Posted by fishmike:
How did Curry get his 4th qtr points last night? Off Crawford's penetration, off Marbury's penetration and once off Francis' penetration. How many times during that stretch was Curry fed in the post for him to make his own shot? Once? If that... he's good in motion.
the coach doesn't credit for that?
also, I said this and it got buried, but I was screaming for LB to make a rotation, to create roles and Isiah has for the most part done that. he has put some oddball lineups out there, but it's usually a mixture of the same nine guys. everyone knows their role (Marbury is slowing learning his, but we know he's dumb). it's making a difference.
use of the zone, another thing Brown never did that is paying dividends in spots - you can't use it all the time or teams will figure it out, but you use it to quell a run or start a run of your own.
benching guys for a reason, instead of haphazardly, not discussing it in the media, not making an issue out of it but letting the reasons speak for themselves on the court.
Jermaine O'neal credits Isiah with teaching him how to play in the league after his four frustrating/promising years in Portland. He may well be doing the same thing with Curry. how many times did we see Curry play 35mpg last year? he's done that four games in a row and is averaging over 30mpg on the season.
compare this to the first 17 games of last year, when we were spiraling downward. this year, things seem to be falling into place. when they play well, it's not a fluke of Craw going off for 37pts now, it's following the system - get the ball to Eddy, share the ball, let Lee and Balkman hammer the boards, Jamal/Francis/Marbury take turns scoring/distributing. it makes sense. if Marbury was playing better and the team was comfortable at home, we'd probably be around .500 after a tough month.
best road record in the East. we have 5 road wins after November, we didn't get our 5th until March last year.
11/30/2006 5:08 PM
