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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 2869953, member: 1452"] Yup. Duke shot 21% from 3 against us and 46% vs Florida State. We shot 21% from 3 vs GT while they shot 50% from 3. Reverse those and we beat GT and lose to Duke. I disagree with parts of this. PC really did very little to slow Williamson down and I don't believe we pressed out on Barrett, In the first half, we played something closer to our traditional 2-3 and Williamson was absolutely devastating as you correctly point out. 20 pts. 6-7 from 2 and 8-10 from the line. Our centers all had 3 fouls at halftime. In the second half JB decided that the only way to win the game was to try and control Williamson and give up the 3s. He did this by not pressing out on the ball and sagging the off guard back into the free-throw line to try and deny the entry pass and having everyone ready to collapse on Williamson when he did get the ball. Our 2-3 actually morphed into that dreaded tavern league 2-3 where one guy sort of guards the ball and the other four protect the paint. Williamson was still highly effective when he did get the ball (5 of 8 from 2 in the second half vs 6 of 7 in the first half) but he saw the ball a lot less and, when he did, we didn't foul him (only 2 of 4 from the line in the 2nd vs 8 of 10 in the 1st). As a result, he also drifted out to the perimeter to see the ball as he took 4 of his 5 3s in the second half and OT vs only 1 in the first half. Duke also took 29 of their 43 3s after halftime as that is the shot we were giving them. I also don't believe that we pressed out on Barrett. Barrett shoots 32% from 3. White shoots 33% from 3. O'Connell shoots 38% from 3 and he is the shooter we pressed out on late in the game to try and deny the 3. We let White and Barrett shoot. It was classic JB playing the percentages. As a side note, this is also why, periodically, some guy who normally shoots 25% from 3 will have a career game or some no-name off the bench will have a career day against us. Classic Belichick and classic JB. Make someone else beat you. [/QUOTE]

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