Preseason performances put defense at top of Trail Blazers’ priority list
Posted by GameSetMatch on October 13th, 2009
The lingering debate about the starting lineup and the nostalgia surrounding Wednesday night’s exhibition game at Memorial Coliseum have provided a convenient distraction for the Trail Blazers at a time when a more pertinent issue has surfaced.
Coach Nate McMillan has emphasized defense throughout the preseason — and, really, for the better part of the last 13 months — but three games into the exhibition schedule, he’s still searching for the intensity, execution and desire required to catapult this team into becoming a defensive force.
“That is where I think I’m most disappointed — in the commitment there and … focus,” McMillan said, referring to his team’s defensive play thus far. “Not only have we talked about it, we know that that is where we need to improve and part of (practice) was working on that. The guys gotta commit to that. It can’t be a sometimes thing.”
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