Hacking DeAndre

Absolutely NOT. I agree completely with him EXCEPT for the "root for the Clippers" part. Something I could NEVER do. I'm Blazer loyal till I die.

But Hack-a-Jordan is NOT a winning strategy. It's LAZY and PETTY. LA is too good to get bogged down in lost points from ONE poor FT shooter. If you honestly think we can win a game playing hack-a-Jordan, then I've got an island to sell you in the Bermuda Triangle.

 

It's a fucking pointless strategy if we can't secure the rebound after a missed FT.

 

It's a useless strategy PERIOD. If the ENTIRE TEAM sucked in FT shooting, it would be a good strategy. Expecting to win a game by sending the worst opponent on a team like the Clippers to the FT line is bat shit crazy.

 

I really don't like it at all.

 

I don't like watching it but I can't deny that it gives us a better chance of getting back into that type of game. If we had gotten hot on offense it easily could have made the game close. It gives us more possessions while limiting their scoring chances and taking less time off the clock.

 

I like strategy.

Hack away.

 

Doc's strategy is too respond by intentionally fouling Davis. At some point it will be comical. But if we are behind late in the game and have nothing to lose.....why not

 

Your 43% shooter vs my 55% shooter. I'm good with that.

 

Haven't read through this thread yet, only the OP. But I think Stotts' strategy last night sucked. Jordan may be a "worse" FT shooter than Howard, but he isn't as easily rattled as Howard - he's much more like Shaq, who will use the insult to get fired up and make his FTs to spite you. And that's exactly what he did when we used the strategy in the first half. It was also unconscionable of Stotts to do that with Ed in the game - before it even happened I knew Doc would foul Ed and Ed would miss his FTs.

Fouling Jordan in the 4th can be a fine strategy if nothing else is working, but doing it in the first half was dumb, and was the reason we were down 8 rather than 4 - a rather substantial difference.

Clippers Defense: "Yeah, we'll let you shoot it Aminu."
Blazers Defense: "Defense? Nah, we'll just have Jordan shoot some FTs and hope we get a rebound eventually."

One of these is a sound defensive strategy. It's kinda pathetic that we're making Doc look like a good coach.

 

Thank you. It annoys the piss outta me when people talk about fouling (intentional or not) being against the rules, breaking the rules, or cheating. It's nothing of the sort. The rule is that if a foul occurs then A, B, or C - not that "you can't foul".

 

Last night's game was the first time I've found myself missing Robin Lopez this season

 

Well this obviously didnt work out. Back to the drawing board....

 

Hacking Jordan was not the problem last night. Arguing against doing so is insane - even last night, their offensive efficiency when we did it was worse than when we let them run their offense. It's a clear weakness of their team, and if we don't take advantage of it, shame on us.

 

I don't know about first time, but clearly we need a big who can make a shot outside of 3'

Could'a should'a would'a, Meyers would be beasting

 

I didn't look at stats, but Plumlee was BRUTAL on offense in that game.

And yeah, we needed Meyers.

 

They did most of their second half damage with Aldrich in the middle, which was even more demoralizing.

 

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