Memphis vs Blazers game thread

[The Sebastian Express]

I only wanted a link so I could put the stat into context. What I found is that I wasn't as impressed with the number as I imagine the person who posted hoped I would be.

Plus and minus is such a tricky situation to evaluate unless you (that's a general you not a specific you as in you PapaG) have watched all the games and take into context how they're earned. This is why I don't really buy into one game plus/minus ratings. However season long ones are somewhat telling and should give you a general idea on how a player really assists his team. The big thing with Travis's is that he is the biggest negative gain on the second unit and he probably plays the most minutes with the starters. This is probably because he can go quite a few games where he isn't shooting so well.

Travis probably has a pretty good 4th quarter plus minus but then you have to start entering questions into the situation like "Is it Travis or is it Brandon" or the other way around. It helps evaluate but it shouldn't be the end all be all. I generally just use my eyes to see what is going on because statistics can always be misleading.

Or tampered with by inattentive stats crews at arenas the bastards.

 

[hasoos]

For all you people that keep talking about Travis clutch shooting, if he didn't shoot like hell the rest of the game, the Blazers wouldn't be in a position to need a winning shot in the first place. Try putting up 16 points during the game, and maybe then you are ahead by 10 or so, and you won't be in the position to have to need a "clutch shot".

The Blazers played like hell in this game, if it wasn't a league bottom feeder the Blazers would have lost this game. Roy and Aldridge played solid, the rest of the team really looked bad, including some of the coaching moves. Lets look at some of that:

Last few seconds of the half? Nate does a defensive substitution of Batum for Rudy, but leaves Rodriguez out on the court? Wonderful decision Nate...

Brandon has the ball over the half court line with 33 seconds left and the Blazers up by 4, and you call a time out to get Joel Pryzbilla out of the game, when you already have the ball in the hands of the guy you want, and over the half court line? Now you have to inbound. Great move there Nate. Lucky it didn't bite you in the ass. The only reason it didn't is because it was the Grizzlies.

I swear if I watch one more Spanish guard on our team pass up an easy layin to throw it out to the 3 point line, I am going to go completely ballistic. Quit making the game hard and make the easy play.