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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4041705, member: 1131"] Thanks very much for posting a link to this game. I just finished watching the whole thing. Since Amari didn't play, I mainly focused on Azzi's performance. From a shooting standpoint, it was definitely a "lowlight reel" game for her. She hit two shots in the entire game, despite playing mucho minutes. One of her baskets was a putback of her own 3-point miss, and the other was a 3-pointer with about 15 seconds left, after the game had been decided -- i believe it was the last shot of the game. In between were a bunch of misses, mostly of 10-foot pullup attempts. I agree that she didn't take any bad shots, and hopefully she would hit more of these shots on most nights. But generally it was like watching Olivia in the Arizona game, but fortunately without a similar bad result. The announcers were very informed (two Aussie ladies), and as noted, they gave her credit for her defense against Jade Melbourne, who is normally Australia's leading scorer but who was held to 7 points in this game. I guess that Cori Close agreed -- I can't figure out any other reason why she gave Azzi so many minutes when she clearly couldn't hit the side of a barn. But her "floor game" was very unselfish and very good. The game was much closer, especially in the first half, than you might think from the final score or the box score. The teams were tied at 26 very late in the first half, and then the US started to pull away. It was mainly on 3-point shooting from guards other than Azzi, and total control of the boards at both ends. Lauren Betts is for real, and so is Sonia Citron. I haven't seen the box score, but I think the teams' shooting percentages were similar (not very good for either team), but the US dominated in shot attempts due to their offensive rebounding. [/QUOTE]

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