In Reply to: After all these years it's all a little fuzzy for me, but posted by ej on June 26, 2024 at 15:44:54
yeah, future NBA MVP Derrick Rose simply ate up Collison in that game, but they also had 6'7 Chris Douglas-Roberts (who we guarded with Westbrook).
Collison couldn't stay in front of Rose, but CDR mostly just shot from 3 in that game. I always wished that Howland had switched those two defensive matchups, and had our future NBA MVP guard Rose and make CDR put the ball on the deck and see if Collison could steal, or get help. I don't really think it would have worked, but the way the game went, I think we needed to try it (and didn't).