Couple of observations:
In the USA zone offense, for some reason Williams was anchored to the foul line spot for long stretches in the center of the zone where she was being dwarfed by the French defense - and was ineffective. That is a much better spot for someone with greater height who can see (and pass) over the defense as they collapse on her. Otherwise Williams seems to be the player most comfortable with her play, not overthinking and reacting instinctively.
Brunette spends about half of her limited time on the court looking to the bench for instruction - they seem to have her completely confused. She also seems to be a designated spot up three point shooter as she seldom leaves a very limited area outside the arc on offense.
The zone defense looks pretty strange to me and gets unbalanced quite quickly as they appear to almost double who ever has the ball at the 10/2 o'clock positions on the arc - France seemed to be able to get wide open threes from the opposite side or from either corner.
I get the sense they are a little 'over coached' - as a team there isn't a lot of flow and with a few exceptions they seem to be overthinking much of the time. I know the prep time is short and they are young and inexperienced in picking up new systems quickly, but I think good coaching can both create a level of discipline to a system and a freedom to execute that seems to be missing.
I still don't understand the substitution patterns.
