2 horrendous inbounds, 1 soft pass off Beasley's hand (that luckily did not get overturned), numerous rushed 3 pointers, and missed bunny shots. I am shocked at Ariza's horrid performance in this year's playoffs.
That last pass made me sick to my stomach. Low basketball iq. Coach can't run an inbounds play for his life. Bring on JVG!
Did they foul during those inbounds plays... Yes. But we have to have better plays that get people open at angles that we can pass to. These are things a high school basketball team can do. Why can't jb learn more plays?
That last inbounds was horrible, but dude is chasing Klay around 500 screens a game and is doing an admirable job. Most of the breakdowns have been team defense oriented. Gotta love everyone just focusing on his miscues though.
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To be fair that first in bounds Beasley was held that is why he didn't get the ball and the Warriors stole the ball. Warriors are getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs since they are the defending Champs. KJ needs to come in and give Ariza some rest at times.
those using that last inbounds turnover as ammo on ariza... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch Andre Iguodala hold Michael Beasley on the in-bounds play <a href="https://t.co/LQDeKv6Tl6">pic.twitter.com/LQDeKv6Tl6</a></p>— Kevin Jones (@Mr_KevinJones) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mr_KevinJones/status/723373008069382144">April 22, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> blame the coaching for drawing up an inbound play in a likely crowded key, iggy for holding beasley, beasley for not selling the foul enough, or the ref for not blowing the whistle. other than that... yeah, he could do better with other stuff not having to do with that play.
I'm frustrated with Ariza's play as well, but to say he's a playoff choker is going a 'bit too far. He hit a lot of clutch threes for us last year in the playoffs. When you're a spot up shooter on offense, and that's your one job, of course you're going to look bad if you have a cold series. My biggest issue with him right now is for whatever reason he thinks he's Harden and can drive into a crowd of people and make a play out of it. He should never...ever put the ball on the floor unless absolutely necessary. As for his defense, although I feel it's regressed a 'bit from last year, is still very important. Thompson had a horrible night, then Ariza was switched over to Livingston and at least limited their ability to abuse Beverley. He's important on the defensive side of the ball, just needs to start knocking down his 3's on a more consistent basis.
