I am curious about how well some of our bench players are performing on the road vs home, specifically JTA, I recall certain players from earlier Dynasty years like Barbosa and Clark that never seemed to bring the same game on the road, anybody have some home/away stats for JTA or Lee
The angle that Danny Green jumped hard into Poole to block his layup and how Poole had landed freaked me out. I scared my wife with my scream! Can't shake the image of Klay clutching his knee in agony...
There's an ongoing discussion regarding the center position for the Warriors. I think playing against Embiid underscores the disparity between their team's strength at that position and ours. Looney had -- for him -- a very good game, and yet is very much undermatched on both ends of the floor against good centers. And it's notable that Embiid had -- for him -- a rather poor game. This leads Dubs fans in several directions. One is to say that small-ball cures all. And to some extent, running Draymond as the five has been revolutionary and has won many games and even championships. But this approach has its flaws against good centers and we saw that tonight. As tough as Draymond fought, he and Looney can't really bang down low with Embiid and Harris. When Embiid can catch down low and either score or pass out to shooters, that's hard to stop. So this brings up the "Wait until Wiseman gets back" idea. This has some merit, since his athleticism and size should match up much better on defense, and on offense force centers like Embiid into some tough defensive situations. Yet Wiseman in his first year was a real rookie, not surprisingly. He has a long way to go before he can play defense without fouling, know where to be and what to do on offense and defense. And there is no guarantee he will get there. I hope he does, but it's not a sure thing. And then the last thing that's been brought up lately is whether the Dubs would be better off trading young guys for a young center like Myles Turner. I have no clue whether this is an actual possibility or if Indiana is just making trade noises for who knows what reasons. I also haven't bothered to do any trade machine folderol. I'm not actually proposing some move. I'm just saying that it was pretty obvious tonight that if we could magically switch Looney for a guy like Myles Turner, we would be a much better team, and it's OK to say so. I've noticed that offering opinions like that seems to bring a lot of condemnation, and it begs the question of what we're doing here. Is it simply fandom at its purest -- all our guys are good, all the other guys are evil? Or is it fandom plus analysis and discussion? Which is what I like. I can cheer on Looney and at the same time say that if we swapped him for a shot-blocker and agile scorer like Turner, we'd be much better off. We could still play small when we so chose.
Splitting two with the Suns, okay, they're damn good and their D was stifling, especially that first game. Losing to the Spurs, not so good. Tonight... the Sixers ARE a good team, that was solid D, and Embiid is a load. So 3-3 in the past 6 games, and of the losses, only the Spurs you'd think we should have no trouble with. The next 5 teams we play have losing records though and none are scary. So there's our test.
Watching this reporter interview Curry with a loose mask constantly slipping off his nose is infuriating. This shithead could tank the entire Warrior season.
Good game by Philly, they are a good team and wanted a split at home. Nice defense on our shooters, some clutch shooting. A couple iffy calls (both challenges were head-scratchers). I thought Draymond had a great defensive game. Bjelli had a terrible game. Too many ill timed turnovers. Oh well.
IMO, I think tonight's game was the hardest game of the road trip. The other teams are against teams with worse records, so I think the Warriors are fine on those games. However, since those games are gonna be back-to-backs, I'm expecting another loss in one of those games since the Warriors will be too tired and/or Kerr will be resting some of the players.
I am curious about how well some of our bench players are performing on the road vs home, specifically JTA, I recall certain players from earlier Dynasty years like Barbosa and Clark that never seemed to bring the same game on the road, anybody have some home/away stats for JTA or Lee
The angle that Danny Green jumped hard into Poole to block his layup and how Poole had landed freaked me out. I scared my wife with my scream! Can't shake the image of Klay clutching his knee in agony...
