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Swishfm3 wrote:

ToddTT wrote:How are we still so bad at handling the double teams?

Do coaches get any blame for this?

Why not have Brunson play off the ball and have DD or Deuce bring the ball up?

Absolutely.

DD brought it up after a couple of double teams, and I was like “yeah!”

Then he immediately gave it back to JB.

That 4th quarter is gonna sting for a couple of days.

BigDaddyG wrote:

VDesai wrote:

ToddTT wrote:How are we still so bad at handling the double teams?

When Hartenstein went out, there was no one creating screens at the top for Brunson. They were double him off Hart and while Hart made the first 3 the next 3-4 possesions were a disaster.

Three no shooters in the lineup is a killer. They'll let Precious shoot all day. It's simple. Let the other players beat you.

When iHart and DD both picked up their 4th fouls, I thought we were in trouble.

I just hope iHart's 2-9 had nothing to do with his achilles.

Hart and Precious need to get in the gym and start hoisting up thousands of threes.

      EAST             W    L     PCT     GB   STRK    L10     HOME    AWAY     PPG    OPPG   DIFF
      --------        --   --   -----   ----   ----   ----    -----   -----   -----   -----   ----
1     Boston          37   12   0.755      -     L1    7-3     22-3    15-9   120.1   111.1    9.0   
2     Milwaukee       33   16   0.673      4     W1    6-4     21-5   12-11   124.0   119.9    4.1   
3     Cleveland       31   16    0.66      5     W5    9-1     17-8    14-8   114.3   109.7    4.6   
4     New York        32   18    0.64    5.5     L1    9-1     18-6   14-12   115.0   109.3    5.7   
5     Philadelphia    30   18   0.625    6.5     L1    5-5     17-7   13-11   119.1   113.3    5.8   
6     Indiana         27   23    0.54   10.5     L3    4-6    16-10   11-13   124.4   122.8    1.6   
7     Miami           26   23   0.531     11     W2    3-7    13-11   13-12   110.4   111.4   -1.0   
8     Orlando         26   23   0.531     11     W2    5-5     15-7   11-16   111.6   110.8    0.8   
9     Chicago         23   27    0.46   14.5     L1    5-5    14-12    9-15   111.1   112.6   -1.5   
10    Atlanta         22   27   0.449     15     W4    6-4    12-13   10-14   121.2   123.4   -2.2   
11    Brooklyn        20   28   0.417   16.5     W1    4-6    12-13    8-15   114.6   115.4   -0.8   
12    Toronto         17   31   0.354   19.5     L1    2-8    10-13    7-18   114.3   117.0   -2.7   
13    Charlotte       10   37   0.213     26     L6    2-8     5-18    5-19   108.5   120.4  -11.9   
14    Washington       9   39   0.188   27.5     L2    2-8     3-20    6-19   114.8   123.7   -8.9   
15    Detroit          6   42   0.125   30.5     L2    3-7     4-22    2-20   112.9   122.5   -9.6   
      WEST             W    L     PCT     GB   STRK    L10     HOME    AWAY     PPG    OPPG   DIFF
      --------        --   --   -----   ----   ----   ----    -----   -----   -----   -----   ----
1     Oklahoma City   34   15   0.694      -     W2    7-3     19-6    15-9   120.6   112.5    8.1   
2     Minnesota       34   15   0.694      -     L1    6-4     18-5   16-10   113.0   107.0    6.0   
3     Los Angeles     32   15   0.681      1     W2    8-2     19-4   13-11   118.5   112.0    6.5   
4     Denver          34   16    0.68    0.5     W1    7-3     20-4   14-12   114.8   110.7    4.1   
5     Sacramento      29   19   0.604    4.5     W2    6-4     14-8   15-11   118.5   117.5    1.0   
6     Phoenix         28   21   0.571      6     L1    7-3    14-11   14-10   116.9   114.7    2.2   
7     New Orleans     28   21   0.571      6     W2    5-5    14-10   14-11   116.4   112.9    3.5   
8     Dallas          26   23   0.531      8     L2    3-7    14-13   12-10   118.2   118.8   -0.6   
9     Los Angeles     26   25    0.51      9     W2    6-4     17-8    9-17   116.1   117.1   -1.0   
10    Utah            24   26    0.48   10.5     L3    4-6     15-7    9-19   117.6   120.0   -2.4   
11    Houston         23   25   0.479   10.5     W1    4-6     18-9    5-16   113.9   112.3    1.6   
12    Golden State    21   25   0.457   11.5     L1    4-6    13-13    8-12   119.0   118.8    0.2   
13    Memphis         18   31   0.367     16     L4    4-6     5-18   13-13   107.2   112.7   -5.5   
14    Portland        15   34   0.306     19     L1    5-5     9-13    6-21   108.5   116.7   -8.2   
15    San Antonio     10   40     0.2   24.5     L4    3-7     5-21    5-19   112.3   120.9   -8.6   

