I'm fairly sure the Nets superstar owners (Nickel magnate on the left, Hip-Hop magnate on the right) won't make the trip down the Turnpike to see their Nets take on the Sixers tonight. But they will send one superstar (rental?) in their stead. Deron Williams and his mates will try to add a blemish to the Sixers' sparkling home record. The Sixers will look to pad the W column without their two big men...again.
So the latest has Hawes and the Voose sitting this one out, but it appears as though Marshon Brooks will play. Interested in seeing how he handles being guarded by Andre Iguodala. This should be a pretty easy night for Meeks on the defensive end. While Iguodala is trying to stop their isolation specialist and Jrue is dealing with Deron Williams, Meeks gets to just sort of hang out and make sure Stevenson and Morrow aren't left wide-open for threes (and really, Stevenson probably can be left wide open).
I'm not sure who has a bigger challenge tonight, Jrue (Deron), or the Sixers "bigs" who will have to keep Humprhies off the offensive glass. Luckily, Okur isn't an inside presence, nor is he very effective from the outside, so they can concentrate the bulk of their energy on defensive rebounding and contesting Deron Williams if he makes it into the lane.
It's never an easy win when you're without your starting and backup centers, but the Sixers need to find a way to get the job done again tonight. I feel like they're playing with fire going into these games against bad teams undermanned, but I guess it's preferable to rushing them back and having them miss the tougher games next week.
The tip is at 7pm. This is your game thread. I'll be here throughout, if you join me, just imagine what Dwight Howard's life will be like on the Nets next season (and keep in mind, they won't have Humphries).
Prediction: PHI 110, NJN 94
dont mean to be a grammar freak but its stevenson not Stephenson
Don't mean to be an English language freak but that's a spelling error, not a grammar one :)
I keed I keed
I was worried Monday because of the lack of big men - now I'm not worried at all
Good catch, it's fixed.
while we're at it...last word of the piece is spelled Humprhies
I need a copy editor and more time to spend on posts during the work day.
Just tell your wife she needs a second job ;)
She's pulling her hair out over a deadline. I'm getting dirty looks for watching this game and taking the long bike route home from work.
Yeah, i was kind of kidding, that's the kind of suggestion one makes when one is looking for an out clause :)
doesnt sound like MarShon Brooks is playing tonight
https://twitter.com/#!/Ledger_Nets/statuses/162301492160770048
morrow is starting for brooks
A little off topic, but what happened to our Mascot search? Has anyone heard anything? My kids were excited about the change.
Brooks being out tonight sucks. I haven't seen him play yet in the pros, even though I remember him being very smooth against Villanova the couple times I saw him play live.
Yeah, I was looking forward to seeing him as well.
i dont want lou anywhere near williams on the defensive end
Hoping Jrue's minutes mirror Deron's, until it's out of hand, at least.
OK, w/ Morrow in the starting lineup, Jodie's only job all night is to stay within two feet of Morrow. Don't help, just make sure he doesn't get daylight for an open three.
What's the over/under for Lavoy Allen's minutes tonight?
I'll say 12. Hopefully he goes over.
Same starting lineup as last game: Battie, Brand, Iguodala, Meeks, Holiday.
Battie better be ready to not be in the paint often on D.
I've got the YES broadcast. Never really got the whole Ian Eagle thing.
Sixers are going to work out Gadzuric and Elson. Hope they sign Gadzuric of the two, good energy guy, always killed the Sixers.
wow good to hear, he sure did always show up against us.
any reason why he's no longer in the league? he's not that old...?
I am in Germany...anybody know how I can find this game on he web?
Horrible crowd.
Really like Eagle and Spanarkel on YES.
didn't it used to be czar and albert?
This is a jump we should win. Meeks could probably out-jump Okur.
And we're off...Battie wins the jump. Amazing.
they won the tip!!!!!!
Ugh. Turnover on the second possession. First possession they took the clock all the way down, but got a good look. Iguodala's on Stevenson, that's a waste, but both of their wings are wastes.
What the fuck Dre and EB?
Clean it up, swing the ball and get a hoop here.
o god, joey crawford is one of the refs
Really good D by Jrue on Williams there. Cut off the drive then contested the short jumper, made him pull it back out. Then pushed him way out on the floor for a post up and cut off the drive again.
Can't leave him, Jodie. Ran him off the line, but that's the only way he scores.
