Take Deuce and Sims out of it, as Bogey on a point or pivot is waving a white flag defensively. Among Precious, Hart and Divo I am not sure who you want save or sacrifice if not Bogey himself who has played heavily, is 35 and we got hoping he would be useful in at least one deepish playoff run. We might want to keep him underworked while still worked enough to get comfortable. I am happy he was productive in his minutes second night of a back to back.
However you stack it, running the guys you are most inclined to lean on 40 minutes a night might not be the best idea no matter who else is available.
I'm not saying
every night. I'm not saying
most nights.I'm saying
one night when you don't have Jalen, IH, (and all the other guys)
And I'm not excluding point or pivot. McBride couldn't break down the D or even barely get off his brand new pull up cause they had ZERO fear of a pass to Achiuwa, Sims, Hart on the fringes. Sims? Absolute NADA on offense. So we're left having Deuce, Hart, Dante try to drive against 5, well, we got exactly what you might expect out of it.
Having ONE non defensive ace out on the floor is NOT waving a white flag.
Trotting out a laughable offensive lineup for the second half
is.No biggie but a bad omen for down the line. As I frequently mention, Spo routinely gives big minutes to guys with no D to balance the pot and make sure he has a chance to win...his team scheme can cover for the failings.
Thibs, on the other hand, would have given Elfrid 30 last night if he still had him cause familiar.
That's why, as a betting man, not a fan, I'd still have to lay it all on Miami if we meet again no matter who we have back.
