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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 75703, member: 289"] - Our defense was overwhelming. It’s a team of tall, long-armed, athletic and very active players. Nobody seems too slow for his position, as in past years. We produced 28 turnovers, held them to 31.6% shooting , (they were worse inside the arc- 29.6% than outside of it- 33.3%), and got 40 points out of fast breaks. Down 5-8 we went on a little ’ol 27-3 run to remove all doubt as to who was going to win this one. When w e had that dry streak at the beginning of the second half we actually increased our lead because the other team wasn’t scoring either and we were getting to the foul line. - Dion Waiters this year is the explosive scorer we rarely got t see last year, the guy who can get you a lot of points in a hurry, (31 in 41 minutes so far), and completely change the situation in the game. He’s also handling the ball well and has passed for 7 assists. We can see now why JB wanted this guy since he was in the 9th grade. We didn’t’ have a guy who could what he does last year. - James Southerland has been filling up the stat sheet: in two games he’s played 39 minutes, scored 22 points, pulled down 10 rebounds, passed for 6 assists and gotten two blocks and two steals. He’s playing like a guy who knows that if he wants a spot in the rotation, he’d better make his case now. - Kris Joseph continues to play so well despite his injury maybe JB should twist everybody else’s leg so they will play the same way. He looks smooth and explosive and is shooting the ball well. He had 3 three pointers and 15 points to go with 7 rebounds. - JB mentioned how CJ Fair was a guy who might play more on another night because he’s playing well, as opposed to this night, when Southerland was playing well. CJ had 6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals. And he played the most of anybody. - Baye Keita had 4 points and 4 rebounds in only 11 minutes. He and Fab combined for 15 and 13 with 5 blocks. - Fab Melo continues to play like a happy warrior. He was so aggressive on defense that he was guarding guys 30 feet from the basket. That’s not my preference for a center but it was impressive nonetheless. - We played man for man and pressed for long periods and did both effectively. They seem to be available weapons for us this year and so far JB seems willing to use them proactively. Will he continue to do so? If so that gives us an extra dimension that other teams of recent years haven’t had. [/QUOTE]

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