Bleh, hate that shot by Jrue.
Jrue has on those knee pads?
He wears those once in a while. Maybe when he gets floor burns or something.
This is very fucking sloppy. Meeks just fell asleep, how does Morrow get wide open off a dead-ball turnover like that. Wake the fuck up.
Jrue had Iguodala on that break. Instead a bounce pass to Battie. Come on.
Shit start, could have been worse with the Deron missed layup.
I'm afraid NOH is going to regret extending Eric Gordon.
Jrue has to finish that drive. Seems as if he's making the wrong decision 9 times out of 10 this year
Battie turnaround. Not good offense, but it goes.
great start?
They should be running 4 around EB right now like they did there. Okur is a stiff.
Defense is tuned up after that timeout.
Come on Andre, no need to fadeaway w/ Morrow on you.
Doug should be having him on the low block everytime Morrow is on him like that. Give him an entry pass and go to work.
Good hands, Jrue.
EB.
Battie has been really really slow defending the P and R. Good sub to get Thad in.
Thad, first off the bench. Starters -3 in first tonight.
Thad J.
Of course that was in the shooting motion. Come on.
i hate joey crawford
Joey Crawford is so demonstrative. Spare me.
There is such a mismatch at both the 4 and 5 on offense right now. Use it.
btw, when Morrow just set that screen for Williams and Meeks gave a soft double, that's so fucking stupid. No need for that at all and he left Morrow wide open for a three.
Thad, if Humprhies is guarding you out there, do that every time.
Good hustle, EB. Hit the freebies.
Only touch for the 4 and 5 was a bail out touch for Thad. Come on, he can score on Humphries all day. Same with Brand and Williams now.
Lavoy in for Brand. Guess ET is 4th off the bench now?
That's pretty fluid every night. He'll get in.
He's the second guard off the bench
I hate Joey Crawford.
Bad job by Thad on that p&r. Gotta be on point against Williams w/ that defense.
Nice drive and kick by Jrue. OK.
Oh, Thad.
Seriously, fuck you Joey Crawford. You don't see that contact?
How the fuck was that not a given foul there Joey Crawford? he called the travel after that
He took like 13 steps there and Zumoff and Malik are arguing that call?
He got swiped across the waste, basically held.
WTF Lou? How the hell do you leave him that wide open?
No reason for Lou to switch that pick, either. Ugly.
Lou's overall defense that quarter was really lazy.
Terrible. Meeks wasn't much better. I'd like to see JTI to start this quarter. Clean up the perimeter defense.
PHI 18, NJN 22 after one.
WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too many turnovers. Need to clean that up.
22, not 24.
Yeah, I counted that last possession as a make, wrote it early. Will fix now.
Bench brigade needs to gather themselves here and bring it.
He was pretty well covered there, just hit it.
Jodie, where the hell are going? Stay with him.
A defensive board from Thad would be nice. Or a box out.
Or Turner making 2 at the line. Jeez.
Early but, this looks like this is gonna be an all night battle.
Sure does.
At least hit one of them, end this dry run.
This lineup is pretty, uh, bad.
Took 4FTs, but they got the two points that trip.
Turner off the curl. OK
Good hard curl Evan. and J
When Morrow is burning you off the dribble, that's a bad sign, Jodie.
meeks three in transition. OK, get another stop.
Jo-3! Lets go!!
Bench brigade stepping it up. At least on one end.
Don't like the Hump in there against Thad/Allen.
Good, strong board by Thad.
Thad's changing this game.
Nice shit by Lou and Thad.
Turner on D-Will.
I like that side pick and roll w/ Lou and Thad. Tried it for 2nd time there. 1st was a turnover.
good job for once jodie
Turner should just stop shooting threes, Herb Magee is probably embarrassed every time one goes up.
Great D by Meeks.
Get Jrue back in to cover Williams.
Come on, get it together. Careless turnovers.
That sounded clean to me.
Ugh, that was a clead strip by ET, not a foul
EB seems so timid at times to just go up with it. He didn't need to bull ahead there, he had the 5 footer.
Jrue should be on Wiliams here, but Turner makes a nice play. Really two in a row.
TURNOVERS!
why was that a charge, he was in the restricted area
Ridiculous calls 3.
...
Ridiculous calls 4.
closing time lineup.
Swarming D. Tough jumper by Farmar, you live w/ that.
Good find by Jrue, good finish by Turner.
