Game Thread GAME# 41: BLAZERS @ GRIZZLIES - JANUARY 17, 2015 - SATURDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

It's the shoes!!

 

The starters are either coasting their way into all star break or they are already starting to show fatigue which is not good news. Neil can't sit on his hands and do what he did the last three years, not do anything and watch these guys toast themselves on the court. By all indications both Nic and Wes are burnt and how much longer before we are saying the same for Damian and LA. When that happens stick a fork in it.

 

I've watched just the highlights and you know I'm a big T-Rob fan but he did a very poor job defensively.
When there was a pick-and-roll with his man he didn't attack the guard, instead backing-down to the paint allowing him an open look.
This is a simple mistake that should be corrected. Maybe he was thinking about being inside for the possible rebound but that's not the right way to defend, you attack the guard first. If there's a need for another rotation you don't think about it at that moment, if it's needed you do it later. Also the rebound, there's another big and other players that would box-out, you have to trust the guard to stay with your man (the big man setting the pick) at least for the next few seconds and rotate back to him only when it's the right thing to do.

 

I didn't see the game, but based on what you described Robinson defended the P/R exactly as Terry asked him to. I fully agree with you that it's the WRONG way to defend it, but that's what Terry wants.

 

4 pt swing on a bogus call.

 

We're getting jobbed.

 

You are posting in the wrong thread Maris.

 

Flashbacks.