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Message: [QUOTE="Coach Orange, post: 874401, member: 2260"] I agree, MELOKEITH. I'd like to see more fakes--pass fakes, shot fakes, etc.--in general from the team. Fakes are a powerful ally when a defender is closing out on a player, or when the defense is overplaying passing lanes. More faking would definitely have helped against the 1-2-2 match-up Miami was playing on Saturday. Since that zone is, essentially, a man-to-man that switches all screens and releases cutters to the next player, fakes would have provoked confusion and over-rotation, allowing more driving lanes to develop. Cooney's shooting ability is actually underutilized if he is not using shot fakes as defenders close out on him to open up driving lanes (either for layups/dunks or pull-up jumpers) and passing opportunities. If he never fakes, defenders know they can just close out on him hard with no consequences. [/QUOTE]