Sitting at the home bar, my initial reaction was that as well as Bell played for 4 games, 39 minutes, and 54 seconds, he was still the goat for not blocking out. It's true , it was two really bad plays in a row. He fell asleep and on the first one was anticipating the ball was going to go through the net and walked to the next instead of getting into his man and keeping him off the boards.
After getting over the disappointment though, a couple of thoughts
1) Bell was by far the best player on the team and Ducks would not have got past the 2nd round without his outstanding play
2) Last nights game could have been won if his teammates had not missed so many wide open shots in the 2nd half and had not made so many unforced turnovers
3) Even if Bell gets the rebound, he is under the basket and they pressure his outlet pass. Probably takes 1- 2 seconds to get it out and then there are 2-3 seconds left. The Ducks end up getting a shot somewhere between half court and the 3 point line. They would have had a shot but its probably around 25-30% chance they pull it off
Anyway, Bell will never forget this, but hopefully he will remember the run as him being the guy that carried this team
After getting over the disappointment though, a couple of thoughts
1) Bell was by far the best player on the team and Ducks would not have got past the 2nd round without his outstanding play
2) Last nights game could have been won if his teammates had not missed so many wide open shots in the 2nd half and had not made so many unforced turnovers
3) Even if Bell gets the rebound, he is under the basket and they pressure his outlet pass. Probably takes 1- 2 seconds to get it out and then there are 2-3 seconds left. The Ducks end up getting a shot somewhere between half court and the 3 point line. They would have had a shot but its probably around 25-30% chance they pull it off
Anyway, Bell will never forget this, but hopefully he will remember the run as him being the guy that carried this team
