Miller Blew Off Nate's Timeout in the 3rd

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Didn't really notice it during the game, but SportsCenter just highlighted it. It's obvious, because all of the Blazer players are going to the bench, and the coaches are coming out on the floor.

Will Nate cry and quit tonight?
 
IT WAS AWESOME. Had the refs seen Nate and his entire coaching staff on the court while Dre passed half-court they would have called a T! How did you not see it, we showed it 5 times.
 
How did you not notice that during the game. They replayed it a couple of times and talked about it.

Anyways, M&M said Nate looked at them, rolled his eyes and look down with a smile or something like that. Apparently Miller has the green light to waive off a coach's call.
 
HCP said:
IT WAS AWESOME. Had the refs seen Nate and his entire coaching staff on the court while Dre passed half-court they would have called a T! How did you not see it, we showed it 5 times.
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I was trying to get my oldest back in bed. I'll rewatch it tomorrow!
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
How did you not notice that during the game. They replayed it a couple of times and talked about it.

Anyways, M&M said Nate looked at them, rolled his eyes and look down with a smile or something like that. Apparently Miller has the green light to waive off a coach's call.
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I assumed the TO and put my oldest back in bed.

No biggie. It's nice to see Nate give his vet that sort of flexibility. Perhaps Jerry Sloan was a bit too rigid for today's NBA, and just had an immediate implosion?
 
PapaG said:
I assumed the TO and put my oldest back in bed.

No biggie. It's nice to see Nate give his vet that sort of flexibility. Perhaps Jerry Sloan was a bit too rigid for today's NBA, and just had an immediate implosion?
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LOL. Miller even faked you out with that pretend timeout. :D
 
It was the highlight of the game, Papa. Only you see it as negative. Had you watched, you'd know that Wheels and Rice were absolutely delighted by Miller's trick to get an extra 2 points.
 
jlprk said:
It was the highlight of the game, Papa. Only you see it as negative. Had you watched, you'd know that Wheels and Rice were absolutely delighted by Miller's trick to get an extra 2 points.
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Where did I see it as a negative? I just wondered it Nate would pull a Sloan and throw a hissy fit and ultimately quit.
 
chris_in_pdx said:
I think it was planned.
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Of course it was planned, just like the 6 on 5 play that Nate drew up against the Celtics a couple years ago. Nate loves to cheat at the NBA level. :lol:


Seriously though, I think Nate wanted the timeout and Dre was supposed to call it, but Miller saw that the Hornets were out of position and already taking the play off, ready to go towards their bench. So he just took advantage and faked a timeout and darted to the hoop for an easy lay-up. What a clever guy. :)
And Nate was smirking afterwards. I loved this play!
 
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"You don't play the way we play!"

Edit: Beaten while getting the link set up. :(
 
Yeah, I doubt it was planned, but it was probably a purposeful decision by Miller based on the Hornets taking the time out for granted.
 
If Dre gets traded I'm really going to miss his old man game. It's too bad we did't trade for him 5 or 6 years ago (probably would have killed the Roy-Iso offense before it ever got started and who knows what LMA would have been able to do in the first couple years of his career)
 
BeerBoy said:
Can someone post a youtube clip of it? I missed the 3rd qtr.
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What he said! I saw it on some highlights, but I'd like to see it again. I didn't get home until after 9pm last night and so I missed most of the game.
 
Great play by Miller. Nate rolling his eyes shows he doesn't like easy baskets?
 
Thanks Baracuda!
We should try that more often. The defense always starts heading towards the bench when they think the offense is going to call a TO in a situation like that.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Great play by Miller. Nate rolling his eyes shows he doesn't like easy baskets?
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Nate not throwing a hissy fit and quitting because a player ignored him shows he hasn't adjusted his coaching style?

I'd roll my eyes as well, but then again, I don't have an irrational obsession with AssClown.
 
While it was a rare and cool play, we also needed a TO pretty bad at that point in the game. If the hornets didn't come right back down the court and hit a three making us take the TO anyhow, it would have been a better play. But I do give credit to miller for trying to give our team a much needed spark.
 
Don't know if y'all notice, but 'Dre attempts this all the time. He goes past half court to call the timeout and before he calls it, he'll make a darting move towards the basket. The defender is usually still in a position to stop or slow him down, so he calls the timeout. I've seen it several times this season. He just never actually gets away with it.
 
Bob Dobalina said:
Don't know if y'all notice, but 'Dre attempts this all the time. He goes past half court to call the timeout and before he calls it, he'll make a darting move towards the basket. The defender is usually still in a position to stop or slow him down, so he calls the timeout. I've seen it several times this season. He just never actually gets away with it.
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I have noticed it. I think Nate probably gives him the green light to see if it is open or not.
 
Something tells me Nate would have blew his top had miller missed that layup. He said it was a good read cause he FINISHED it. If I remember correctly Nate wasn't too thrilled last time miller "called his own play". None the less as a fan at the game, I enjoyed it as did the others around me who got out of their seats for it.
 
I remember Jason kidd doing the same thing at the Rose Garden, only two seasons ago, or three at most. It was right in front of my seats. They were going to call a TO but the Blazers had already started walking back to their bench so he drove for the uncontested layup.

Ouch! Sure hurts when the tables are turned. It's a crafty PG move.
 
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