HEAD to HEAD MATCHUPS THUS FAR.......

[Kimsey]

Starters

Bibby

2.5 ppg and 2 apg

Nelson

19.5 ppg and 5.5 apg

-17 points and -3.5 assists

JJ

14.5 ppg and 4 apg

Carter

22 ppg and 2.5 apg

-7.5 points and +1.5 assists

MW

8.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg

Barnes

4 ppg and 4 rpg

+4.5 points and +3.5 rebounds

JS

16 ppg and 6 rpg

Lewis

14.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg

+1.5 points and +.5 rebounds

Al

14 ppg and 8 rpg

Howard

25 ppg and 14.5 rpg

-11 points and -6.5 rebounds

Sixth men

Craw

14 ppg and 2.5 apg

Peaches

10.5 and 1.5 apg

+3.5 points and +1 assists

As one may see it's pretty cut and dry why they are struggling so bad. The combo of Nelson and Carter combine for 24.5 points MORE than Joe and Bibby. You could cut out Carter all together and Nelson alone out scores the dynamic atlanta duo.......... Woody's option 1a and 1b, huh?!?....

Bibby puts out 2 and 2 but Teague has to wait until summer ti...

Positions 3-6 is pretty much a wash, thank you.

Edited May 7, 2010 by Kimsey

[Wurider05]

I am glad that you pointed that out. People love to complain about Marvin, Smoove, and Al but a majority of of losses come out of the backcourt being outscored. Look at the Bucks series. We rarely get totally outplayed by the opposing teams frontcourt. Not saying that it never happens but more often than not its the backcourt.

[TheTruth]

Hard to really evaluate head-to-head since so much of the time is spent switching. For example, a lot of times Bibby was switched onto Barnes, or Marvin on Howard.

Your overall point is clear though, our backcourt ain't getting the job done...and they are perhaps the most important part of this series.

[Joker]

Good thread.