BbaLL_31 said:
76ers aren't a bad team - when Samuel Delembert gets healthy in the East, they should make the Playoffs...
I got around to watching the tape of the game and the Sixers looked Ok in the second half, although some of it was that the Suns kept shooting and missing long jumpers. Dalembert looked quite good and I'm not sure why Marc Jackson is starting unless there is a conditioning issue.
I have some issues with a few coaching decisions D'Antoni made and ones he didn't make.
1. Why did he have Nash trying to defend Iverson? All it did was get Nash into foul trouble which could have lost them the game? Iverson had 13 foul shots.
2. When the Sixers were making a run, why didn't D'Antoni simply insist that they focus on getting the ball to Amare. Amare had 29 points but could have had 49.
3. Why did he leave Voskuhl in so long? Jake was only 1-6 from the field and had a turnover. During a stretch that the Suns offense was not doing well, Lampe might have opened things up a bit.