There's an ongoing discussion regarding the center position for the Warriors. I think playing against Embiid underscores the disparity between their team's strength at that position and ours. Looney had -- for him -- a very good game, and yet is very much undermatched on both ends of the floor against good centers. And it's notable that Embiid had -- for him -- a rather poor game. This leads Dubs fans in several directions. One is to say that small-ball cures all. And to some extent, running Draymond as the five has been revolutionary and has won many games and even championships. But this approach has its flaws against good centers and we saw that tonight. As tough as Draymond fought, he and Looney can't really bang down low with Embiid and Harris. When Embiid can catch down low and either score or pass out to shooters, that's hard to stop. So this brings up the "Wait until Wiseman gets back" idea. This has some merit, since his athleticism and size should match up much better on defense, and on offense force centers like Embiid into some tough defensive situations. Yet Wiseman in his first year was a real rookie, not surprisingly. He has a long way to go before he can play defense without fouling, know where to be and what to do on offense and defense. And there is no guarantee he will get there. I hope he does, but it's not a sure thing. And then the last thing that's been brought up lately is whether the Dubs would be better off trading young guys for a young center like Myles Turner. I have no clue whether this is an actual possibility or if Indiana is just making trade noises for who knows what reasons. I also haven't bothered to do any trade machine folderol. I'm not actually proposing some move. I'm just saying that it was pretty obvious tonight that if we could magically switch Looney for a guy like Myles Turner, we would be a much better team, and it's OK to say so. I've noticed that offering opinions like that seems to bring a lot of condemnation, and it begs the question of what we're doing here. Is it simply fandom at its purest -- all our guys are good, all the other guys are evil? Or is it fandom plus analysis and discussion? Which is what I like. I can cheer on Looney and at the same time say that if we swapped him for a shot-blocker and agile scorer like Turner, we'd be much better off. We could still play small when we so chose.
They made a bunch of tough shots, and got a few bounces… we didn’t. Move on…
I’d add to reasons for loss: gave up too many layups. Lack of rim protection was more obvious tonight.
Offensive and defensive efficiency for the next four teams according to the ESPN Team Hollinger stats:
Pacers: #14 on offense, #14 on defense
Knicks: #15 on offense, #23 on defense
Celtics: #17 on offense, #10 on defense
Raptors: #19 on offense, #17 on defense
Splitting two with the Suns, okay, they're damn good and their D was stifling, especially that first game. Losing to the Spurs, not so good. Tonight... the Sixers ARE a good team, that was solid D, and Embiid is a load. So 3-3 in the past 6 games, and of the losses, only the Spurs you'd think we should have no trouble with. The next 5 teams we play have losing records though and none are scary. So there's our test.
Meh. Sometimes the shots don't fall. Can't win them all.
Man, Otto missed like 5 wide open threes. Pisses me off. You had one job.
Andre did not look ready for minutes.
Has Damion Lee hit a single jumper since returning from injury?
Bjelica got stuffed in the basket again.
Credit to Wiggins and Poole for keeping the ship afloat as long as they did.
Warriors shot like shit and still had that game close to in the bag at the end of the third.
This is a great team, just annoying to see an inferior team pick up a W against them.
Is Klay+Wise back to G-League?
In fairness recently we have faced very good defense by the Suns and Sixers.
Watching this reporter interview Curry with a loose mask constantly slipping off his nose is infuriating. This shithead could tank the entire Warrior season.
Good game by Philly, they are a good team and wanted a split at home. Nice defense on our shooters, some clutch shooting. A couple iffy calls (both challenges were head-scratchers). I thought Draymond had a great defensive game. Bjelli had a terrible game. Too many ill timed turnovers. Oh well.
Pacers' last 10 games:
-Routed the short-handed Bulls 109-77
-Lost to the Lakers in overtime 124-116
-Routed the Raptors 114-97
-Lost to the Bucks 118-100
-Barely lost to the Timberwolves 100-98
-Lost to the Hawks 114-111
-Lost to the Heat 113-104
-Beat the Wizards 116-110
-Routed the Knicks 122-102
-Beat the Mavericks 106-93
IMO, I think tonight's game was the hardest game of the road trip. The other teams are against teams with worse records, so I think the Warriors are fine on those games. However, since those games are gonna be back-to-backs, I'm expecting another loss in one of those games since the Warriors will be too tired and/or Kerr will be resting some of the players.