- no call on Fields when he duped Marquis with a head fake and then drew the contact as he shot the ball that any player on Boston would have gotten FTs and Pierce gets regularly. No call and no basket.
- flop on Pierce against Amare where Amare would have gotten the ball right in front of rim for an easy 2 points.
- Scrum between Chandler and Big Baby that should have been a jumpball instead of a called time out for Boston.
- Shaq bitch-slapping Felton right in front of a ref late in game and there is no call.
- One of Amare's early charges that was against Shaq I do believe Shaq had part of his gigantic feet in the restricted area (close call no doubt).
- Seemed to me that refs allowed KG to bump and grind Amare on any fore into the lane.
- Chandler gets a tech clapping his hands after making hoop and perhaps getting fouled by Nate with no call. that was called a technical? KG and Pierce bark all game and that gets called?

martin wrote:2 Huge things I have liked about what MDA has done:

- Bringing Chandler off the bench and starting Fields.
- Having Fields match up against Rondo. Allowed him to free lance and he seemed to make the smart decision on doubling, etc.

2 things I have not liked:
- Playing Mason and giving minutes to Mason and Walker at the same time with the second unit.
- Not giving Moz a few more minutes, especially in the second half of games. Didn't keep track to see if the big fella royally screwed up on some defense assignments or something, but coach seemed to sit him for no reason.

i think mason is 1 more game from gone from the rotation, or may already be out...and walker is not far off...actually he could be out too...

i think mda likes what turiaf has brought in some way, particularly tonight. mozgov will get his shot, but fair critique regardless.

was just thinking, not that there is legit evidence of this, but we are playing our home opener in 12 hours. possibly why 10 dudes are playing right now to get their shot. i think mozgov stays, and could also be a small part of why mda sat him, but the other two discussed are probably in some trouble when the schedule becomes less intense.

We need an extra C--we need rebounding help from the 5 position!!!! were not really getting required rebounding from 4-5 who can we survive that?

martin wrote:

PresIke wrote:

martin wrote:2 Huge things I have liked about what MDA has done:

- Bringing Chandler off the bench and starting Fields.
- Having Fields match up against Rondo. Allowed him to free lance and he seemed to make the smart decision on doubling, etc.

2 things I have not liked:
- Playing Mason and giving minutes to Mason and Walker at the same time with the second unit.
- Not giving Moz a few more minutes, especially in the second half of games. Didn't keep track to see if the big fella royally screwed up on some defense assignments or something, but coach seemed to sit him for no reason.

i think mason is 1 more game from gone from the rotation, or may already be out...and walker is not far off...actually he could be out too...

Agreed

PresIke wrote:i think mda likes what turiaf has brought in some way, particularly tonight. mozgov will get his shot, but fair critique regardless.

you know what... I think I read somewhere that Moz fell on his hurting hip in the second half and that's why he may not have come off the bench as much in the second half.

Walker we can give a little more patience with(not much) but more patience. Mason is shot. Those are important minutes--if I could find one player who could give me what they both give and cut the rotation down but we need to keep an eye on the D league--GS always seems to pull a guy out of there.

We are like a player short in the frontcourt and backcourt + Gallo and Randolph better show what they are capable of by the 20th game. If we CAN get that and tweek the team--this is not a bad team--for now--I dont see why they dont bring in Barron or someone else who can rebound and score a few points at 6-11 245++

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:I missed the game. What happened to Gallinari? Was he hurt?

He was terrible. He was off-balance and just looked like he cared more about his jelled hair than the game of basketball.

eViL wrote:prediction: gallo goes off tonight. knicks win.

when i said "tonight," i meant tomorrow. after two games, i love this team. despite MDA's instructions not to play defense, they are blocking a ton of shots. that's the type of anti-coach defiance i can get behind if they play D like this, all year, against every team, i think they'll def win 41+ games.

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K22 wrote:Someone please tell Wilson that he doesn't have the range to be shooting 7 threes. Cut the threes and he's 8-13 from the field.

couple of those were the late 4th quarter desperation types. But yeah, he should cut those down unless he is completely wide open or at end of clock and has to shoot.

from Chris Sheridan's "what's wrong with Gallo" article:

"Last year we probably would have laid down at the end of the game, and it would have been a bigger victory for those guys," said Chandler, who faulted himself for taking too many 3-pointers (he was 1-for-7 from downtown, 8-for-13 otherwise).

so Chandler is aware that he needs to play to his strengths more. Unfortunately, there will be an adjustment period in that regard because he had been asked to become a SG. I really like him coming off the bench now because he can just be a man without a position that is a more than solid basketball player