To take that next step this team has to get something out of this bench. 7 pts (2-14 fg) The rotations are shorter but the starters were pushing 50min.
They had more TOs than points. I really think Barton should get some minutes, he is long and plays the passing lanes well.
Robinson showed a lot. He was pressing a bit, but if he sinks a few of those putbacks, he would have finished with a solid line.
Wright pulled DHo away from the paint, and that opened Lillard up for a drive, which Patrick Beverly I believe fouled out on, and also injured himself. So Dorrell Wright has that going for him.
Wright played some great defense and got a couple of game changing rebounds and stops. The role players played defense all night, between LA and Dame, 77pts, the other guys kept Houstons shooters from going off.
Somebody is going to have to step up. I don't think we can count on 45+ from LMA and 30+ from Lillard the rest of the way. On the bright side, the bench couldn't have contributed much less, so there's nowhere to go but up.
Claver isn't as serious a threat from the 3, plus DHo probably knows Wright is a 3 point threat, and doesn't know Claver's name.
Mo will have a huge game for us at some point. And we'll need him to. Robinson is going to do just fine. Would like to see Barton over Wright. Barton could rattle off 6-8 points quickly, and be disruptive on defense.
I know T-Rob wants to show his old team up, but damn, we need to keep him away from the Red Bull. He was way too jacked up.
Some stats that we aren't seeing at the +/- T. Rob was a +11 everyone else were negatives. The thing I'm not worried about is mo. I think he will only be better the next few games. I have hardly any hope for D Wright offensively... Anytime I see a shot leave his hands, I'm hoping freeland, lopez or Aldrigge is in position for the offensive rebound. Honestly, we need 3 solid bench players. I think T. Rob is our energy guy, Mo is our offense and Freeland is the defender.
I look at it this way, our bench probably played it's worst game (or top 3) of the year (scoring wise and that needs to be said as other contributions were okay) and we still won a playoff game. We will see better bench performance in this series "scoring wise"
frankly I'd rather see Trob/Freeland/Barton than Wright given the inconsistency of his outside shot and rather low shooting percentages
