I was FURIOUS with Stevens and his rotations last night!!! Last night, Al was being used like a rag doll by Aldridge. Arguably one of Al Horford's WORST games in his professional career!!!! HORRIBLE!!!!
So, SINCE Al was being brutalized by Lemarcus, why did Baynes only play 14 minutes and he only had two fouls?
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Also, why the heck did Brad play Marcus Morris 25 minutes in last night's game??? I know, someone is going to say he averages 24.2 minutes per this year, so that is about his average. BUT, did you watch the game? Morris was horrible on offense and defense!!!
And this might have been discussed in the game thread, but was anyone else SHOCKED that Smart, reknowned as a GREAT defensive play, did NOT get the call at the end of the first half when Forbes literally PUSHED him out of bounds? Did anyone else notice that Marcus was shoved by the screener (I think it was Aldridge) into the cutter for his sixth foul?? I replayed it and he was clearly pushed into the cutter. Ridiculous.
That being said, we lost the game with our horrendous rotations (thanks Brad) and by NOT getting Tatum MORE stinking shots and relying almost entirely on Irving's offense. Dang, Brown was shooting well and deserved MORE shots as well!!!
Brad is a genius in calling plays out of timeouts and preparing teams, but he sort of sucks with his rotations and taking out the hot player. (Kyrie had freaking 17 points in the first quarter and sat for about the first 6 minutes of the second quarter.) This is infuriating!!! Brad, go back and watch the Chuck Daly coached Pistons and watched how he would ALWAYS milk the hot hand until it went dry.
Smitty77