Early season game against a veteran team that was playing their 7th game.
1) Loved the focus on feeding the post in the first half. Had 4-5 of them in the first 7 minutes or so including one where Theo had his guy pinned under the basket and Markus fed him. Led to a foul
2) Great to see Wojo test this team by sitting Markus after his 2nd foul. Gave the team a chance to figure things out without their AA on the court.
3) Great defense for 34 1/2 minutes. Gave up 38 points in that time frame. RM hit some shots at the end which changed things a bit, but D won this game.
4) Greg Elliott. Great pick and roll feed to Ed for a basket. Great hustle on D to deflect a pass that led to a bucket on the other end.
5) The weave in the 2nd half got us out of standing around a bit and actually did lead to some open looks.
6) I counted at least 5 wide open looks from 3 that we missed. Hit 3 of them and this is a much more relaxed game. Team hasn't been on this floor much, so this will get better.
7) Theo is really becoming an impact guy. Now 7-11 from the line on the season. And 1 foul in 23 minutes.
Perspective.
Win by 30 or win by 4, these buy games are always brutal no matter what. We'll find out next week if our team has a chance to do something this year.
Nice.
Yeah, Wojo was definitely "testing" the team by sitting Markus when he picked up his second foul with about 8 minutes left in the first half. No way he was trying to avoid Markus picking up his third before halftime, it was all a test to see how the other guys would respond. And they responded so well they were losing 20-19 at halftime to the worst cupcake they'll play all year.
Quote from: IrwinFletcher on November 23, 2019, 06:28:17 PM
Early season game against a veteran team that was playing their 7th game.
1) Loved the focus on feeding the post in the first half. Had 4-5 of them in the first 7 minutes or so including one where Theo had his guy pinned under the basket and Markus fed him. Led to a foul
2) Great to see Wojo test this team by sitting Markus after his 2nd foul. Gave the team a chance to figure things out without their AA on the court.
3) Great defense for 34 1/2 minutes. Gave up 38 points in that time frame. RM hit some shots at the end which changed things a bit, but D won this game.
4) Greg Elliott. Great pick and roll feed to Ed for a basket. Great hustle on D to deflect a pass that led to a bucket on the other end.
5) The weave in the 2nd half got us out of standing around a bit and actually did lead to some open looks.
6) I counted at least 5 wide open looks from 3 that we missed. Hit 3 of them and this is a much more relaxed game. Team hasn't been on this floor much, so this will get better.
7) Theo is really becoming an impact guy. Now 7-11 from the line on the season. And 1 foul in 23 minutes.
Perspective.
Those two plays are why Greg is my favorite player on the team. Looking forward to when he is 100 percent.