Last night the Raps lost to Atlanta. But the loss wasn't what bothered me most about the game. It was the poor team management down the stretch, by both SM and TJ Ford. First and foremost, can Someone out there can tell me why SM thought it would be a good idea to put Garbajosa on Joe Johnson in the end of the 4th quarter? It was sheer lunacy to think that Jorge could keep up with Joe Johnson. It's a wonder why they didn't go to him on each and every play to end the game. I understand that Parker wasn't having a great shooting night. But he gives you so much more than Jorge at that position. The lineup in the second quarter was much more effective defensively than that of the 4th. Bosh and Bargs did a good job jabbing and recovering in the second quarter making the Hawks pick-and-roll in-effective. Which was nice to see. I also wouldn't mind it if we actually ran a play once in a while. It seems to me that when it comes to the point in the game where we NEED a basket it's almost always a one-on-one match up we create. This is fine as long as it's Bosh. But we need to show more efficiency on offence.
I would also like to know why TJ almost refused to go inside to Bosh at the end of the game. I have no problem with the fact that he was on fire during the 4th. What I do have a problem with is TJ not getting anyone else involved in the game. The more I see him play the more I would rather Calderon running the offence. Calderon is much more controlled and takes what the defence gives when it comes to his own offence. Unlike TJ where at times he seems almost out of control out there. So Sam let Jose play.
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Apparently the scorekeepers screwed up during the game - the final score was actually 97-95, not 97-93. This means that when TJ missed that layup with 17s left we were actually only down by one - obviously we would have played it out differently, maybe given it to Bosh down low. Big gaffe by the refs and scorekeepers that lost us a shot to win on the road.
Check the NBA.com play by play - specifically with 4:33 left in the 4th. The play-by-play lists TJ as missing a layup, when in reality he hit it. The scoreboard during the game never fixed the score (although the play-by-play on NBA.com gives us the two points).
Here's the link: http://www.nba.com/games/20061124/TORATL/playbyplay.html
So, on one of Bosh's worst nights you would've taken out the two players who were on fire offensively? Even if Jose and TP did pass it to Bosh, when the inevitable double came who would you have take the open shot?
so are you holding back on that slip since we won 3 of 4?
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