Mick Cronin has unruptured aneurysm (Will not coach)

[L-T]

I'd have to watch the replay, but I thought Dee Davis ran the baseline and popped up for the 3. If so, there was no option running below/above the screen.

Well, I just happened to watch every step of that whole sequence in super slow motion multiple times when I got home from the game. Here is what really happened. Cobb was chasing Davis along the baseline at the same time that Shaq was chasing his man from the other direction. As all 4 were coming together, Shaq clearly points to his man, I'm assuming to tell Cobb to switch. Immediately Cobb stops and starts to take a step back to switch to Shaq's man, Inexplicabaly, Shaq doesn't switch off to Davis. He hesitated, and then went on forward to continue to chase his man. Cobb sees Shaq not switching off, and by that time he had lost a couple more steps to Davis, who had already got around his teammate who was screening for him. Cobb did in fact go under the screener, but he was trying to cut off some distance hoping that Davis might spit out on the other side of the screener. Davis did not continue around the screener. He stoped and shot from behind the screen. Shaq definitely hung Cobb out to dry there.

 

[L-T]

It was right in front of me. he was at front not on baseline. I screamed no when he let it go.

Have to disagree with you Waite. Stainbrooke took the pass at the elbow and set a screen for Davis as he cut to the basket. Stainbrook faked the pass to Davis who was streaking for the layup, but did not throw the ball with Cobb in chase. Davis continued on across the lane. He wasn't right on the baseline, but he was about at the low block level as he crossed. Shaq's man was crossing right on the baseline. Davis was outside of him.

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Have to disagree with you Waite. Stainbrooke took the pass at the elbow and set a screen for Davis as he cut to the basket. Stainbrook faked the pass to Davis who was streaking for the layup, but did not throw the ball with Cobb in chase. Davis continued on across the lane. He wasn't right on the baseline, but he was about at the low block level as he crossed. Shaq's man was crossing right on the baseline. Davis was outside of him.

im sure you right where he came from I just saw our defender go under the screen. I didn't know where he came from.

 

[ucswais]

I'm as frustrated as you guys about the final 2 defensive possessions.

I'll choose to point out the positive though while we're at it. Tie game... time out with a minute left... isolates Gary in the frontcourt, direct inbounds to him, aggressively takes his man... and 1. In what SHOULD have been the biggest play of the game, the coaches and players hit a home run.

But we know what happened next, so nobody cares... I get it

 

[bearcat jeff]

Still boggles my mind that a guy who had hit 19 threes in 26 games prior goes 5-5 but such is the shootout.

 

[TheLongHaul]

I'm as frustrated as you guys about the final 2 defensive possessions.

I'll choose to point out the positive though while we're at it. Tie game... time out with a minute left... isolates Gary in the frontcourt, direct inbounds to him, aggressively takes his man... and 1. In what SHOULD have been the biggest play of the game, the coaches and players hit a home run.

But we know what happened next, so nobody cares... I get it

That was a big play and a good call. Just wish it didn't require a TO in the first place just to inbounds the ball. They were completely unprepared for pressure defense on the first inbounds.