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Message: [QUOTE="businesslawyer, post: 4114572, member: 55"] First half we just looked like we didn’t have any energy. Which, frankly, was understandable after that game yesterday with a 19 hour turnaround, 1 starter out and two others banged up. That they were able to come up with the energy to get to up 7 in the second half was quite impressive. The defense they played the second half,when they stopped giving up transition points, was incredibly impressive. That everything went wrong in the last 3 minutes — including calls but also losing focus on offense and allowing a fast break three point play on D — sucked. But the second half D was impressive. More guys have to contribute. We’ve been getting 30 to 40 points from the bench regularly and today we got almost zilch. Polley not being able to score hurt a lot. Hawkins not playing like he did yesterday hurt. Gaffney and Akok have to be better or Johnson and Diggins need to get chances. This team has a lot of upside. A little more than I might have thought at the beginning of the season. But we still need more consistency from some of the roll players and more of a half court offense. I think Hawkins and AJ’s continuing improvement will help the latter. But I think our defense and strength can win a lot of games. Let’s see how they bounce back tomorrow. [/QUOTE]