longstrangetrip wrote:Oh, oh...did I just hear a smattering of boos as Rubio missed his 4th three of the night? He's been ice cold the past week. Is the SLC honeymoon on hiatus?
He is 1 for his last 21 from 3
Ouch.
Nice half from KAT and a big 3 at the end of the quarter from Teague...nice to see him dominate Rubio in a complete turnaround from their first meeting.
Now, can we hold the lead? You guys know what I'm concerned about. Thibs played his bench a whopping 22 minutes in the first half, while Utah's bench played 44. 5 minutes for Belly...really? I just don't get it. Maybe they can suck it up tonight and not cough it up like they did against the suns.
The problem LST is that Bazz and Crawford are an absolute disaster defensively. Thibs should never sit Wig and Butler down at the same time because he needs one of them to guard the opponent's top bench wing (Hood in this case).
Bazz plays 4 minutes and is a minus 7. What a disaster. I know you can't look at just one game, but the body of work is a total train wreck. Bad defensive rotations, terrible spacing, can't hit a 3.
Q12543 wrote:Bazz plays 4 minutes and is a minus 7. What a disaster. I know you can't look at just one game, but the body of work is a total train wreck. Bad defensive rotations, terrible spacing, can't hit a 3.
Why not try Bjelly at some SF???
Hard in this game with no backup bigs but when gorgui is back I would be fine with taking Bazz out of the rotation
longstrangetrip wrote:Oh, oh...did I just hear a smattering of boos as Rubio missed his 4th three of the night? He's been ice cold the past week. Is the SLC honeymoon on hiatus?
He is 1 for his last 21 from 3
Ouch.
Nice half from KAT and a big 3 at the end of the quarter from Teague...nice to see him dominate Rubio in a complete turnaround from their first meeting.
Now, can we hold the lead? You guys know what I'm concerned about. Thibs played his bench a whopping 22 minutes in the first half, while Utah's bench played 44. 5 minutes for Belly...really? I just don't get it. Maybe they can suck it up tonight and not cough it up like they did against the suns.
The problem LST is that Bazz and Crawford are an absolute disaster defensively. Thibs should never sit Wig and Butler down at the same time because he needs one of them to guard the opponent's top bench wing (Hood in this case).
Always have been, but Thibs has got to find a way to play them anyway...otherwise our starters will continue to be disasters defensively like they were at the end of the Suns game. Despite is poor defense, Crawford was still a plus one in his minutes while the starters get some rest.
Yes, try Belly a little at SF...Thibs has to find a way to get him in more.
I love Jimmy Butler's game and quirkiness. Triple double watch tonight, just took a charge, and a weird performance by Pinckney's side in the halftime interview. What???
