There seemed to be a concerted effort to push the tempo last night and to take quick shots, as long as they were smart shots. Is that something we should expect to see more of for the remainder of the season?
If you watch Portland’s team, they like a slow paced game. There in the bottom of field goals attempted, break points and so on. They like to walk it up to get Zach Randolph touches in the post, so we had a conscious effort to try to push the ball. Anytime you get easy opportunities for some easy baskets, you want to do that anyway, but as a team, when the opportunity presents itself we are going to push it. Yesterday was a more conscious effort to do that.
It seemed as if Coach Wittman found a way to sit Kevin Garnett more minutes in order to be fresh in crunch time. Is that the substitution pattern we should expect to see with KG from here on?
I think Randy Wittman has a plan to try and get him a little bit more rest. He’ll come out at the end of the first quarter and third quarter, so he can finish up each half and be fresh. That too was a conscious effort on Randy Wittman’s part.
If you watch Portland’s team, they like a slow paced game. There in the bottom of field goals attempted, break points and so on. They like to walk it up to get Zach Randolph touches in the post, so we had a conscious effort to try to push the ball. Anytime you get easy opportunities for some easy baskets, you want to do that anyway, but as a team, when the opportunity presents itself we are going to push it. Yesterday was a more conscious effort to do that.
It seemed as if Coach Wittman found a way to sit Kevin Garnett more minutes in order to be fresh in crunch time. Is that the substitution pattern we should expect to see with KG from here on?
I think Randy Wittman has a plan to try and get him a little bit more rest. He’ll come out at the end of the first quarter and third quarter, so he can finish up each half and be fresh. That too was a conscious effort on Randy Wittman’s part.
Although Ricky Davis is capable of playing 48 minutes each and every night, is there also going to be an effort to reduce his minutes in order to be as fresh as possible in the second half of the season and, hopefully, the playoffs?
With all these guys, we want to keep them fresh. The plan is to use that bench a little bit more. Although he did play a lot yesterday, he hit all seven of his shots early and had some big shots for us down the stretch. I think Randy is looking to take advantage of the strengths of all these guys.
With all these guys, we want to keep them fresh. The plan is to use that bench a little bit more. Although he did play a lot yesterday, he hit all seven of his shots early and had some big shots for us down the stretch. I think Randy is looking to take advantage of the strengths of all these guys.
With the focus being on Coach Wittman’s role obviously changing on this road trip, how does your role, along with Coach Kalamian, change now?
With Randy Wittman now being asked to be the head coach, all of the assistants have to step up and make sure our voices are heard and try to give as much input as we can as the game is going on and also in practice. Being more vocal, giving suggestions. Again, as assistants, you have suggestions and the head coach has decisions. All of us will combine and step up in terms of input.
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Man, we are going to get absolutely killed tonight against Seattle. They play everyone tough at home and we are towards the end of a long road trip.
I don't think this one will be pretty.... :-(
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