Another game, another loss

by Jordan Sams on Nov 11, 2008 9:25 PM PST

I hate negative fans and those "Let's trade and fire everybody!" attitudes, but I have to say, I can't blame them right now because I'm feeling the same way. Not only are we losing, but but we barely have any positives to build on and in many ways we are beating ourselves.

Tonight was no different. Utah is a good team, but they were without their starting center, their franchise player was coming off a severely sprained ankle and they still came into our building and beat us.

Here are some familiar storylines:

-16 turnovers and only 4 steals.

-Andre Miller leading our team in shots.

-38% shooting.

-Horrible outlet passes.

-Can't get Elton Brand involved.

-Questionable lineups.

These are the same problems we've been having all year and it's very frustrating. Andre Miller is not leading the team at all. Maybe him playing for a contract explains why he's turned into a ball hog, but it needs to stop. Our biggest problem has to be our point guard play right now.

Let's try to look at some positives.

-Andre Iguodala still wasn't in beast mode, but played much better. He was more involved in the offense.

-Elton Brand had 6 blocks. There was a stretch in the third quarter where he was absolutely dominant on the defensive end.

-We outscored them 30-14 in the third?

Tomorrow we travel to Toronto and I don't expect these problems to be fixed overnight. Something drastic needs to happen though. Someone needs to get fired, benched, chewed out, anything. If we play like this for the next few months we might have to start the Ricky Rubio/Brandon Jennings watch.

Player of the Game: No one?

Box score

Record: 2-5

Favorite Open Thread Comment: "You ain’t got no rhythm."--jemagee

Even my dancing was criticized.

Tweet Comment 6 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Read More: Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz

Comments

Positives

We’re all dissapointed that the 6ers couldn’t pull out the win at home after a long break, but there were some positives. The third quarter last night was probably the best quarter of the season. Brand was a beast on D, we limited our turnovers, we crashed the boards, and Iggy was able to play the Pippen-role in getting a hand in every play on both sides of the court. We just need to be able to put together 36 more minutes of that kind of play.
What really dissappointed me last night was the play calling and preperation. We’ve all read about the well-publisized “spacing” issue that was worked on in practice the last 4 days. Well, either the team didn’t execute or Mo Cheeks doesn’t no where to place those taped X’s on the court. Every time EB gets the ball in the high post, the rest of the team over loads the weak side and movement is stagnant. That makes the outlet pass for Brand more difficult and limits his court vision. There needs to be more movement on the offense and someone set on the perimeter on the strong side so that when the double team collapses on Brand, he’s got a clean outlet pass or the player coming to double EB can’t fully pressure Brand because he’s worried about the man outside. This gives Brand the opportunity to create more. Also, where’s the pick and roll? EB and Iggy should be running that play a 100 times in practice. And Sammy D should be putting himself in position to get the offensive rebound every time down the court. He’s been doing a very good job of this, but i guess my point is he doesn’t need to be creating offense with his goofy spin move or his inconsistent jumper.
other than that, I learned that Thad is only human….damn!

by SexualTyrannosaurus on Nov 12, 2008 6:24 AM PST reply actions