Blown bunny on a sweet feed by Jrue. He gets it back for the +1.
Way to follow it EB. Make this freebie
Not our best half by any means, but we're up 4.
Keep this lineup out there.
eb blows jrue's assists but gets an and 1
Got the lead, now KEEP it.
Jrue is clearly looking to pass first today. Like it.
Don't like that contested J from Jrue.
Nope.
OK, put Jrue back on Williams.
Iguodala can't shut down EVERYONE. Why put him on Deron Williams? Those smaller, quicker guards have always given Iguodala problems. see: Andre Miller.
Iguodala isn't guarding him, it's Turner.
not on the and-1 he wasn't... it looked like Iguodala was assigned to Williams that possession.
Just not high percentage shots those last two times by Jrue and AI9. Both fadeaways too. I wish there would be a team wide ban on stepbacks and fadeaways.
+1
to be fair on Iguodala's shot, the shot clock was at 4 when he let that go.
Jrue to Lou, for three.
Lou 3! Turn it on these last 2 min on Defense.
Just an observation. When players attack Iguodala off the dribble (miller, James and tonight Williams), his defence isn't as solid as when he can get guys to shoot jumpshots (Anthony, Johnson and granger).
yeah but... that's pretty obvious isn't it?
Not to everybody
Fucking o-boards. you've got to be kidding me.
Thad, box your man the eff out! Don't just let him have the position when the shot goes up
Thad has been bad on the defensive glass so far.
Lou on fire.
Dang Lou!!
11 boards for humphries
Iguodala grabs that board against just about anyone else. Humprhies is strong.
A little off topic, but what happened to our Mascot search? Has anyone heard anything? My kids were excited about the change.
Ugh, Jrue should have given the foul there instead of conceding the layup.
What does he draw up for this last shot?
pick and roll for lou, draw out a mismatch, let lou attack. that's my guess on what happens, not what i'd like to see happen.
lou iso
This game better not be close at the end. Williams is getting a lot of really good looks that are rimming out.
Dre? wth was that? how do you miss everything from 6 feet?
Shit....
i don't think Iguodala has ever been a great finisher around the rim, minus dunks. I wish he'd work on that as opposed to working on his outside shot, actually.
Should have pump faked on the catch imo. Still, can't blame him for that one.
9 offensive boards in the first half.
and not for us.
PHI 45, NJN 43 at the half.
Question: how do you lose to a bad team?
Answer: Turnovers and give them offensive boards.
Sixers are doing both of those things tonight.
Went back and watched that play where williams got the +1, Iguodala was on him. Picked up the ball in transition. That was the only play he was on him, and it wasn't designed.
Williams finished the first half 5/13 for 11 points w/ 5 dimes and 3 turnovers. Not a whole lot to complain about there. Problem is the o-boards and the Sixers turnovers, but they cleaned the turnovers up in the second quarter.
Get 75% of available d-boards in the half, and this is at least a 15-point win.
14 dimes on 18 made. Dre, Jrue, and Lou dishing. Don't know how Thad suddenly has 2 dimes again, but whatever. I'll give him 2 dimes everytime he even ATTEMPTS to box out, doubt he'd accumulate much though.
He really fought for one defensive board. At least he has three. Brand has zero defensive boards in 13 minutes.
I guess early leaders for POTG are Lou and Thad, though I've had big problems with parts of both of their games to this point.
OK, give me 60 points in the second half, please.
If they'd grab some of these boards, they could get out on the break, which they've rarely done tonight.
Ugh, Okur.
Iguodala got a shooter's roll.
Don't think you can really play Battie and Brand together when the other team has a big that can hit the three.
Andre makes 2! yippee
And both of them rolled around. Very rare. Don't know where that pass was headed, Jrue.
look at malik talking about hollinger
Great job, Jrue.
Brutal pass by jrue. Nice d!
Malik Rose gives a shoutout to "a guy named John Oliver who works for ESPN, does all those player efficiency ratings and stuff like that." At least I think he said Oliver.
Jrue got smoked by Williams there. Humprhies dunk as a result.
Fuck, Battie. Root him out of there.
Too much dribling and the missed lefty layup.
Too much dribbling Jrue. come on, move the ball
he banked it, fuck me
That's not a good sign. Need subs here, I'd go with Turner and Thad for Battie and Meeks.
If we're not going to run anything or call anything for Jodie, why have him out there?
