sutomcat
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Another awful first half. And the second half was not much better.
It looked to me as though Q and AG played scared. AG got a little better as the game went on but both looked timid and intimidated. Q is just throwing up shots over his head blindly, always falling away from the basket. Can’t draw fouls that way. Avoids contact at all costs. Usually has great hands but is even struggling to hold on to balls the bounce right to him. He is a huge mess. Marek played okay but was again a total non factor on the boards, and got abused inside on defense.
JGIII had a horrific game. Dribbled a ball off his foot the first time he was pressured. Struggled to just catch the ball. He played like he had a splitting headache and wanted to go home.
Buddy and Kadary were the only guys who were assertive and looked confident. AG still leads the team in 3 point percentage in conference play with 39.7, but Buddy (and Kadary) are up to 37.5% and JGIII is 36.1.
Duke was smart. Coach K and company watched film and saw our weaknesses.
They made contact with our players when they had the ball. Lots of bumps, soft holds and shoves. The POS refs let them get away with it...they always do at that old barn. But it didn’t matter if they called every foul they committed. We came out flat, showed little urgency playing defense (Duke had a wide open 3 whenever they wanted) and with Duke extending their defense in our face even 25 feet from the basket, most of our players wouldn’t even look at the basket. This is the worst iso team JB has ever had. They made Duke look like a good defensive team. They are better with Williams at center but they aren’t that good.
It was a sad state of affairs and a very forgettable game. Might be best remembered as the game Kadary started the second half. I believe it was also the first game he played 30 minutes. Not sure if he won a starting job today. Maybe.
It looked to me as though Q and AG played scared. AG got a little better as the game went on but both looked timid and intimidated. Q is just throwing up shots over his head blindly, always falling away from the basket. Can’t draw fouls that way. Avoids contact at all costs. Usually has great hands but is even struggling to hold on to balls the bounce right to him. He is a huge mess. Marek played okay but was again a total non factor on the boards, and got abused inside on defense.
JGIII had a horrific game. Dribbled a ball off his foot the first time he was pressured. Struggled to just catch the ball. He played like he had a splitting headache and wanted to go home.
Buddy and Kadary were the only guys who were assertive and looked confident. AG still leads the team in 3 point percentage in conference play with 39.7, but Buddy (and Kadary) are up to 37.5% and JGIII is 36.1.
Duke was smart. Coach K and company watched film and saw our weaknesses.
They made contact with our players when they had the ball. Lots of bumps, soft holds and shoves. The POS refs let them get away with it...they always do at that old barn. But it didn’t matter if they called every foul they committed. We came out flat, showed little urgency playing defense (Duke had a wide open 3 whenever they wanted) and with Duke extending their defense in our face even 25 feet from the basket, most of our players wouldn’t even look at the basket. This is the worst iso team JB has ever had. They made Duke look like a good defensive team. They are better with Williams at center but they aren’t that good.
It was a sad state of affairs and a very forgettable game. Might be best remembered as the game Kadary started the second half. I believe it was also the first game he played 30 minutes. Not sure if he won a starting job today. Maybe.