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[QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 4822044, member: 2196"]
Be honest, I wasn’t able to watch the game real close. My takes may be completely off.

1 - way to much iso ball.  As talented as Mintz is, he is a ball stopper.  Couple times he drove, defender bit down leaving the perimeter player wide open and he refused to pass.  Wish he passed more and used that to get other guys going.

2- I am not a Bell fan.  Continues to not impress me.  Doesn’t play good defense and just stands around on offense.  It would be one thing if he hit shots, but he’s not a knock down shooter, even though he’s supposed to be. He really doesn’t provide anything for the team.

3- I think our guys got too comfortable getting an easy big lead.  They got on top and everything went there way early.  They got bored, and let up. It’s hard to get going again once you take the foot off the gas.  Maybe I’m being too optimistic.

4- I liked what I saw from Copeland.  As I said earlier, I wasn’t able to watch closely. But he rebounded the ball, always looked to pass and get the better shot.  Just looked to make plays. I’m sure there were some negatives, but he showed some good flashes.

5- we took way too many mid range shots.  The name of the game is layups, dunks, 3pt shots. We are clearly not a great shooting team. I think some of that is lack of ball movement and pull up shots.  Ball movement creates better, open, set shots.  Players shoot a higher percentage in catch and shoot then a dribble pull up.  Part of the reason why I think we are below average shooting team. But settling for pull up jumpers is not going to be a recipe for success.
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