Back court

[Palatine]

Thought it was interesting that Ollie opened with Gibbs/Calhoun then took both out for Adams/Purvis. Swapping the entire back court.

I wondered if this was going to be the paired back courts for much of the game but it wasn't. After that it seemed to be driven by Adams fouls. If he hadn't gotten his second with 9 minutes to go in the first half, I think he might have played 30 minutes.

Gibbs, Adams was on the court down the stretch. But I think that was driven by Purvis FT shooting. Calhoun keeps forcing Ollie to give him minutes, so I think we'll see the pairing at guard continue in flux.

If someone can figure out Ollie's substitution pattern, please, let's hear it.

 

[lange10]

If someone can figure out Ollie's substitution pattern, please, let's hear it.

We won so I haven't seen in questioned but why in the world was Sam Cassell out there in the first half of a tight game? Bizarre..

 

[Edward Sargent]

Thought it was interesting that Ollie opened with Gibbs/Calhoun then took both out for Adams/Purvis. Swapping the entire back court.

I wondered if this was going to be the paired back courts for much of the game but it wasn't. After that it seemed to be driven by Adams fouls. If he hadn't gotten his second with 9 minutes to go in the first half, I think he might have played 30 minutes.

Gibbs, Adams was on the court down the stretch. But I think that was driven by Purvis FT shooting. Calhoun keeps forcing Ollie to give him minutes, so I think we'll see the pairing at guard continue in flux.

If someone can figure out Ollie's substitution pattern, please, let's hear it.

I liked the Adams, Calhoun, Hamilton, Miller, Brinah lineup - they looked real good!

 

[John]

We won so I haven't seen in questioned but why in the world was Sam Cassell out there in the first half of a tight game? Bizarre..

Might have earned it in practices.

 

[jibsey]

On any given night all of the guards including Calhoun can be key but Adams had the breakdown ability, now if he can improve his outside shot that brings us to another level.

 

[blackbird]

I think you need a more consistent shooter than Purvis out there with Adams for most of the time. Of course, I'm an advocate for playing Adams 30+ minutes a game..

 

[Mano]

We won so I haven't seen in questioned but why in the world was Sam Cassell out there in the first half of a tight game? Bizarre..

IIRC, I believe that was the point at which Adams had two fouls and DHam had been poked in the eye. KO must've thought we needed more ball handling and turnovers than just Gibbs and Calhoun/Purvis could provide. Didn't take long to fix that one.