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Message: [QUOTE="Scott11, post: 4969826, member: 6797"] -this game perfectly illustrated how to use Joe. This is what we should have been doing through his whole career. He took open shots and wasn’t asked to do things he can’t do like bring the ball up court against pressure. -i’m pleased that we didn’t fold like we have so often this year. I think most of us expected it after the first half. But the team battled, despite the fact that most of those guys were exhausted and rarely got a break. I guess you could call this our best loss of the year Fwiw. -but Judah’s late game sequence was devastating. First was the ill-conceived, forced fallaway. Then was his decision to try to clearly flop in the open court late in the game, when no referee is going to give anybody that call. And of course he turned the ball over on a subsequent possession. To be fair I thought his man-to-man defense against Joe was very good for most of the game. I wish he would dig in against other point guards not just against Joe. -I was excited to see Bell not get down on himself early and play well in the second half. He was far from perfect in the second half including a very ill advised, contested three-point attempt. But he played well in the second half and shot well coming off his career best game. He also had a nice basket of the dribble in the lane, which I hope to see more of. -I feel for Taylor. A lot of his problems are clearly in his head. He’s a better player than he is showing. I can’t see why Red wouldn’t try to take some pressure off of him and start Copeland. -Cuffe not getting minutes again is really weird, especially given the lack of depth. I hope the soft Syracuse media asks about that. -JJ was a no-show in the first half and his defense against picks is nonexistent and needs some serious coaching. But it was good to see him come up huge in the second half aside from the missed bunny. He should continue to get better over the next two seasons like he has this season. [/QUOTE]

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