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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 2062312"] Caution: Casual fans read on but proceed with caution, if I get too technical. Regardless of what the first shot percentage was, Houston got 17 offensive rebounds. So their effective possession shooting percentage was much higher than 34%. These second chances often lead to closer or more open shots than the first attempt because the defense has broken down almost completely by then. Then add in 29 foul shot attempts - often the result of guys out of position on defense or on rebounds and it tells a much different story. They completed 85% of their foul shots. How intense was all these match up gimmick zones? Quite frankly, not very! Houston, not a great team, had only 5 turnovers. As a former great coach would say "there's a reason they won". If the defenses Glen Miller bragged about at halftime were so effective, we would have won the game. I have been to nearly all the home games this year and a couple of road trips and I see often guys confused about what gimmick defense they are in. [/QUOTE]