lbdeac94
I am not a contrarian
Defense was not the issue the whole game but certainly at the end. They scored on 8 of their last possessions.
The game today was a poor effort-from players, coaches, and officials. We were just flat in the 2nd half. I had a bad feeling at halftime, when there was no halftime show or entertainment. It seemed to drain the rest of the already leaking energy right out of the building.
That being said, it is good to be this disappointed and pissed off over losing a basketball game in the middle of February. It has been a long time since I have cared enough to be angry about losing.
Miami’s season average Pts/Poss = 1.11
We held them to: 1.13
Wakes season average Pts/Poss = 1.10
We scored: 1.04
So the problem was more our offense and turnovers than our defense, because based on their number of possessions they only scored 1.3 more points than they normally would, where our offense scored 4 less points than we normally would.
Twice we had situations where someone did not know who they were guarding and led to an easy score and also to one of Jake’s fouls. Was hard to tell who missed their assignments but certainly those two plays made a difference in the game.
Either way. Let the guy dunk it. When you're that far out of position and a guy is unguarded, just let him dunk and move on. You're not stopping that play
This. It’s good to care again.
That was a bad loss, no two ways about it. Despite his 25 points, ManMan did not look like a player of the year candidate last night.
Couple of thoughts after returning home:
1. LaRavia being mostly a no show today just killed us. Waardenburg is every bit as useless a defender as Manek is, and that matchup was tailor made for Jake to dominate. Didn’t happen.
2. The frustration about Whitt stems from the fact that the missing piece for this team is clearly the big gaping hole we have at point guard. We are turning it over a million times a game while we have a 4* PG sitting on the bench who Forbes simply cannot play, and it isn’t like Miami is some great defensive team. I want Carter to contribute, but he looks more and more like a guy who needs to be in the A10 if he wants to play.
3. I can’t ever recall seeing a player put more stress on his knees coming to quick stops than Wong. When one of his ACLs finally goes, it is going to explode.
4. Miami beat Duke in Cameron, and in their next game Duke beat us in the Joel. Miami beats us today, and our next game is in Durham. Let’s return the favor to those assholes on Tuesday.
Have to partly disagree about the pt. guard situation. Williamson is doing fine, most of the to's are from Williams. I do agree with you about not having a capable back up.
Williamson isn’t the PG. He’s not the primary ball handler or primary assist man. He’s a SG who is a secondary ball handler who’s strengths are catch and shoot and driving to the basket.