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Re: No Magic for C's today
Title: No Magic for C's today
In looking at this team I think that we certainly have the players to have
a much better record. However, this team is poorly coached and seems
to be directionless. I think that generally we have skilled players
such as Walker, Pierce, Anderson, Battie, Stith, Potapenko, Williams etc. and I
could envision them being a good team if they played as a team and not as a
bunch of individuals. Certainly Pitino has not done a good job of
coaching. It's brutal watching this team with their mostly individual
play. They certainly don't play smart. Don't you think if Phil
Jackson or Pat Riley were coaching this team that they'd be a 500 plus
team. I'm not saying that these players are the best in the league
but certainly good enough, given the right coaching, to make the playoffs.
I was ecstatic when Pitino became coach because he had been successful
everywhere he coached so why not with the C's? I have become
disillusioned with this team. I think I wasted my money on the
NBA Season Pass package.
Back to lurk mode.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 4:03
PM
Subject: No Magic for C's today
There surely was no fire.
Anderson seems to be sleep walking, although he has been
very efficient the last three games.
Palacio is getting
his game. He drove to the hoop well and hit one jumper. He did turn down an
open shot late in the game which led to a Vitaly turnover and an easy layup
for McGrady. Palacio has to take that shot.
Vitaly played
a terrible game. he bricked four foul shots, almost in a row, in the 4th Q.
Battie hurt his ankle with the C's up by three in the
second Q. It looked bad.
Pierce got three early fouls and
never got out of the grip of Outlaw.
Antoine is still
trying to do too much late in the games. Vitaly was wide open several times as
Walker spun into traffic.
Chris Carr played much of the
first half after Pierce got his third foul and was exceptional, scoring all 14
. He played briefly in the second half and only got two
shots.
This was another game that was handed to us on a
plate and they just didn't play smart. It was painful to watch and very
similar to the N.J. game,we fought hard and played comeback several times,
except there were no heroics.
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