Crabbe looked like he was shooting everything from the back of an invisible horse. Bow legged with no elevation.
Overall I liked what I saw last night. I was watching a couple of things closely. The Blazers free throw percentage and their scoring in the paint. I knew with most of our good free throw guys leaving last year, our percentage there was gonna go down. We shot 68.8% from the free throw line. Ultimately missing free throws cost us the game. We got outscored in the paint 46 -40. Though I'm not ragging on the guys, as they were very active down low (especially Vonleh) I want to see the Blazers attack the Basket more. I want to see Meyers work the paint. He hung out outside most of the night, and I know he is not a huge post player, but little bit more of him inside, or at least drawing the defense out with his three point shot, and throwing it inside to Plumlee or Vonleh or whoever is in there. I gotta give it up for Harkless on a +15 night. I am surprised Vonleh finished at a -with his play. The again McCollum had a + 17
Harkless played well no matter how u slice it Vonleh (just like McCollum/any1 else) w/ +/- is dependent on who ur on the court w/, bc he spent a lot of time out there w/ many 2nd & 3rd string guys near the end of the game/OT (during this time, Sac cranked up their efforts/hitting more shots for a variety of reasons) that weren't playing that well (definitely vs. our starters), his +/- didn't look that good; McCollum on the other hand, his +/- isn't as telling bc of the opposite reason, he was surrounded w/ our more talented guys for longer when he played. ps Pressey didn't play that well last night & had the worst +/-, even though he didn't play well though, his +/- I don't think should've been this bad & it's a +/- that definitely doesn't represent what he's actually capable of.
Vonleh had to eat a lot of minus by playing in the fourth with Thing 1 and Thing 2 and the midget lineup. I'm pretty sure that after three quarters Vonleh was plus.
The one thing about this team that we are long and very active on defense. This alone make us stay in games if offense stalls. Who start who knows but I know this there not big drop off when the bench comes in.
