Game Thread GAME# 62: BLAZERS @ RAPTORS - MARCH 1, 2019 - FRIDAY, 5:00 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

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Who should get a majority of Kanter's minutes for this game?

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JDC said:
Not sure teams are getting that specific with gameplans during the regular season. Especially on a days rest where you likely aren't practicing.


But even if they did, it's not a play that is signaled and give the time needed to communicate your coverage to your players.
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They should just be coached to know better then. Don't let the best player on the floor go 1-on-1 against someone 6" shorter. Make a secondary player beat you. If that happens....good on them. It's what teams do to us time and time again.
 
It was good game but little mistake will kill you and Raptors are very good shooting team. Both teams made some big baskets at the end they made one more though. CJ really choke on the mid range shot and the difference between Dame and CJ that Dame hits big shots when it counts and CJ usually don't.
 
The highlight of the night is when Hubie makes fun of Meyers.
 
TBpup said:
They should just be coached to know better then. Don't let the best player on the floor go 1-on-1 against someone 6" shorter. Make a secondary player beat you. If that happens....good on them. It's what teams do to us time and time again.
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I guess you can disagree with Terry's philosophy then, and that's fine.

But most coaches are going to live with that shot.
 
Chris Craig said:
The stretch in the fourth where they missed like 12 straight shots hurt us because we couldn't capitalize on it.
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True. Blazers were pretty sloppy with the ball during that stretch. At least four needless turnovers that I recall that could’ve changed the outcome of the game.
 
Time for another 6 game winning streak
 
JDC said:
I guess you can disagree with Terry's philosophy then, and that's fine.

But most coaches are going to live with that shot.
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Yes....I very much disagree with the best player on the court getting a 1-on-1 look against a poor to average defensive player half a foot shorter.
 
Somewhat encouraging is how well Nurk played in the 4th. Picked his spots and delivered some great play against Gasol.

Now if he can only harness that energy for the rest of the game instead of getting flustered after a few fouls.
 
TBpup said:
Yes....I very much disagree with the best player on the court getting a 1-on-1 look against a poor to average defensive player half a foot shorter.
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Then you disagree with most NBA coaches.
 
wizenheimer said:
ok now, I appreciate your fan-dom for Jake. Just a question, in between the pom poms on your sweater, is it a J or an L?...:cool2:
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L....since it's also one of my initials. :twothumbs: All rah-rah aside, and I am certainly raising the flag on Jake island, I'm a fan of anyone who is shooting with his efficiency.

JDC said:
Then you disagree with most NBA coaches.
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Except for every coach who has a team play against the Blazers. Dame gets double constantly.
 
TBpup said:
L....since it's also one of my initials. :twothumbs: All rah-rah aside, and I am certainly raising the flag on Jake island, I'm a fan of anyone who is shooting with his efficiency.



Except for every coach who has a team play against the Blazers. Dame gets double constantly.
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Last play of the game is a different deal though.

And yes, you still see it. But it's very rare you see any player doubled in the final seconds of the game.
 
JDC said:
Not sure teams are getting that specific with gameplans during the regular season. Especially on a days rest where you likely aren't practicing.

But even if they did, it's not a play that is signaled where you have the time needed to communicate your coverage to your players.
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He lets the players improvise so much on offense; why not on defense? If am out there, I'm thinking "Leonard very hot, time running down; I' leaving my guy and doubling"|.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
He lets the players improvise so much on offense; why not on defense? If am out there, I'm thinking "Leonard very hot, time running down; I' leaving my guy and doubling"|.
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Improvising on defense is a very different thing than doing it on offense.
 
JDC said:
Not sure teams are getting that specific with gameplans during the regular season. Especially on a days rest where you likely aren't practicing.

But even if they did, it's not a play that is signaled where you have the time needed to communicate your coverage to your players.
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It's not being specific with a gameplan, it's having a specific philosophy for unique last second situations. This is something that should be practiced throughout the season. What to do if there's a screen and roll with less than 5 seconds. There should be a coverage call for that, which should've been shouted out to the team in between Dame free throws so they knew what to do. I feel like a lot of fans haven't experienced a high enough level of basketball and just see a mistake by the players and blame the players alone, instead of the coach. Then they see me and just think I'm trying to blame the coaching staff when what I'm saying is based on actual basketball experience.

Anyway, that's the right thing to do coaching wise, and even my H.S. and College coach did this. That's why it's kinda infuriating when my favorite NBA team simply switches a 6'3 PG onto Kawhi (which is what they wanted and seemed to know would happen when they screened for Kawhi with Lowry)... Especially when tied with no timeouts where the difference between a 2 and 3 is negligible... Especially when Kawhi loves pull-up jumpers and is the only one hitting shots for them.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
He lets the players improvise so much on offense; why not on defense? If am out there, I'm thinking "Leonard very hot, time running down; I' leaving my guy and doubling"|.
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They did improvise, because they didn't know what to do. When our defense is unsure of how to guard a screen and roll effectively, or when they're simply lazy, we switch into mismatches. It's on the coaching staff to prepare them well enough so they know how to effectively guard a pick n roll without switching, and to stay on them and hold them responsible enough so that they don't lazily switch pick n rolls.

As I've said though, they should've had a better pick n roll scheme in place instead of not knowing how to guard it. Maybe Stotts wanted them to switch under 5 seconds which is a good strategy with switchable defenders, but not Dame onto Kawhi. If that's what he wanted, then that's bad coaching too.
 
BonesJones said:
It's not being specific with a gameplan, it's having a specific philosophy for unique last second situations. This is something that should be practiced throughout the season. What to do if there's a screen and roll with less than 5 seconds. There should be a coverage call for that, which should've been shouted out to the team in between Dame free throws so they knew what to do. I feel like a lot of fans haven't experienced a high enough level of basketball and just see a mistake by the players and blame the players alone, instead of the coach. Then they see me and just think I'm trying to blame the coaching staff when what I'm saying is based on actual basketball experience.

Anyway, that's the right thing to do coaching wise, and even my H.S. and College coach did this. That's why it's kinda infuriating when my favorite NBA team simply switches a 6'3 PG onto Kawhi (which is what they wanted and seemed to know would happen when they screened for Kawhi with Lowry)... Especially when tied with no timeouts where the difference between a 2 and 3 is negligible... Especially when Kawhi loves pull-up jumpers and is the only one hitting shots for them.
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HS and NBA are two very different things.

I'm sorry, you might not like the decisions Terry makes, but I'm not sure you're going to find many coaches that agree with giving up a wide open shot to either Kyle Lowry or Danny Green (who both hit crucial shots in the final minutes) over a contested mid range jumper, regardless of who that player is or how hot he may be.
 
JDC said:
HS and NBA are two very different things.

I'm sorry, you might not like the decisions Terry makes, but I'm not sure you're going to find many coaches that agree with giving up a wide open shot to either Kyle Lowry or Danny Green (who both hit crucial shots in the final minutes) over a contested mid range jumper, regardless of who that player is and how hot he may be.
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I don't like the decisions Terry makes....because in the Playoffs when they really matter, he has one of the poorer winning percentages around. Games like this are playoff-like.
 
TBpup said:
I don't like the decisions Terry makes....because in the Playoffs when they really matter, he has one of the poorer winning percentages around. Games like this are playoff-like.
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Completely fair.
 
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