NBA wanted Melo to fail tonight

CA7 said:

tell that to the media who's gonna destroy Melo which will hurt the team

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True. No reason to pile on bullshit. Flag his ass for how he played tonight, sure; obv needs to play better.

But just one game. Whole new offense, plus I think the main reason Melo looked so wild is because the offense is so much faster and crisp now with Lin, Melo just wasn't acclimated to the sheer velocity of it; in addition to his first game back....nothing can really prep you for that pace till you're in it.

One positive I picked up in this game was Melo's ability to find STAT down in the paint, something that's been severely missing in this offense. Finally! A two-man game is starting to develop between them. I liked the Melo post up then pass to STAT for the dunk. Nice play that takes advantage of STAT's good rolling ability and Melo's post up game.

I was shocked by the refereeing!

They've been 'strange' for quite a while now, but last night was the tip of the iceberg.....I was cursing like mad in front of my TV.......we played bad, yes, but that 'performance' by the refs was disgraceful!