Worst part of this game - having to hear the phrase "smoothie king center" way too many times.
2nd worst part - Terrence Jones shitting all over us.
I get your point, but our team as constructed now is more in tune to outscore opponent than actually defend. For us to have only one person doing the bulk of the scoring is bad. Plus the FT misses are bad. I would have loved it had we outscored them even if our defense was bad cos right now we need some positive momentum. We are now under .500 vs west teams.
LeBron's recklessness stems down from the fact that he has been playing 40+ mins.
That is on Ty.
LeBron is currently leading the league in terms of Mins Per Game. That is unacceptable.
Alarming.
Must be the sweaty palms.
He grows inefficient when he's tired. LeBron has played 11 January games. In 6 of those he has played 39+ minutes. He just finished a stretch of 5 games where he went for 42+ in 3 of them. And now Lue's asking him to essentially play and defend New Orleans' starting center? That's not his fucking job.
So you want a coach to tell LeBron to sit down ? Dude ... come on ... you know it doesnt work like that. I expressed my concern about LeBrons minutes last year and the truth is there. No way Lue wins an argument with LeBron.
It's a good point. This mantra of regular season not mattering has been taken too far. He can play hard and establish dominance early in games but is refusing to.. and as a result, this happens.
It's not the 1st time he's gone away from a hot hand. That and FT shooting are my two biggest pet peeves of lbjLeBron should have realized Kyrie was on fire and just lived or died by what he did on offense, and focus on defense. Instead he made a dumb turnover that cost the game.
I would have loved it too.. and then tomorrow morning realized what major trouble this team is in currently. Ya just don't give that many points up to this team. Period.