04-19-2021, 02:31 AM
For the entire season up until now we've seen KP/Powell together a total of 17 minutes. Tonight, out of the blue, we saw 11:33 of it. Team was +1 during those KP as PF minutes though it is hard to read much into it as Luka was squeezing off a shot a minute during that time. The big 15-2 run came in the 3 1/2 minutes prior to KP checking back. The players on the floor for that run were Powell, Brunson and THJ in with starters Maxi and DFS and the ball was moving during that stretch.
It is a very unusual way for the rotation to work. Desperation move by Carlisle? Or just foul trouble for Maxi and rewarding Powell's energy when KP came back in? BTW, what did Willie do wrong in his floor time. I thought we were going to see a Good-Willie game tonight
Speaking of Bigs, something isn't right with Maxi. You can typically count on him to be a net positive, but starting with the Indy loss he's put up -9, -10, -9, -5, +25, DNP, -3, DNP, +13, DNP, -3, -2, -7, +6. He's shooting .35% from the field in that time. Playing hurt?
The starters were trash tonight. Horrid start to Q-1 and bad end to Q-2 (Brunson was in for Maxi, but mostly starters). Then, no better to start the 3rd. Something happened after that five game winning streak starting with the Houston loss. 2-5 during that time and we trailed Memphis in one of those wins the entire game until we didn't. Feels like we are just going through the motions right now...like a chunk of the team knows they won't be here much longer.
It is a very unusual way for the rotation to work. Desperation move by Carlisle? Or just foul trouble for Maxi and rewarding Powell's energy when KP came back in? BTW, what did Willie do wrong in his floor time. I thought we were going to see a Good-Willie game tonight
Speaking of Bigs, something isn't right with Maxi. You can typically count on him to be a net positive, but starting with the Indy loss he's put up -9, -10, -9, -5, +25, DNP, -3, DNP, +13, DNP, -3, -2, -7, +6. He's shooting .35% from the field in that time. Playing hurt?
The starters were trash tonight. Horrid start to Q-1 and bad end to Q-2 (Brunson was in for Maxi, but mostly starters). Then, no better to start the 3rd. Something happened after that five game winning streak starting with the Houston loss. 2-5 during that time and we trailed Memphis in one of those wins the entire game until we didn't. Feels like we are just going through the motions right now...like a chunk of the team knows they won't be here much longer.