So this is my first raptors blog, well we lost can't do anything about it so I'll just start a blog. figured it'll be a long season, definitely gonna have lots of up and down just from what I've seen from the last 2 games. I'm just gonna go make some quick points on some really stupid things that kind of lead us to losing this game, partly due to coaching and the typical mistakes some players makes "COUGH COUGH RUDY GAY".
also to point out i'm not expecting the team to play like the spurs but i'm just going to point out the OBVIOUS things that almost always occurs in raptor games
quick points on most of the first half, they did OK:
JV covered horford ok
pick and roll was very effective for ATL, almost all their points was from P&R and horford creating
lowry attacked basket very well
tor attacked basket constantly with good success
rudy had some success attacking, team had ZERO success in the perimeter
augustin was very good, he got into the PAINT at will and made some plays, meshed well with DD
UNTIL late:
DAYE over pscho T subbing, beginning of the end. daye really cost us
A) he took too many shots B) terrible for the team defense
even bench had hard time to cover the pick and roll.
ATL has a sound offensive plan that TOR never tried to adjust for. TOR's 1 on 1 defense is great but ATL ran the P&R and got better at doing it throughout the game as they eventually made their 3 pt. shots.
3RD QUARTER:
i can't say that they did terrible, it was just that two misplays that cost us 6 points which really inflated the lead.
we were always around 9pts back.
4TH QUARTER:
this is where i would like show most of the shit i picked up on. and to be honest, this quarter should be any teams best quarter since you should have make adjustments BASED on how first 3 quarters went OR run your best plays.
start:
look at this shit, yes that is essentially FOUR GUARDS with hansborough who is undersized. the players didn't play badly but like 8 out of 10 times this lineup will NOT cut the deficit.
they couldn't get rebounds and had a hard time getting buckets
here is where rudy gay's decision i think killed our chance to take over late in the game. he has a mismatch against horford who he can take to the paint.
you can also see that milsap is outside covering lowry and korver as help which is great.
he then takes a fucking jumper as soon as he gets it and misses.
this was just terrible, then coming back to the other side they quickly took advantage of GAY covering horford leading to a foul into points.
absolutely KILLED our flow.
here is the next play, CLASSIC RAPTOR PLAY that always happens in these situations
they are looking for derozan and probably should have made the pass here (derozan should've approached lwory instead of pulling back but the pass should have been here)
he would have alot of space to create here but it didn't happen
then they literally call a screen for him like the play is dead here they are just forcing it, if its really close im ok with it but you have still have lots of time.
they got him the ball afterwards late in the clock, into a triple team. this is why i believe derozan deserves more credit, he is forced into alot of these type of plays where he can't do much.
then unto the next play, again same situation. a bit better since its earlier in the count. 4 people is literally looking at him.
it would have been ok (lots of space on the other side, lowry corner three, amir top of the key) , but what happened was terrible since BOTH HIM AND FIELDS rolled into the basket at the same time w/c killed the play
at this point comback for an average team is a longshot, you'd have to play perfect for the rest of the game to get back, good luck with that.
the rotation really really hurt us this game, everyone played for fucking no reason. i dont fucking understand why but its just stupid. it lead to communication problems that ATL's P&R game got them easy points and none of these players won't really get you fucking buckets so WHY?
the decision of having FIELDS play late game and benching JV was just TERRIBLE. it would not have change the results dramatically
but its the obvious choice for the long run (JV experience, etc.
considering that he was our best 1 on 1 defender against horford who killed us late
having rudy gay be in a constant mismatch
fields was fucking covering a shooter, no point of having a fucking good defender on a shooter
fields can't shoot for shit so doesn't help space wise.
i'm going to stop here since a new game is coming up, its time to move on. this is mostly me venting out so whatever. alot of these issues came from last season as well so nothing has changed it seems. however lowry i think is playing better and our bench could be capable of a lot more.
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