Wow this thread is burn-worthy. Guys, am I the only one who is very encouraged by this game?
The all bench garbage fire that Nurse seemed to have figured out was garbage somehow saw 6.5 minutes in this one. They were -13 in those 6.5 minutes. So otherwise we won that game handily. Either way, even if Nurse never figures out that the unit is garbage, he won't trot it out in the playoffs.
I was sure when FVV was the early sub for Siakam that he'd be coming back in with the bench, but nope! Weird.
Otherwise, that was a fun game! No? Great plays made on both sides, Kawhi was a delight to watch (especially defensively). Yeah, Lowry still looks out of sorts but the raw point totals just seem like a side effect of how defences are playing him. He could force up some shots but he's finding guys instead. Lowry had a 121 ORTG in this one (and the Raps had a 65 ORTG with him sitting). The offence is not struggling because he's not scoring. So who cares? Yeah, he needs to hit threes when he's open, and the small number of attempts make it hard to get him back in rhythm. They'll need to find a way to fix that. But in the grand scheme this is not a big issue. No idea why people are panicking.
The all bench garbage fire that Nurse seemed to have figured out was garbage somehow saw 6.5 minutes in this one. They were -13 in those 6.5 minutes. So otherwise we won that game handily. Either way, even if Nurse never figures out that the unit is garbage, he won't trot it out in the playoffs.
I was sure when FVV was the early sub for Siakam that he'd be coming back in with the bench, but nope! Weird.
Otherwise, that was a fun game! No? Great plays made on both sides, Kawhi was a delight to watch (especially defensively). Yeah, Lowry still looks out of sorts but the raw point totals just seem like a side effect of how defences are playing him. He could force up some shots but he's finding guys instead. Lowry had a 121 ORTG in this one (and the Raps had a 65 ORTG with him sitting). The offence is not struggling because he's not scoring. So who cares? Yeah, he needs to hit threes when he's open, and the small number of attempts make it hard to get him back in rhythm. They'll need to find a way to fix that. But in the grand scheme this is not a big issue. No idea why people are panicking.
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