One of the worst losses of the Ime era.

Up 25 on a horrendous Pels team (largest collapse in the NBA this season)

Reed with 2 completely wide open looks to tie and he bricks both

Reed making up for last game

Salty KD going in on the Nugs was a lot of fun. Needed that yesterday afternoon.

That was a fun watch yesterday afternoon.

KD definitely said, "Enough of this."

Had to watch the nuggets broadcast, which was actually quite enjoyable. They spent the entire game praising Reed. They even spent several minutes debating why he wasn't a starter.

That was probably one of the best games of career and he usually plays well against the nuggets. Their guards don't really speed him up nor do the centers switch effectively on PNR. He basically gets open 3s all game long. It'll be interesting if we end up playing them in the playoffs, Reed would definitely be the swing factor.

Reed is 4-13 with 3 turnovers in just under 30 minutes tonight. Those are almost unplayable numbers if he was a defensive specialist.

It's good to have Tari back. He's played fantastic in limited minutes.

Westbrook hitting a 3 to send it to OT is too reminiscent of blowing the NO game.

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Westbrook hitting a 3 to send it to OT is too reminiscent of blowing the NO game.

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and another bad, bad loss in OT courtesy of fellow former rocket Dennis Schroder. The team will get through this year, but all the parts don't seem to be creating the whole that we want to see quite yet.

When is DFS getting back...

We just need a real PG for 10 minutes a game.

We actually do quite well letting 4-5 guys share the PG duty at different times in the game. When we are in rhythm, the lack of a true PG makes it difficult for defenses to focus on any single aspect of our offense. The problem pops up when we get thrown out of rhythm. A few bad plays and the wheels fall off the bus. All of sudden we struggle to get the ball across the timeline and our possessions end up being rushed ISOs late in the shot clock. That is when we really need a PG. We need a guard that can control the game for 3-4 possessions by getting us into clean sets or just drawing a foul.

I'm not sure how, but we definitely need to address that position on the squad before the playoffs.

Reed is the only one that brings the ball up and doesn't get trapped and the offense falls apart.

Dude is nails in most aspects of the game. Not a great on ball defender yet, but you trade that for the turnovers and tips he creates

I don't get the constant negativity I read on here about him. Hes not consistent yet. If he was he'd be a superstar as only the superstars are consistent every night.

it was nice to have Tari back last night, but man did he have a brain fart leaving Schroder open in the corner on a drive to the other side of the lane, on the game tying three. Just an unnecessary amount of help when the other team was down three.

I actually think Reed gets trapped a fair bit. He is too short and big guards can easily crowd him out. Teams with big athletic guards really cause him problems. He is young so you expect inconsistency, but its a real problem when we rely on him to be the offensive initiator and he is having a "down" day. It sticks out like a sore thumb and he can become almost unplayable if the other team can target him.

At the moment, I think Amen is probably the safest bet to get it across the timeline. He just has more value off ball, so it makes sense to let others do it. We like to roll with KD and Sengun as offensive initiators, but it breaks down terribly when the opposing team doubles up top or applies a full court press. That should be a relatively easy situation to counter, but we sometimes look like a JV basketball squad when it pops up. I imagine most of our opponents know this and will try to press us at some point in the game. It's a better strategy than letting our bigs set up camp in the lane and bludgeon you with offensive rebounds. I expect we will see it more and more as the season goes on. Ime really needs to give the team more structure or we need someone who can provide a steady hand in tough situations.

Agreed on KD and Sengun bringing the ball up.

It's terrible. Especially KD when they start pressuring him.

IMO, if it ain't Amen then let Reed bring the ball up. KD and Sengun can still initiate after we're in the half court game.

Making another horrible team look great. Wtf

How you gonna lose to the 3 worst teams in the league? Soft AF.

Slumping

DFS returns to save the organization tonight

Really good first quarter. keep it going!

17 pt lead in the third. FINISH

The Lakers defense is so awful. Love seeing them embarrassed on the primetime Christmas game.

Vanderbilt is a ****ing punk ass *****

It's nice to have Tari back. Even when his shot off, he can affect the game in other ways. We've missed his athleticism.

Only thing that would have made that Rockets win better is if Dillon Brooks was sitting in the front row wearing a Lance Stephenson or Joakim Noah jersey heckling LeBron all game.

Good low-stress win tonight.

Just to add another data point to Reed Sheppard's improvement: Last 7 games he has 30 assists to 5 turnovers. That'll do…just over 15 ppg in that stretch, too.

His 1 TO could have been a foul as well.

Garland is the type of guy that Reed loves to feast on. Anytime he faces a turnstile like Garland he is going to have a big impact on the game. He pretty much made up for the lack of Sengun tonight.

KD is quick to praise him, which could just be for show, but you can tell he really likes playing with Reed. They look for each other constantly. If they can develop a strong 2-man game it could make our offense really difficult to deal with. Reed could probably run some of the same sets they employed at GS when KD was there.