Re: Just move on to next game

[Cecil <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am interested to find out just how the Cavs defensed Dirk on Wednesday
night in holding him to 4 points going into the 4th quarter.  He ended up
with 17 points by virtue of shooting 12-12 from the line.  Bradley fouled
out with 6 points.  Course the Cavs had Ilgauskas with a career offensive
night to put the pressure on them.

One thing I like about Vin is his willingness to take it to them regardless.
That mentality is not one of a depressed moronic scaredy-cat who is on the
brink of the looney bin.  This will pay off later this season when the refs
pull their heads outta their butts.  I think he is progressing as expected,
with learning new systems and all.  It really does take time to understand
schemes and be able to react accordingly but it is coming.  The 3 blocks and
the feistiness is a very positive sign.  I still am scratching my head over
the technicals.

Paul has had 2 stinkeroos in a row.  Poor games for him but hopefully this
will show him that he is not invincible and still has aspects of his game to
improve.  He did make a gorgeous pass to Delk for what should have been an
easy layup which tony was unable to convert.  It's a noticeable addition to
Paul's game for those of us willing to take the time to observe.  Though he
did take a few shots which had me cringing, he also moved the ball very well
at times.  The way to beat the Mavs is ball movement I think because I do
not feel that Dirk and Shawn are outstanding defenders, though they are
long.  I'd still like to see Battie at the line in the high post with
cutters.  When we have penetration stuffed, he can hit that shot 80% of the
time if we have proper positioning and spacing.

Toine seemed to make more of an effort to take the ball inside against
Dallas more than in any other game in recent memory.  And his success rate
was excellent.  That is why I say put the Battie in the high post and let
Walker work against the opposing PF low.  Toine is a good enough passer to
be able to make the right pass if doubled.

I am encouraged by the combined effort of Shammond and Delk.  38 points
between them last night against a good team bodes well down the road too.
My question though is why did we not try to pressure Nash more in the last 2
minutes?  Seemed that we let him bring the ball up and try to pressure the
receiver.  Nash is a clever ballhandler (of course, he's Canadian :-)) but
shouldn't we go after whomever it is with the ball at that stage?

Finally, anytime we go an entire game with Walker of Pierce shooting a
single free throw, we are in for a long night.  Tommy is a homer
undoubtedly, but he was right about a few of last night's non-calls by the
zebras, especially once on Delk when he clearly got hit en route to the
hoop.  We should be at the line a minimum of 20 attempts per game.  Last
night, it was 12 times, with 6 of those from EWill.

For those of you who attend the games, I will be in attendance for the New
Year's Eve afternoon game vs the Griz.  Would love to meet up with anyone
else who is going.  It's a 2pm start.

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: <Celtic4Hire@AOL.com>
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Cc: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:18 AM
Subject: Just move on to next game


> Well, we got whooped. The Mavs played an extended zone with two 7 footers,
> Bradley and Noviski, in the low blocks. The Celts strategy to beat a zone
has
> been either to shoot threes or penetrate through the low blocks. However,
> they weren't hitting their threes and the drivers, Pierce and Williams,
kept
> getting swallowed up by Bradley. On the defensive end, the Mavs kept
hitting
> killer shot after killer shot with even their week offensive links,
Bradley
> and Nahera able to hit on more than a few open jumpers. This really
reminded
> of the Net playoff series with just a few alterations.
>
> What else could we have done? Although Bradley blocked his openning
attempt,
> I would have liked to see them go to Vin in the low block and see if we
could
> pick up some fouls on Bradley and get him out of there. That could open up
> things for Walker and Pierce. It may not have made a difference the way
the
> Mavs were shooting but I would have hoped they would have tried that
during a
> playoff series. During the regular season, you can just move on to the
next
> game. If our threes aren't falling against other teams playing zones, I
would
> like to see Shammond penetrate and be able to pull up and hit the jumper
at
> the elbow instead of passing it back out. That is another way of beating
an
> extended zone, penetrate by the ended zone at the top and pull up at the
free
> throw line elbow for a shot before the low blocks reach you....
>
> Also, for the loser who said Vin had another bad game, Vin had about 5
> blocks. What do you want? Vin is really picking it up on the defensive
end.
> Early in the games, he seems to have a hard time getting past the bobbles.
> But if you want points, you got to put him in a good position to score. I
> don't know why they didn't post him up in the left block, his best
offensive
> spot on the floor. Instead, they tried a couple of times on the right
block
> and then forgot about him....
>
> I don't know what it is with these refs but some of these guys like Mr.
FBI
> seem to pick on people that don't like. Vin, after getting shoved hard in
the
> back while in the air, gets a T for approaching Finley and asking, "Hey,
> what's up with that Mike?" Walker gets a T for just staring at the ref
after
> previously getting a delay of game where he said he didn't even touch the
> ball. Maybe Walker was trying to get under his skin by doing some little
> things. But after watching what his Airness can get away with the refs,
you
> would think that they could use a more common standard....
>
> DJessen33
>
> DJessen33