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[QUOTE="sun, post: 4663704, member: 11664"]
Playing tenacious defense can sometimes hurt a team.
The players can accumulate too many quick fouls and even injuries as a result.
I can recall how willing that Paige was on more than occasion to take a hard charge in the paint, where she ended up slamming her head into the hardwood as she fell backward.
Is it advisable for a star player like Paige to risk being out for 10 days due to potential concussion just to make a single defensive stop?
We all appreciate good defense but a lot of energy can get expended in the process.
If UConn focuses on making a great defensive efforts then they may need to use more of its bench to help keep players fresh which hopefully won't cause the offense to lose too much of its scoring efficiency.
Either way there could be a lot of substituting going on this year to determine which of the newer players can be stronger 2 way players on both offense & defense.
Or sub in some for more offense and others for more defense.
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