I wasn’t crazy reading some of Gafford’s comments after the game. He had some weird ones after the trade and he had a few games he wasn’t playing much. He may be a guy who can get into his own head. I think it will be important that you get him involved early next game.
Clippers were the better team yesterday. I wonder if things would have looked different if Lively/Gafford would have finished dunks at the rim. I think two of them they were fouled and split the free throws. Add to this Lively had a layup miss and Hardaway also had a layup miss. That is 10 points. I think most of them were in the second quarter too. Probably not enough to change the outcome but when the team was struggling getting a few easy baskets would have helped stop the bleeding.
Clippers were the better team yesterday. I wonder if things would have looked different if Lively/Gafford would have finished dunks at the rim. I think two of them they were fouled and split the free throws. Add to this Lively had a layup miss and Hardaway also had a layup miss. That is 10 points. I think most of them were in the second quarter too. Probably not enough to change the outcome but when the team was struggling getting a few easy baskets would have helped stop the bleeding.