EwingPSD wrote:LivingLegend wrote:gradyandrew wrote:LivingLegend wrote:- TJ (Hall of Fame - *uck***) McConnell
- Taj corpse haunting the court
- J-Hart allergic to any shot outside layup and acting more important then he is
- Donte looks hurt or also gassed
- JB a bit too much head down when he had some other scorers out there
- Pacers hit everything and anything —— much of that our fault- We need some beef back quick or soon
Did a Knicks fan kill TJ's dog when he was a kid? Everytime we play this guy from back to his 76ers days he becomes a latter day John Stockton.
Knicks looked gassed- kind of weird after a few days off, but I guess pace and a short rotation will do that. Good to see Burks get his groove growing at the end of the game, too little too late. Precious continues to impress but it looks like the Knicks just got overwhelmed. We need our guys healthy quick.
Simply amazing how some guys just kill certain teams and TJ is Michael Jordan against us.
I feel like Donte has some type of Charlie horse or rib thing going on - took some shots past few games seemed slow to get up and just didn’t look right.
Hopefully we can steal at least 1 of games prior to break.
Not going to lie —— really wish we found 1 more wing defender before deadline.
TJ is having a great season. He leads the league in drives per 100 possession and lives in the paint. I watched him more this season than ever before and I'm blown away. He is constantly creating pace, driving to the paint, and putting pressure on the defense. That weird mid-range fadeaway of his is his go-to. The thing that holds him back is he has no range. I can't think of another player who is money on contested 16-foot fadeaways but can't make an open 18-footer. His range just dies at around 17 feet. If teams can stop his pace and then sag way off he hurts the offense but if he can get any pace going he is constantly attacking. I don't think Deuce knows how to sag off guys and just go under. It's not in his DNA LOL
TJ was looking like Brunson light against us. He and Myles Turner went l7/19. Turner's shots were mostly easy in the paint (he did hit some open 3s), but McConnell was hitting shots of VERY high difficulty. Same with Haliburton who was well defended on a couple of step back 3's by Burks and got some friendly rolls.
So what I'm saying his they hit at an absurd rate - half of that I'm shaking off as some good fortune, but the Turner points in the paint were clearly breakdowns and a result of not having our rim protectors available.