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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 1609401, member: 966"]
Wondering how you reached the conclusion that "the zone worked well" just because we had a lead at some point.

A brief lead against an untalented team playing without its best player for a leg stretch... If you were only listening to the game, you could easily mistake the constant references to The Zone as being significant. Fact is, their defense was far more effective against us than ours was against them. But people get hypnotized by the frequency of "zone" mentions.

Ever notice the other team's shooter just needs to stand there, and wait for the ball to arrive after a few passes? He just catches and shoots. Because the ball is always faster than our defender. Meanwhile, on the other end, our guys have to run around picks, run loops around the entire d, and then take a contested fade away. Our guys have to make crossovers and stepbacks while their stiffs just catch and shoot. While our power rebounders sail by, way too late, and end up out of bounds. While they keep rebounders in ideal position... But, no. We get a couple of traps and announcers praise our 'swarming zone.' Which resulted in only one actual turnover, but a few misleading timeouts...

"The zone is pyrite!"
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