A free throw. Step up to the line. Gather yourself. Shoot. You're telling me that fatigue made him miss 4/5 free throws. I'll accept that fatigue can hurt your shooting, but a great free throw shooter like Blake should never miss that many, ever. 1/5.
I think the fist miss was Nate's choice. Rudy has only missed 4 all year, but like yu said Rudy's shot had been off all night so it might have been the right thing to put Blake at the line.
I don't know. I also don't know why we wouldn't foul and put Oden, LMA, Frye, Batum and Roy in the game for the foul shots. Rebounding is the key if they miss the second.
90% of coaches are idiots then. You should always foul in that situation when the other team has no timeouts. Again, foul when they aren't shooting. We win the game if Nate made that call.
I completely disagree with fouling in that situation. That gives the guy a chance to make the first and miss the second to try and get a tip-in. Besides, lets say we HAD fouled and they knocked down both shots. We would have been up by one point, and Nate would have put the ball in Blake's hands right? I think we all know how that would have worked out tonight.
So then we are are tied and go to OT? Oh wait, that happened anyway. I've seen MANY more games where a team hits a 3 to win or go to OT than a game that's won or tied on a tip in. Tip ins are VERY rare (and I watch a lot of League Pass).
The only thing I worry about is the fact that it gives the refs a chance to screw you. If the other team does get their hands on the ball, the refs could call a foul too and give the other team a chance to win. Never should have been needed anyway. Oh well. Hey, just thought of something. This kind of frustration is what we will likely go through if/when the playoffs come around. Might want to get used to it.
In the orlando game the guy missed the shot so badly he banked it in! (Lucky) Why intentionaly foul a guy and send him to the line? What is easier, make a free throw and intentionally miss the other so you can make a put back to tie, or hit a three pointer and you lose? Not saying you are wrong, just saying don't take a cheap shot at Nate for a philosophy that the majority of coaches believe in.
Give me a break. Fatigue? Fatigue explains going 3-5 when you're a 94%. 1-5 is a GAG. He choked. He sucks. Actually, he's a decent b/u PG. No way he should be starting for a (supposed) playoff bound team. He proved he can't handle the pressure tonight. You don't get over something like that either. Well, one guy did. Remember OSU kicker Alexis Serna? Missed 3 PAT against LSU and came back strong. It doesn't happen very often. Usually, a guy has a game like that and the voices in your head haunt you for quite a while. Let me ask you a question e blazer. So, if it WAS fatigue . . . let's fast forward to tuesday night and the Kings. 23 seconds left, you have the ball and a 2 point lead. Do you want the ball in Blake's hands? I mean, he's had 3 days to rest, right? He won't be fatigued - nothing to worry about, right? Sure.
Not sure about that. Shooting a free throw requires less from your legs than a 3-point jump shot, which Blake made after he missed all those free throws. I think Blake basically choked at the line. I'm actually sort of encouraged by this loss, believe it or not. I like the fact that Roy is looking to score now, rather than always deferring to others, and I like the progress that Oden is making. Roy hit a number of big-time clutch shots tonight, and his confidence seems to be sky high. This will eventually pay off big time. 3 losses in a row is tough to swallow, but I think the Blazers are going to bounce back and get much better as the year progresses.
Well we did the refs' job for them since we screwed ourselves. We are dealing with Baron Davis, it's not like Chris Duhon had the ball in his hands. Foul the guy for 2 shots.
My wife turned to me when they flashed "Baron Davis 0-12 in pressure situations from 3 - worst in NBA" and she laughed. I said . . . "That means he's due." Sometimes it sucks to be right.
I usually do not pile on players, because they hurt 10 x more than we do, but damnitt I was really upset with Blake tonight, everything he did tonight. He already wasn't one of my faves, and this just adds to it. He is to fucking passive, which is why he never makes turnovers, BECAUSE he takes no risks. If he is going to start being unclutch at the line, then why play? I hope he comes back strong and I'll be behind him, but bottom line is I am not happy/comfortable with him being the starting pg on this team and playing crunch minutes. I've seen enough of Bayless..FREE HIM!
Yep, I was thinking the same thing myself. There was no 2 secs before he shot. Foul him. Even if he makes both, there simply isn't enough time. I am really doubting Nate lately.
I want Nate gone, but I am not going to pile on him for this game. Blake choked, I really wouldn't have guess it from him but whaddya gonna do?
Oden rolls to the hoop after giving Blake picks and Steve doesn't even look in Greg's direction for a pass. If we want Greg to blow up on the offensive end we need a PG that can deliver him the rock.
Yep, is it me, or does it really seem this easy to do? We are a horrible pick setting team. We like "whiff" on the picks, while the likes of Utah and Boston set firm, hard screens that actually get the ball handler open.
