Why are we focusing on this after last night's game? The lineups he employed a) got us back into the game, and b) ultimately sealed the game. The bench did it's job and then the starters closed it out. What is there to complain about?
Is the suggestion that MCW and Birch should've played the final 15 minutes? I'm not understanding the gripe here.
Eh, I think MCW is good for the energy burst exactly how he's currently used. Need good execution & shot making late game rather than chaos in most cases. Augustin has been reliable all year in that regard. Look at the late shot clock play last night where he broke down his defender and converted a tough lay up to basically seal it.
Yes and yes. What scares me most if we get in the playoffs. Is Clifford’s reluctance to make in game adjustments with personnel. No matter how well a nonstarter plays during the game and the starter doesn’t, the rotation will not change. Frustrating and imbocile.
I think it’s time to move on from Vuc. He’s going to want top dollar this summer and I don’t think he can keep up this Allstar level of production into next year. He’s basically playing for his last big contract and he knows it. I expect Vuc to regress to the mean and us going back to wondering why he’s still on our team after all the years of subpar effort. I believe Birch is a more than serviceable backup and after Bamba bulks up this summer along with JI we are going to have a scary starting 5, assuming Fultz comes back healthy. I look for our team to make big strides this offseason with individual/team development and you’re going to see a few guys make that “leap” if you will and take this team to the next level. Either way I’m excited about this playoff push and can’t wait for these guys to taste the playoffs so they can come in hungry next year. GO MAGIC!
I know . . .Birch is 3 inches shorter than Vuch. He had 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Vuch had 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 0 blocks.
I like Birches aggressiveness, also athleticism, and his ability to jump more than 2 inches off the floor to try and grab a rebound.
Yeah, Turner, Embiid, Valanciunas, Drummond destroy him every time they play him. Unfortunately, 3 of those 4 are still rivals, luckily Toronto was nice enough to trade Jonas.
A GREAT win for us. If we lose tonight it would have been disastrous. We could have got behind by 2 and 3 to the other teams with only 5 games left. BIG WIN..HUGE WIN! We held serve.