Regular Season - Sim 47

3rd game in a row we shoot below 40%, and this time it's in a loss to OKC.

Need to get this shit together. Next up we get Utah, so it's not going to get any better.

win vs MIA - 103-142

wow, Lillard with back-2-back 50 point games. This time going for 56 (18-24 FG, 18-18 FTs) in his duel with Durantula who scored 54 (21-30 FG). Damian got some good support from his team though. Aldridge had 23/6. Bradley with 14. Leonard with 12/9 and Henson with 12/5 and 4 blocks.

Steph played well against us but again we had our way with all of the other players on the team as we smashed the Nets on their court by 22 points.  Melo with 32 to lead the charge and Andre and Larry also had big games and contained their bigs.

Fantastic debut for Ersan Ilyasova in a Pacer uniform- 17 points and 17 boards, but in a 102-90 loss against Charlotte. However nobody else did anything. New Pacers Randy Foye and Mo Williams combined for four points on 1-19 shooting. MKG shut down Lebron, who took 40 shots and making just 15 to score 37 points.

This is what happens when I let the CPU set my lineup after a trade.

Heck I thought I was going to lose this one. I mean, we did that trade and after that didn't even set our DC. Diaw got the start at SF and played a whopping 41 minutes! LOL
Nene played while hurt, George and Anderson came off the bench.. George played only 25 minutes.. And we still got a win by 18 at their own home court, which is nice and I'll take it over anything.

THE GOOD:
-> Our BIG 3 gave that game to us. 27 for Williams, 25 for Howard and 20 for George off the bench. %s were not good but they played steady defense and gave us a big win. I mean, they almost outscored the Wolves in 51 shots combined. I can't ask for more.
-> Defense set the tone here. While they have a very good scoring team, Love went 4-15, Gasol 2-9, and only Parsons shot over 50% from the field as a starter.
-> We sinked 10 3pters again. And Anderson did not sink a single one. Dare zoning us?

THE BAD:
-> I think there's no bad thing when you don't set your DC coming after a trade and still grab a quality win, playing away, and by 18. Nicely done team!

EDIT: Next sim back to back away @ Washington and @ Philly. Let's see if we can get at least one of those two!

Another win for the Mavericks, again without Jeff Teague and OJ Mayo due to injury. That's 6 wins in a row for Dallas.

DeMar DeRozan had a game high 31 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists on 10-20 shooting and 9-12 from the free throw line. I love it. George Hill also had a fantastic game, going for 28 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals on 11-19 shooting and 5-9 from downtown. No one else scored in double figures for us. Bogut had a solid 9 point 9 rebound game. Zeller, coming back from injury, off the bench with 8 points and 3 rebounds in 12 minutes. David West was solid with 8 points and 9 rebounds. Jamaal Franklin struggled again, not able to find his shooting touch as he shot 2-12 from the field for 6 points and 6 rebounds (2 assists, 1 steal/block).

I don't know how we're winning when the other team is shooting better from the field. Evidently, we're closing games out fantastically and getting to the free throw line. I'll definitely take it though, loving every bit of it.

So you finally noticed you had OJ Mayo as starting SF in your sig best lol

Lost on the road by 15 to New Orleans and take away some positives from the L which we'll work on in practice.

Also absolutely love how well Olynyk is playing at PF getting 9pts 4rebs in 15mins missing only 1 attempt from both the field and FT line, appreciate that trade Jestor really looks like he'll fit in fine just as I thought.

Good game Rizzo

Next up Danilo Gallinari returns against Portland and Damian Lillard

Ugh I overslept and didn't get a chance to change my strategy. We would've beat the Lakers then, looking at the box score.

WillyJakkz (HOU) wrote:So you finally noticed you had OJ Mayo as starting SF in your sig best lol

You mean the one with DeRozan/Gasol in it? I took it off because I knew Gasol was gone, lol. I'm currently in the process of making a new one. :p

3 game winning streak snaped by the Spurs.
Will tweak a few things here and there and we should be back on track.

We beat Chicago again for our 7th win but looks like it was a case of Derrick Rose throwing up 26 shots only hitting 4 that helped us. They shot a terrible 30% from the field with us not that much better at 41% but we won which is all that matters.

Started Plumlee and our post was really solid actually. He, Gortat and Seraphin combined for 43 points (18-26 FGs) and 29 rebounds. Now that Plumlee is healthy, it's a better big man rotation.

First win streak this season (2 games) and won 3 of 4. Might have actually found a mix that semi works.

Magic now 13-35

We get crushed by the Kings in Orlando.

Sacramento 122 @ Orlando 103

It was a battle of stars as Tyreke goes for 37 for the Kings and Wiggins nets 35 for the Magic.

Wiggins gets his 35 while going 9 of 20 from the floor and an amazing 17 of 18 from the free throw line. He adds 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block to his stat line. Giannis got into foul trouble and only managed to be on the floor for 19 minutes which is always going to hurt us.

Next up…

Orlando @ Detroit

1-1 sim but both on the road so acceptable to say the least

Solid win on the road against IND. We didn't set our strat and Rick Jackson started, but had a solid game.

Very happy with MKG shutting down LeBron - interesting he still took so many shots, shooting 37%.

Everyone has efficient games, but Gay shot 12 for 30, so need to figure that out.

Still, happy with the W.

W: Los Angeles Clippers 100 @ 110 New York Knicks
Ricky Rubio: 6 points, 18 assists, 8 rebounds
JaVale McGee: 21 points, 14 rebounds, 2 blocks
Kosta Koufos: 26 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks in 28 minutes

Win at home against the injury plagued Clippers.
We got a 17 point lead at halftime, and administrated it till the end.

Koufos had one of his best games of the bench. The kid is leading the entire CSL in FG% at an amazing 59,4%. McGee, who is also 6th in the league in FG%, had a great game too, and once again Rubio with 18 dimes was in a big part responsible of it.

Not much to say.. we lost again. Nice debut for Wade