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Message: [QUOTE="jayp123669, post: 4546269, member: 12375"] Couple take aways... 1. Figuring out AJAX and what to do with him on the offensive end really is connected IMO to how well we do offensively on any given night. Lately; he and Hurley are starting to use him in a way that allows our offense to not be double teamed and bottled up. Keep him near the basket, flowing in and out for dunks/close layups and use him on fast breaks. Teams have to respect him in those areas. He runs the floor like a deer. Keep him away from 3pt line. Teams see him there and flow away from him thus double teaming everyone else. 2. Diarra and Alleyne are definitely our Guards off the bench. Joey C Im not willing to give up on yet but his role is to drain 3's like Alleyne is doing and recently he hasn't been. Plus both Diarra and Alleyne play better D and are a bit tougher. 3. Speaking of toughness, loved this teams toughness last night both physically AND mentally. They are starting to play in a way where they can impose there will on others teams. During there funk, I didn't see this, I saw a team get punched in the mouth and essentially shy away and lose composure. 4. Loved the shot distribution of our 4 top scorers (Newton, Hawkins, Karaban, Sanogo) everyone had between 9-14 attempts which means the ball movement was good and it forces teams to try and have to cover everyone, which they obviously cant, leaving someone open for a high percentage shot. Sometimes IMO we get a little to focused on feeding "one guy" and that makes us one dimensional and easy to guard. So I loved seeing this. Other than that, great game. Hope to continue these things moving forward. If we do this team can play with anyone. Just needs to be consistent. [/QUOTE]

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