That was a frustrating, Wake-style loss. Dominated the whole game except for the last five minutes.
The good: Frank started at C and played well early, I think 10 points in the first 4 minutes. Plumlee looked decent despite not having even practiced with the team yet. Lamb is now fully healthy and carried the bench. It looks like Zeller will be back soon.
The bad: Frank fell apart at the end. Having Frank at the 5 is a true 5-out offense, which leaves absolutely no offensive rebounding because nobody is under the basket, and there is nobody to throw the ball to for a post shot if the jumpers aren't falling. Unlike the Warriors who have Draymond, this is what Barkley talks about when he says you can't win just shooting jumpers. Kemba was mediocre at best. Batum's shot selection continues to be awful. Even when he posts up a smaller guard, which he kind of has to as the only option in the 5-out, everything is a spinning fade-away.
The ugly: Sessions has a torn meniscus, which is good because it means he can't play, but bad because it means we can't trade him and Roberts isn't much better. Is Aaron Harrison still on this team in any way?
