Fryer ThoughtZ™

[RichZ]

1. Five minutes in, we are playing well. But so are the Fryers. Samson & Ball having a good start.
2. Things started to go down hill after the first 5 minutes, when Reed & Mahaney came in. We lost our cohesiveness and our lead.
3. So far Reed's minutes have not looked good. At about the 8 minute mark, There was a point where he took a pass and just looked confused, trying to find someone to pass it to. Finally he threw a pass to a Stewart breaking toward the hoop, but he threw it kind of at Stewart's hip bone, where he definitely didn't expect it. Turnover, followed by a timeout to get Reed out and Johnson back in. But now Samson looked just as confused as Reed had. Where's Singare when we need him?
4. We didn't score from 7:18 to 3:57, then didn't score again before half time. One three pointer in 7:18 to end the half. During that same stretch, we gave up 13 points, and went into halftime down by a dozen.
5. We were outshot by 14% over all, and nearly 27% from 3 in the first half. Outrebounded 17 to 11, and turning the ball over twice as much as Ptown. The most telling stat at the half was the 30 to 16 deficit in the paint.
6. I hope someone recorded coach's halftime tirade, because sooner or later, he's likely to need that one again.
7. 2nd half, took almost 6 minutes to get the deficit under 10.
8. Fryer lead down to 4 at 10:10.
9. Reed making huge plays now. Puts us ahead 62-60 @7:17
10. Adrian Mahaney turning into Adrian Mahero? He came through bigtime today! Scored 15, going 2 of 2 on 2 pointers, 2 of 3 from 3, plus 5 of 6 from the line. Managed to prove his worth without getting a single board, assist, block or steal.
11. Final stats (big change from 1st half)... 16 dimes to their 5, shooting % 56,47,84 to 50,31,87. We still lost the battle of the boards by a sizable margin.
12. 6 huskies in double figures.
13. We followed our 27 point first half with a 60 point 2nd half. What a wild emotional ride.
14. Hassan Diarra gets my POG vote... 19 points, 8 dimes, 3 steals. Strong competition from Mahaney & Reed though.

 

[Castlevania]

Adrian?

 

[HooperScooper]

Adrian?

 

[Jaydumo20]

A thoughtful, well written synopsis.
Also, You've been around long enough @RichZ to know that one spelling error will derail you on the BY...especially when it comes to player names.

 

[RichZ]

Adrian?

I can't even explain how that happened. So I'll blame old age. They tell me the first sign of senility is forgetting people's names.

 

[RuffRuff]

1. Five minutes in, we are playing well. But so are the Fryers. Samson & Ball having a good start.
2. Things started to go down hill after the first 5 minutes, when Reed & Mahaney came in. We lost our cohesiveness and our lead.
3. So far Reed's minutes have not looked good. At about the 8 minute mark, There was a point where he took a pass and just looked confused, trying to find someone to pass it to. Finally he threw a pass to a Stewart breaking toward the hoop, but he threw it kind of at Stewart's hip bone, where he definitely didn't expect it. Turnover, followed by a timeout to get Reed out and Johnson back in. But now Samson looked just as confused as Reed had. Where's Singare when we need him?
4. We didn't score from 7:18 to 3:57, then didn't score again before half time. One three pointer in 7:18 to end the half. During that same stretch, we gave up 13 points, and went into halftime down by a dozen.
5. We were outshot by 14% over all, and nearly 27% from 3 in the first half. Outrebounded 17 to 11, and turning the ball over twice as much as Ptown. The most telling stat at the half was the 30 to 16 deficit in the paint.
6. I hope someone recorded coach's halftime tirade, because sooner or later, he's likely to need that one again.
7. 2nd half, took almost 6 minutes to get the deficit under 10.
8. Fryer lead down to 4 at 10:10.
9. Reed making huge plays now. Puts us ahead 62-60 @7:17
10. Adrian Mahaney turning into Adrian Mahero? He came through bigtime today! Scored 15, going 2 of 2 on 2 pointers, 2 of 3 from 3, plus 5 of 6 from the line. Managed to prove his worth without getting a single board, assist, block or steal.
11. Final stats (big change from 1st half)... 16 dimes to their 5, shooting % 56,47,84 to 50,31,87. We still lost the battle of the boards by a sizable margin.
12. 6 huskies in double figures.
13. We followed our 27 point first half with a 60 point 2nd half. What a wild emotional ride.
14. Hassan Diarra gets my POG vote... 19 points, 8 dimes, 3 steals. Strong competition from Mahaney & Reed though.

Pretty sure #3 was Ross - while not the greatest pass was more than manageable to catch.

Tarris did start out slow - also fed in the post on the block once and defender was playing to his outside for some reason, could have easily spun inside for an easy layup, and instead went away from rim into defender and traveled. When he’s on he’s amazing, just needs consistency. Starting could help that.

 

[businesslawyer]

I can't even explain how that happened. So I'll blame old age. They tell me the first sign of senility is forgetting people's names.

They told me the second sign as well, but I can’t remember what it is.