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[QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 91301, member: 264"]
The teams flaws were exposed. For a good portion of the game they looks poor both on defense and offense. Stanford is well coached and looked good for a young team. Free throws were certainly a problem. No way a 5th year senior should be tossing up bricks from the charity stripe.
     The good news is that we played just well enough to win and the team showed the kid of grit which is required to win close games. Dirty remains enigmatic in games that count and unfortunately a short leash prevents players from working through their issues. The game was the most physical we've played to date and there was a lot of contact that went uncalled early which set the tone for us. Baye looked at the ref twice in disbelief at the first two calls against him. KJ still has a propensity to drive to the hoop out of control at times, thus the 2 charges. Dion is looking the the straw that stirs the drink but Scoop had his mix of good moments to go with his bad.
    It's early and hopefully they can learn from this game. Playing a semi stinker can sometimes do more to help the team than cruising to an easy win. At the end of the day it was a "W" and and they got it done against a team that played them pretty tough. And...Melo is becoming the real deal. With all that is swirling around this team I give them a lot of credit for pulling this win out.
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