1. We are definitely showing our age. Ray and Paul can't play this many minutes per night without slowing down. Tony and Eddie were playing ok last night, they should have played more minutes each to keep Ray/PP fresher down the stretch
2. We change our offense in the second halves. In the first half, the offense was smooth, and we took what they gave us. In the second, we started trying to force it through Pierce, who has been terrible lately in his decision making; the ball should certainly go to him but it shouldn't start with him when you have a guy like Rondo on the floor
3. Our offensive bigs are soft or slow. Specific to tonight, this was a problem. KG and Sheed love using their length to shoot unblockable fadeaways; this is not a good thing. Sure, they can't be blocked, but they are also hard to make and almost never get a foul call. If they went toward the hoop on their move, we would have gotten more calls. Additionally, against a team like Orlando, we need guys who can really finish quickly at the hoop. A guy like Dwight makes it hard for Rondo to finish himself, but if he had the bigs that Dwight was covering fill into the space Dwight leaves, they'd have a dunk every time. Unfortunately, Perk needs to gather himself and pause before every move, and if Sheed or KG are open, the move away from the basket to their prefered 15-21 foot ranged rather than get in. And Baby is terrible around the basket.
And finally, I thought we would lose when Baby took and was stuffed on 3 shots in a row. He needs to be better. After that, our team stopped passing (why pass if they'll just mess it up) and got stagnant.
