Allen doing his best JJ Reddick impression… money with the 3… except when the team needs it most.
I now believe it's mental. His shots earlier in the game was pure beaty, but he'd suddenly lose the touch and thus confidence after 2 open misses, as if shellshock. This happened several times already and once for a stretch for several games.
The loss is mainly on Vogel with his bad rotation adjustments. When CJ nailed his first 2-3 3pts, you'd know he felt it today, yet Book and Allen rarely acknowledged that. Zion was feeling it, both with drives on O and body-up and shot-blocking attempts on D, from early. We on TV already foresaw those blocks from behind but our players never felt need to anticipate and prepare for that. RO was very effective with his defense but was pulled too early in the 4th for shellshock Allen. Vogel always insists on finishing the game with his starters without adapting to game evolution.
Nurk was really bad with his paint plays in the 2nd qrt that caused Pels' 12-0 run within like 5-6 rounds. Vogel should've pulled him earlier. Beal missed nothing from the start, yet he only had more chance to shine late when Book and KD both sat. And then they wanted to exploit it more but ended up with several TOs, maybe due to some fatique. We were in the game partially due to refs stopping Pels from nasty bodying up KD and Book on perimeter. We never put a guy on their hot hand stars, to deny passes etc. Zion was like on some smoke. Put a body clued to him. CJ was shooting like crazy. Put a body on him. Just like most teams do to our KD and Book. How hard is it!
