Al Horford made me look like a fool!

[liam]

In that last game against the Cavs I kept calling for Joe to yank Horford all first half and even the beginning of the second and Al made a complete fool of me. I hope he keeps doing it and waves the Championship trophy right in my stupid face!

[Goldstar88]

TP for owning it. A lot of people were calling for Joe to yank him this series. This is why he didn’t.

[SHAQATTACK]

In that last game against the Cavs I kept calling for Joe to yank Horford all first half and even the beginning of the second and Al made a complete fool of me. I hope he keeps doing it and waves the Championship trophy right in my stupid face!

I predicted he would step up big and he did. This means too much to him.
Is is playing like he is possessed.  He is on a mission.  He will play defense on Jokic with the strength of 10 Grinch’s.

He was making mistakes at first because he was too emotional and excited. He got under control and was fine he is focused.

I say unleash BIG AL !

[Neurotic Guy]

We all love Al.  His contribution in G5 was needed and was a blast to watch. I still think giving Al requisite rest is key.  We don’t need Al to do this every night. Need him to be effective; play D, make smart plays on offense, hit a couple of open threes. If we get a ‘player of the game’ performance once each in the next two series it’ll be a gift. Beauty of the Cs roster is they have a bunch of ‘player of the game’ capable players. Great to see it happen for Al and great to see his teammates respond to the hot hand when it emerges.

[liam]

I would still like to see some of Tillman and Q against some of these big strong guys. Both are athletic and strong. Still, 8 more games to win.

[Phantom255x]

There's gonna be games here or there where teams pick their poison and decide to just leave Horford open. If he can make some shots like he did in Game 5, then we're unstoppable and it just makes life even harder for opposing teams. And I still trust Horford with the game on the line to do his best defensively. We've seen it time and time again in the past against guys like Embiid and Giannis, but even the previous game he locked down Garland really well.

[ozgod]

He deserves criticism when he's playing bad, but also praise when he puts out a game for the ages like he did in Game 6. Never underestimate the heart of a champion 

[tazzmaniac]

He deserves criticism when he's playing bad, but also praise when he puts out a game for the ages like he did in Game 6. Never underestimate the heart of a champion 

Depends what you mean by playing bad.  If he's not giving effort, sure criticize.  If he's making dumb decisions, sure criticize.  If he is giving effort and is not making dumb decisions and playing bad just means that his shots aren't falling, what are you criticizing?  Are you going to tell him just keep doing what you're doing but make your shots? 

[ozgod]

He deserves criticism when he's playing bad, but also praise when he puts out a game for the ages like he did in Game 6. Never underestimate the heart of a champion 

Depends what you mean by playing bad.  If he's not giving effort, sure criticize.  If he's making dumb decisions, sure criticize.  If he is giving effort and is not making dumb decisions and playing bad just means that his shots aren't falling, what are you criticizing?  Are you going to tell him just keep doing what you're doing but make your shots?

I don't consider it a bad game if he's getting good quality shots but they're not falling. I don't judge people's play based on whether they make shots or not. You might be confusing me with other people in the game threads

Same as if he is switched on to a quicker guy who treats him like a turnstile...that's just his limitation, I don't consider that playing bad if you can't do any better. I would blame whoever put him in that position because it doesn't help the team. If he's forcing up contested shots, or being slow to a rotation leading to an open shot, or forcing passes leading to turnovers, then I would consider that to be playing bad.

[tazzmaniac]

He deserves criticism when he's playing bad, but also praise when he puts out a game for the ages like he did in Game 6. Never underestimate the heart of a champion 

Depends what you mean by playing bad.  If he's not giving effort, sure criticize.  If he's making dumb decisions, sure criticize.  If he is giving effort and is not making dumb decisions and playing bad just means that his shots aren't falling, what are you criticizing?  Are you going to tell him just keep doing what you're doing but make your shots?

I don't consider it a bad game if he's getting good quality shots but they're not falling. I don't judge people's play based on whether they make shots or not. You might be confusing me with other people in the game threads

Same as if he is switched on to a quicker guy who treats him like a turnstile...that's just his limitation, I don't consider that playing bad if you can't do any better. I would blame whoever put him in that position because it doesn't help the team. If he's forcing up contested shots, or being slow to a rotation leading to an open shot, or forcing passes leading to turnovers, then I would consider that to be playing bad.

I agree with your post.  My use of "you" was intended to be generic not aimed at you specifically.  I had know idea where you fell on the fan spectrum but a lot of fans just look at the box score to decide on how well players played.  Some fans focus too much on advanced stats. 

[cman88]

he was never as bad as 0-10 from 3 had to expect he would return to the median at some point

[ozgod]

He deserves criticism when he's playing bad, but also praise when he puts out a game for the ages like he did in Game 6. Never underestimate the heart of a champion 

Depends what you mean by playing bad.  If he's not giving effort, sure criticize.  If he's making dumb decisions, sure criticize.  If he is giving effort and is not making dumb decisions and playing bad just means that his shots aren't falling, what are you criticizing?  Are you going to tell him just keep doing what you're doing but make your shots?

I don't consider it a bad game if he's getting good quality shots but they're not falling. I don't judge people's play based on whether they make shots or not. You might be confusing me with other people in the game threads

Same as if he is switched on to a quicker guy who treats him like a turnstile...that's just his limitation, I don't consider that playing bad if you can't do any better. I would blame whoever put him in that position because it doesn't help the team. If he's forcing up contested shots, or being slow to a rotation leading to an open shot, or forcing passes leading to turnovers, then I would consider that to be playing bad.

I agree with your post.  My use of "you" was intended to be generic not aimed at you specifically.  I had know idea where you fell on the fan spectrum but a lot of fans just look at the box score to decide on how well players played.  Some fans focus too much on advanced stats.

I hear you...making shots is ultimately what wins games, but I don't view it as the sole barometer of whether someone plays well or not. You can play badly, make shots and win, and play well, miss shots and lose