The team is young, and in some instances just not that talented.
Lovett didn't play well tonight imo. He shot the ball decent, but I brought a guy to the game who hadn't seen the team yet this season and he said "I thought Lovett was a point guard? I haven't seen him penetrate or create a shot for anybody but himself."
And that was true tonight. He needed to drive and collapse that zone around him, and he kept to the perimeter and looked to spot up.
Sima, Owens and Yakwe needed to have monster games and they were nonfactors or had a negative effect on the game. We had a considerable height and altheticism advantage in the front court. And our bigs displayed awful hands, and the guards generally didn't look to create for them with any consistency.
Yakwe looked especially lost out there to me. Hes looking around so much it made me dizzy. From the stands it looked like he was over thinking on both ends of the court, afraid to make the "wrong" play, rather than playing on instinct.
As for the staff, I think they needed to work the ball inside, and they let the team settle for long jumpshots.
This should've been a game where Lovett had 10+ assists.
Very disappointing performance.