SteelSmack
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Oh, do you like giving up 38 points in the 4th quarter? That lineup was terrible on D. Bleeding points all over the court. I understand wanting TT out there for his versatility, but once JV was back in the game, we needed size to match up with him. You can defend Blatt all you want, but it wasn't the right lineup.I disagree with you.
You seem to think that only one thing is exclusive to success. Either it's because they moved or because TT is a presence.
It's a combination of a lot of factors. And I believe TT being in there and threatning the offensive boards made defenders think twice before helping off him to cover a shooter. They didn't, and shooters were left open.
Plays and lineups are designed for several things to work simultaniously and for multiple options to exist.
The lienup played well on both sides, getting rained on by more than a couple of lucky 3s by the Raptors. They kept the lead and won the game.
There were a million other ways to win that game obviously, but this one worked and when something works you don't fuck with it, just so you can follow some unwritten rule that the starters must play the most minutes or finish the game or other shit like that.
Blatt played what he felt was right, I can understand the reasoning although maybe I would've did some things differently, and it won us the game. That's all that matters. His lineup and tactics worked. "Almost" doesn't count when the outcome is binary.