I rewatched the first quarter just to refresh my memory. We had a 14 to 4 lead, and we got it very easily. Philly was playing terrible and throwing the ball all over the place. Then Greene missed a point blank shot, Philly came down and finally scored. Greene got the ball under the basket, was triple teamed and turned the ball over. Philly scored. Greene drove into traffic and turned the ball over. Philly scored. The score is now 14 to 10. Hawes can't find anyone under the basket so he drives to the basket and make a little floater. 16 to 10. Philly misses big scramble for the rebound, and Casspi comes up with it. Beno pulls up and misses, Philly turns the ball over after the rebound and Beno pulls up with the same shot and misses again. Philly misses and Beno comes down and makes a bad pass and turns the ball over. Philly scores. Beno comes down and tries a no look alleyoop and turns the ball over.
I'll stop there. We had a chance to put Philly away and we shot ourselves in the foot. Casspi was the best player on the floor tonight. Greene comes in a close second. Thompson played well and didn't contribute to throwing the ball away. After that, I'm hard pressed to find anyone else that really had a good game. Tonight is a night where Tyreke would have made a difference. Especially on the defensive end.
Plus Tyreke is good at breaking down the defense. The only person that drove and passed the ball was Donte. Sergio drove, but didn't dish the ball. All of a sudden he fancies himself a scorer. He needs to be reigned in a bit.