Was it all Ayton or does anyone think it was the lack of any defensive adjustments from the fourth quarter on.
I had things going on during the game and missed the entire 3rd but it seemed like we were doing the same thing on defense over and over every time I looked at the tv and it wasn't working.
I definitely wasn't just Ayton because Bryant was crushing us after Ayton fouled out. It was failed defensive rotations and lack of good old fashion boxing out.
He scored a career-high 26 points, tied a career high in boards with 18 and was dominant in the first overtime. Ayton scored seven points on 3-of-3 shooting, but he found himself floating in the middle of the Wizards' pick-and-roll game, which led to Thomas Bryant scoring 31 on a perfect 14-of-14 shooting.
Ayton has had issues with pick-and-roll coverage, but Phoenix didn’t help him nearly enough as Bryant got constant clear paths to the rim for dunks.
And there is this.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo...rds-drop-triple-overtime-thriller/2400466002/
No matter who is at fault, this should have never happened.
Yes! That is EXACTLY what I saw. "Floating in the middle of the pick and roll" is exactly right.
As for others, since bryant is not a pick and pop threat, it should be simple to defend. Get in front of him around the free-throw line. If he tried to back you down, either double him, or let him back you down while the big man comes back to block the shot.
This is what drove me crazy that the Suns could not account for Bryant on defense.
Right, and without knowing what the plan was, it's impossible to tell who is to blame.
Another interesting option would have been to put the defensive unit in after the first OT. Break, then let them start the second OT, play for two minutes, call a time out, and you got Booker and Warren a few minutes of rest. It's risky, but I think it would have been interesting. Crawford is old, and he just didn't have anything going last night, Booker is coming back from an injury, as is Warren. You can't have them playing half of the fourth quarter and then three overtimes. Try Melton, Bridges, Jackson, Oubre, Holmes lineup and see what happens.
Right, and without knowing what the plan was, it's impossible to tell who is to blame.
Another interesting option would have been to put the defensive unit in after the first OT. Break, then let them start the second OT, play for two minutes, call a time out, and you got Booker and Warren a few minutes of rest. It's risky, but I think it would have been interesting. Crawford is old, and he just didn't have anything going last night, Booker is coming back from an injury, as is Warren. You can't have them playing half of the fourth quarter and then three overtimes. Try Melton, Bridges, Jackson, Oubre, Holmes lineup and see what happens.
He was killing us with Holmes in the game as well. It had to be a combination of lack of coaching adjustments and poor recognition from the team as a whole. I’m guessing they never gameplanned Bryant and then didn’t make the proper adjustments in game.I'll need to rewatch the game on TV, but watching it in the arena, I blamed it on Ayton. He appears to want to "show" the pick and roll guard, but then doesn't recover. When he completely switched on Beal, I was fine with that, but he had quite a few possessions where he kind of ended up floating between the guard and the basket. I watched Holmes on pick and rolls, and he did that that. Scrub did score on him too, but it was a bit different on most plays. It's really hard to know who is to blame when I don't know what they were told to do. I'd love to get an actual coach to give me his take on those plays.
People who put someone having a career game on one Suns player have not been watching this team that past few years. The team has made obscure players having career days an art form in that time.