Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Peja ( C- ) -- for much of the night a passive effort for Peja. We had no energy, and Peja was right at the top of the list. Just crusied his way to points. Wasn't helping that our guys weren't consistently finding him when he was open. Had a little assertive push late with us in trouble, grabbed a few boards after doing nothing there again for three quarters, tried to force his offense a bit rateh than just floating. Choked a free throw at the 23 second mark to probably finish us, but was just joining the crowd. Bibby, Miller, Webber, Peja in order went 1 for 2 from the line in the last two minutes, and it just killed off our last hope.
Webber ( B ) -- Erratic game for Webb for much of the night. Showed uncommon hustle and hit the floor on a number of occasions. Also made a series of great steals poking the ball away from various players and attacking in the open court. But had trouble stringing together shots, never dominated the glass, and for much of the game his passes were off the mark leading to more turnovers than assists. But earned his stripes down the stretch as he hit big shots and made a series of great passes in the last three minutes to really lead our comeback. Did his best to play the hero and bail us out, but just wasn't getting much help.
Miller ( C+ ) -- High assist numbers this game might almost have been a negative sign rather than the positive one it would normally be, as most of them came because Brad simply refused to look for his own shot. Just very passive offensively and at times he really hurt our offense because of it. Had some early problems with Cliff Robinson on defense, and Troy Murphy just ignored him. Was generally strong on the glass, and really stepped it up on the boards in the last few minutes to hold Golden State to one and out and give us our shot. Missed a late FT to help sink us.
Christie ( C ) -- played a strong first half where he made both offensive contributions, and defensive contributions where he really utterly shut down Jason Richardson. Had a good grade going at that point despite a few more of what are becoming his patented stupid/careless turnovers. But his second half turned into a total disaster -- first of all he really helped drag the Warriors back into the game with another burst of sloppy/careless passes. And then he let Richardson hit one shot. And then another. And then another. And before long our carelessness and lack of energy had opened the door for Richardson to turn unstoppable and beat us. Gets his grade for the good first half.
Bibby ( C- ) -- just an ok game by Bibby. Maybe less than an ok game. Like the rest of the team, had no energy. Had a couple of little bursts here and there, did help on the glass. But overall was pretty flat. Struggled to control the aptly named Speedy Claxton who was able to penetrate at will.
Evans ( B+ ) -- another excellent effort for Mo. A few more of these and maybe we can set aside all of the the "who should we pick up" discussions. Oops --actually forgot to finish this one off -- played solid positional defense, but was unable to slow down Richardson. Points out something -- Mo is solid, but is he a stopper? And can he really be disruptive with his defense the way Christie can/could? Or is he just a good athlete who will get in your face and not screw up?
Songaila ( D ) -- Darius kept on getting the call because of matchups, but did not earn his minutes tonight. Has one brief stretch of play early in the second where he did a good energetic job of battling Troy Murphy on both ends of the floor. But thereafter was just invisible and of no help.
Adelman ( D ) -- well, that just sucked. We played with all of the effort and intensity of the New York Knicks and the results were predictable. Obviously were nto ready to play this one. Rick showed a lack of originality in rotation patterns, settling into a SEVEN man rotation on a night when none of our main guys had any energy and we were desperate for a spark. Why not try Tag? Or Barnes? Just SOMEBODY to give us a spark? Team rallied down the stretch, and if we're going to blame Rick for the collapse against Miami, he deserves some credit for getting them to fight back here. Still perhaps the worst loss of the season if you take into account the opponent (although the late collapses against Minneapolis/Miami are perhaps more troubling for our long term prospects than simply overlooking a bad team).
Webber ( B ) -- Erratic game for Webb for much of the night. Showed uncommon hustle and hit the floor on a number of occasions. Also made a series of great steals poking the ball away from various players and attacking in the open court. But had trouble stringing together shots, never dominated the glass, and for much of the game his passes were off the mark leading to more turnovers than assists. But earned his stripes down the stretch as he hit big shots and made a series of great passes in the last three minutes to really lead our comeback. Did his best to play the hero and bail us out, but just wasn't getting much help.
Miller ( C+ ) -- High assist numbers this game might almost have been a negative sign rather than the positive one it would normally be, as most of them came because Brad simply refused to look for his own shot. Just very passive offensively and at times he really hurt our offense because of it. Had some early problems with Cliff Robinson on defense, and Troy Murphy just ignored him. Was generally strong on the glass, and really stepped it up on the boards in the last few minutes to hold Golden State to one and out and give us our shot. Missed a late FT to help sink us.
Christie ( C ) -- played a strong first half where he made both offensive contributions, and defensive contributions where he really utterly shut down Jason Richardson. Had a good grade going at that point despite a few more of what are becoming his patented stupid/careless turnovers. But his second half turned into a total disaster -- first of all he really helped drag the Warriors back into the game with another burst of sloppy/careless passes. And then he let Richardson hit one shot. And then another. And then another. And before long our carelessness and lack of energy had opened the door for Richardson to turn unstoppable and beat us. Gets his grade for the good first half.
Bibby ( C- ) -- just an ok game by Bibby. Maybe less than an ok game. Like the rest of the team, had no energy. Had a couple of little bursts here and there, did help on the glass. But overall was pretty flat. Struggled to control the aptly named Speedy Claxton who was able to penetrate at will.
Evans ( B+ ) -- another excellent effort for Mo. A few more of these and maybe we can set aside all of the the "who should we pick up" discussions. Oops --actually forgot to finish this one off -- played solid positional defense, but was unable to slow down Richardson. Points out something -- Mo is solid, but is he a stopper? And can he really be disruptive with his defense the way Christie can/could? Or is he just a good athlete who will get in your face and not screw up?
Songaila ( D ) -- Darius kept on getting the call because of matchups, but did not earn his minutes tonight. Has one brief stretch of play early in the second where he did a good energetic job of battling Troy Murphy on both ends of the floor. But thereafter was just invisible and of no help.
Adelman ( D ) -- well, that just sucked. We played with all of the effort and intensity of the New York Knicks and the results were predictable. Obviously were nto ready to play this one. Rick showed a lack of originality in rotation patterns, settling into a SEVEN man rotation on a night when none of our main guys had any energy and we were desperate for a spark. Why not try Tag? Or Barnes? Just SOMEBODY to give us a spark? Team rallied down the stretch, and if we're going to blame Rick for the collapse against Miami, he deserves some credit for getting them to fight back here. Still perhaps the worst loss of the season if you take into account the opponent (although the late collapses against Minneapolis/Miami are perhaps more troubling for our long term prospects than simply overlooking a bad team).
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