses. Only 2 of which (both to the Kings) were objectionable. Cavsx2, GSW and Clips (both 2nd night of back to back) are nothing to freak out about.Barolt wrote: View PostI mean, being 0-4 versus teams that'll likely be top 5 teams at the end of the year isn't really what I'd consider good.
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