Eric Williams covered the Sonics' last season in Seattle. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.
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24 -- Number of turnovers in a game for Seattle
34 -- Sacramento points off Seattle turnovers
32 -- Points scored by Wally Szczerbiak
6 -- Points scored by Szczerbiak in the fourth quarter
27 -- fastbreak points by Seattle
20 -- Points Seattle led by in the first half.
This was pretty much a game Seattle had in the bag, but couldn't hang onto. Again, Seattle struggled to close it out. With Kevin Durant, Damien Wilkins and Chris Wilcox all missing shot late that would have kept Seattle in it.
There were good things that happened. Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo liked his team's execution late in the game in the half-court set.
And Seattle was more aggressive on both the offensive and defensive ends.
But it's all about getting W's, and Seattle did not do that tonight.
I thought it was curious that Wally Szczerbiak didn't get more opportunities to shoot late in the game, particularly with the way he was shooting it.
Szczerbiak only had four shots in the fourth quarter.
Here's what he had to say.
“I’m not a bashful guy,” Szczerbiak said about getting only four shots in the fourth quarter. “I’ll start running toward the ball if I feel like I want it. But I got looked off a couple times. We got good shots down the stretch. It’s just one of those things. Shots didn’t fall.
“I think we executed our offense well, which is a start. We had a few too many turnovers down the stretch, which gave them easy buckets. And they made some plays. So we just have to back to the drawing board.
“But I did have a hot hand going, so it would have been nice (to get some touches).”
Listen to more Szczerbiak here.
Carlesimo said they tried to get it to Szczerbiak, but had trouble setting up plays for him because Szczerbiak was playing power forward, which he doesn't do that much.
Listen to the Conversation with Carlesimo here.
Seattle also not getting to the foul line. Seattle's opponents are taking a little over 10 more free throws a game than the Sonics.
Bottom line, until Seattle's stops turning the ball over 20 times a game and figures out a way to execute and get to the line down the stretch, it's going to be a long season.
COMMENTS:
I see egos coming out due to lack of playing time. I also really want the Sonics here, but this team sucks and has no chemistry. I don't think the players are buying into the PJ style of play?
The GM needs to make a trade soon to salvage this season or we maybe looking at the first 0-82 season ever!
iqbal70 - Because our inside guys are weak and need to hit the weight room. It is about strength inside. Did you hear Barkley the other night? He gave Durant plenty of props, but then said the obvious about getting some beef on his frame. Durant needs to hold the ball higher when he goes inside as I lost count of how many times he was stripped.
This team is good, but they need to learn more about team defense. They move the ball alot better than last year, their assists should dwarf numbers from previous years when Ray and Rashard would ISO and not pass. I'll take 5-15 after 20 games, but then there should be no excuses for not going on a little run. They have the tools in the toolbox, they just need to know when and how to use them.
CALLING THE HYPERBOLE POLICE!
Also what this isn't exactly a playoff team underachieving, like the 0-4 Bulls, so I'm not sure this season was every something that was going to BE salvaged.
Any game the Sonics game tie on their last possession and only get the ball into Damien Wilkins' hands instead of Durant or a hot Wally Z is one they deserve to lose.
The Soops were last a low turnover team when McMillan was coach and Antonio Daniels logged significant minutes.
Note that Bevin Knight, a low turnover guy, was free this summer, and signed with the Clips, one of the teams to beat the Soops.
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