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Message: [QUOTE="homunculus, post: 5200084, member: 3170"] We actually played fairly well on D in the first half, Nova just made a bunch of shots. We actually played well on O in the first half, we got exactly the shots we wanted, most wide open, and simply missed them. That’s been the story of most of our losses, contrary to popular opinion. Great comeback. Good on us for not quitting until the law of averages came around. Eventually teams will stop making everything, while we simultaneously pick those stretches to be ice cold (making it look like we’re “playing poorly” because the other team built a lead). And hopefully in the tournament, teams will not get the nightly confidence boost of knowing they can do whatever they want on D. Hurley’s stubbornness has contributed to some of our struggles. Reed should be getting comfortable with the bulk of the minutes and Samson should be back where [U]he’s[/U] more comfortable - energy guy off the bench and change of pace against bigs who have been battling a beast, now having to guard a grasshopper. Precisely what worked to our advantage last year. And he keeps shoehorning Mahaney into the PG spot and then benching him because he’s not executing. He is better than Joey C, and could be helping the team so much in that same role, but instead he’s become an overthinking shell of his former self that no longer contributes anything. That’s on Hurley. I love him as our coach and he’s great, but he’s not infallible and has clearly made some mistakes this year. Thank goodness they pulled out the win. Team really needed that boost going into NYC on Sunday, and it also proves this team is [U]not[/U] the same as those Ollie-adjacent teams that people keep referencing, who would have lost this game by 20+. [/QUOTE]

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