What did they demolish in Brooklyn to get room for that new arena?
Nothing, really. It was a rail yard no one used.
It's actually at the spot where they wanted to build a stadium to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn way back when.
No sub. curl for Jodie out of the timeout.
where's admiral akbar
Hump looks likes guy that you would see playing pickup in OC after a run on the boardwalk
That's not the look for Jodie to be pulling a 3. No rhythm on offense right now.
Bullshit Crawford. Jodie beat him to the spot, no?
No. Jodie was moving.
Please get this stop. 3.1 on the clock.
Garbage.
ET needs to be in this game right now. They're packing the lane right now anyway, so Jodie is particularly useless.
Energy level is way down too. Lou and ET need to increase it here.
Jodie and Lou at the same time again??
trying to get spacing. nets are collapsing on everything
Damn Evan, shoot it from 15, don't pass it to Lavoy from 15.
Lou has to hit that and ET need not pass to Allen
Enough with the jumpers, they don't have a shotblocker on their roster.
These stats could use some pace adjustment, obviously, but that's the way we play the game. We're third in the league in attempts from 16-23, first in the league in attempts from 10-15, 26th in attempts at the rim. To get some non-pace-distorted perspective on this, the average team takes .31 attempts from 10-15 per attempts at the rim, .85 attempts from 16-23 per attempts at the rim, but the Sixers take .55 attempts from 10-15 per attempts at the rim, 1.19 attempts from 16-23 per attempts at the rim.
Run that pick and roll w/ Lou and Thad again please Doug. Run anything, shit.
2/10 from the floor this quarter, against a team that allows teams to shoot 49% on the year.
Lou on Deron.
There we go. Lou to Lavoy.
Lavoy for a duece.
x2.
Oh, heck of a tip out by Lavoy.
Foul on ET? with the body?
That was a fucking foul.
Lou screaming at Humphries after that foul.
Lou getting chippy w/ Hump.
someone should plant humphries next time he gets the ball near the hoop.
Make this last look. come on
Based on the 6 minutes I've seen - can't say I'm sorry i forgot to set the DVR tonight - not looking like this is a fun game to watch
Lavoy Allen good on the tip out
god damn, fuck!!!!! really
Hell yeah, Jodie 3!
Fuck me! half court 3 at buzzer. ugh ugh ugh
crazy how turner doesn't have an assist. he's been passing up good looks for great passes. no one is connecting.
PHI 61, NJN 66 after three.
Terrible, terrible offensive quarter. Defense was fine.
Not looking like it's our night, folks. Okur banked three. Prayer from half court by Shelden Williams.
This Nets game feels eerily similar to the 4 game Nets sweep from two years ago. Just an ugly battle that we always seem to be on the short end of.
We all saw this 3 coming, didn't we?
Just not our night. (So far...?)
Man.....fuck that guy.
I prefer Jrue setting up, but he's got to look for his shot/offense here.
Meeks at the three. Making our weak rebounding weaker to start the fourth.
LOU I LOVE YOU!
Purty
Um - Lou - if you can do it - go ahead - take over
Where was that foul on Shelden there? really?
Shitty touch foul there.
Keep running that Lou/Thad P&R.
its a williams party on the floor
I really think we need to return one of these hard fouls. Brand has 4, maybe get Battie in there to give one.
Nice look by Jrue. Great catch/finish by Brand. More of that.
Thad tried to finish w/ his right hand, rejected.
COME THE FUCK ON WITH THESE FOULS!
Just don't give up any o-boards please.
So nothing was a foul in the first three quarters - now everything is?
Five on Brand. This is ridiculous.
Well, they're gonna be in the penalty soon.
Sixers are in the god damn penalty now
Thad to the locker room
Thad to the locker room? geez
thx joey crawford!!! DIIICK
This lineup is going to blow up in our face
Fuck an a.
What was that volleyball shit?
God damnit.
Wtf jodie
Jodie - this isn't volleyball - just catch the damn ball
Man, that sequence had me going off on the TV. Andre playing the passing lanes and then ... ah fuck it
Started w/ Jrue's D on Williams. Cut off the drive, then smothered him.
attendance is just over 13k. Not bad for the Nets on a Weds.
Only down 1 w/ 8 left. Keep plugging away...
My bad calls counter is at a modest 6. And it definitively had an impact on the game.
Let's see if we can grind this out somehow...
