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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 1580991, member: 1423"]
There are several factors that caused this loss ... and none of them had to do with Cooney. He was 3-10 (2 for 5 from 3). Not a great night but not a deciding factor since he and G were the only 2 players in double figures. The other guys that were scoring even less were the problem. For example, Richardson and Lydon (who was a de facto starter in this game), totaled 14 between them but went 1-10 from deep. Our bench scoring (with Lydon playing starters minutes) was 6 points. Six bench points is not going to get it done when 3 of the 5 guys playing the lion's share of the minutes had 19 points combined.

W had a good game plan. Since we're perimeter oriented, they just cheated out on us and we had no inside answers. They did the same on offense, putting shooters outside to create space inside where they went to work on Lydon. The result was a 15 point deficit in the paint and a rebounding disaster, as we got eviscerated on the glass -25. Those are ridiculous numbers that dwarf all other stats. They were mitigated somewhat b/c Wisky was on the short end of the TO battle .. 20 to 11. But that's a net 16 possessions we lost out on.
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