https://www.espn.com/nba/standings

VDesai wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:Not even mad tonight - but I hope this isn't the deciding factor on a deadline trade.

Depends on if OG is gonna miss more time

Agreed on both.

28% from 3 (10/35).

Grimes, while streaky himself, plays and feel last night's drought doesn't happen and Knicks hold them off.

THibs not playing Evan is interesting. But our coach has his ways and its working.
Its crazy to see on any given night tanking teams upset another. Its the NBA and parity brings it.
THat LA beat boston without two HOF’s was crazy.

Swishfm3 wrote:

ToddTT wrote:How are we still so bad at handling the double teams?

Do coaches get any blame for this?

Why not have Brunson play off the ball and have DD or Deuce bring the ball up?

I thought they handled the doubles fine. They didn’t turn it over and got the ball to someone wide open at the 3 point line or someone at the foul line area with a 4 on 3. The players who we had surrounding Brunson weren’t good offensive players. If the players can’t put the ball in the hole it really doesn’t matter what you do

EwingsGlass wrote:

EwingPSD wrote:

Swishfm3 wrote:

ToddTT wrote:How are we still so bad at handling the double teams?

Do coaches get any blame for this?

Why not have Brunson play off the ball and have DD or Deuce bring the ball up?

I thought they handled the doubles fine. They didn’t turn it over and got the ball to someone wide open at the 3 point line or someone at the foul line area with a 4 on 3. The players who we had surrounding Brunson weren’t good offensive players. If the players can’t put the ball in the hole it really doesn’t matter what you do

They had Hart bringing up the ball in Indiana. That actually seemed to confuse the Indiana set defense and gave Brunson an extra step before the defense had a chance to switch. Here, the double was Lebron and he was playing behind Brunson with his length making Brunson worry about being blocked from behind. They also had Anthony Davis patrolling the paint which limited Brunson to floaters or mid range jumps, taking the layups out of his repertoire. I mean, if the takeaway is to have two presumptive HOFers guarding our lead scorer, well, that’s a great strategy.

That and DDV did not have a great game. Hope he is not reverting back to the mean of his career.

EwingsGlass wrote:

EwingPSD wrote:

Swishfm3 wrote:

ToddTT wrote:How are we still so bad at handling the double teams?

Do coaches get any blame for this?

Why not have Brunson play off the ball and have DD or Deuce bring the ball up?

I thought they handled the doubles fine. They didn’t turn it over and got the ball to someone wide open at the 3 point line or someone at the foul line area with a 4 on 3. The players who we had surrounding Brunson weren’t good offensive players. If the players can’t put the ball in the hole it really doesn’t matter what you do

They had Hart bringing up the ball in Indiana. That actually seemed to confuse the Indiana set defense and gave Brunson an extra step before the defense had a chance to switch. Here, the double was Lebron and he was playing behind Brunson with his length making Brunson worry about being blocked from behind. They also had Anthony Davis patrolling the paint which limited Brunson to floaters or mid range jumps, taking the layups out of his repertoire. I mean, if the takeaway is to have two presumptive HOFers guarding our lead scorer, well, that’s a great strategy.

Yea, they had two 6'8 players guarding Brunson, they were sticking to DDV and doubling off Hart every time, content to leave him wide TF open, and then they have AD patrolling the paint, who rendered most of our offensive rebounds useless because of his rim protection (iHart and Precious missed like 10 bunnies).

It was a perfect storm of who we were missing and who they had in there. Even Grimes in there to be a threat on offense would have probably made a difference last night.