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Let Russ Cook!
i am tremendously disappointed in my team's performance. it's an embarrassment that they allowed more than 80 points to an opponent. to be fair, i also had shawn kemp starting over yao.
but like i said at the time, if opponents are playing 4-out, so they can get their 7th best player to post up kyrie, i'm not upset at that outcome.
and how about AK47 digging down from the far corner to get the ball out of embiid's hands, then recovering to his man and forcing 2 missed bunnies in the paint.
10,000.
oh my...
I believe the radio said it was the Hawks' 3rd highest scoring half ever, and the 49-point 2nd quarter was their 3rd best quarter ever.
So, a good start to the post-McMillan era (soon to be the Snyder era, I suppose).
It was a game dominated by the defenses.
I still think with Ant and Jaden around there is hope. They are very young and are showing great promise. Hopefully, they will learn from this dumpster fire and not pick up bad habits.
Fandom is hoping for the best.
(i feel like this might be the gayest thing i've posted on this board, at least since the dejuan blair slashfic)
i don't blame al horford for stealing 100MM from the sixers. get your bag.
but i don't ####### like him. and he did ####### quit as soon as he got here. #### that ####### ######.
Only Horford and Simmons think Philly fans should love them for not even trying.
Jrue was the best player on the court today. He caught some flack on Twitter for getting an ASG spot over Harden. And Harden may be having a better year. But Jrue was better last year and Harden got in over him, and Jrue's had an incredible career and been outstanding his 3 years in Milwaukee, and absolutely deserved to be an allstar more than once.
14 wins in a row!
Ayton had 21 shots, 0 free throws. I think legitimately 18+ of those FGAs were jump shots or floaters. That man just does not attack the basket at all.
I listened to him talk about that with Lowe. Givony claims that he's not taking LeBron into account at all, but is projecting future growth. Bronny seems like low ceiling, high floor guy who is going to play hard but not have a real shot to run a team.
(BOS, MIL, PHI, CLE plus four of these; adds up to slightly more than 400 but whatever)
88% Heat
85% Nets
71% Knicks
62% Hawks
44% Raptors
23% Bulls
21% Wizards
8% Pacers
4% Magic
(DEN, MEM, PHX, plus five of these; also adds up to slightly more than 500 but whatever)
89% Mavericks
87% Clippers
76% Kings
74% Warriors
56% Pelicans
40% Wolves
39% Lakers
20% Blazers
11% Thunder
11% Jazz
Like he probably never wins anything anyway, and now the vanguard of the off the dribble audacious 3 isn't so successful from a team standpoint, which might mean the revolution never gets started?
That's pretty stark difference.
I thought the furore when Jackson made that comparison was dumb. Of course Curry was an updated version of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf! Where's the disrespect in that? The game has changed such that someone with Abdul-Rauf's skillset would be more valuable today than he was while he was active.
Bucks (DCA) 0-0 @ Rockets (Scott) 0-0
Starting Lineups:
Bucks
John Stockton
Dwyane Wade
Julius Erving
George Mikan
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Rockets
Jerry West
Klay Thompson
Dominique Wilkins
Dolph Schayes
Hakeem Olajuwon
Synopsis:
The Bucks jumped out to an early and dominant lead, as Kareem scored 13 points on perfect shooting (and he added two blocks) in the first quarter. In short, the Bucks shot 60% from the field in Q1, while the Rockets only shot 25%, leading to a 35-13 romp at the end of one. In the second quarter, Jerry West caught fire, hitting four long balls en route to 16 points in the quarter. Unfortunately, not much else was working offensively for the Rockets and they were barely able to cut into the lead, trailing 61-41 at the half. The Bucks had four separate players in double digits at the break. In the third, it was Klay Thompson’s turn to make some buckets and his scoring, coupled with some poor shooting from the Bucks, briefly got the deficit to ten or so. But Dr. J had a two minute stretch of dominance late in the third to keep the Rockets at bay. 80-64, Bucks. In the final quarter, the Bucks had like a five minute stretch where they hit nothing but the Rockets just couldn’t make up enough ground. Final score: Bucks 101 (1-0), Rockets 89 (0-1).
Key stat:
The Bucks out scored the Rockets in the paint by a margin of 52-28.
Nail in the coffin:
In the midst of a dreadful cold streak from the Bucks, Jerry West knew it was time to take charge. Down 15, with half a quarter left, West calmly dribbled and dribbled and dribbled, before dumping the ball into the post. A quick return pass found an open West who chucked up the three…clank. There would be no run.
Player of the game:
Kareem was pretty quiet after the first quarter, but that opening frame set the entire tone. KAJ finished with 21 points on 16 shots, 11 rebounds, and five blocks, as he frustrated Hakeem all night.
Strong in defeat:
Klay, West, and Schayes scored 24, 24, and 22, respectively. The rest of the team only managed 19 points.
The Doctor has a specialty:
Dr. J led all scorers with 29 points and he proved to be awfully versatile, manning the point on occasion when Stockton needed a breather. What’s scary, however, is that Erving hit all three of his shots from downtown, improving on his already impressive 62% mark from deep. If regression doesn’t come calling soon, this team may not be beatable.
Waves of mutilation:
The Bucks kept throwing big men into the game, starting with Kareem and Mikan, but also including Kevin Love, Joakim Noah, and even Detlef Schrempf. The rebounding was superb, as Mikan (15) and Love (13) cleaned plenty of glass. George Mikan also was able to balance all of the company’s debits and credits without even using modern software!
