Actually a pretty valiant effort tonight. DeRozan just took over in the 4th. Overall this team is still a mess as it’s currently constructed.
can't rebound and can't make FTS pretty much the story of the year along with their inability to defend
Tough as not having Dwight and AD meant you couldn't move Lebron to DD earlier. Ariza also probably had a minutes restrictions so we kept having small guys on him. He hit some shots against Lebron and Ariza but they made him miss as well which he didn't do against the shorter defenders.
derozan got the harden treatment tonight he went off in the last meeting too. wonder if he's still mad that he didn't end up with the lakers after last season. or he just turns it up to 110% against lebron because he remembers all those years bron eliminated him from the playoffs
More like we were playing a Lebron at C lineup with Melo/IT/Ellington/Westbrook. Ariza and Lebron did much better on him but the Ariza just coming back and lack of bigs made it hard to put either on DD. Oh well still seeing good things overall with the team despite the losses and just lack of personnel
Pain, we deserved this one. 7 pt underdogs with everyone out. DeRozan cooked us in the 4th... impressive stuff
I don't know where to put this other than in the WMC. This team would be drastically better if our back court was Westbrook, Caruso, Reaves, IT and Ellington. I hate to mention spilled milk, but it's so obvious after playing the Bulls. Letting go of Caruso has to be Rob's worst move thus far. Maybe it's one of LeGM's worst moves ever as well, considering Caruso is probably the perfect running mate for LBJ. I hate it.
Letting Caruso go for the money he made was an analytical move if I had to guess. Caruso was a 20-25 minute a game player and they didn't see the benefit of the money he was asking for and risking paying the massive tax.
It's funny how Lebron meddled and tried to construct this roster with the intention of ducking the workload and having an easier path to the ring. He couldn't get out of his own way and now it turns out he may have to do double the work to even sniff the play in game. Shouldn't try to cheat the game
Lebron passing the ball when he's deep in the paint with size advantage , a recurrent issue in his career
Honestly you could find a million WMC reasons... Matter of fact, we aren't a very good basketball team. With or without injuries, with or without refs doing us a disservice, with or without someone getting hot.... After almost half of the season, we still have ONLY beaten 3 teams with a record over .500. Enaugh said. If you think "we will figure it out" etc...I have a bridge to sell. If you buy 2 bridges, you'll get 40% off of the second one.
