RichZ
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Decided to rewatch the game. (thanks tcf!) and to really analyze what was happening the way you can't in situ. Picked a couple good sequences and a couple bad sequences. The kind of things the staff can work with at practice. Really went through one of each, both from the first half, to pick apart what was going on.
First, the bad...
About 13:15 left in 1st half. Cleare gets the ball on the inner elbow, maybe 8 feet from the basket. Facey is on him. Hamilton and Adams both leave their man to help. Lack of communication there. Cleare is not a big enough threat from there to demand a triple team. Worse, Cleare moves away from the hoop to the 3pt line, and both Hamilton and Facey go with him, while Jalen kind of drifts toward the baseline, half way between his man in the corner and the rim. Purvis is hedging, trying to stay close to both his man and DHam's man, and when he sees Cleare turn to get rid of the ball, he heads for DHam's man, who is open for three on the opposite elbow. A good reaction, except now Taylor (Purvis' man) comes uncovered to the rim from the opposite corner, to receive Cleare's pass for an uncontested layup. Jalen gets there two steps late. Hamilton is walking in from the three point line, completely out of the play. DHam's bad defensive move (leaving his man to help where help wasn't needed, then committing to that help when he really should have dropped back to his man as Cleare moved farther from the hoop) left two players, Adams and Purvis, in defensive limbo. Even though he should not have been actually involved in the play, it was his bad defensive instinct that ended up hurting Rodney and Jalen.
The good...
9:55 in the half. Miller on Lammert, Calhoun on Taylor. Lammert moves out to the 3 pt line at the top of the key, taking Miller with him. Taylor goes around his screen, rubbing Calhoun off him and turns the corner toward the hoop. Miller switches, and slides with Taylor into the paint. Calhoun stays between the play and Lammert, and Gibbs glues himself to Felix in the corner. Between Omar and Gibbs, they've effectively eliminated the only passing lanes available for a kickout. Nolan edges to the outside of the charge/no-charge arc, preparing to take his usual charge. Planned or not, he and Miller form a 2 man wall, and neither makes an attempt on the ball or goes up for a block. They just change Taylor's shot into a kind of high heave that has little chance of going in. Gibbs does not leave his man (Felix) in the corner until the shot is in the air. We actually have 4 men in the paint when the shot goes up. Miller grabs the board, turns and starts the break. One dribble on the move as he looks for and sees Gibbs shooting up the sideline ahead of Lammert. He throws a textbook two handed chest bounce pass that Lammert as no chance of interfering with and hits Sterling (or is it Shelton?) in stride, then runs the floor as the trailer. Reminded me of Wes Unseld at his best! Gibbs misses the bunny, but Miller knifes past Lammert and Felix for a beautiful tip in.
The difference between the two plays was in one, we doubled (tripled, actually) the ball moving away from the hoop in the hands of a big (dumb), while in the other, we doubled the ball moving toward the hoop in the hands of a guard (smart), and the in the first instance, the guard responsible for the man in the corner (Adams) on the strong side left his man to triple the ball, and in the other, that man (Gibbs) stayed home.
Nothing there that's not teachable. Probably a matter of experience, more than anything. The first instance involved a frosh and a soph (Adams/Dham) -- Can't blame Facey, even though it was his man that made the assist, since he was the only one who stayed where he was supposed to be, and can't give much blame to Rodney either, as he was left hanging out to dry by DHam's attempt at help defense. The 2nd involved two seniors (Omar and Phil) and two 5th year guys.
First, the bad...
About 13:15 left in 1st half. Cleare gets the ball on the inner elbow, maybe 8 feet from the basket. Facey is on him. Hamilton and Adams both leave their man to help. Lack of communication there. Cleare is not a big enough threat from there to demand a triple team. Worse, Cleare moves away from the hoop to the 3pt line, and both Hamilton and Facey go with him, while Jalen kind of drifts toward the baseline, half way between his man in the corner and the rim. Purvis is hedging, trying to stay close to both his man and DHam's man, and when he sees Cleare turn to get rid of the ball, he heads for DHam's man, who is open for three on the opposite elbow. A good reaction, except now Taylor (Purvis' man) comes uncovered to the rim from the opposite corner, to receive Cleare's pass for an uncontested layup. Jalen gets there two steps late. Hamilton is walking in from the three point line, completely out of the play. DHam's bad defensive move (leaving his man to help where help wasn't needed, then committing to that help when he really should have dropped back to his man as Cleare moved farther from the hoop) left two players, Adams and Purvis, in defensive limbo. Even though he should not have been actually involved in the play, it was his bad defensive instinct that ended up hurting Rodney and Jalen.
The good...
9:55 in the half. Miller on Lammert, Calhoun on Taylor. Lammert moves out to the 3 pt line at the top of the key, taking Miller with him. Taylor goes around his screen, rubbing Calhoun off him and turns the corner toward the hoop. Miller switches, and slides with Taylor into the paint. Calhoun stays between the play and Lammert, and Gibbs glues himself to Felix in the corner. Between Omar and Gibbs, they've effectively eliminated the only passing lanes available for a kickout. Nolan edges to the outside of the charge/no-charge arc, preparing to take his usual charge. Planned or not, he and Miller form a 2 man wall, and neither makes an attempt on the ball or goes up for a block. They just change Taylor's shot into a kind of high heave that has little chance of going in. Gibbs does not leave his man (Felix) in the corner until the shot is in the air. We actually have 4 men in the paint when the shot goes up. Miller grabs the board, turns and starts the break. One dribble on the move as he looks for and sees Gibbs shooting up the sideline ahead of Lammert. He throws a textbook two handed chest bounce pass that Lammert as no chance of interfering with and hits Sterling (or is it Shelton?) in stride, then runs the floor as the trailer. Reminded me of Wes Unseld at his best! Gibbs misses the bunny, but Miller knifes past Lammert and Felix for a beautiful tip in.
The difference between the two plays was in one, we doubled (tripled, actually) the ball moving away from the hoop in the hands of a big (dumb), while in the other, we doubled the ball moving toward the hoop in the hands of a guard (smart), and the in the first instance, the guard responsible for the man in the corner (Adams) on the strong side left his man to triple the ball, and in the other, that man (Gibbs) stayed home.
Nothing there that's not teachable. Probably a matter of experience, more than anything. The first instance involved a frosh and a soph (Adams/Dham) -- Can't blame Facey, even though it was his man that made the assist, since he was the only one who stayed where he was supposed to be, and can't give much blame to Rodney either, as he was left hanging out to dry by DHam's attempt at help defense. The 2nd involved two seniors (Omar and Phil) and two 5th year guys.
