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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4101881, member: 7511"] It’s one of the hardest shots in basketball to perfect and one of the most difficult to defend, the running one hander where an offensive player shoots the ball heading towards the basket, usually in the lane, without using the backboard. It’s difficult to perfect because you’re essentially shooting at a moving target. Players sometimes short arm the shot so it grazes, or even misses the front of the rim, or they shoot it too hard, and it clanks off the back of the rim. The timing of the shot release is critical because there’s usually a big defender closing fast on the shooter. At the same time, for the few players that can consistently make the running one hander, it is a tremendous offensive weapon that is difficult to defend. Paige has been making the shot since HS, and the bad news for Husky opponents is that she’s gotten even better at it. Whether Paige gets into the lane curling around a ball screen or via an ankle-breaking cross-over dribble her timing, technique and awareness is exceptional. Like a basketball-playing chess player, she sees things before they occur. Paige has an explosive first step and her added muscle [B](Yes, I said muscle.)[/B] allows her to ward off defenders on her way into the lane. Once in the lane Paige has several options depending on how the defense reacts. She can pull up for her also deadly mid-range jumper. She can continue to the basket for a layup. If the defense tries to collapse on her, she can find an open teammate. Two of Paige’s prettiest assists on Sunday came off penetration: once when she found Liv alone underneath after Arkansas triple-teamed her, and another time when she kicked out to a wide open Azzi for her first of many 3-pointers as a Husky. By my count, Paige knocked down her running one hander 3 times against Arkansas on Sunday. Her technique is somewhat unique, and it is flawless. Paige converts her horizontal motion to vertical motion by essentially jumping off her left leg like she’s making a layup. Her shot is as soft as falling snow. She releases the shot high with her right hand, eliminating the possibility of the shot being blocked, even by a tall defender, and most often it finds nothing but net. When I think of one shot associated with a particular player, the one that comes to mind is Kareem”s skyhook, a shot that he could make with either hand and was impossible to defend. I wouldn’t necessarily rate Paige’s running one hander with Kareem’s skyhook, at least not yet anyways. But one thing is obvious. [B]Paige’s running one hander is MONEY![/B] [/QUOTE]

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