Tough to do player breakdowns when they just looked outmatched so much to me, just some observations:
. KP looked physically outmatched with Green, which'll happen till he gets his weight up. He's too big to keep up with speedy F's and the strong ones limit his ability to take advantage of their height. He looked gassed out there and wasn't moving well in the second half which is concerning since he'd sat a lot. But I'll chalk it up to the respiratory infection while observing more closely.
. AA can't keep vanishing like this. Klay really took advantage of him on both ends. He's gotta figure out ways to contribute to the team beyond just scoring, especially with his jumper being inconsistent. One benefit I'll give him though is that Klay really went off on all his defenders, even Lance couldn't slow him down much.
.Thought KOQ looked solid in his minutes, Lou looked awful, Sasha stays doing numbers when we're down 15 pts or more that'll get him burn in close games where he kills us, DWill played nice offense but made mental errors defensively that I don't like. Rest of the bench was closer to their typical output than anything.
. Thannasis has been a pleasant surprise in that he looks like he belongs (as much as an end of bench piece can at least). I'd be happy with him taking Sasha's minutes in an effort to have a bigger defensive/energy impact coming from the bench; especially since Sasha's output only happens when it doesn't matter.
. Interested to see how often teams will just let Melo get his and try to limit his passing impact. The W's made sure every single wing played an inefficient game. Melo got his, KP managed 14 pts on 8 attempts and no other key player really contributed points that made their attempts output valid. Melo's still laboring a lil bit, if he gets back to pre-ankle (hopefully soon) then I don't think that's a viable strategy.
. Not sure why Fish is back to not trusting RoLo; but another game with limited minutes for him when he was productive in his time out there.
. That was a top notch team with a playstyle tailor made to kill us. We get murdered by repeat pick and roll attacks and their whole offense is based on multiple pick/screen and rolls until something opens up. That sort of motion is too much for our perimeter defenders.
. Shout out to Galloway defensively. Curry missed a few that he normally makes, but LG limited the wide open ones and made Curry work. That's all you ask for from a defender and if Galloway isn't contesting somewhat, Steph isn't that inefficient.
. I ain't taking a moral victory from this one. They got outclassed and the guys who should take weight off of Melo really didn't show up when he needed 'em. The defense is susceptible to that kind of attack and those guys are the best at it. Hopefully the 2 and 3 (AA and KP) step it up and learn from these types of L's. Melo was solid, most of the rest really weren't and guys seemed too comfortable taking that beating to me.
but dude finally got called for a moving screen last night
I was going to wear mine to a game in a couple weeks
