Sam sit Bargnani and let Ford come off the bench. Watching Andrea play defense is maddening, he’s too slow for most opposing small forwars and too weak for opposing centers and power forwards. Plus he hasn’t been as productive as Kapono who has found serious rhythm shooting 66% from the field so far in the series.
For whatever reason, Mitchell insists on starting 7-footers Andrea Bargnani and Rasho Nesterovic. That’s 14 feet of lumbering Europeans that plays right into the Magic’s hands. The bad news for Orlando is Mitchell seems to have figured that out. He said the lineup will be different Thursday night, though he didn’t say what the changes would be. “I’m not going to tell you,” Mitchell said. “But you watched the game, so use some common sense.”
Sit Andrea and starting Jose would probably stop a sweep in this series, but we’ll see what happens tonight.
