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Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 4009792, member: 10442"] It was a game between two teams with entirely different agendas. One was an all-star team that only gets to play one time together: they were left off the other team, and perhaps have a chip on their shoulders and wanted to prove something to others. As not going to play any more games together, they were given the reins more by their coaches to play their style of play, perhaps a good bit of "hero" ball, which resulted in a more free-er play of doing it how THEY want to do it. And after all, they WERE all-star players in their own right. The other team was also an all-star team that has to create a team identity quickly. They DO have more games to play, and far more important ones. They did NOT have a chip on their shoulders Wednesday night, and had nothing to prove at this time - that time comes later for them. They were also more constrained to playing within a team philosophy that their coaching staff expects from them, learning to play with new teammates and to playing within a system that may not reward such a free-er style of play. So in summary, one team was using this exhibition as a learning tool for teamwork development and learning strengths and weaknesses, while the other team used this exhibition to beat the first team..... [/QUOTE]