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The pels are back no more tanking, time to get this win.
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V.S.
The pels are back no more tanking, time to get this win.
Last edited by 504ByrdGang; 01-29-2014 at 04:08 PM.
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What the HELL...
Is that supposed to be Love? or Pekovic? Or what. Nice anti tank gif by the way.
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I want him to block the **** out of Love.
After the last time they played, I'm not too optimistic we'll be able to smack the Wolves in the mouth even without Pekovich in the lineup. At least, this will allow AD to focus solely on Love and block anything that comes his way. And I'm afraid that even as bad of a shooter he is, Rubio will be willingly able to pass right through the legs of both Rivers and Roberts tonight. Gordon, go off tonight and "Give More" for another win. Longest winning streak of the season! WOOOOOO! Anti-tank!
I'm sorry in advance for the eventual loss.
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If Davis does get in trouble, it's often for things that can be blamed on the Pelicans' scheme instead. Monty Williams has his big man hedge hard on pick-and-rolls, a somewhat outdated practice that only really lives on in its purest form in Miami and possibly Oklahoma City. The only way that strategy works effectively is if everyone is in sync and the defense is athletic enough to push teams to get out of their comfort zone. If not, one small error in the chain of rotations makes everyone look bad.
Teams have become smarter at using that defense's pressure against them, as even Miami has discovered this year. This is a prime example from Sunday's Pelicans-Magic game. Davis will jump out high thinking that Jameer Nelson is turning the corner, as he's supposed to do in the Pelicans' scheme.
But Nelson doesn't want to go right. Instead, this is all a decoy to swing the ball back the other way, where all the action is.
Big Baby has come off the double screen and rolled right into Jeff Withey's path, preventing him from helping on Davis' man, Tobias Harris. Meanwhile, should Eric Gordon rotate to Harris, Victor Oladipo is wide open in the corner.
The Magic ultimately get a bucket here from Harris, but is this at all Davis' fault? What if Davis was instead asked to pressure the initial double screen, but not jump in front of it? What if he was instead told not to pressure it at all and instead drop back to contain Nelson? It'd certainly be easier for him to recover and not look bad.
Davis is not perfect, of course. He still occasionally falls for pump fakes and can be a beat late when helping on off-ball action. His lack of strength, which often hinders him offensively, also hurts him against bulkier players. And even though I question the wisdom of Williams' scheme, Davis could be executing it better and preventing something like this from happening as often as it does.
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Nice post AD23forMPV.
Pels - More
TWolves- Less
Welp pack it up guys this is a loss
Anthony Davis (soreness in left index finger) will not play tonight.
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) January 29, 2014
No AD tonight due to the dislocated finger. Do we have any true PFs left?
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Do we have any actual NBA players left?
I will tell you this they better get this injury bug taken care of this year I believe this team has to make the playoffs next year or the fans are gonna get restless we have another season like this and it won't be a good thing as far as this franchise direction that it wants to go .
This just took the wind out of my sails. It's becoming too much. It really is.
Well, how much will we lose too tonight. If it's that sore/swollen, he's probably just out tonight but I was looking forward to seeing if this team could have made it four wins in a row. Not possible now. More Withey time though.
injury prone... sorry to say but its ture..
Is it TURE? Really?
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My interest in this game has waned. I'll still watch but...
In all fairness. He does get hurt regularly. Knick knack injuries
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There's a difference in being injured and being hurt.
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