NBA Playoffs - Game #2: Washington Wizards 117 - Toronto Raptors 106 (Was 2-0)

[The Great One]

What's up with the 2 days off?

[ogi]

What's up with the 2 days off?

PPs gotta rest those old bones

[buckets]

people are simplifying the offensive rebounding issue to just not boxing out. You can only box out when you have position, which the bigs have to give up to come to help when john wall walks thru the lane every play. So it all comes back to the raptors biggest defensive issue all year which is penetration at the point of attack.

side note: It could of just been the alcohol, but I thought Terrence actually played hard and looked pretty good defensively on wall.

[RPT23]

If a HEAD coach has sufficient tools at his disposal, questions himself on who to take out (despite the wings he's talking about shooting horribly), that coach seriously needs to look in the mirror and ask if he's ready to be a playoff "HEAD" coach.

IF Casey doesn't make adjustments in game 2 (moving forward), this series is done.

[FromTheNorth]

I wish we had picked up Vince Carter in the off season. I know he didn't bring the defense like Johnson, but he brought the veteran presence that could help calm our young players and someone that would hold players accountable for bad play. And we all know Casey trusts veterans. It also would have added way more hype to the season.

[psrs1]

If a HEAD coach has sufficient tools at his disposal, questions himself on who to take out (despite the wings he's talking about shooting horribly), that coach seriously needs to look in the mirror and ask if he's ready to be a playoff "HEAD" coach.

IF Casey doesn't make adjustments in game 2 (moving forward), this series is done.

Do you really think he can adjust? He has shown a stubborn unwillingness all year to listen and consider constructive criticism.

[2KJ]

DeMar averaged that, and we lost a series where our offence performed worse than the regular season.

Part of the problem is it is very individual-dependent. DeMar accounts for a big chunk of our FTAs, as do Lou, Kyle and Jonas. So if you slow down those guys getting to the line, the whole offence suffers. And the way we play makes it a bit easier to plan against, with tons of perimeter iso and a lack of motion. It becomes fairly easy to load up the D on those ballhandlers and take away their space to get into the lane...and well, we know Jonas is not going to be consistently involved. And that doesn't even count the reffing.

Refs weren't even a factor in this game, unlike Game 1 last year vs Brooklyn. The guards just settled for bricks, including Demar, despite the fact that the Wizards barely played their rim protector in Gortat. Terrible, terrible game. They deserved to lose.

[psrs1]

people are simplifying the offensive rebounding issue to just not boxing out. You can only box out when you have position, which the bigs have to give up to come to help when john wall walks thru the lane every play. So it all comes back to the raptors biggest defensive issue all year which is penetration at the point of attack.

side note: It could of just been the alcohol, but I thought Terrence actually played hard and looked pretty good defensively on wall.

TRoss was not too bad. Certainly better than game 1 last year.

[Uncle_Si]

DeMar averaged that, and we lost a series where our offence performed worse than the regular season.

Part of the problem is it is very individual-dependent. DeMar accounts for a big chunk of our FTAs, as do Lou, Kyle and Jonas. So if you slow down those guys getting to the line, the whole offence suffers. And the way we play makes it a bit easier to plan against, with tons of perimeter iso and a lack of motion. It becomes fairly easy to load up the D on those ballhandlers and take away their space to get into the lane...and well, we know Jonas is not going to be consistently involved. And that doesn't even count the reffing.

We lost that series because of our offense? Or because Amir fouled out, TRoss couldn't shoot and the team was inexperienced and outmatched by a veteran team. Not to mention they had no one to guard Joe Johnson.

[psrs1]

We lost that series because of our offense? Or because Amir fouled out, TRoss couldn't shoot and the team was inexperienced and outmatched by a veteran team. Not to mention they had no one to guard Joe Johnson.

MU signed JJ to deal with this last issue. It would be nice if he was actually utilized.

[OldSkoolCool]

people are simplifying the offensive rebounding issue to just not boxing out. You can only box out when you have position, which the bigs have to give up to come to help when john wall walks thru the lane every play. So it all comes back to the raptors biggest defensive issue all year which is penetration at the point of attack.

side note: It could of just been the alcohol, but I thought Terrence actually played hard and looked pretty good defensively on wall.

Ross was easily our best wing defender (by a long, long ways)

Too bad Casey coudn't even get him more than 22 minutes while our defensive stoppers Lou and GV played 32+

[MACK11]

Ross was easily our best wing defender (by a long, long ways)

Too bad Casey coudn't even get him more than 22 minutes while our defensive stoppers Lou and GV played 32+

Casey: "Hey Lou is 4-16, we better let him keep chucking because those are shots he normally makes"

[buckets]

man this 2 day break has been brutal!!!!!!

[Cody73]

It's been brutal, but has given me to rage on Casey even more.

[rocwell]

man this 2 day break has been brutal!!!!!!

Ugh.