I agree, sure losing to the Bobcats was a letdown but seriously with Sergio being starting PG and Bayless at backup it was time for these to test out their abilities. Not to mention that Rudy is playing with a hurt foot, Joels hand in a split/bundled up and ROY with his hamstring on his mind the team is trying its best to compensate with teammates down or off sink. The home court should make the team feel better as they will let this 2-2 road trip behind them.
That's a great point. I forget about Joel's wrist. And Rudy had to rush back cuz we were so thin. ANd what about Roy's finger? We're really injured and still hangin in there.
Yeah this road trip could've/should've been better but, of course, it could've been worse too. 2-2 isn't the end of the world and this Charlotte team isn't that bad . . . in fact, we faced them when they've been playing very good basketball as of late. Wallace is a stud as we can all agree on. Okafor is good. Felton has been playing well. They have Augustine who didn't play tonight but has played well. Bell's a solid player as well. This team isn't THAT bad; we still should've beat them and would most any other night our star player doesn't go 3-10 for the FT and can't hit his trademark pull-up jumper . . . or finish at the hoop like he normally does.
If we want to play the excuse game the Bobcats were without DJ Augustin and didn't have a full compliment of players since they made a trade earlier in the week. The bottom line is that our defense was exposed and as usual we play way too much one-on-one basketball.
I was afraid of the Philly and Charlotte games before Blake went down. Last year we showed mental weakness in those cities. That should have prepared the team for this go around but I guess not.
