From: wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-To: Way Of The Ray <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: celtics@xxxxxxxx Subject: re: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands Date: 04 Nov 2003 12:59:51 -0500
As regards the Hornets game, remember people they were missing Mashburn. Healthy Mashburn = NO blowout. Ray
> ** Original Subject: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands > ** Original Sender: Tammo29@xxxxxxx > ** Original Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:38:10 -0800 (PST)
> >>>>Finally, I'm going to give Obie a mulligan on the NO game, but I'd better
> see a trend toward the style of the opening game tomorrow night, and not
> toward the style we saw in NO. I know Josh was encouraged because it was a
> close game, on the road, and the third game in four nights. True enough.
> <<<<<<<<
>
> I agree with Josh there. I think last years team loses that game by 20
> points. Instead, we had stretches were we matched them shot, stretches were we
> made some stops and we were in it till the end.
>
>
> >>>>But watching it was discouraging because they went back to last year's
> style of
> trying to force it to Pierce, who then started forcing shots. There wasn't
> much ball movement. They didn't recognize any mismatches. And the rotation
> was shortened quite a bit with the emphasis on Blount and McCarty (Walter
> looks as bad as he ever has right now). <<<<<<<
>
> My thoughts exactly. I've never been a huge O'Brien fan. I think games like
> Saturday nights just magnify his lack of offensive ingenuity. He's just
> so......vanilla.
> Is there any question who was the better coach out there Saturday? Floyd
> changed the tempo of the game with pressure on the ball. Floyd dictated how the
> game would be played on the Hornets offenisive end by playing a three guard
> offense for a good portion of the game and we never tried to exploit it at the
> other end. We never tried to force a change ourselves by just pouning it down
> low, play after play. We had an advantage in height and numbers and never
> once used it. Magloire was in early foul trouble and we never took advantage.
> West, a rookie, was playing Baker for a stretch and we never went at him.
> Why?
>
> >>>>But they have to find ways to handle this pressure. I was really
> disappointed to see less and less of the high-low offense in the last two
> games. They have big men perfectly suited to that attack, but a little
> pressure on the ball seemingly took them out of that altogether. <<<<<<<
>
>
> I don't understand why Raef and Vin aren't on the floor together more often.
> They would be perfect for the high low game. I think O'Brien puts his
> lineups together with defense in mind, and I can understand that I suppose. He
> thinks Baker/Blount and Battie/LaFrentz give the best combinations of offense and
> defense. Still, it wouldn't hurt to mix things up a little bit. Especially
> down the stretch when you need points.
>
>
> >>>And the way they were trying to force it to Pierce when he was being
> overplayed was
> embarrassing. What about a down screen? Or using Pierce as the pick man on a
> pick-and-roll? It's like Obie forgot Basketball 101. There are plenty of
> ways to get a guy the ball when the defense is overplaying like that.<<<<
>
> More of the same basic vanilla. I think O'Brien called his number every
> single play down the stretch and the Hornets just weren't going to let that
> happen. Forget the double teams on the sidelines 23 feet from the basket. Forget
> all the over playing and denial. How much time did we waste just trying to get
> him the ball? Yet O'Brien made no changes. I just find that mind-boggling.
>
> If you want more proof as to how unimaginative O'Brien is, just look at the
> quotes from James about the last play against Memphis.
> Get James the ball, clear out. Let him go one on one and everyone else get
> to the baseline for a possible rebound. Wow!
> Ok, so it worked, this time. I give Mike James all the credit in the world.
> But you would think that we could have come up with something better than
> that for the last play of the game.
>
>
> TAM
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