If we weren't on our current horrible losing streak, this loss wouldn't seem so bad. Basically they shot well and we didn't, but in combination with everything else, we really needed to win this game. I guess we're all a little grumpy, but reading through the comments here made me more annoyed than normal.
- The Royce miss was bad, but it's crazy how some posters have zeroed in on one of our few consistent effort guys to only point out his deficiencies. He had 15 rebounds yesterday, he's a 41% 3pt shooter for the year. He's not a guy that can create his own shots, but he works extremely well with the many creators we have.
- People complain about Quin never trying anything new, but he tried some new things today. It worked horribly, but he at least tried something new. He tried a really weird zone with the centers patrolling inside the 3pt line and the others rotating around the 3pt line. The problem is our team is horrible at rotating. Specifically Clarkson looks extra bad when he has to rotate and have any defensive awareness. I'm pretty sure Dok played over Paschall in order to execute the crazy defensive scheme Quin was trying.
- Clarkson should never get the assignment to guard a shooter like Matthews. It's just too hard for him to focus and not get distracted/ball watch.
- Forrest came in and defended Kevin Porter Jr so well, who had been torching us, that I thought we would all be going crazy about how good he was. As good as he was defensively, he completely killed our offense in the second half, and was one of the main reasons for the horrible stretch the lost us the game. Seems like the G-League could be good for developing some confidence in his offensive game (he showed a little in summer league).
- We were passing the ball quite a bit better today, and has some very open looks by good shooters, but just couldn't hit them. It definitely seems like there is a lot of confidence and frustration issues boiling over on to the basketball court.
