JBears
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12-28-19 12:44 PM - Post#295343
Did anyone see that major follow-up slam by Gainey and the more impressive reverse lay-up in traffic and using the rim for an edge? He is improving rapidly.
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Chip Bayers
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12-28-19 02:31 PM - Post#295345
In response to JBears
But he disappeared after his three FGs in less than 2 minutes.
Bears hung around for a long time against a Duke team missing their PG and ice-cold from 3 for 30 minutes. But when the jumpers started to fall for the Blue Devils it got away, and quickly.
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JBears
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12-28-19 02:41 PM - Post#295346
In response to Chip Bayers
Talent usually wins out. Especially when you have 18 TO’s. Many of them unforced. And you don’t hit enough shots or FT’s. Brown would have to play a perfect game to beat a team like Duke. But they played a pretty good game against the HS All Americans that did play for the Blue Devils today.
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weinhauers_ghost
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12-28-19 02:51 PM - Post#295348
In response to JBears
Choh in particular struggles against teams with a lot of frontline length. I saw the Stony Brook game in person, and the St. John's and Duke games on television, and that was apparent in all three.
I was wondering why Gainey got so little time after his run in the first half. Did the coaching staff think DeWolf was the better defensive option?
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Old Bear
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Duke
12-28-19 02:56 PM - Post#295349
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Yes, but DeWolf missed a few layups, which hurt. The TOs were killers.
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Bruno
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12-28-19 09:08 PM - Post#295382
In response to weinhauers_ghost
I had the same reaction re Gainey. All he did was impact the game on both ends.
Brown deserves credit. Single digits with under 10 to go, and then ran out of gas. The first half was a really good performance, and coming off a long layoff. Their defense scrambled very effectively I thought, but I also thought Duke missed a bunch of threes they should hit. It was a competitive game for 30+ minutes against the #4 team, despite being uncharacteristically bad from the line. That’s really good.
The offense was borderline timid in the 2nd half. Really slowed it down, not a lot of tempo or aggressive takes. Choh was asked to do a whole lot, and they keyed on him. Anderson acquitted himself well, while Hunsaker struggled on both sides of the court. They may need to consider a change of pace for him, maybe have him come off the bench. He’s not defending effectively enough to warrant how he’s shot the ball, and it’s not like he’s raining assists.
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HGA
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12-28-19 10:00 PM - Post#295384
In response to Bruno
What do you mean by “Anderson acquitted himself†and that T Cho was asked to do a whole lot�??
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Bruno
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12-28-19 10:15 PM - Post#295386
In response to HGA
What part are you having trouble with?
Translation: Anderson played well. Choh had to bring it up the court, defend down low, get to the block to post up, drive it into the lane, rebound.
Let me know if I can clear up anything else.
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HGA
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12-29-19 09:07 AM - Post#295397
In response to Bruno
The translation was fine. Re Anderson, I was interpreting the alternate meaning of the word “acquittedâ€. Re Choh, he did do a number of things, but with limited success in this particular game.
The team struggled on both ends of the court but this game will help them down the road. On to URI.
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