Sun 23 Dec 1700 - Giants 101 v 94 Riders

Brilliant again from Giants!

Not sure what happened at the end to cause McCall (or was it Butler) to send Paternostro flying other than maybe Paternostro wasn't happy🍇... about being kept waiting for his handshake ☺

There again he hasn't had that much experience of losing so it must hit him particularly hard...

So are Giants and Rocks!... 

What a result with Clayton only 10 minutes I honestly feel without a proper above average point guard or a decent 5 who can bang inside leicester will struggle!!

Is one of the problems at Riders not that, from a position of strength, they then decided to bring Anderson and Washington back? They know the system but I'm not thinking they're the guys to push the team to the next level?

Interesting game. Giants had no size at all and we decide the best thing to do is keep Martin on the bench whilst we launch an endless number of threes despite hovering around the 10% mark. And some of these turnovers have to be seen to be believed. Burnett seems a real enigma. 3rd leading scorer in the Europe Cup but if you judged him on some of his BBL performances he'd be for the chop. He's so talented but we've got to figure out how to get him and JR going. Or just one of them would be nice. You'd be hard pushed not to be concerned about Riders at the minute. I'm personally not too fussed about going out of the trophy but you never want to lose any game never mind an opportunity for some silverware and the way we are playing suggests we've got no chance of retaining the title either. It's just been a strange season. Played some excellent basketball at times in Europe and some dreadful basketball at times in the BBL. Lost some games that on paper we shouldn't and struggled past Scorchers and needed a massive late come back to beat Royals. Although on the flip side we were two late shots away from being 8-0 in the league so it can't be all bad.

Definitely not good at the minute but not ready to panic just yet. I remember a couple of years ago being down in Plymouth just before Christmas after a dodgy run of form listening to some of our fans writing the game off before tip off. Claiming Sullivan was past it, Brandon Clark was no Neil Watson, Shane Walker was too soft, Eric Robertson was a waste of an import slot, Taylor King was too fat to play professional sport and wholesale changes were needed. I remember arguing with a fellow fan before the game about the squad but I was in the minority and the feeling was wholesale changes were needed. Fast forward 6 months and they were spoken of as one of the best sides put together in the last decade. Now this team is definitely missing a Bernadini/Sullivan figure and I'm in no way saying we are heading towards winning the league and playoffs at a canter like that team did. But not ready to panic too much just yet. Even if we do look ****e at the minute.

I think our main problems lie with our guards. Almost have too many options this season. We would be fine with a proper import PG who could distribute the ball really well. Having Washington, Lascelles and Douse appears not to be working in our favour. We were better last season with fewer choices. Burnett is not the guy to play that PG role either. And we appear to have lost our ability to stop teams scoring. That's inexplicable to me. Frankly baffling.

Your post got me reflecting on our bench jumping to their feet when players scored, dunked or blocked shots last season. Rarely see that now, which may lend some weight to your claim that all is not sweetness and light in the Riders camp.

But Leicester have the two best PGs in the league.

And the deepest bench................. and Saint Robert the best coach ever who has walked on water............... and a Team not individuls or egos................... because Saint Robert doesnt allow players not to play as a Team............... and Riders will continue to improve steadily througout the season.....................

Chapter 23 of the Book according to INF

Unfortunately I have to agree that his attitude during the game this evening was unacceptable. The league really could do without coaches telling opposing fans to meet them outside for a fight after the game.

Riders fans complaining about scoring when you've scored 94!!!
Giving up 101 is very un-rob like, I'd be more concerned about that. The team that beat Lions by 1 would not have given up 101 points!
Did the players think this was going to be a straight-forward win & didn't have the mental ability to dig deep when it got difficult?
I certainly wouldn't want to be in the dressing room with Rob after giving up 101 points!