This was pretty much the same story as the first game. Amare and Chandler both took some dumb shots and forced the issue, but they also made timely buckets when needed. Chandler's 1-7 from 3 was horrible, but three of those attempts came in the last minute where he was trying to win the game. Yeah it should've gone to a better 3-pt shooter, but really...other than Gallo, who sat nearly the entire game, who else would you really want taking that three? I was perfectly fine that Chandler took that attempt with 21 secs left when he was wide open. Sucks that he missed it, but that was a shot he had to take.
Where we failed was our inability to watch backdoor cutters or lobs from Rondo to KG/Shaq. Most of his assists came from that rather than penetration. Sucks to lose and there's some clear kinks we need to work out (rebounding, less iso play from 20 feet away from the basket), but it's already apparent we're much better than last year's squad, especially on defense.
Gallo is killing his trade value though, which sucks, cause he needs to be the centerpiece of a Melo trade since we have no use for him if we do get Melo.
