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https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/status/1233968835943960578Absolutely infuriating. When does Brad get held accountable for these God-awful end-game decisions? How many games has he given up due to this putrid philosophy of refusing to call a timeout in these situations??
This loss is on all of our players on the floor who couldn't manage to box out the midgets that the Rockets put out there down the stretch. Offensive rebounds flat out killed us.
I will reiterate the perplexing nature of not calling a timeout on that last play. It's not like the Cs were on a fastbreak; Tatum walked the ball up the floor as slowly as one could and HOU was totally set in their defense. Once it became obvious that whatever Brad was yelling out wasn't going to work, he should have immediately called the timeout. It's not like he could have saved it for later.But it doesn't all come down to that - the 2nd half was just pure torture. It'll be nice to have Kemba back, but don't like seeing how this team just collapses with any type of adversity. Even the Brown 3 at the end of regulation came after Tatum blew his first FT (I realize he missed the 2nd on purpose).
The C's need bench help.
Quote from: knuckleballer on February 29, 2020, 11:28:08 PMHayward is better than he thinks he is. He needs to understand thatYeah, I think this is the most valid criticism of him. I feel as if he doesn't think he's as good as JB and JT on offence, but he is
Hayward is better than he thinks he is. He needs to understand that
Quote from: gouki88 on February 29, 2020, 11:25:53 PMQuote from: RJ87 on February 29, 2020, 11:20:00 PMQuote from: Chief on February 29, 2020, 11:17:40 PMHayward really struggles with these clutch late game shots.I know he's efficient when the game doesn't matter, but he's killjoy in close games. Point blank layups, wide open 3's - you name it, he misses it.You know how easy it is to refute this, right? He, Kemba and Marcus all shoot within 1.8% of each other in terms of FG% (Kemba as the best, Smart as the worst), and Hayward is our best clutch 3 point shooter, closely followed by Tatum and Kemba. So basically, he's no worse than Kemba (just a much smaller volume), and he's massively more efficient than Smart in the clutch when you consider 3P% and FT%https://stats.nba.com/players/clutch-traditional/?sort=GP&dir=-1&Season=2019-20&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TeamID=1610612738Yay. I suddenly feel better about that missed layup against the Lakers and the missed three tonight and also the brick house he tried to build in Utah (that we fortunately survived). Seriously, my bad. I keep forgetting we're not supposed to criticize him.
Quote from: RJ87 on February 29, 2020, 11:20:00 PMQuote from: Chief on February 29, 2020, 11:17:40 PMHayward really struggles with these clutch late game shots.I know he's efficient when the game doesn't matter, but he's killjoy in close games. Point blank layups, wide open 3's - you name it, he misses it.You know how easy it is to refute this, right? He, Kemba and Marcus all shoot within 1.8% of each other in terms of FG% (Kemba as the best, Smart as the worst), and Hayward is our best clutch 3 point shooter, closely followed by Tatum and Kemba. So basically, he's no worse than Kemba (just a much smaller volume), and he's massively more efficient than Smart in the clutch when you consider 3P% and FT%https://stats.nba.com/players/clutch-traditional/?sort=GP&dir=-1&Season=2019-20&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TeamID=1610612738
Quote from: Chief on February 29, 2020, 11:17:40 PMHayward really struggles with these clutch late game shots.I know he's efficient when the game doesn't matter, but he's killjoy in close games. Point blank layups, wide open 3's - you name it, he misses it.
Hayward really struggles with these clutch late game shots.
Hayward played a very good game tonight. Had 18, 6, and 4 with 3 steals, shot 50% from the floor and only 1 turnover. He is not the reason we lost.
I will reiterate the perplexing nature of not calling a timeout on that last play. It's not like the Cs were on a fastbreak; Tatum walked the ball up the floor as slowly as one could and HOU was totally set in their defense. Once it became obvious that whatever Brad was yelling out wasn't going to work, he should have immediately called the timeout. It's not like he could have saved it for later.
Quote from: RJ87 on February 29, 2020, 11:30:17 PMQuote from: gouki88 on February 29, 2020, 11:25:53 PMQuote from: RJ87 on February 29, 2020, 11:20:00 PMQuote from: Chief on February 29, 2020, 11:17:40 PMHayward really struggles with these clutch late game shots.I know he's efficient when the game doesn't matter, but he's killjoy in close games. Point blank layups, wide open 3's - you name it, he misses it.You know how easy it is to refute this, right? He, Kemba and Marcus all shoot within 1.8% of each other in terms of FG% (Kemba as the best, Smart as the worst), and Hayward is our best clutch 3 point shooter, closely followed by Tatum and Kemba. So basically, he's no worse than Kemba (just a much smaller volume), and he's massively more efficient than Smart in the clutch when you consider 3P% and FT%https://stats.nba.com/players/clutch-traditional/?sort=GP&dir=-1&Season=2019-20&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TeamID=1610612738Yay. I suddenly feel better about that missed layup against the Lakers and the missed three tonight and also the brick house he tried to build in Utah (that we fortunately survived). Seriously, my bad. I keep forgetting we're not supposed to criticize him.Rofl. If you want to ignore stats and continue criticising one guy for something numerous guys are guilty of, go ahead. It's hilarious. You say that as if he doesn't cop it incessantly. But he's your whipping boy, so go off