Argh. That needs to drop.
Lavoy just threw Humprhies to the ground.
Lavoy allen just likes knocking people over
Get. the. lead!
JRUE43!
Jrue
Jrue 4 3! Let's go. D up!
Thaddeus Young - center
Thad 3?
But it's Iguodala's shot selection that's the problem.
Thad - don't be stupid - you can't take 3's
Dag, Jrue didn't need to pick up his dribble there, He had Okur on him after penetrating
the shock collar should have zapped thaddeus there on that three
I wish it would have zapped Jrue, they had the Nets switch on that pick and roll, Deron stayed out top with thad, Okur on Holiday
shit is getting a little crazy right now
MOVE YOUR EFFING BODIES!!!
ugh, Turner, gotta hit that. Fucking three on the other end.
Turner bricks a wide open jumper, then runs into a screen so DWill gets an open look. Get him the fuck out
Good find, AI9 to EB. HIT THE FREEBIES!
Doug, post Andre on the blocks.
What a board by Turner.
Get Turner the fuck out
He's playing great defense - there's two endds of the court
I disagree that he's playing great defense and his offense is pitiful tonight.
I'm glad you disagree - but as far as I'm concerned - you're wrong
Well apparently Doug agreed with me
For who? He misses a couple jumpers and you want him yanked? We need his rebounding right now.
Why is everyone standing around watching Evan come down on offense jacking up an early J? why?
ET is a 29% shooter outside of 9 feet so far this year. That REALLY needs to improve
It's not going to, he just can't fucking shoot. I've given up hope on his outside shot
Good for you - some of the rest of us are more rational
There is no reason to think he'll get better, his form is still shit and he has no arc. There's nothing rational about thinking it will get better, you just feel like picking an argument again because you're an asshole.
Why is there no reason to think he can't get better? He's shown improvement in every aspect of his game, he has a completely new form on his jumper, it will take time to see results.
Honestly, I'm just being emotional right now because they're in a close game with a shitty team. I hope he will get better, he is a hard worker so maybe he will. Needs alot of work though.
That's a rather loose definition of rational that you are using there
I can't think of a ton of players who came into the league without a jump shot at any range and developed one. There have been a lot of players who added three-point range to already okay jump shots.
Evan Turner has been horrible tonight. He should not be shooting an iso.
Big tip by Iguodala.
Alright, turnover. If you ever wanted it, go get it NOW! times a wastin'
Can someone make a shot, please? It's hard to win when you miss open shots.
Jodie co-leading the team with 7 boards. Enough said.
Boom. Let's go!
jrue 4 3.
Sixers notes (with Collins video interview): Gadzuric to join Elson for Thursday workout:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/sixers/gadzuric-to-work-out-for-philadelphia/article_4855e524-4194-5d96-a466-c1e345bbbf8c.html
Jrue 4 3! Andre had the shot though, whew
blow the motherfucking whistle.
Just win this muthafucka .... come on guys
Bad call #8
Come on. Come on. Another hoop here.
Give it to Jrue on a spot up, or a Lou iso/penetrate.
Fuck you, Crawford.
Terrible, terrible shot. Come on, Iguodala.
Jesus
Good D from Stevenson there on Dre. ugh
At least New York is losing to the Cavs, too...
Oh, we're actually up by 1. #WINNING
It's going to Deron, just don't give up an o-board if he misses.
Iguodala on Williams by design.
FUCKING MORROW THREE.
Son of a ............ Morrow triple
Meeks' man, I think.
Not the freakin' Nets. come on, get a good look.
Jrue or Lou, not Andre.
Great ball movement - now GET A STOP
Really great attack of that crazy trap out high. Ball never touched the floor.
EB!
good job, now get a stop
Man, that EB jumper looked flat when it came off. Made it though
Turner for meeks please
GET A STOP.
And don't fucking lose Morrow.
Good grief meeks
great box-out by dre
Heck of a boxout by Dre on Hump. Or did he just get in his way? either way it worked
Did you see Iguodala box out Humphries on that play?
Come on.
Can we please run a play?
Not an Andre iso or fadeaway? ...... please Doug
Thousand thanks that the got the board and didn't let it roll out of bounds. *pew*
Get a hoop. Get a fucking hoop.
lou!!!!!!!
YES LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Get a stop, no threes dammit
that was pretty sweet lou!!
I hate that play but yes!!
LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
No threes. No fucking threes here.
LOUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that wasnt a play but I will take it
hey; it went in...
Lou carried us through this game.
One last stop.
Please. Pretty please.
Too easy. Can they get a shot for Lou with 1.3 seconds on the clock?
No
Damn, Andre got hung up there, nothing he could do about it.
Why was thad on williams?
they switched, i dont know why
Thought Lou was going to give him the pump/head fake there, draw the foul.
Not enough time.
gonna have to earn this one.
Um, they're all 'earned' whatever the heck that means
reference to the W.
Just score first, whoever scores first here's gonna win.
PHI 82, NJN 82 after regulation.
Free hoops, folks.
5 fouls on Brand, keep that in mind. Thad is also dinged, I think.
Dwight Howard watching at home, very impressed by Lou's hang time on that non-shot.
So - all those reports of how deron was playing badly maybe cause of the situation - we couldn't get that for one more game?:)
He's been reading all the reports about Howard potentially coming here on this blog, needs to embarrass us so that won't happen.
And...Brand wins the tip. 2/2 tonight.
Come on Lou, don't settle w/ Hump on you. ATTACK
6 on eb
Brand's done.
Lousy take lou -
not our night. really need to grind this one out
Take it over, Jrue. D up!@
JRUE!
He's so good when he just stays under control.
Fuck me. FUCK ME.
Ugh, Lou.
SHit, Farmar triple off a broken play.
Not our night
Dre's touch near the rim has been absolute shit tonight.
Ugh, o-board dunk putback. dammit...............
Legs look dead.
Humphries follow dunk. First time in a long time they didn't account for him, and he made them pay.
Need a hoop here in the worst way.
Plenty of time. Get the hoop here.
Make these Jrue. thought he was gonna pull the trigger on the three
Thought Jrue should've jacked the three. I'll take two at the line.
Let's go. Get a stop here.
jrue,giving heart attacks with those free throws
LOU!
lou!!!!
Ridiculous shot
Bout time you took him Lou. Tight defense here, no fouls.
Looouuuu!!
jrue!!!!!
JRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steal and the slam for the fucking lead!
Wow, what a shot.
Like how they switched on Deron last possession and denied him the ball. Gotta but a body on Humphries
That'll work
YES a gift to get back 2 pts from that half court 3 they hit ... yes yes yes ...
No threes here, if anything a two ... come on guys, that was your break right there
now that's sixers ball.
Jrue on hUmphries. There.
Should've attacked the zone. Meeks from 30 isn't attacking.
Damn, Jodie was shuffling the hell out of his feet like he was on Dance Fever back in the day, Deron still hit a tough shot.
w the hell was that Jodie? damn man
Wtf kind of shot was that?
Jesus fuckin christ
How does Meeks wind up on him for consecutive plays?
and a Deron 3 on other end. never seen Jodie just jack up a bad shot like that. I will be d............
NOOoooo
why Meeks AGAIN!! i JUST KNEW IT.
Ugh.
so tell me again, why did they switch that? putting jodie on deron williams is just asking for it, even if he wasn't hot.
Agreed...in that situation, I would rather force Morrow to take the shot off of a hard double team on Williams than let Williams work solo on Meeks.
Poor coaching or execution there.
why not a quick two there Doug? dammit it was plenty of time
First time Crawford hasn't blown the whistle is when we're trying to intentionally foul.
Jesus just terrible here down the stretch
you have to extend the game Doug, no need for the tying 3 at that point, ugh
Uggghhh.
I kind of question the, give the ball to Turner in the corner play call.
Doug's end of game strategies are going to cost us more than a couple games this season. I love Doug but his decisions down the stretch are baffling sometimes.
Fucking motherfucker. Can't have losses like this. You just can't.
Voose, come back
PHI 90, NJN 97 Final, in overtime.
I don't excuse this loss b/c two big guys were out, no excuse for losing to these collection of scrubs, none, just a piss poor offensive showing in the dysfunctional third quarter and most of the fourth. pitiful. shit
0-5 in close games. Collins takes Brand out for the final play of regulation even though Brand had made the big shot with 20 sec left. Collins doesn't double-team D-Will just like he didn't double-team Andre Miller. Gotta love it.
Humphries - 19 rebounds
FUCK! WTF? What the mother fucking fuck? We just lost to Jersey. Jersey. At home. Someone please explain this to me.
You know what injuries are right?