A penny in inflationary times:
Penny Hardaway certainly should have had an opportunity to impact the game through his ability to drive the lane, but he was pretty close to dead weight, posting just a 6/5/2 line, with a -14 +/-.
Next up is a matchup of 1-0 teams: Thunder (NJ) and Spurs (Stiggles). Probably coming Wednesday…
This advantage will diminish once Noah enters the game.
But I feel like Lillard is the only other guy who does #### like take logo 3s where it's actually still a good shot, and basically the only guy who should be doing a lot of the Curry #### (I'm talking to you Trae Young). He's also more than a shooter, he's shown he can drive elite offense with the ball in his hand because of his ability to drive and pass. I think if Lillard were off ball more he'd shoot 40+% from 3. I don't think most of the other best shooters/gunners can drive elite offense in the way Lillard can.
otoh, i see lillard more like a descendant of the iverson/agent zero line of guards, in that he's an exceptional scorer/shooter, who happens to also have very good playmaking ability.
Mikan with the offensive board, to Love from the corner.
The Doctor is in. From Stockton. Baseline jumper. House call. In the post. Later on, from distance. Just lettin' you know.
Wade to Kareem on the break.
Why Hakeem had a bad day. Wade on the other end with the poster.
The Detlef content you crave.
I watched 6 minutes of game time without Dominique taking a shot, which has to be a first.
I am impressed they modeled Mikan's glasses properly.
Jokic is clearly one of the highest BB IQ players in the league. Of all the skills he's mastered, drawing <shooting> fouls is one of them. (He gets plenty of non-shooting fouls.)
For the past few week he has been routinely putting up lines like 24-14-12 on 13 shots, but only because he makes 10 of those. His line last night, 40-17-10, was much more Embiid like cos he got 15 foul shots. (Which is also Embiid like.)
That's not shade at Embiid because drawing fouls is clearly a skill. Although I am convinced much of it is reputation. I just don't understand how Jokic can look like he's mauled every game and either hasn't learned to draw fouls or is perceived as someone who is not fouled.
a lot of embiid's FTs come from deliberate pump fakes and rip throughs, rather than from the natural flow of a game (though he does draw a bunch of those fouls, too).
the mauling type stuff is kind of a "what's good for the goose..." situation. refs could call a lot of fouls both ways, but it's generally better for the game (and the sport) if those big men fouls aren't called at all. let the broncos buck, and whatnot.
jeezus. he aged like milk.
I mean, Lillard deserves to be compared to Curry, but it's also just kind of not very favorable to him. Curry kind of dominates him in every area (except as the PnR ballhandler, which Curry just doesn't do in the Warriors' offense).
So in that sense, it's sort of a bad comparison because Lillard is just worse than Curry in every way, but is still a great player (peaking at about top 10 in the NBA).
It's kind of like Kobe vs. Jordan. Kobe is just worse. You can compare them, but Jordan is pretty much better across the board so it's not that interesting of a comparison.
of all the #### that went wrong during/following "the process", letting jimmy butler walk so you could give 300 ####### million ####### dollars to tharris and orford is still just the absolute ####### epitome of a shooting your own dick off move.
just beyond ####### atrocious.
KD to make Suns debut Wednesday night
LaMelo Ball out for the season (ankle fracture). Charlotte is pretty settled with the fourth worst record: 6 games worse than Orlando, and 5 games better than third-worst Detroit. Gordon Hayward has actually been playing okay for the last month, averaging about 16 per game on 54% shooting. One year left on his contract ($31.5 Million)
If you would have given me 10 guesses I wouldn't have gotten it.
based on the lede, i'd say maybe nic claxton or jrue holiday.
i didn't see anyone else comment on this, but haslem is the guy who asked a homeless person if he should draft an alcoholic QB in the first round of his first NFL draft.
enjoy your current success bucks fans, because your future is as cloudy as the backwash in johnny manziel's johnnie walker red.
I'm guessing either OKC or Knicks.
I don't think it's the Magic, but it's remarkable that they've played .500 ball for a while after their disastrous start, with an inefficient rookie leading the way no less.
Kings?
Just a freakin' annoying year, combination of some bad luck and bad decision making.
I just noticed the other day how high they were overall (7th) in Net Rating and SRS. 5th in ORtg, 12th in DRtg (Thibs seems to have flipped the script at some point).
You hate to see it.
Do we?
Ironically, that comparison is a little like another Portland HOFer with Jordan vs. Drexler. Dame and Drexler are all-time greats with distinctive skill sets who happened to be direct contemporaries with even greater all-time greats with almost identical skill-sets.
That timeframe roughly corresponds to when Thibs changed his rotation and started leaning in on some of the younger, more promising guys. Quickley, Grimes, Toppin, and Hartenstein all have steady, predictable roles now. All are interesting and at least somewhat good. Barrett is the one guy in their rotation who seems like he might as well just go away, but he's too expensive and high profile for that.
We absolutely do not.
Middleton seems cool with it for now.
It's easier if you just expect that there is a magical force driving them toward .500 this season. I expect them to make Westbrook look functional and give the Clips their first win with him on Thursday to balance this out.
It is crazy how mid the West has been though -- the current 4th seed (Suns) is on pace for 43.6 wins. That is turrible, I remember a year the Warriors missed the playoffs with more wins than that (the year after We Believe, IIRC).
I read an article about why Alabama's Brandon Miller, stating that he wasn't charged because of a lack of intent. But as a layman, delivering the murder weapon to the killer sure sounds like it justifies an accessory charge.
tell that to matt geiger.
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