Arclite

Good win against a hot team. I had the Philly broadcast on League Pass and when they switched color guys and had EJ on, I thought he made a really good point as to why we did better this game as compared to last time when they beat us.

He basically said that the coaching staff was trying to emphasize to our perimeter guys that they just can't give up open jump shots any more with Shaq in the lane on D. We contested every one of Iggy's J's and you could tell he was having a tough time. A couple of times he penetrated and just threw up a wild shot when Shaq came out to contest him. It's a double edged sword though, because both Shaq and Amare are really foul prone.. so if you funnel guys into them they're probably going to have foul trouble - but still.. the philosophy is right: no easy buckets.

We got killed on the offensive glass tonight again, and we didn't even go to the zone, which is really frustrating. Philly is the best offensive rebounding team in the league though, so it's not all that surprising, but still.. we need Amare to do better on the defensive glass. We can't expect to win games with any kind of consistency when the other team is getting up 10-20 more shots than us every single night.