Gentlemen; we have just lost to the New Jersey Nets, in all their glory.
I bid you Good night, Sweet dreams, and collective amnesia.
Glad I stayed up until 4AM in Germany - on a stuttering, buffering ASS of a video feed - to watch that.
Probably won't get to sleep for another hour.
Gave up as many points in five minutes of OT as they gave up in 12 minutes of the whole 4th quarter!
That overtime lineup was horrible.
If anyone can bear to watch the post game, see if there's an injury update on Thad. I think he has to be hurt or he would've been in there more down the stretch and in OT.
They pussyfooted around with the score tied with around 40 secs left when the Nets went to that zone. Just throwing it around the perimeter til Jodie decided to jack up an ill advised shot, even though it was only about 7 left on the shot clock so maybe he knew that and just panicked. Still should have tried to attack the holes in the zone instead of playing hot potato with it.
And that play call with 26.8 left where Andre threw it in to Turner in the corner, not sure that's what they really wanted. Lou came hard from the lane to get the ball from the inbounds pass but Andre had just passed it in to Evan. Dre doesn't even then set a screen for Lou to free him at the elbow extended arc, Lou just sort of shook free from his man to go and get the ball from Turner. Hump switched off of Turner onto Lou making Lou have to double pump fadeaway the 3 attempt. Just didn't look like a play design at all, or carried out the way it was maybe drawn up. Weird posession there.
But still, Doug needed to go for the quick two there, it was too much time left, you have to make the game longer at that point, imo.
pretty solid play calling at the end there. this team has not won 1 game decided by fewer than 8 points. not a good sign. i wonder how the Wiz, Pistons, & Bulls fared under Collins in close games. i'm guessing not so hot. he is like the Obama of NBA coaches. great speech deliverer & motivator, execution not so much.
terrible play-calling as usual. Just like last year. Collins can't coach a close game plain and simple. No way we win a playoff series (all close games) with him as coach.
So there's never blow outs in the playoffs huh?
We won't play in many.
Brook Lopez isn't pleased the nets didn't give him a contract extension.
Someone introduce this kid to the internet - espn - a news paper - something - jeez
For those interested in what might be a less ugly basketbal game - lakers/clippers (lakers home team) on nba tv about to start.
This game is a nice example of why there's a 0% chance Howard will come here. Howard's going to go to a team with All-Star perimeter players whom he can trust to get baskets in late-game possessions, not to a team with a closer-by-mediocre-committee approach to closing out games. Even if he were to ever seriously consider us, the thought of Lou taking the last shots in playoff games would be enough to dissuade him. The Nets might not have many pieces now, but should they resign Williams, they have the one crucial piece they need to get Howard to jump aboard.
Great job. You looked at Deron's best game of the year and you determined that all by yourself. You're right. That's what Dwight cares about. He wants a star perimeter player! Aha, you figured it out. Masterful. Just shut the hell up you have no idea what Dwight is or is not looking for.
Lakers vs Clippers.... Who ya got?
matt barnes on blake griffin,"He flops"
im paraphrasing but you get the point
Most people in LA think that Matt Barnes just needs to shut up - on both sides of the fan base - little guys flop it's a 'good play' big guys flop people tell him to stop it (paraphrasing radio guys earlier)
pacers just beat the bulls in chicago
Only 7 assists in 29 minutes of the 2nd half and OT. 14 in the first half. Bleh. They sort of cleaned up the rebounding but stopped moving the ball and/or executing.
They ran a ton of ISo plays late. It doesn't fit their personnel. I don't get it and it doesn't work
I'm not a big fan of iso plays in basketball in general - it's like the worst call usually
To those (including myself) who have doubted whether the Sixers could find a big man free agent who would help the team, Gustavo Ayon, a Mexican guy the Hornets picked up from the Spanish League, scored 16 tonight in 16 minutes, on 8-10 shooting, and has been nearly as effective on fewer attempts in previous games.
and lavoy allen was 5-5 the other night for 10 pts and 6 boards. big whoop.
Thad listed as day-to-day w/ a lower back contusion, per Tom Moore on Twitter.
hornets didnt extend gordon, im interested to see what he will get
I'm interested to see if he plays half the games this season.
yep, but even if he only plays half the games, some team(the pacers?) will offer him close to the max
The Sixers might get in on the bidding if they do something unwise, like use their amnesty on Brand and don't get Howard.