Gerald Wallace's Historic Game

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It's not Gerald Wallace's fault that all of our shooters played like shit.
 
You're being too subtle for my liberal brain. Can you just tell me if you think his performance was good or bad, please?
 
XXPrimusXX said:
It's not Gerald Wallace's fault that all of our shooters played like shit.
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Wallace didn't pass the ball, and the shooters got rusty. It was the 'Dre/Wallace show, and it failed. The offense was stagnant and predicatable. People blame Roy for LMA's regression, but it is Miller and Wallace, IMO.

Feed the beast...
 
PapaG said:
Wallace didn't pass the ball, and the shooters got rusty. It was the 'Dre/Wallace show, and it failed. The offense was stagnant and predicatable. People blame Roy for LMA's regression, but it is Miller and Wallace, IMO.

Feed the beast...
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The team was shooting pretty poorly before Wallace started heating up. That they shot similarly after he cooled back down at the end of the game is hardly his fault. In fact, I'd call Wallace's performance fool's gold only because it prevented a (real, actual) blowout. But that is not his fault, and it is no denigration of his impeccable play tonight.

In retrospect, hindsight being 20/20 and all, I wish he'd have cooled off earlier, or not played so well at all, because it meant everybody played major minutes chasing a game that was never in reach to begin with.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
The team was shooting pretty poorly before Wallace started heating up. That they shot similarly after he cooled back down at the end of the game is hardly his fault. In fact, I'd call Wallace's performance fool's gold only because it prevented a (real, actual) blowout. But that is not his fault, and it is no denigration of his impeccable play tonight.

In retrospect, hindsight being 20/20 and all, I wish he'd have cooled off earlier, or not played so well at all, because it meant everybody played major minutes chasing a game that was never in reach to begin with.
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I guess I don't see this as a negative thread, only one to illustrate some of the problems attached to ISO ball. Wallace looked great tonight, but his team lost. It's as simple as that to me, as I assess a game.
 
Wallace played great. If the entire team had shot as well as he did we win going away.
 
Are you seriously giving Wallace shit in this thread? What a joke
 
C_note said:
Are you seriously giving Wallace shit in this thread? What a joke
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Well, kind of, I guess. 40 points, 27 shots, and zero assists in a 9-point loss stands out to me. And, as this thread shows, it also stands out in terms of history.
 
what. a. bum.

Seriously. No assists? Terrible. What a terrible point guard Gerald Wallace is. He reminds me of Damon Stoudamire.
 
Natebishop3 said:
what. a. bum.

Seriously. No assists? Terrible. What a terrible point guard Gerald Wallace is. He reminds me of Damon Stoudamire.
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9 point loss. ISO offense. 90 points total. This game did remind me of Damon...
 
PapaG is melting down! :MARIS61:

It didn't take long for you to get back to your anti-Miller crusade. And now you've widened the scope to Wallace!

Outlaw didn't pass a lick, was an inefficient scorer, very prone to going one-on-everyone and you liked that guy. I guess because Roy liked him. He had the Roy stamp of approval! :)
 
Minstrel said:
PapaG is melting down! :MARIS61:

It didn't take long for you to get back to your anti-Miller crusade. And now you've widened the scope to Wallace!

Outlaw didn't pass a lick, was an inefficient scorer, very prone to going one-on-everyone and you liked that guy. I guess because Roy liked him. He had the Roy stamp of approval! :)
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Melting down? You're typically not one for hyperbole, Minstrel. One of the more sure signs that this board is dying, and all due to a few whiny posters.
 
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The other players to score 40 points and have 0 assists like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are bums. Yep, I wouldn't want them on my team ...

I fail to see your point. Wallace was making the most of his opportunities because the go-to scorer Aldridge couldn't make it happen because he couldn't establish position in the post.
 
MickZagger said:
The other players to score 40 points and have 0 assists like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are bums. Yep, I wouldn't want them on my team ...

I fail to see your point. Wallace was making the most of his opportunities because the go-to scorer Aldridge couldn't make it happen because he couldn't establish position in the post.
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LMA ended up with 20/7/3. You're criticizing him for this?
 
PapaG said:
LMA ended up with 20/7/3. You're criticizing him for this?
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Did he have any field goals in the 4th quarter?

I don't understand the criticism of Wallace. Basketball is a weird game. Durant had one of his worst games of the year and his team happened to win. A road win that could of gone either way, I can live with it.

I'm certainly not about to talk smack about a player that scored over 1/3rd of the teams points just because teammates couldn't hit a bucket. You feed the hot hand.

I understand what you're trying to do though.
 
I think I figured out what's going on here. Wallace obviously made too many shots tonight, that's why we lost by 9. It's a good thing we don't have a top 5 NBA scoring leader on our team, else we would lose every single game by at least 9. BOOYAH!!
 
MickZagger said:
Did he have any field goals in the 4th quarter?
I don't understand the criticism of Wallace. Basketball is a weird game. Durant had one of his worst games of the year and his team happened to win. A road win that could of gone either way, I can live with it.

I'm certainly not about to talk smack about a player that scored over 1/3rd of the teams points just because teammates couldn't hit a bucket. You feed the hot hand.

I understand what you're trying to do though.
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Nope, and he didn't get a FGA the last 5 minutes of the game.
 
PapaG said:
Nope, and he didn't get a FGA the last 5 minutes of the game.
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Well, boys and girls, that means he's not adjusting well to a double team. Wallace should be blamed for this loss though ... :mooning:
 
MickZagger said:
Well, boys and girls, that means he's not adjusting well to a double team. Wallace should be blamed for this loss though ... :mooning:
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Where did I blame Wallace for the loss? Did your Gonzaga degree teach you how to read between lines?
 
PapaG said:
Where did I blame Wallace for the loss? Did your Gonzaga degree teach you how to read between lines?
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Its kinda late and you're being annoying again....Wait, wait, let me guess your wife is off in some great place and your stuck with the kids.
 
PapaG said:
Melting down? You're typically not one for hyperbole, Minstrel. One of the more sure signs that this board is dying, and all due to a few whiny posters.
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I was making a joke, thus the smiley. You often accuse others (even me!) of "melting down." It's one of your more amusing mannerisms (to me). Another favourite is "clown town."
 
Minstrel said:
I was making a joke, thus the smiley. You often accuse others (even me!) of "melting down." It's one of your more amusing mannerisms (to me). Another favourite is "clown town."
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I like it when he gets argumentative.
 
I don't know, the wins on that list outnumber the losses 5-3. The thing that stuck out to me was the fact that he shot 57% for the game, which is a winning number. Miller had 52 points and 2 assists last year and the Blazers won that game.

The mention of rebounds doesn't make any sense here, unless you thought they were too few. The mention of FGAs only makes sense to me when he's shooting poorly, which he didn't. 66 players since 1985-86 have scored 40 points and had 0 assists, and 45 of them won their games which is barely more than 2/3rds. Ball-hogging isn't always the strategy I would go with, but Wallace really doesn't make a habit of that since he's averaging 11.8 attempts per game on the year, so I'd call this a fluke. You go with the hot-hands sometimes. That's not unreasonable.
 
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