Christmas last 6 minutes

[OttoinGrotto]

2 points, 4 boards, and a block.

That's pretty solid for us from the 5 spot.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I think he had four points.

 

[iommi]

I think he had four points.

Yep, put back and a hook shot.

 

[Bayside44]

He's starting to show a little finish this year. As the saying goes, bigs develop late.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yep, put back and a hook shot.

That happened a little earlier that that. I just cut the play by play off at 6 minutes and tallied his stats.

 

[DNABB5]

The putback was old school great. Ball smack rebound and back up before Kirk could react.

The baby hook was sweet. Really came through when it was absolutely needed.

 

[jekelish]

Call me crazy but I was actually kind of against his not being on the floor at the end. If it's a pure ballhandling thing, ok. But I fully trust Rak to knock down free throws.

 

[alibrat66]

RAK was huge down the stretch. Without him, we might not have won.

 

[dasher]

He is getting a lot better. If it continues, watch out.

 

[iommi]

His defense against back door lobs is not always very good, which is really inexcusable with his leaping ability.

 

[Orangezoo]

RAK was huge down the stretch. Without him, we might not have won.

yeah and he deserves more touches for as hard as he is working. He might put a shot up a bit too fast from time to time but its higher pct than so many CJ jumpers.

 

[Orangezoo]

His defense against back door lobs is not always very good, which is really inexcusable with his leaping ability.

yeah he missed a few.. but got his hands on a couple that just bounced poorly right to miami.

 

[LAOrange]

I said it before, I love Keita but Christmas needs to play in hard situations to learn. I really like that he closed out that game. Without him we don't win.

 

[edowd26]

2 points, 4 boards, and a block.

That's pretty solid for us from the 5 spot.

Although I hate basketball related threads I agree 100%. Dude was a man on fire.

 

[CaliCuse]

2 points, 4 boards, and a block.

That's pretty solid for us from the 5 spot.

He was certainly crucial in the game if not a "decider"vTyler continues to impress the basketball world and unless he suffers an injury or game collapse he should be the FOY in national and conference awards. I just hope that he is here next season with Grant as well. I don't think this team is a NC winner but next year with these two back its a real possibility.

 

[Orangezoo]

Although I hate basketball related threads I agree 100%. Dude was a man on fire.

lol

 

[LAOrange]

He was certainly crucial in the game if not a "decider"vTyler continues to impress the basketball world and unless he suffers an injury or game collapse he should be the FOY in national and conference awards. I just hope that he is here next season with Grant as well. I don't think this team is a NC winner but next year with these two back its a real possibility.

Dude, we're 14-0 and just played a crappy game against a zone when our best shooter went 2-12 and WON. Smiles and candy. We're goin' to the promised land.

 

[CusefanATL]

RAK was huge down the stretch. Without him, we might not have won.

yup... Christmas, Grant and Ennis are the reason we won in the clutch.

 

[NateW]

He had some seriously impressive rebounds toward the very end of the game where he agressively plucked the ball at its peak in the air over and around other contending rebounders.

Also, the lefty hook was sweet. I'll have more of that please.

 

[Ghost]

yeah and he deserves more touches for as hard as he is working. He might put a shot up a bit too fast from time to time but its higher pct than so many CJ jumpers.

Considering how easily he was getting that shot off against a legit 7 footer, and showed some nice touch even on the miss, I'm surprised he hasn't seen the ball more more throughout the year.

A great final five minutes, with some big boards and those baskets were huge when everyone else seemed a little lost on offense.

The lobs were tough, each one I was sure he had the tip, and then he missed. Gotta contain those, Baye had one go over him as well. Miami did a great job with those to their credit. Most teams aren't able to get them in where someone can finish clean.

 

[two3zone]

We don't with without Rak playing at the end. He's playing the minutes at the end of the game that BMK used to get. BMKs defensive play this year has been crap, I'm sure I'll get chastised for that but it has, objectively he's done nothing out there that Rak hadn't or couldn't do all season not to mention he's the biggest liability on offense we've had on this squad in many years.

 

[kirbivore]

Dude, we're 14-0 and just played a crappy game against a zone when our best shooter went 2-12 and WON. Smiles and candy. We're goin' to the promised land.

Go easy on Cali. It's offseason for slamming the cuse o-line or trading the entire Yankees roster