Gordon Hayward - obviously not taking losing easy. Kid is ballin', and took a new step tonight by showing how pissed he is at losing 8 straight. I loved his post game interview, Corbin has clearly instilled some fire into him and his (Gordon's) team.
Burks - still does some of the stuff that gets under my skin bad, but DAMN! that kid does some thing so well this season. Rebounding his own miss was critical - how high did he jump on that? - and then to have the awareness to back it out??? He made plenty of great passes during the critical stretches as well. #IMPROVEMENT As a side, I would have loved to see him finishing out as a reward but also I loved Corbin's athletic lineup to finish the game.
Corbin - Going athletic and away from The Locust in clutch was HUGE. I also saw improvements in Kanter-Favors playing the high low when the low post was being fronted. Ended in a questionable TO but what the hell ever, it was well played.
Marvin and the bench - I can't state enough how happy I was to see the collection going nothing less than ape **** over the run. Marvin is a vet and no fool. I have no doubt a returning injured vet was playing up the chest bump and fan wave tonight to help get this one over the hump.
Plenty more to say, tonight might be an inflection point in the confidence these young guys are severely lacking. Hayward's don't feel sorry for ourselves post game was spot on.
Burks - still does some of the stuff that gets under my skin bad, but DAMN! that kid does some thing so well this season. Rebounding his own miss was critical - how high did he jump on that? - and then to have the awareness to back it out??? He made plenty of great passes during the critical stretches as well. #IMPROVEMENT As a side, I would have loved to see him finishing out as a reward but also I loved Corbin's athletic lineup to finish the game.
Corbin - Going athletic and away from The Locust in clutch was HUGE. I also saw improvements in Kanter-Favors playing the high low when the low post was being fronted. Ended in a questionable TO but what the hell ever, it was well played.
Marvin and the bench - I can't state enough how happy I was to see the collection going nothing less than ape **** over the run. Marvin is a vet and no fool. I have no doubt a returning injured vet was playing up the chest bump and fan wave tonight to help get this one over the hump.
Plenty more to say, tonight might be an inflection point in the confidence these young guys are severely lacking. Hayward's don't feel sorry for ourselves post game was spot on.