A good half against a great team.....and considering how bad we started, it's really been a great half after that.
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A good half against a great team.....and considering how bad we started, it's really been a great half after that.
BI, Zion, and CJ had a net rating of +3 when on the court together. BI and Zion had a +13.4, BI and CJ had a +13.2, Zion and CJ was just +5.4.
BI and Zion worked. BI and CJ worked. It was CJ and Zion and all three together that didn't work.
Halftime Stats
Zion: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal. 6/10 shooting (60%), 5/8 from FT line (62.5%).
Ingram: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists. 7/12 shooting (58.3%). 0/3 from 3.
Jrue: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals. 3/8 shooting (37.5%). 1/2 from 3.
Favors: 2 points, 1 steal, 1 block. 1/1 shooting.
Lonzo: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists. 1/4 shooting (25%). 0/2 from 3.
Bench
Redick: 0 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists. 0 shots taken.
Hart: 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist. 1/1 shooting.
Melli: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist. 4/5 shooting; 1/2 from 3.
Want to see more Zion + Melli minutes in the second half.
Basketball.
On a side note: At the half Portland is down by 8 to the Celtics.
Start Melli in the third!!! Melli has to be on the court with Zion.
Always want to point out that Zion, despite having general team defense issues tonight, has played largely solid defense on Anthony Davis when they've matched up.
I think that's a response from the coaches, honestly. In pre-season, his issue was largely that he helped too much; often too early, and over-committed which left him off his man and unable to recover. I wouldn't be surprised if the coaches response to that was to tell him to stay home far more strictly, until the game slows down for him on that end.
Gentry should never use a small ball lineup at all.
We simply do not have anybody that could guard the lebron/gallinari type sf... KD build type we can afford to let ingram guard but the bigger ones we just have no answer.
How many ticky tack fouls away from the ball are they gonna call?
A lot of the fouls that these refs have been calling on the Pels have been off the ball and they seem mad ticky tack.
I will say... If I ever develop a time machine. Ja Morant will be our PG.
Good thing AD still would rather pull up than drive through traffic with someone smaller on him.
Lebron making 3's = game over. Might as well end it now if that ******** is happening.
We still not there yet
It's very important that we start hot once this halftime is over.
A bunch of bad shots and bad defense with predictable results.
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