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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 2484966, member: 5832"] Yeah, Champs I'm in the same boat, tbh. I mean they knocked down freaking 7 of 10 three pointers. Most of which were contested or were off of us doubling down on bigs and them fumbling to kick the ball out. There's not much you can do about that. And we really did shut Ayton down most of the game. We did everything that could be asked. Ristic was the guy to challenge and he stepped up. Our defensive intensity was great and we gave them all they could handle on the boards given what we've got up front. What was particularly harmful was - at least from the view on my couch - that every time we got within two, they'd hit that three. Or we'd shoot ourselves in the foot with a bad turnover/possession. A few times, that'd happen in combination where we'd cough the ball up, get back, double down on the bigs and they'd bungle around with bad ball movement and hit some misplaced trailer and drain a three. Sometimes, that's just basketball. Truth of the matter is though, that the reason much of that happened is because we're just out gunned. We lack a lot of size up front even though we're gamey. We don't have a lights out shooter. And we didn't have a PG - which was the problem we had last year. And above all else - we severely lack depth. The guys who needed to give us good games tonight really did sans Adams. We just didn't have enough chips to play at crucial points and this is usually what happens... [/QUOTE]