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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 1273949, member: 581"]
I thought Rak settled down a bit with the complaining tonight - but do agree he has gotten a tad over the top with that.  In his defense he is getting killed at times inside without calls flowing in his direction.

We did seem to get a spark in each half when Patterson came in - he doesn't do much shooting, but he seems to be the only player who has a firm grasp on what a pick-n-roll is supposed to be.  I'll give him all the credit in the world for that.  He also plays far better defense than Joseph.

I think G needs to step up as that third option - teams come out of the gate relatively focused on stopping two people, Cooney and Rak.  We need that third scoring option to start strong.  Roberson did a good job in the first half stepping up early during our scoring drought, but G just cannot disappear for such long stretches as he is quite prone to doing.  He is the one person who has a pretty diverse skill set and should be able to create for himself and others when the defense is doing a serviceable job stopping options A & B (or A & B are just plain missing shots).

It is bad though - slow starts, ugly finishes...that does appear to be our specialty.
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