Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
So that didn't happen.
This is what you call a schedule loss. You knew it had every chance to be bad. It was.
Rondo, Willie and a welcome Marco sighting gave an effort. Cuz had absolutely nothing. Always a fear on a back to back with him. Doubled and trebled with Rudy begging out (hey Rudy, ever hear of googles? we needed the body) on the night after a double OT 56pt game. Would have been better just to give him the night off as it turned out. The alarming thing is of late how completely squalling infant in a wolf den helpless our guys have looked when Cousins isn't on the floor for whatever reason, including tonight when he both was and wasn't. They look like they have absolutely no idea how to get points without the big guy drawing all the attention, and the offense just quits.
Critical few games coming up. beginning to run short of the winnable ones before our rough streak ensues. We need to hold onto the #8 until we lose it in a blizzard of Spurs and Cavs games.
Hey, I have a thought given the suckiness -- PRETTY GIRLS!
Boxscore
Stats: 24min 10pts (4-7, 2-4, 0-2) 8reb 0ast 0stl 0blk 0TO
Summary: numbers are so so, game was even more drab and impactless than that
Casspi ( C ) -- gave us no push at all in the early going, and it has begun to occur to me that Omri's big impact month happened when he was playing smallball PF in place of Willie. Since shifting back to SF he hasn't felt dynamic, and I am wondering a bit if its because SFs are better able to smother his threes and chase him around. In any case did little. Got fouled once leaking out on the break, but hen promptly missed 2 FTs. There was a little burst in the early third, hit a three, made a good hustle save. But the numbers here are deceptive. This was impact free from the beginning as only Rajon and Willie really seemed to bring their games amongst the starters.
Valerie Chow aka Rachel Shane
Stats: 30min 12pts (5-8, 0-0, 2-2) 7reb 1ast 1stl 4blk 0TO
Summary: brought good energy on the 2nd night of the back to back, ran the floor for dunks and oops. Ah, young legs
Cauley Stein ( A- ) -- started off the game running the floor and taking Rondo passes for oops and dunks Bels would feed him fro another one late in the quarter, and it was an 8pt quarter, with a saving block on Lillard too. Had another one of his spectacular Willie only plays when he helped Cuz with a block on defense, then raced full court the other way for a flying dunk late in the half, Another great defensive job staying with McCollum and blocking him at the rim. Eventually impact faded after half as we went away, but its really too bad this game had to be wasted, because it was a good one from Willie.
Charlotte Le Bon
Stats: 32min 17pts (4-21, 0-2, 9-17) 5reb 4ast 0stl 0blk 2TO
Summary: absolutely 100% spent. There was some effort for a while, no legs, touch, and got his arm hurt after half.
Cousins ( F ) -- there's very little to say here. As on, relentless, and dominating as he was the night before vs. Charlotte...this time out he just did not have it. There was some attempt to have it. I think being in a playoff chase there wasn't that sense of him not wanting to be out there that you sometimes have gotten from him in fatigue games in the past. But he didn't have ti. Even when he executed the same moves and got into the same positions, the shots all bounced and rolled out, from everywhere. And there definitely was no energy on the boards. This was paying double for the Charlotte loss, and now we're back to a tie for the 8th seed with a team with no right to be tied with us. Back to work.
Sanaa Latham
Stats: 21min 4pts (2-5, 0-1, 0-2) 4reb 1ast 0stl 0blk 0TO
Summary: thanks Ben, your complete inability to rise to the occasion has been noted
McLemore ( D- ) -- for all that we got from Ben you would have thought HE played 50 minutes and took 30 shots the other night. Instead on a night when we desperately needed a wing, any wing, to step up and bring some offense, he gave us his standard pumpkin day 4. He started off the night missing a wide open three from Cuz that we could have used for some energy, then he missed a layup on a tough leak out attempt. Think he went to the bench for the first time with 0pts, and thanks for the effort. Finally hit a shot in the third, then got to the line...and bricked both FTs because suddenly he's turned shaky from the line for some reason (he's at 71% this season after being an 81% shooter his first two years). missed the wide open corner three from Cuz. Last score was finishing a nice assist from Rondo right at the rim. Has very saavily worked himself into a position where its almost impossible for him to produce so little he gets an F. That's 32 of 45 games this season where he's been in single figures.
Tina Aumont
Stats: 31min 15pts (7-16, 1-4, 0-0) 5reb 11ast 1stl 0blk 5TO
Summary: deserves some grade here, because Rajon was the guy who most clearly tried to step up and lead in this situation
Rondo ( B+ ) -- really and obviously tried in the early going here, immediately not only finding WCS out and running on multiple plays, but adding in a series of very aggressive drives. Not all of those went, because this is Rajon Rondo we are talking about, but the intent was obvious. Omir and Ben did nothing, Cuz was spent, so Rondo tried hard to singlehandedly get the team going and give us a jumpstart. Even added a three at the end of the quarter, and had 9pts by the end of the first. But there just wasn't enough help, and the longer the game went on, the less you felt Rondo's presence either. Still, coming into the game you knew we needed somebody to step forward. Rondo tried to be that guy.
