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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4319780, member: 3535"] I'm with you I watched in horror as UCONN got wiped off on the glass. I still picture early in the game Evina Westbrook guarding Boston. One of our bigs was out, and the other who is now in the WNBA was hurt. There was only possible outcome and that was to get crushed on the boards. To make it more brutal Evina hurts herself in the 1st half. And you made great points about offense too. I was a primary pretty good defensive player but as season wore on my shot went to crap. Even before and after I always appreciated "Offense." Ever since I was a kid and even now I appreciate "Offense" more (not saying anyone that prefers defense is wrong. Not one bit.). But on the Defensive end I saw we were overwhelmed on the glass, - I was hoping to see some spark on offense. To my horror and even now I can hear Lobo commenting how Henderson was denying Paige the ball. IMO watching that game there was only 1 player on offense that can make a play - and that was Paige. Between [B]allowing[/B] the smaller player Henderson deny Paige the ball as much as she did which should never be much of a factor for someone like Paige and UCONN, for UCONN not looking for Paige as much as they should and or just not forcing the offense to get her the ball (not for her to necessarily shoot but ger her the ball in a triple-threat position) when the other players couldn't do much, or Paige turning down shots had me very, very frustrated. There is no way no way the top guard in WCBB for a quality team like UCONN should be [B]as restricted[/B] as they were in getting Paige the ball in decent enough positions as infrequently as they were - when it was clear she was the only one capable of making potentially consistent plays. So as you say "they better be better rebounding next season," - also imo the execution on offense had better be much better too. The lack of offense -- scoring only 49 points in which we have to hear someone like Lobo tell us that a smaller player isn't "[B]allowing" [/B]Paige to shoot should be inexcusable too. I won't get into injuries -- just saying if Paige has an advantage - this team should not be broken enough that they can’t get her the ball if that is the best way to score in a potentially hard fought game when she has a pretty good advantage (which she did). [/QUOTE]

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