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Originally Posted by JHT
I really don't remember seeing Dirk truly seal Blaire at all. I mean he tried, he was fighting like crazy but like I said, he could only take it so far unless he wanted to get Flagrant about it. Maybe I'm just remembering wrong but I was kind of watching for it, for exactly the reason that I wanted to see how Roddy did getting the ball in to Dirk.
There were times when Dirk would get Blair on his back but Blaire would be fouling him so much shoving him reaching around him, pinning Dirk's arms that Dirk couldn't have caught a pass. There were a couple of times when Dirk slipped around Blaire and that's usually the cue to pass the ball over Blaire's head to Dirk but in one of those instances I remember another Spur collapsed on him to help deny the pass... in the other I think Blaire basically shoved him or grabbed him to keep him from getting free.
Doesn't the fact that they were able to get it in to Dirk when Splitter was on him sort of prove that it was Blaire that was the problem and not so much Roddy or Dirk? It wasn't like Splitter wasn't active he was all over Dirk, just wasn't risking the crazy fouls Blaire was getting away with.
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No, that is not proof of any of your points. I rewatched the first half and you are wrong on many accounts. My stats are unofficial but close enough to support my point that Roddy was bad at getting Dirk the ball either off the PnR or post feed with either Blair or another sealed. West and Jet didnt have the same problem. This is why I mostly blame Roddy. I really dont see that it is worth any more of my time as the stats speak for themselves.
Roddy had 4 plays in 1st quarter and 5 plays in 2nd quarter directly with Dirk and failed to get it to him in all cases except one. In that one case, it resulted in an easy bucket for Ian, go figure.
I took your word on the Jet/Dirk PnR and found that you were completely wrong. They ran it at least 3 times in the 1st half. On top of that, Jet managed to pass the ball to Dirk 2 times with Blair sealed.
West, in limited time, managed to pass it to Dirk 3 different times. 2 of which where Blair was sealed.
1st quarter with both on floor
5th possession Roddy attempt to Dirk poked out by Blair, Roddy recovers makes jumper from corner, this is where he should have passed a tick earlier because Dirk had Blair beat off pick under basket.
6th Roddy PnP with Dirk, Roddy misses shot
9th Roddy PnR with Dirk, didnt pass to Dirk nor drive but passed to Marion
10th Roddy PnR with Dirk, Roddy makes outside shot
1st quarter Dirk with another point guard (West, Jet)
2nd possession West passes to Dirk who misses a 3
2nd quarter with another point guard
1st possession West to Dirk at top of key guarded by Blair, Dirk pass to West, West makes shot
2nd possession West passes to Dirk in post guarded by Bonner, Dirk misses shot
4th possession West misses shot, Dirk tips it back in
5th possession West passes to Terry who PnR with Dirk for layup
6th possession Terry PnR with Dirk passes back out to West who misses shot
2nd quarter with both on floor
7th possession Roddy to Dirk on block guarded by Bonner, Dirk pass to Roddy who passes it to Ian for layup
11th possession Dirk had Blair sealed at elbow, Roddy went to Jet with pass
12th possession Roddy PnR with Dirk, Roddy misses shot
13th Jet PnR with Dirk, Jet loses ball out of bounds, Jet out of bounds pass to Dirk in post guarded by Blair, Dirk hands to Roddy who dribbles back out after his drive cut off, Roddy tries to re-feed Dirk but Blair pokes out for steal. Roddy's pass was in right spot but not fast enough and I think it could be argued that Dirk could have done more to keep that from being turned over.
14th possession Dirk has trouble sealing Blair and Roddy hits the 3
16th possession Dirk seals Blair and Terry passes to Dirk at elbow, Dirk makes shot