2 things have changed recently with this team that have ignited their confidence and overall play.
1. Obviously the Harder trade had been an Offensive spark and the whole roster had been affected.
2. The most significant in my opinion is that the play of the guys off the bench, Bryant and Tomlin, has lit a phenomenal fire in Jarrett Allen. Dude is playing angry and nowhere near the soft stuff we've seen from him in playoffs. If that continues there is a real Finals chance for this team.
Staying healthy has always been this teams issue but the bench just may finally be good enough to make it work.

You gotta at least give some of the blame for the defense being this bad on the coaching

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DZ83CK said:

Struggling to get stops against a USC team that is missing their two best scorers due to injury. Talk about a red flag.

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Defense is just abysmal there is really no excuse for it

SC leads 43-40 at half. Kind of a miracle that OSU is within 3, with USC shooting 52% from the field and OSU 10% lower, including 2-13 from 3.

Fuck Eric Mussleman and his father. While we're at it, fuck Mr. March Dave Winfield too.

Struggling to get stops against a USC team that is missing their two best scorers due to injury. Talk about a red flag.

Just can't get the stop when we need it

Please be true. We're waaaaaaayy overdue

Yeah, you never want to NOT make the tournament. The only reason I could ever see it is if you had a team full of scumbags and needed to clean house without rewarding them. Ala Musselmans fucking Gophers.

2 things:

1. Did Chatman steal Mobleys mojo?
2. I should've messaged Tilley sooner lol.

Why is this team allergic to Defense.

Bruce Thornton just passed Kelvin Ransey to take over #5 in career points at OSU.

USC is playing without their top scorer. There's no reason we should lose this game.

Things seem to have settled down now and USC is playing sloppy ball now too.

Gotta win the "Battle of the Bubble" ...

They turn it over and we give it right back which leads to an easy bucket. That's basically the story of this team.

The 3s aren't falling you gotta stop chucking them up.

Five fouls already for OSU. Going to give USC a ton of foul shots at this rate.

And now the turnovers. Just ugly.

Team looks lethargic and it seems like there’s no energy at all in the arena. It feels like everyone is watching to see if the anvil falls in this game….

They seem to be playing with no energy either, hopefully the scUM home beatdown on Sunday didn't trigger a complete meltdown.

henry_muto said:

Not the best start down 9-4 already when your 7.5 favorites and in a must win game. Lose this game kiss the tournament all but good bye.

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Unfortunately it is pretty much in must-win territory. USC has dudes, and obviously they are a tougher team defensively.