There was some bad shots, and the dumb plays makes it hard to find a silver lining, but I saw some good things out there after the first quarter. Bargnani starting to find confidence. He's looking less tentative and lost out there, his shot started to look good, and he bodied up Love and didn't make things easy for him at least. Hardaway missed alot of shots but his effort and poise is gonna translate real well later on. The offense ran alot less iso in the second half and we looked more fluid in terms of ball movement, more so than we did the first two games.
And Melo has been making a concerted effort to do more than score, he's always been a good rebounder, but didn't always crash the boards, instead opting to leak out on the fast break, he's doing less of that so far. He's moving the ball and in the fourth quarter made some really good passes actually, and he's holding the ball alot less; Downside of that is he's rushing a lot of shots(presumably to beat the double before it comes) when he should look for something else. And a few boneheaded plays aside, he played good defense.
Honestly, the stupid plays aren't too bothersome, I chalk it up as a side effect of frenetic play needed to get back into the game.The defense broke down a few times too but it's probably guys not knowing their rotations yet. What really bothers me is the slow starts and turnovers, it just looks like we're better off with a two pg backcourt to start to start games.
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