The one real head scratching play of the night...

[jdubs30]

I'll nominate JG3s transition behind the neck pass in traffic surrounded by 3 bigs

That was when we were tied at 20 too...

 

[samspann1]

That was when we were tied at 20 too...

Are you sure it wasn’t during the “soft open” (first 4:00) of the 2nd half?

 

[OrangeinDC]

How did Kadary not see Griffin on the break for an easy dunk? It almost looked intentional.

That play and Girard not rotating the ball to Buddy and taking that second consecutive 3 were critical plays that we made the first two games that were not made last night.

Yeah, terrible shot selection by JG! When I re-watched the play, I think the old looking guy would have picked off an immediate pass to Buddy as he was trailing the play. However, if JG would have hesitated for one half sec, he would have passed through and Buddy would still have a great shot.

Gotta look for the Kadary break though..

 

[jdubs30]

Are you sure it wasn’t during the “soft open” (first 4:00) of the 2nd half?

Nope I’m almost positive it was when it was 20-20... but I had a few bud lights lol

 

[Trueblue25]

Joe’s second three off the second chance rebound and Jesse’s foul line pull up

Yuck..

 

[UpstateSM]

This is fun: I nominate Buddy’s pass directly to Houston that ended up a wide open fast break layup during the run at the end of the first

 

[jdubs30]

This is fun: I nominate Buddy’s pass directly to Houston that ended up a wide open fast break layup during the run at the end of the first

JB yelled at Q big time for that one lol

 

[UpstateSM]

JB yelled at Q big time for that one lol

I missed the aftermath I had to walk outside and look at the stars

 

[SaltLakeOrange]

Joe's got a little bit of that Jason Hartesque quality that when other people are making baskets he starts to get anxious until he hucks a shot up too.

Joe can’t tie Jason’s sneakers.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

JB yelled at Q big time for that one lol

Yup. Definitely acted like that wasn’t all on Buddy

 

[UpstateSM]

I saw a manager throw a bad pass to AG that led to a brick in warmups. Killed his confidence before the game even started.

That’s worthy of a nomination

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Agree on the girard shot instead of pass to buddy. The Richmond miss pass I’m not remembering. But I would add 2 other key plays.

1- Guerrier on the fast break where he didn’t protect the ball and the defender picked his pocket on what should have been an easy 2.

2- The Edwards play after he knocked down 2 free throws. Next trip down the floor we got a stop and it was a fast paced possession and Edwards caught the ball running from the other end of the floor and jacked up a free throw jumper totally out of rhythm. I think he jacked that up because he just hit 2 free throws but that was a terrible decision.

1. Joe was just as likely to make yesterday as Buddy, but Buddy might have had a better shot, by a little.
2.That was a tough 2 points to lose.
3. Should not have passed to Jesse there, and I think at the end of next season that’s a much better shot than last night, but it was an open 15’. If he made it, no one complains, except about his PT.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Yup. Definitely acted like that wasn’t all on Buddy

It was 2 fold: soft pass, and not coming to the ball.

 

[themorey]

I'll nominate sitting Jesse at the end of the 1st half after his D helped tie the game. He goes to the bench and Houston goes on 10-0 run to close out the half.

 

[kcsu]

I saw that too.
Alan was sooo open under the side of the basket he was lonely.

For a dude w Kadary’s vision and passing, I was shocked he missed that.

And yeah, Joe’s hero ball 3’s there - the 2nd in particular - killed us.

Oh, and Marek’s missed layup where he then fell down all on his own afterwards.
nope. no foul there.
dudes fall down on open layups all the time.

And Bras missing 2 wide open 3s

 

[kcsu]

Joe’s second three off the second chance rebound and Jesse’s foul line pull up

Yuck..

Joe shot like crap yesterday.

 

[Newhouser]

Agree on the girard shot instead of pass to buddy. The Richmond miss pass I’m not remembering. But I would add 2 other key plays.

1- Guerrier on the fast break where he didn’t protect the ball and the defender picked his pocket on what should have been an easy 2.

2- The Edwards play after he knocked down 2 free throws. Next trip down the floor we got a stop and it was a fast paced possession and Edwards caught the ball running from the other end of the floor and jacked up a free throw jumper totally out of rhythm. I think he jacked that up because he just hit 2 free throws but that was a terrible decision.

The bad decision there was Kadary passing it to him.

 

[rrlbees]

I'll nominate sitting Jesse at the end of the 1st half after his D helped tie the game. He goes to the bench and Houston goes on 10-0 run to close out the half.

7-0.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Yes the end of the half was horrendous. But typical. That game pisses me off the more I think about it.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

It was 2 fold: soft pass, and not coming to the ball.

One error was far more grievous than the other. Yet Q got screamed at.

 

[Eagles20]

I missed the aftermath I had to walk outside and look at the stars

Sure he wasn’t yelling at him for a defensive lapse?

 

[Wrinkle]

I know the play you're talking about and I audibly noted that Kadary missed him. But where I would have screamed at Joe for missing that -- I just calmly stated it for Kadary. Such is the reality of things, Kadary has a limitless leash as far as I'm concerned (and rarely uses it)

 

[FireballPhil]

1. Joe was just as likely to make yesterday as Buddy, but Buddy might have had a better shot, by a little.
2.That was a tough 2 points to lose.
3. Should not have passed to Jesse there, and I think at the end of next season that’s a much better shot than last night, but it was an open 15’. If he made it, no one complains, except about his PT.

I don't think the pass was for Jesse, I think it was meant for Buddy who was open on the other side. Jesse just intercepted it without realizing what was going on.

 

[SWC75]

I saw that too.
Alan was sooo open under the side of the basket he was lonely.

For a dude w Kadary’s vision and passing, I was shocked he missed that.

And yeah, Joe’s hero ball 3’s there - the 2nd in particular - killed us.

Oh, and Marek’s missed layup where he then fell down all on his own afterwards.
nope. no foul there.
dudes fall down on open layups all the time.

Our dudes do.

 

[IthacaMatt]

How did Kadary not see Griffin on the break for an easy dunk? It almost looked intentional.

That play and Girard not rotating the ball to Buddy and taking that second consecutive 3 were critical plays that we made the first two games that were not made last night.

I saw that, too.
I've also seen people not pass Joe the ball when it looked like he was going to launch a bomb.