Game starts an hour earlier than Tuesday, thank goodness. Decompressing after these games takes me a couple hours at least. Usually a shot of tequila is required.
Keys To The Game:
1) Screen and Roll D: Stan Van Gundy talked about this a lot on Tuesday. If you're top locking an offensive player, you can't shoot the gap and try to go under the screen. I'd like us to go over the screens and I'd like AD to come up higher to the level of the ball. That's going to leave pocket passes open for Looney (or Draymond) or put us in a tougher position to defensive rebound but guys like LeBron, Rui - whoever is on the weak side has to come down and rebound. The guards have to come down and sandwich rebound. What I'd like to see is the exact same formula that we used against Portland in the bubble against CJ and Dame. Also if Davis shows, he's quick enough to get back to his man to swat away pocket passes, contest at the rim and rebound.
2) Please Make Shots: Can this team make 12-14 3's in a game? Seriously? If Troy Brown is going to defend the way he did last night, I'd rather have Beasley in the game. And most importantly: LeBron - can you make a jump shot or two?
3) Adjust: I'm guessing we'll see a lot more of what worked for the Warriors in the 4th quarter. Curry/Thompson/Poole/Wiggins/Draymond. If that line-up is put on the floor, we need to absolutely punish it. Offensive rebounds, drives to the basket, etc. Rui needs to play more than 11 minutes. He should be playing 25-30 every night.
4) Don't Be Complacent: Just because we already won Game 1, don't f**ing let up. Put the foot on Golden State's neck and step on it.
