Pretty awful game. Knix starters look like strangers. I can't even identify what the Knix are trying to do on most possessions. Don't we have anybody who can run a PnR with Mitch or Julius.? MIA was playing small, NYK should have been ramming the ball inside and lobbing to Mitch. Just no continuity from the Knix. Too many contested shots with nobody under to rebound, along with turnovers. And the transition D remains cringeworthy.
JVG was good, especially 1st half where he said exactly what I was thinking on many plays ("Randle passed up an open shot for a contested one", etc).
I've given up going through games an identifying defensive miscues. Hope I've convinced folks that Burks dies on screens and is poor on rotations. And Fournier is often just a weak link on D.
MIA game, it seemed more RJB mistakes than usual. One 2Q play, PJ Tuck started coming out to set an elbow screen, but then ducked in, and RJB was confused and weakly doubled the ballhandler, leaving Randle to try to help late.
4 mins left in the 3Q, Herro drives right and as he gets forced towards the basket baseline, Randle realizes the only pass is to his man Tucker in the left corner. Problem is Tucker never went into the corner, but lurked along the baseline.
Randle ball watched the Herro drive, and as Randle headed to the corner, jis man cut to the rim. Was comical to see Randle start to the corner as his man went right past him to the rim for a layup.
I'm used to our poor D. But the offense is real ugly these days. Just amazing how different the energy and vibe is on the 2nd unit compared with the starters.
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