I’m stoked to be 3-1. That’s great. Objective is to win.
But we have not played well overall or our typical brand of ball. We’ve been down at least 9+ points in every game. That’s a red flag. We’ve made great comebacks and big plays in key spots thanks to very talented and experienced players, but that’s not sustainable as we saw last night (even after we cut it from -13 to -1).
The specifics are defense. It’s been bad. If that doesn’t improve we won’t be able to carry a pretty record.
Through these 4 games, we are just 7th of 10 in Defensive Efficiency, 9th of 10 in forcing turnovers (to counteract our own inherent sloppiness), 8th of 10 in 3PT defense, and just 8th of 10 in opponent’s offensive rebounding %.
These have been issues throughout the season here and there too. So if our offense isn’t having a great shooting day, we’re in trouble.