strange.. the gametracker had barro with over 10 rebs.. musta been off!
checked the
box score as well.. thing that jumped out at me was the fact that mcneal led or co-led the team in every single category except fouls, turnovers (!!!!!), minutes, offensive rebounds (although he led on total rebounds), steals (with matthews), and FTs made/attempted (although he led on the FT%).
Yes, he tied for total points (with matthews), threes made (with fitz), and blocks (with 4 other team members at 1 each). He led in field goals made, defensive and total rebounds, and assists.
talk about a well rounded game!! a few more offensive boards (he had 0) and FT attempts (he only had 2) and I'd call it pretty complete!
didn't realize that stat about matthews making 20 of his last 23 free throw attempts.. that's awesome! IMO he had an emergent kind of night too - started to distinguish himself as a distinct contributor to the big three (he has always just seemed like the necessary glue that you couldn't really measure impact-wise). He really contributed on defense.. if he could take his offense one step up too then he'd be close to a complete well-rounded game as well. By that I mean crashing the offensive boards a little more, improving his fg% SLIGHTLY, decrease his TOs, and get a few more assists. Not worried - he's got stars as his limit.
