Butler game thread 1/13/19

[muskieman]

Q out again for this game. He did not participate in today's pre-Butler shoot-around.

[mumuskie87]

I think X will miss Q today, particularly matching against Baldwin.
Scruggs will need to stay out of foul trouble and Castlin will need to step up

[mumuskie87]

6-6
X controlling the boards early.
Need to pound it in the paint.
Scruggs is very good at shooting that 10-15 mid range jumper.

[mumuskie87]

Bad miss by Harden from 3
Naji playing within himself so far.
2 good looks from 3 by Harden and Marshall but they don't go down.
X is just a bad 3 pt shooting team

[mumuskie87]

x is struggling against the zone.
0-6 from 3
Harden is 0-2 from 3.
He seems to be either feast or fame

[olsingledigit]

Must be shooting under 25%

[olsingledigit]

What is the line on this game?

[mumuskie87]

X is unable to generate any kind of half court offense at this point.
Can't make 3's - 0-8 so far and can't get the bigs any shots inside.
So reverting to guys trying to create hero one on one drives

[mumuskie87]

Thank goodness for Scruggs

[mumuskie87]

Love Hankins energy and hustle.
He is relentless.

And Basketball Jones is playing hard as well.
Breaks his streak of 9 straight FT's