Chloe Grace Moretz
This is what you call a schedule loss. You knew it had every chance to be bad. It was.
Rondo, Willie and a welcome Marco sighting gave an effort. Cuz had absolutely nothing. Always a fear on a back to back with him. Doubled and trebled with Rudy begging out (hey Rudy, ever hear of googles? we needed the body) on the night after a double OT 56pt game. Would have been better just to give him the night off as it turned out. The alarming thing is of late how completely squalling infant in a wolf den helpless our guys have looked when Cousins isn't on the floor for whatever reason, including tonight when he both was and wasn't. They look like they have absolutely no idea how to get points without the big guy drawing all the attention, and the offense just quits.
Critical few games coming up. beginning to run short of the winnable ones before our rough streak ensues. We need to hold onto the #8 until we lose it in a blizzard of Spurs and Cavs games.
Hey, I have a thought given the suckiness -- PRETTY GIRLS!
Boxscore
Stats: 24min 10pts (4-7, 2-4, 0-2) 8reb 0ast 0stl 0blk 0TO
Summary: numbers are so so, game was even more drab and impactless than that
Casspi ( C ) -- gave us no push at all in the early going, and it has begun to occur to me that Omri's big impact month happened when he was playing smallball PF in place of Willie. Since shifting back to SF he hasn't felt dynamic, and I am wondering a bit if its because SFs are better able to smother his threes and chase him around. In any case did little. Got fouled once leaking out on the break, but hen promptly missed 2 FTs. There was a little burst in the early third, hit a three, made a good hustle save. But the numbers here are deceptive. This was impact free from the beginning as only Rajon and Willie really seemed to bring their games amongst the starters.
Valerie Chow aka Rachel Shane
Stats: 30min 12pts (5-8, 0-0, 2-2) 7reb 1ast 1stl 4blk 0TO
Summary: brought good energy on the 2nd night of the back to back, ran the floor for dunks and oops. Ah, young legs
Cauley Stein ( A- ) -- started off the game running the floor and taking Rondo passes for oops and dunks Bels would feed him fro another one late in the quarter, and it was an 8pt quarter, with a saving block on Lillard too. Had another one of his spectacular Willie only plays when he helped Cuz with a block on defense, then raced full court the other way for a flying dunk late in the half, Another great defensive job staying with McCollum and blocking him at the rim. Eventually impact faded after half as we went away, but its really too bad this game had to be wasted, because it was a good one from Willie.
Charlotte Le Bon
Stats: 32min 17pts (4-21, 0-2, 9-17) 5reb 4ast 0stl 0blk 2TO
Summary: absolutely 100% spent. There was some effort for a while, no legs, touch, and got his arm hurt after half.
Cousins ( F ) -- there's very little to say here. As on, relentless, and dominating as he was the night before vs. Charlotte...this time out he just did not have it. There was some attempt to have it. I think being in a playoff chase there wasn't that sense of him not wanting to be out there that you sometimes have gotten from him in fatigue games in the past. But he didn't have ti. Even when he executed the same moves and got into the same positions, the shots all bounced and rolled out, from everywhere. And there definitely was no energy on the boards. This was paying double for the Charlotte loss, and now we're back to a tie for the 8th seed with a team with no right to be tied with us. Back to work.
Sanaa Latham
Stats: 21min 4pts (2-5, 0-1, 0-2) 4reb 1ast 0stl 0blk 0TO
Summary: thanks Ben, your complete inability to rise to the occasion has been noted
McLemore ( D- ) -- for all that we got from Ben you would have thought HE played 50 minutes and took 30 shots the other night. Instead on a night when we desperately needed a wing, any wing, to step up and bring some offense, he gave us his standard pumpkin day 4. He started off the night missing a wide open three from Cuz that we could have used for some energy, then he missed a layup on a tough leak out attempt. Think he went to the bench for the first time with 0pts, and thanks for the effort. Finally hit a shot in the third, then got to the line...and bricked both FTs because suddenly he's turned shaky from the line for some reason (he's at 71% this season after being an 81% shooter his first two years). missed the wide open corner three from Cuz. Last score was finishing a nice assist from Rondo right at the rim. Has very saavily worked himself into a position where its almost impossible for him to produce so little he gets an F. That's 32 of 45 games this season where he's been in single figures.
Tina Aumont
Stats: 31min 15pts (7-16, 1-4, 0-0) 5reb 11ast 1stl 0blk 5TO
Summary: deserves some grade here, because Rajon was the guy who most clearly tried to step up and lead in this situation
Rondo ( B+ ) -- really and obviously tried in the early going here, immediately not only finding WCS out and running on multiple plays, but adding in a series of very aggressive drives. Not all of those went, because this is Rajon Rondo we are talking about, but the intent was obvious. Omir and Ben did nothing, Cuz was spent, so Rondo tried hard to singlehandedly get the team going and give us a jumpstart. Even added a three at the end of the quarter, and had 9pts by the end of the first. But there just wasn't enough help, and the longer the game went on, the less you felt Rondo's presence either. Still, coming into the game you knew we needed somebody to step forward. Rondo tried to be that guy.
Chloe Grace Moretz
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