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Message: [QUOTE="Doctor Hoop, post: 4143295, member: 6845"] While mistakes happened yesterday on defense, it’s hard to fault the D other than Reeves’ open looks from 3 in the first half, and a couple Croswell rebound put backs in the second. Watson will get his. But only 11 2’s, nearly 9 minutes without a basket, and quite a few late in the shot clock 3’s should be as plain as the nose on his face. Hurley seems to think the coaches need only provide is a basic offensive structure, and everything else follows. It doesn’t. You need two or three different sets against man D, and the players need to know how to handle how the D responds. What if they switch? What if they trap the dribbler? Go under the screen? Fight over? How do you get a defender to leave a shooter? You see this kind of ‘second nature’ improvisation in NBA games … except that it’s not second nature, it’s situational memory and court awareness. And it’s taught. What about zones? Yeah, you need offensive structure agains 2-3, matchup zones, 1-3-1, etc. and the PG has to recognize and call it out early in the clock. Coaching offense is hard. It’s also necessary. NBA players take a lot of 3’s because they can hit them. This squad would be better off trying for shots 15 ft. and in, and kicking out for 3 when the right shooters are open. It’s much less efficient to miss 3’s than make 2’s. [/QUOTE]