The Good, The Bad, and The Tyronne
Nice win at Portland to start the road trip, with Tyronimo hoisting up 15 shots and making 9 of them.
Terrible loss at Seattle (playing without Jesus Allen), with Tyronimo chucking up 14 shots and making only 2 of them (including 0 for 6 from behind the arc). Not a coincidence that we lost. Seattle also out rebounded us at our own end of the court- they had 17 offensive boards to our 16. THAT is bad. Seattle also turned the ball over a ton (24 times!), took 7 less shots, and then shot the lights out.
To quote Mike Woodson:
When your team shoots 38%, it's not just defense. The difference maker wasn't Seattle getting more scoring opportunities, they just made the most of it. A stronger defensive effort could have gotten us closer even with the poor shooting, but let's face some facts: Josh Smith is shooting 37% on the season, 22% from 3-point land (0 for 2 last night). That is embarrassing. He is not being the offensive contributor we need him to be right now. I mean, Shelden Williams is shooting 43% right now, and he missed his first 300 shots to begin the season! Josh 2 needs to get things going offensively, and maybe Tyronimo won't feel the need to put up nearly a baker's dozen of shots every night- the highest average of his career.
Terrible loss at Seattle (playing without Jesus Allen), with Tyronimo chucking up 14 shots and making only 2 of them (including 0 for 6 from behind the arc). Not a coincidence that we lost. Seattle also out rebounded us at our own end of the court- they had 17 offensive boards to our 16. THAT is bad. Seattle also turned the ball over a ton (24 times!), took 7 less shots, and then shot the lights out.
To quote Mike Woodson:
We were awful tonight. We were terrible defensively. We had no defensive presence... Every time we got stops, they got offensive putbacks. I mean, it's a joke.
When your team shoots 38%, it's not just defense. The difference maker wasn't Seattle getting more scoring opportunities, they just made the most of it. A stronger defensive effort could have gotten us closer even with the poor shooting, but let's face some facts: Josh Smith is shooting 37% on the season, 22% from 3-point land (0 for 2 last night). That is embarrassing. He is not being the offensive contributor we need him to be right now. I mean, Shelden Williams is shooting 43% right now, and he missed his first 300 shots to begin the season! Josh 2 needs to get things going offensively, and maybe Tyronimo won't feel the need to put up nearly a baker's dozen of shots every night- the highest average of his career.
posted by Matt at 8:38 AM
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