Dave Hardisty

And it largely worked.

They got off to a good start in this game, but then the bench couldn't sustain it because there just wasn't the firepower with the guys they're missing.

And without Steven's availability to set the screens and to help get Reed going,

He did get going later in the game, and it really helped in the fourth quarter when DFS had that flurry and scored all eight of his points.

Besides making a three, he also attacked the closeouts a lot better tonight than he had in his first couple of weeks back.

I thought he was moving a lot more fluidly, which is a good sign.

I'm pretty sure it is.

But yeah, I just think a lot of it was a byproduct of not having Tari and moving Steven to the starting lineup.

I mean, I don't think it was necessarily a terrible game for Reed or not as bad as the plus minus might indicate.

I just think it was largely circumstances and just a continuation of, you know, we've talked about it in recent shows.

He just hasn't been quite the same guy for the last month or so.

I wouldn't say this was, you know, particularly bad, but it's nothing too new.

It's

It's more of the same.

And hopefully, you know, he hit a couple of shots down the stretch.

Hopefully that helps get him going.

And that's my guess.

Yeah.

And even when Reed had it going that game in San Antonio earlier this year, he was picked on so much down the stretch defensively.

So I can't see Ime doing that.