teh first half open looks for 3s we got, and guys took them, we do have good 3 pt shooters, as stated it's a matter of taking the good ones
obviously Thompson couldn't miss, the flip side he struggled with some decisions inside the arc.
I wanted to run down and yell at CDM when we went to the 1-3-1, so obvious what would happen the first SB possession against it, Cole Anderson parked himself in the corner, then 5,4, 3, 2,1 a few passes and sure enough a wide open 3, lol. just don't get what CDM and/or the team was thinking would happen. SB's bigs did score some inside, so what? at least other than Anderson we limited other scores. not so much 2nd half
but the main thing is AT was getting seriously frustrated at times and resulted to forcing things. SB played recoved well on so many plays to play hard and disrupt, JP is an elite defender and similar to AT
I didn't really understand not put our best defenders (AT & Jones) on teh best penetrators (JP & Ajay), are we like scared of what could happen? I really did not get that. God bless our AJ, he was trying, but AJAY gets a half step and not hedged and it's over.
our 1-3-1 has become pointless, used to use it for some trapping, now it looks liek 5 guys guarding empty spaces and has become easily broken down by every single Big West coach, lol. we can't defend a pick and roll, so we are hosed on man. I don't know maybe go box on 1. Our repetitive defense lapses are bad.
LAX was pleading and trying cajole players and demonstrating defensive technique to know avail, not quite sure with a veteran team and layers why at about 20 games we are trying to teach defensive fundamentals during games, but somewhat entertaining. our AJ is lanky, just not super quick for the first step, not sure he's the guy to guard an opposing point guard, but what do I know
in any case, hope AT can weather with the mental challenges that are piling up. this team faces a huge mental block. they aren't getting better. the ball movement and patience for a good shot the first half was striking, maybe some was SB daring us to hit 3s and we did, but they adjusted for better closeness 2nd half on those.
team obviously is at a cross-roads and needs one game at a time cliche type hard effort at this point, they have to figure out a way to get better and not come apart at the seams. nothing a win over Hawaii and then Irvine can't cure, oops, one game at a time. rest of the season is just gonna be a case study on fortitude.
as to hindsight, we spent 15 games with the Silva starting point guard experiment, which goes to questioning how how stubborn and how this head coach sees the game of basketball when what the the eye sees from prior years and all those first 15 games goes. not bagging on Silva, just from the get go the role was not appropriate. oh well.
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