I don't think this is true... We looked a lot better than them, just got a little flustered in the 4th, started playing to not lose.Originally Posted by pelicanchamp
I'm taking a lot of positives out of this game in regards to the future.
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I don't think this is true... We looked a lot better than them, just got a little flustered in the 4th, started playing to not lose.
I'm taking a lot of positives out of this game in regards to the future.
talking to a wall. He keeps accusing me of the actions he's perpetrating. it's weird.
Thank you.
Can anyone have confidence in Anderson guarding Aldridge???? What on earth ? I saw this happen several times and I think we got out coached.
Who ever is talking about die hard fans. Probably not many on here have been a fan since the Johsnon, Gill and Mourning years. But I consider myself a die hard. Yes George Shinn is an IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!! That's how long I've been a fan of this team. Almost since the beginning!!!!
Pelican champ you are right. We were totally lost on d in the 4th qtr. that's why Monty should have used a couple more timeouts!!!
Hmm talking to yourself interesting
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Trying my best to keep my composure and not let myself get excited about the decent start we had. I told my wife after the 3rd quarter we might just be onto something this year, and then learned again why I can never let this team tease me with any hope of being a playoff team. I can't figure out why so many people cannot see how horrible a head coach we have. I think we have enough talent to win some games when all are healthy and we can win on pure talent but when it comes to managing a NBA game and having the intellect needed to win at this level against quality teams and above average head coaches we are badly handicapped.
I'm leaving this topic more confused than the pelicans looked in those last 5 minutes.
Buzz man I am right there with you. Have never been impressed with Williams as a coach. But i will say, for all the stats Evans has compiled the first 9 games of the season. He is just not a very smart basketball player. I put this game on him mostly and Williams not realizing his team was rattled!!!!!!!
Or get rid one of them, probably two.
Totally agree with this. I wish more fans had this kind of takeaway. From what I saw on Twitter, I was expecting to come here to see alarm bells going off. Sucks to lose a winnable game, especially when going into the 4th with a lead. Can't wait for us to learn to play better. The end.
.......if healthy
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We should have put Withey, AD, Anderson, Gordon, Jrue on the court
My only other takeaway is that crowd in PDX. They stayed there while their team was down. If you were just listening you would have thought they were up the whole time. Great environment for a team. Meanwhile in NOLA the crowd is half asleep as AD makes history. I hope more people start backing the Pels.
Withey played great tonight .......for the team who drafted him.
This team is still growing and this last 4QT is here to remind it.
All players in the finishing 5 are culprit of this fall-down. Holiday and Evans tried their best to keep the ball in their hand most of the times. I mean, ok the system didn't go well since Davis can't get open but why taking wild floater with 3 guys in the paint instead of swinging the ball between other players ! On the other side of the spectrum, there's Davis who should say "scr*w that, pass me the ball at the elbow, I'll do the rest". There's also Ryan Anderson, aka the best-player-to-destroy-a-good-defensive-stop-by-not-grabbing-the-freaking-rebound. And last Gordon, the only guy who stays invisible most of the times but only reappears to make fouls.
So, all of this young players need to work on their own flaws because it may be a 82 season but at the end of the day, 1 win could make a diffrence between a playoff team or giving a lottery pick to the rockets.
Don't forget that we've only lost to playoff contenders so far, & it was close everytime. This team is making the playoffs.
There is a ton of positives to take from this game. I agree with you guys. But when you play that well for 3/4 of the game and come up empty, that should show them that you have little margin for error!!!! AD has to see the ball more, I mean the guy 14 / of 18 from the field.
Ryno has to play the 3 in the closing 5, we need Asik on the court to rebound and let AD stay on the other team PF. Lopez was the one who changed the game, AD had to come off Aldridge because Ryno can't guard the 5.
Ryno needs to learn he doesn't have to shoot every time he touches the ball in the 4th also. Especially on the road.
With Asik out and Ajinca looking a total goof, there was no way this team was going to stop Portland's run. You have to execute good offense until they get desperate and start chucking.
At least it will be trail by fire on the road this early. That's where 8 of the next 10 will be.
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I'm very disappointed in Ryno. There's a leadership vacuum on the court after AD and he's the perfect player to fill it. He's got a unique combination of experience, youthfullness, size, and skill set and my heart breaks a little bit every time he forces a shot, doesn't move the ball or looked generally lost on offense unless he's flame-throwing. He has the ability to be a calming influence even when he's not rocket launching. I hope he sees that.
Unless we start beating these playoff teams and closing out the fourth we will be saying that same thing as the playoffs start and we are sitting at home.
Lets not discount how serious it is if a team has problems in the fourth quarter.
Exactly.
There is a trend becoming evident.
Some quotes on the loss. Three of them sound very similar. One not so much.
Anthony Davis
Eric Gordon"We just have to play better with the lead," Davis said. "We were forcing up shots instead of slowing the ball down, then pushing up the floor and trying to get into an offensive set. We were trying to play a one-on-one game."
Monty Williams"We didn't play together. We weren't scoring the ball. We weren't passing the ball. Nobody was getting involved. We just didn't play together. And that's what happens when you don't."
Tyreke Evans"In the fourth quarter for us, it became a one-on-one show," Williams said. "You can't play like that on the road."
"We just weren't executing," Evans said. "It wasn't going for us and the shots weren't falling. We were just trying to get a bucket at the end, and on the road we just have to do a better job at that."
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The writing isn't on the wall yet, but the fat lady is warming up... somebody just doesn't get it and it's not the guy we love to hate.
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