Hampered by injury.
He can't keep using that as an excuse.
If he has a good game then xyz etc
If he has bad games he always has a way out with 'ankle injury bother'?
He's banged up & he's trying to play through it.
What else do you want the guy to do at this point? He cares & he's trying. It sucks that he's not nearly as effective as he was during most of the regular season but outside a miracle in medical science, this is what we're stuck with at the moment.
What about game 4 performance then? Temporary miracle?
That he shot under his season average in points, FG%, 3P% in Game 4?
C'mon Triboy, at least do some research before you speak. My god.
Even throwing the stats out, its apparent to anyone with a set of eyeballs that Crowder isn't totally right and just trying to grind it out.
He made shots in game 4. He couldn't in any other games prior
BTW if he was that injured how has he been playing defense at a high level? moving fine on the defensive end, limping on the offensive end?
Come on donoghus
Really?!?!?!
Crowder is not moving well on the defensive end. He hasn't been playing in the shirt of his opponent like usual because he can't react as fast because of the ankle. He isn't jumping as high to effect outside shots. He is closing out on players slower. His opponents have blown by him regularly on drives. He hasn't played nearly as well defensively as he did when he was healthy in the regular season.
His play has been effected on both ends of the court. That's apparent to just about everyone.
He had a good game because when you have an injury and try to do things through the discomfort, sometimes you have very good days and a lot of the time you don't.
Complaining about injuries at this point is moot. They happen. You try your best to get through them but ultimately, they effect the outcomes of games and series. Always have, always will.
