Hindsight obviously, but I did advocate for this in the middle of the run.
Normally, the wisdom is to take the air out of the ball when the team who's behind goes chaos press and tries to come back. Slow down what they are trying to speed up.
Still, in this particular case, you have to wonder why we didn't press back on the few made baskets we had.
Why? Here's my reasons...
There were RHJ, Lowry and 3 G'Leaguers who have never played many meaningful minutes in the NBA. They weren't really having to think, they just were playing frenetic, gaining momentum.
If you press them back, trap Lowry, get the ball out of his hands, make them think and have to avoid mistakes, I'm betting they crack.
Their whole momentum was built in playing loose and free, butt the last thing they would expect is pressure back, and making them think about things it's exactly what you need to do in that situation.
It's over, move on, but thought about that.
Normally, the wisdom is to take the air out of the ball when the team who's behind goes chaos press and tries to come back. Slow down what they are trying to speed up.
Still, in this particular case, you have to wonder why we didn't press back on the few made baskets we had.
Why? Here's my reasons...
There were RHJ, Lowry and 3 G'Leaguers who have never played many meaningful minutes in the NBA. They weren't really having to think, they just were playing frenetic, gaining momentum.
If you press them back, trap Lowry, get the ball out of his hands, make them think and have to avoid mistakes, I'm betting they crack.
Their whole momentum was built in playing loose and free, butt the last thing they would expect is pressure back, and making them think about things it's exactly what you need to do in that situation.
It's over, move on, but thought about that.
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