BIG BIG props to Gibbs

[ctchamps]

Those FT's at the end of the game were cash!!!

 

[CallMeBruce]

You have to appreciate a guy who designates himself as the crunch-time free throw shooter and then drains them all without grazing the rim. Really nice job today.

 

[4in16]

Loved that after he turned it over the 2nd time he stayed with it stole the ball back and got fouled, huge play.

 

[BUHusky]

And let's not forget his 3 for the lead. Never trailed after that. He was big time late.

 

[Kitaman]

Just the usual senior playing like a senior (dependable). That's March basketball.

 

[msgordon]

that 'pass' he threw with 40 seconds left took a few years off my life...thank god he made up for it almost immediately

 

[junglehusky]

No sweat, huh?

 

[Horatio]

We needed clutch . He was clutch.

 

[CL82]

Uh, would rather that we kept the ball out his hands until after we cross half court. He nearly killed me.

Clutch at the FT line though.

 

[mauconnfan]

He needed to LOL but seriously in his defense how can you keep throwing it to the worst place on the floor for the trap? he just happened to be there, but he did panic but found a way to close it still.

 

[upstater]

UConn needs to just attack when up by 11 with 2 minutes left and they find themselves in a 2 on 1.

 

[James]

Kids a great shooter he's gotta keep shooting . And no ridiculous head scratching double teams for no reason , gave up a lay up to fortune in the first .

 

[intlzncster]

Uh, would rather that we kept the ball out his hands until after we cross half court. He nearly killed me.

Clutch at the FT line though.

totally agree. kid's not built to break the press. have him sit across court, come off a little screen and get he ball ever single time. no one i want on the line more at the end.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

You have to appreciate a guy who designates himself as the crunch-time free throw shooter and then drains them all without grazing the rim. Really nice job today.

Those were beautiful free throws, every one of them.

 

[intlzncster]

He needed to LOL but seriously in his defense how can you keep throwing it to the worst place on the floor for the trap? he just happened to be there, but he did panic but found a way to close it still.

we really do suck a beating the press in the back court. seemed to figure it out right at the end though.

 

[Tommyboy]

we really do suck a beating the press in the back court. seemed to figure it out right at the end though.

we wait too much for the trap and trying to pass instead of attacking with the dribble.

 

[gtcam]

I have been disappointed in SG
BUT those free throws at the end were clutch and ICE
Thanks for your coolness SG

 

[jibsey]

I don't want to get ahead of myself here but we shot FT's in 14 pretty good and played defense. Let the stars align Sat.

 

[CL82]

we really do suck a beating the press in the back court. seemed to figure it out right at the end though.

Because it was Adams not Gibbs in the corner.

 

[Waquoit]

The guy was money. Very cool how UConn put the ball in his hands every time down the stretch, Did he even graze the rim?

 

[boog204]

totally agree. kid's not built to break the press. have him sit across court, come off a little screen and get he ball ever single time. no one i want on the line more at the end.

He was pretty hideous in that regard. A terrible pass, he got away with a carry, and then was fairly lucky to get fouled another time as he was completely out of control. Free throw shooting was obviously money, though.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

He was pretty hideous in that regard. A terrible pass, he got away with a carry, and then was fairly lucky to get fouled another time as he was completely out of control. Free throw shooting was obviously money, though.

They were collectively horrible against the press for a few minutes. Then they fixed it. The guy who throws a pass to a guy who's trapped on the sideline about nine seconds into the shot clock is just as culpable as the guy who throws it away to beat the ten second call. And I don't think you can call him "lucky" to get fouled when it was pretty obvious that he was not giving up the ball precisely to make sure he (and not someone else) was fouled.

 

[boog204]

They were collectively horrible against the press for a few minutes. Then they fixed it. The guy who throws a pass to a guy who's trapped on the sideline about nine seconds into the shot clock is just as culpable as the guy who throws it away to beat the ten second call. And I don't think you can call him "lucky" to get fouled when it was pretty obvious that he was not giving up the ball precisely to make sure he (and not someone else) was fouled.

Lucky in the sense that if the foul wasn't called there (and officials sometimes swallow the whistle late in games), it seemed like a turnover was imminent. All three announcers were pretty shocked he tried to dribble through that whole sequence.

 

[8893]

In addition to the very clutch free throws, it was great to hear Rodney's comments in the presser about Sterling, citing him as the one who spoke up at half time and told the others not to get down and to stay calm because they had been in that situation before and had overcome it.

 

[SubbaBub]

Late and close, the ball goes to Gibbs first then Hamilton. Rodney is probably option 3. I'd give it to Jalen at the end of the shot clock, but the best way to beat the press is with Gibbs and Hamilton.