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[QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 4503423, member: 9355"]
I think this is one of a few big issues for the team. I alluded to this somewhat in post #2 within this thread a few days ago:
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When their defense is giving up a lot of points the shooters feel that much more pressure to make their open shots and it looks like they are tightening and short arming some of the shots (signs of nerves). It's almost like they are thinking "I know how important this shot is, I absolutely have to make it". When their defense was on point and playing well, they didn't feel so much pressure to make a particular offensive possession work because they knew their defense could stop the opposition-not so much anymore.

Think of it like when you see the professional play 8-ball for billiards. Usually one player runs the table without missing, but when that one player misses the announcers say "uh oh he might lose"-that's an enormous amount of pressure to not have one error.
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