Marvin Game Breakdown: 1/27 vs Philly

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1ST QUARTER

7:35 - Marvin was in position to get the rebound, but Smoove tries to get the rebound as well, and both end up knocking the ball out of bounds.

4:16 - Missed 18 foot jumper. Lots of movement before the shot.

3:25 - Takes one dribble, acting like he was going into the lane, but steps back and knocks down a 19 foot jumper at the top of the key.

2:39 - Marvin folued when trying to get post position. But he misses both FTs. A rarity for him.

2:18 - Marvin out of game . . . Score: 24 - 16 Philly . . . +/- on the floor: -8

:07.3 - Marvin back in game ( for defensive purposes ) . . Score: 27 - 18 Philly . . +/- out of game: -1

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2ND QUARTER

15:00 - Marvin out of game . . Score: 27 - 18 Philly . . even +/-

7:11 - Marvin back in game . . Score: 39 - 32 Philly . . . +/- out of game: +2

6:18 - Nice recovery here. Iggy initially knocks the ball away from Marvin, but Marvin recovers the ball, drives into the lane, and hits a 12 foot floater.

5:17 - Good closelout on Korver, who misses a 3 pointer at the top of the arc.

3:17 - Drives to the hole, but shot is blocked by Dalembert

2:39 - Grabs defensive rebound and starts a 4 on 2 fast break. Passes to JJ who is wide open for a 3, but JJ couldn't knock the shot down.

:42.1 - Excellent touch pass to Chill on the fast break. who gets an easy dunk

:25.1 - Looks like he gets completely shook by Iggy going to the hole when he falls down. Further review shows that Marvin falls down because he stepped on Daly's foot, who was setting a screen for Iggy.

***** End of Half ***** . . Score: 55 - 48 Philly . . +/- on the floor: even

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3RD QUARTER

11:22 - Marvin picks up the loose ball and immeadiately finds jj streaking down the court what should've been an easy 2 for JJ and a Marvin assist. But Carney hustles on the play and blocks JJ's lay-up. ((I'm going to give Marvin .5 positive points for this play, because it shoulud've been an easy 2 for the Hawks that he created for JJ.))

9:25 - 2 Offensive rebounds for Marvin after having his shot blocked twice while aggressively trying to put the ball in the hole from point blank range. He also makes a good pass to Lorenzen after recovering the 2nd block. Lo then goes through the same fate as Marvin, by having his shot blocked. 2nd block was a goaltend that wasn't called. (( I'll give Marvin another .5 points here, for his hustle and keeping the play alive ))

8:42 - Knocks down 21 footer and gets fouled on the play. He converts the 3 point play . . . (( 2 positive points here ))

7:29 - Knocks down another 21 footer on a perfect looking shot.

5:04 - Misses 20 footer. A "heat check" type of shot.

4:26 - Plays good defense on Iggy to almost force a turnover. Marvin then steals the ball 4 seconds later and is fouled becore he can start the fast break. He hits both of his free throws . . . (( 2 positive points here for coming up with the turnover and scoring at the line on the other end ))

3:23 - Draws a foul on Iggy when he was trying to post him up down on the block. He hits both of his FTs plus the technical foul free throw called on Dre Miller on the same play.

2:41 - Got the ball with 4 seconds on the shot clock. Instead of shooting, he passes to ZaZa who was completely oblivious to the shot clock. Turnover Hawks.

2:37 - Marvin out of the game . . Score: 72 - 68 Philly . . +/- on the floor: +3

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4TH QUARTER

10:37 - Marvin back in the game . . Score: 76 - 73 Philly . . +/- out of game: +1

10:00 - Hits driving lay-up over Hunter. A strong play to the hole.

8:46 - Gets a hand in Miller's face as he drives for a lay-up. Dre hits a tough shot over Marvin that he banks off the glass.

7:50 - Marvin misses 22 footer

6:37 - Smoove and Marvin can't deny the entry pass to Dalembert. Daly makes the lay-up and is fouled by Marvin. He converts the 3 point play. . . (( -2 points for Marvin here ))

4:29 - Good defense on Iggy forces him to miss a jumper.

4:15 - Marvin makes a 21 foot jumper

2:12 - Loses ball after going aggressively into the lane, when he bumps into Joe Smith.

:56 - Comes from the weak side and fouls Iggy to prevent him from making an easy lay-up.

:56 - Marvin out of game . . Score: 101 - 87 Philly . . +/- on the floor: -11

******* Final Score ********* 104 - 89 Philly . . +/- off the floor: -1

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OVERALL GRADE: B . . . He had a lackluster first half, but really turned up his play in the 2nd half. His play in the 3rd quarter was excellent. One thing of note in this game. The player that Marvin was guarding when we were in man to man ( Korver, Iggy, Carney ), didn't look to challenge him or shoot over him much at all. Those other players attacked Chill and Joe, but not Marvin. It says something about how his length bothers the man he is guarding when out on the perimeter. Marvin looks a lot more comfortable taking the open jumper and is making a point to really get his feet set before he catches the ball.

Positive plays: 13

Negative plays: 5

+/- in the game: -16

+/- out of game: +1

[thesheedera]

another good analysis, another good game for marvin, another loss for the hawks

where/when was the play where marvin hit the driving shot over (through) hunter?

chill was getting abused by iggy throughout the game, btw

[Gray Mule]

Thanks for the post.

Keep up the good work!!

[AHF]

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Thanks for the post.

Keep up the good work!!

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Seconded. These threads are extremely substantive and very interesting. I definitely look forward to them. Thanks!!

[Johann]

the problem i see with your analyses is that, objectively speaking, the kid is showing some improvement; as a consequence, we are missing out on all that interesting gas about trading him to indy for john edwards, or simply donating him to a medical school for experimentation.