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Message: [QUOTE="jazz, post: 3834407, member: 10942"] [B]My cents on the SJ game (guard focus):[/B] Overall we were good switching on defense. A little slow on a couple close-outs. I thought our half -court defense was a bit of a hit and miss. We got a lot of turnovers but SJ shot a high percentage against us too. Take away some of the 25-30 turnovers SJ had and it might have been different. Of course you can’t do that but, I think it shows we are still a work in progress on half-court defense. This is what you might get with PB playing some 2G or at least having NM in the game with better passing than CW. I thought SJ defense was really bad so I take some of this with a grain of salt. PB – on fire. Mostly getting anything she wants via screens and creating space. Another game where she disrupts passing lanes. I hope she can do this against SC and the other top teams. I think she will now be a target to defend the most by top teams and not just another option. Can she still be effective against the opposing team’s added attention and best defender? The good news is that now the lesser defender will need to deal with CW and/or EW, making them even better options. PB makes everybody better. NM can’t keep Drake in front of her. Went for the swipe which caused her to lose a step and get the 2nd foul. Good passing – once in the lane and another on a skip pass – not many players would have seen that or made that pass, and then she hits PB perfectly in stride for the 3 pointer. Later some nice defense on Correa. Would have had 2 assists to AE- one on an excellent drive and kick out to AE for the foul line miss and another on the break, which AE missed also. Has another nice assist to EW on a nice pass in transition but EW missed. Made a couple nice steals and is really aggressive pushing the ball up court. Has no fear. Has excellent court vision. She can really pass the ball. If we didn’t have PB, NM would be talked about a lot more. Defense was better later on - moving her feet better. Seems to start off slow defensively and then gets better as the game goes on. Continues to show her adaptivity. Good shooting. I thought her best shot was the last 3pter she made – lots of rotation and arc on the shot. She felt it. She has made huge strides. I now expect this from her, at least against weak competition. Would have been close to a double double if players hit the bunnies she provided them. This from a freshman in her 10th or 11th game. Now think about that for a minute! Now what can she do against elite level teams?? [/QUOTE]

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