Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Peja ( B ) -- Effective offensively in bursts but overwhelmed at times physically by the far superior Clippers athletes. Got crunched on the boards on a night when we got killed as a team and needed help. Defense picked up as the game went along. Hit four clutch FTs in the last 10 seconds to seal the deal.
Webber ( A- ) -- Looked as good physically as he had at any point since the injury. Extremely active and aggressive from the very beginning of the game. So how does a guy who just put up 36pts 10rebs 6ast get a "-" to his A? Well, first of all the man he was guarding was going off as well -- in fact at times the game resembled a one on one game between two of the game's elite PFs. Threw some inexplicable bad passes -- just totally unforced turnovers where he seemed to be on a totally different page than the intended targets. Also might have made the game too much about Chris Webber at times. Very involved and very dominant, but at times too involve and dominant and taking too many shots. Of course since he was hitting the vast majority of them and was the only guy on the team attacking the middle, not all a bad thing. Nonetheless, although I am giving him the minus, this was a huge game from Webb where he looked every part of back to elite status. Dominant player tonight.
Miller ( C ) -- erratic effort tonight. Foul trouble all night long did not help. Passed well and helped set the offense in the first half, but boardwork was poor and was getting worked by Chris Kaman. Still posed more of an obstacle in there than Darius, but the middle was wide open tonight and Brad, a few scattered blocks aside, wasn't much of an obstacle again.
Mobley ( B- ) -- so-so debut, but not bad for a guy with maybe one practice under his belt. And in the last two minutes made a huge defensive steal and layup to help hold off the Clippers -- a familiar and welcome sight from our starting OG. Was feeling his way in the first half, and looked out of rhythm on offense. Was active defensively, but it immediately hits you how much smaller he is than Doug. Smallish OG + can be pesky, but not likely to dominate. Finally settled in during the latter stages of the third and ended up with a decent effort. Notched 4 blocked shots, which sounds really impressive, but frankly I did no see them. Think a couple were basically steals where he knocked them out of guys' hands down low rather than true blocked shots. Quick hands either way.
Bibby ( C- ) -- very quiet tonight. Have to imagine it was the ankle. Luckily the Clippers no longer have a PG, so there was nobody on the other side of the ball to really put pressure on him. Missed some open shots, didn't look confident finishing around the rim. Basically was just satisfied to bring the ball up and pass it off to somebody. Kind of got the feeling he wasn't really interested in pressing things. Did not really hurt us, but certainly no help either.
Evans ( B- ) -- looked pretty good all things considered, but definitely not an impact game. While only credited for 1 rebound himself, helped us by scrapping on the defensive glass and knocking balls out of the hands of various Clippers.
Songaila ( C ) -- Too many minutes tonight. Someone will have to explain to me what he did to deserve them, because when he was in the game we really struggled to contain the Clippers frontline. Got his hands on a few balls on defense but just too small to slow down either Brand or Chris Kaman tonight. Active enough, but struggled on the boards as well.
Tag ( C ) -- brief first half stint. Didn't do a whole heck of a lot, but given the ineffectiveness of Miller and Songaila and our porous interior defense and rebouonding, just NEEDED to get another stint there at some point. Did not of course.
House ( B ) -- much steadier effort -- maybe settling in now. Ran the offense effectively and dove back in to grab some good boards for us on the defensive glass.
Adelman ( B- ) -- well, it was a win. Rick didn't really make any huge mistakes, EXCEPT, IMHO, the Great Greg Fallacy once again. So once again, a note to Coach Adelman, in all caps: Rick, when the team is getting killed on the boards, when the opponent is assaulting the middle at will, PLAY GREG OSTERTAG!!! Really annoys me. Anyway, otherwise showed immediate confidence in Mobley, and Cat came through for him in the end. Sloppy effiort tonight, and nowhere near as intense as he last few. But it was kind of a getting to know you session for eeverybody, and we got the "W".
Webber ( A- ) -- Looked as good physically as he had at any point since the injury. Extremely active and aggressive from the very beginning of the game. So how does a guy who just put up 36pts 10rebs 6ast get a "-" to his A? Well, first of all the man he was guarding was going off as well -- in fact at times the game resembled a one on one game between two of the game's elite PFs. Threw some inexplicable bad passes -- just totally unforced turnovers where he seemed to be on a totally different page than the intended targets. Also might have made the game too much about Chris Webber at times. Very involved and very dominant, but at times too involve and dominant and taking too many shots. Of course since he was hitting the vast majority of them and was the only guy on the team attacking the middle, not all a bad thing. Nonetheless, although I am giving him the minus, this was a huge game from Webb where he looked every part of back to elite status. Dominant player tonight.
Miller ( C ) -- erratic effort tonight. Foul trouble all night long did not help. Passed well and helped set the offense in the first half, but boardwork was poor and was getting worked by Chris Kaman. Still posed more of an obstacle in there than Darius, but the middle was wide open tonight and Brad, a few scattered blocks aside, wasn't much of an obstacle again.
Mobley ( B- ) -- so-so debut, but not bad for a guy with maybe one practice under his belt. And in the last two minutes made a huge defensive steal and layup to help hold off the Clippers -- a familiar and welcome sight from our starting OG. Was feeling his way in the first half, and looked out of rhythm on offense. Was active defensively, but it immediately hits you how much smaller he is than Doug. Smallish OG + can be pesky, but not likely to dominate. Finally settled in during the latter stages of the third and ended up with a decent effort. Notched 4 blocked shots, which sounds really impressive, but frankly I did no see them. Think a couple were basically steals where he knocked them out of guys' hands down low rather than true blocked shots. Quick hands either way.
Bibby ( C- ) -- very quiet tonight. Have to imagine it was the ankle. Luckily the Clippers no longer have a PG, so there was nobody on the other side of the ball to really put pressure on him. Missed some open shots, didn't look confident finishing around the rim. Basically was just satisfied to bring the ball up and pass it off to somebody. Kind of got the feeling he wasn't really interested in pressing things. Did not really hurt us, but certainly no help either.
Evans ( B- ) -- looked pretty good all things considered, but definitely not an impact game. While only credited for 1 rebound himself, helped us by scrapping on the defensive glass and knocking balls out of the hands of various Clippers.
Songaila ( C ) -- Too many minutes tonight. Someone will have to explain to me what he did to deserve them, because when he was in the game we really struggled to contain the Clippers frontline. Got his hands on a few balls on defense but just too small to slow down either Brand or Chris Kaman tonight. Active enough, but struggled on the boards as well.
Tag ( C ) -- brief first half stint. Didn't do a whole heck of a lot, but given the ineffectiveness of Miller and Songaila and our porous interior defense and rebouonding, just NEEDED to get another stint there at some point. Did not of course.
House ( B ) -- much steadier effort -- maybe settling in now. Ran the offense effectively and dove back in to grab some good boards for us on the defensive glass.
Adelman ( B- ) -- well, it was a win. Rick didn't really make any huge mistakes, EXCEPT, IMHO, the Great Greg Fallacy once again. So once again, a note to Coach Adelman, in all caps: Rick, when the team is getting killed on the boards, when the opponent is assaulting the middle at will, PLAY GREG OSTERTAG!!! Really annoys me. Anyway, otherwise showed immediate confidence in Mobley, and Cat came through for him in the end. Sloppy effiort tonight, and nowhere near as intense as he last few. But it was kind of a getting to know you session for eeverybody, and we got the "W".
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