<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kobe 8 Ball:</div><div class="quote_post">It's great that Arenas stepped up, but where is the rest of the team?</div> The funniest thing about this game is that if the big 3 showed up the bulls couldnt win. Lets see: Hughes 19 Jamison 18 Gilbert 39 They average 60, scored 76 points and still lost. What are they gonna have to do score 30 a piece to win. Thats what makes the Bulls Better they put forth a team effort. But the hardest challenege is yet to come. And thats stealing one at washington. But I'm proud that we held on to home court advantage!
They scored 76 because of Arenas' production, but I don't consider what Jamison did showing up. Both Jamison and Hughes scored under their season averages, and Jamison shot only 41%. Hughes shot under 40% himself [37.5%], but he produced well in other areas with 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Their was no interior production in this game, that also hurt, EJ needs to get the ball down to Kwame. Etan and Haywood aren't scorers, while they have the advantage inside, they aren't guys that can make use of it. I knew the Wizards would get beat in the coaching and execution battle, but common...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">They scored 76 because of Arenas' production, but I don't consider what Jamison did showing up. Both Jamison and Hughes scored under their season averages, and Jamison shot only 41%. Hughes shot under 40% himself [37.5%], but he produced well in other areas with 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Their was no interior production in this game, that also hurt, EJ needs to get the ball down to Kwame. Etan and Haywood aren't scorers, while they have the advantage inside, they aren't guys that can make use of it. I knew the Wizards would get beat in the coaching and execution battle, but common...</div> Okay they average 20 a piece. 1 had 18, 1 had 19, 1 had 38. two were 1 basket away from their average and 1 was considerably over his. how is it possible for 3 guys to get 30 point games each (consistantly). thats totally improbable. how could they score any more points as a trio. 76 points from 3 guys is more than u can ask for, but ur right about 1 thing. the rest of the team sat back and watched the show.
I wasn't saying they did bad, but they scored lower than their average, and shot lower percentages. Let's say they shot the same percentage which equaled to 2 more baskets, the team would've lost by 6, not 10, still a difference. Anyways, it happens, the Wizards just need to protect their homecourt, and really hope to get it together on the road. The coaching right now is just embarassing, and Etan Thomas also looked like he was in slow motion on the court.
The Wizards need to pick it up on the defensive end when they go home. They were absolutely dominated after the first quarter. They blew a 21 point lead to a team that was supposed to have problems scoring without Curry and Deng. They scored 103 pts....too bad 75% of those came from three people. Right now, they have no balance. They're relying on the big three to score all their points. Role players have been non-existent for them. If they're gonna have any hope at coming back, the role players have to step up and realize the big three can't do it all. After that, they HAVE to keep Chicago from scoring. They shot 49% tonight and Kirk was absolutely amazing. If they can't contain the Chicago offense, they won't win. They have been playing terrible on defense and are getting zero contributions from people outside the big three. They need to figure out something on defense and hope the role players step up if they have a chance at winning.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kobe 8 Ball:</div><div class="quote_post">Here is a great fact for ya: No team has ever won a series without their leading scorer...where is Eddy Curry?</div> that fact is gonna need a anstrik(*) by if after this series, cuz if that fact is true then the bulls r gonna change history, but the fact of the matter is that a team has won a series without their leading scorer, NY knick in the late 90's without big man Patrick Ewing, but the fact that u hear was, the last 7 playoff teams or somthing like that had not won a series without their leading scorer
I think that's would be a deceptive fact in itself anyways. Most teams leading scorer would be a player like a Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Vince Carter etc... The Bulls leading scorer was Curry, but he was barely edging out Gordon, and was only leading him because he played more minutes. A team like the Bulls where they have about 7 guys producing, missing the leading scorer won't have the same impact on the team as teams who have the 1 or 2 main guys scoring. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Wizards need to pick it up on the defensive end when they go home. They were absolutely dominated after the first quarter. They blew a 21 point lead to a team that was supposed to have problems scoring without Curry and Deng. They scored 103 pts....too bad 75% of those came from three people. Right now, they have no balance. They're relying on the big three to score all their points. Role players have been non-existent for them. If they're gonna have any hope at coming back, the role players have to step up and realize the big three can't do it all. After that, they HAVE to keep Chicago from scoring. They shot 49% tonight and Kirk was absolutely amazing. If they can't contain the Chicago offense, they won't win. They have been playing terrible on defense and are getting zero contributions from people outside the big three. They need to figure out something on defense and hope the role players step up if they have a chance at winning.</div> You can't neglect the coaching. Eddie Jordan is not willing to take risks and try new things. You see Skiles put in a guy like Pargo who didn't even play in game 1, and he did some good for the team, but Eddie Jordan just doesn't do things like that, and just isn't as good a coach as Skiles.
In the final 16 minutes of the game, not once did the Wizards make as many as four passes in a possession. (The count starts after crossing halfcourt). They usually made just one or two. Several times they made zero. Talk about a recipe for disaster against the team with the best field-goal percentage defense in the league! Against a great defense, you must move the ball from side to side. Ball movement creates flow, driving lanes and offensive-rebounding opportunities. The Wizards had none of that in Game 2. If they want to get back in the series with a win in Game 3, they have to move the basketball.
