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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 4558862, member: 7631"] Everybody knows how much talent Azzi brings back to the team and how much it means to have someone to come in when the wheels are falling off the bus, or just to give the team a blow. But there are two things that aren't talked about as much. What I noticed (and pointed out in the post-game thread) is that there seemed to be a psychological boost, too. When players know there's a viable sub on the bench, it frees them up to expend more energy or to play less tentatively since there are five more fouls to go around. The other is, Azzi is a student of the game. She can see a lot from the bench that she'd never see on the court. And moreso, she could think about what she was seeing and process the game, motions, positions, etc., in a way she never could while playing or sitting on the bench for five minutes between stints on the court. [/QUOTE]