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Thank you Lip for the "Moral Win" reminder

jester1534 wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:I didn't watch the first half - thankfully. Could someone tell me why we were so bad defensively in the first half? Are players particularly bad in that first half?

Early 5-6 turnovers that lead to 15 points

Came out flat so Saunders switch to zone and never came out of it and thunder kept making 3 after 3.

It was also thought it was Vando worst stretch in his nba career.

What Jester said. We turned the ball over a ton early. They attacked in PnR. Think it was Vandy worst stretch this year. Mcdaniels played some C. Ryan sat in a zone for a whole Q and they got open 3 after open 3

Lip, we had no energy in the first half, and our defensive energy in the 2nd is what got us going. Odd game.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Lip, we had no energy in the first half, and our defensive energy in the 2nd is what got us going. Odd game.

Agreed here. Team was so flat early

For how much Rosas deserves shit for this team he has been elite at finding and acquiring young talent. Naz. Ant, Jmac, McDaniels, Nowell are all good (can put vandy here also). Culver has been his only real miss so far. Who knows about bolmaro

lipoli390 wrote:I didn't watch the first half - thankfully. Could someone tell me why we were so bad defensively in the first half? Are players particularly bad in that first half?

I don't know, Lip. I really want to like Beasley because he's a great offensive player and seems to always put in max effort, but after his minus 18 last night, a friend of mine told me to focus on his defense so I did tonight. I never realized just how awful he is. Horrible on-ball defense, a complete lack of understanding of proper rotation, and no help defense. He was terrible tonight on D. More reason why he is a prototypical NBA 6th man...instant offense off the bench, but hidden better on defense when matched up against reserves. I just wish Ryan understood that. Watch him closely next game...you'll see,

Rosas is a genius and best POB in the league.

say what?

Nollr37 wrote:Thank you Lip for the "Moral Win" reminder

Lol. Well, it's better than acknowledging complete failure. :)

WolvesFan21 wrote:Rosas is a genius and best POB in the league.

And if I were to tell you that Wolverines would make good house pets...................