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[QUOTE="BludOrange, post: 3205432, member: 4268"]
They need to get out and run. This is not a team that is suited to slug it out in a half court game all game long. Push at every opportunity, even on made baskets by our opponent. Back to the runnin' days of the late 80's and early 90's. Utilize our youth and slender frames to wear down the opposing big boys and their starters. Press often and sub often. Can still be strategic with subbing, take Hughes and others out when there is a foul a minute before a tv timeout. Or just sub them out here and there for a minute or two. But run and create some flow of some sorts as the half court offense with no post presence and only two plays is not working. Can take advantage of the unpredictably in playing fast and defenders not being sure of what to do. Need to run and get them on their heels instead of them coming forward and being able to body us up and put their hands all over us. Need to play going downhill and not alow that to happen, they try to body up when coming at them, it usually will result in a foul, as the disruption of the forward moving player is more pronounced when playing fast.

Even our D is struggling in the half court game. I think a lot of that os the new 3 point line amd more kids being capable from bombing from deep and hitting. Hard to guard that bigger spacing for 30 full seconds on the zone. Sooner or later, they most likely will create an open shot if you pack it in or have to extend even further than years past. The inexperience all around and the smaller and slower guards also make it tough to cover that much more ground.
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