A facial absess ? That sounds sweet ... He wasn't playing very well, anyway. He just wasn't anything close to the Ira Newble that finished out last season, where he began to look like the Ira Newble we saw in Atlanta. It would be a great addition to our perimeter defense if he were to return to his old self, but, when Hughes returns and Sasha playing well, I honeslty don't see where his minutes will come from.
His foot was still bothering him quite a bit, I read....and had figured they were just shutting him down again in order to finally get it 100%. Didn't hear or see anything regarding the 'facial abcsess' ...and it doesn't sound like anything I'd like to see either ...
Thanks for the info though, Maximus.
As for the game tonight ....another win that we rack up without even playing a very fluid brand of basketball. Enjoy watching how our 'help' defense just continue to progress. And to me that was the key difference in this game ....our ability to work in concert to keep a man in front of Kidd, and keep Carter distracted once he put the ball on the floor. To me, those are two keys with NJ ....you gotta stop the dribble penetration and make them pass out of their initial lead-in ...you have relative success inthat regard and you will be effective in disturbing offensive flow. It also helps to completely dominate the boards, which we should do to them consistently.
The negative was an over reliance on perimeter shooting early on, and for a spell in the 2nd half. But, that's what they were giving us, for the most part.
Good, if not spectacular, victory. We should be clearly better than them by season's end.