60WinTim wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2026 8:19 pm
Lyles with a +22 in just 10 minutes, more than double anyone else. Yet is stat line is 1 layup and 2 fouls. That’s it.
Coming back to this....Lyles ended up at +26 in 15 minutes with still just the one layup and two fouls. Literally did nothing else!
Meanwhile, Shannon eeked out a +5 in 21 minutes while being on the ball a ton in the second half.
Fun with plus/minus!
TJ played better as the game went on and he had some nice assists. The main reason why it makes sense to keep running him out there is this team does need some scoring and while he hasn't been as good lately he can get you some buckets and he keeps pushing the pace which I'm sure Finch likely wants.
I was kinda surprised at the box score when I looked at it because I thought Lyles did more than that but regardless he was pretty good.
I did not have a basically 40 point demolishing of Dallas on my bingo card when I went to watch this game last night.
This team kinda sorta feels like what the young GS team did years ago.
The Ball Bones combo is really fun at PG. It's gotta be a bit of a nightmare for other teams. This game Bones really made contribution on the defensive end getting a couple steals and forcing at least 2 other turnovers.
Jaden is a better passer when it's inside the paint. Tossing out back to the perimeter is more of an adventure.
If they hadn't turned over the ball so much in the first half they win by at least 50.
60WinTim wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2026 8:19 pm
Lyles with a +22 in just 10 minutes, more than double anyone else. Yet is stat line is 1 layup and 2 fouls. That’s it.
Coming back to this....Lyles ended up at +26 in 15 minutes with still just the one layup and two fouls. Literally did nothing else!
Meanwhile, Shannon eeked out a +5 in 21 minutes while being on the ball a ton in the second half.
Fun with plus/minus!
TJ played better as the game went on and he had some nice assists. The main reason why it makes sense to keep running him out there is this team does need some scoring and while he hasn't been as good lately he can get you some buckets and he keeps pushing the pace which I'm sure Finch likely wants.
I was kinda surprised at the box score when I looked at it because I thought Lyles did more than that but regardless he was pretty good.
Yes, TJ had a rough first stint, but he eventually started playing better by his 4th or 5th stint, LOL (I mean, it was kinda funny how quickly he got the hook in his first couple of stints. It meant he was in and out of the game a bunch versus playing fewer, but longer, stints).
To your point on his assists, he has a better than 2:1 assist to turnover ratio, which means he's getting better with his decision making and passing accuracy. Just as a comparison, Ayo has less than a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio, as while he's doing great overall, he is coughing up the ball a bit more since he's had to do more halfcourt creating with Ant out.
