Brian Martin
Masters Student
Posts: 963
Loc: Washington, DC
Reg: 11-21-04
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03-14-11 11:00 AM - Post#100896
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
Rewatched the end of the game on ESPN3.
Check out the shots of the coaches when Davis is shooting free throws with 2:22 to go.
Amaker is shown sitting on the bench, not looking at the players on the court. At the time, I thought his expression and body language were strange for the situation, as if he is waiting for his fate to be revealed.
Johnson puts in Connolly for Barrett and is shown coaching up T.J. Bray, who is set to go in for Davis in a defense/offense switch. It appears that he is emphasizing, "don't foul." Princeton forced a turnover after 30 seconds in the next possession then called timeout to put Davis and Barrett back in. Although Princeton did not score on the next possession and the two teams traded the lead after that, I think that turnover possession was an important stop. It was the only stop for Princeton in the last 5 minutes of the game. Fortunately, Harvard missed 3 of their 6 free throws during that stretch.
Also, the final shot is a very interesting call by Johnson. Maddox and Hummer are on the side of the ball so Harvard has to watch for one to set a screen for the other for a quick pass or lob on the block or in the paint. That held the Harvard bigs on that side of the court and made it easy for Davis to come off a little screen to get open on the crosscourt baseline where he was isolated one on one. The more traditional in-bound play to a jump shooter would be to set a screen for the shooter to flash to the corner on the side of the ball for a shorter in-bound pass and a catch and shoot jumper.
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