Re: Just move on to next game

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What, you want Vinny to be the foulee, he's the fouler. He'd have 4
offensive fouls against poor Bradley in no time. Providing he didn't lose
the ball or travel before the act.

DanF

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Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: Just move on to next game


> Well, we got whooped. The Mavs played an extended zone with two 7 footers,
> Bradley and Noviski, in the low blocks. The Celts strategy to beat a zone
has
> been either to shoot threes or penetrate through the low blocks. However,
> they weren't hitting their threes and the drivers, Pierce and Williams,
kept
> getting swallowed up by Bradley. On the defensive end, the Mavs kept
hitting
> killer shot after killer shot with even their week offensive links,
Bradley
> and Nahera able to hit on more than a few open jumpers. This really
reminded
> of the Net playoff series with just a few alterations.
>
> What else could we have done? Although Bradley blocked his openning
attempt,
> I would have liked to see them go to Vin in the low block and see if we
could
> pick up some fouls on Bradley and get him out of there. That could open up
> things for Walker and Pierce. It may not have made a difference the way
the
> Mavs were shooting but I would have hoped they would have tried that
during a
> playoff series. During the regular season, you can just move on to the
next
> game. If our threes aren't falling against other teams playing zones, I
would
> like to see Shammond penetrate and be able to pull up and hit the jumper
at
> the elbow instead of passing it back out. That is another way of beating
an
> extended zone, penetrate by the ended zone at the top and pull up at the
free
> throw line elbow for a shot before the low blocks reach you....
>
> Also, for the loser who said Vin had another bad game, Vin had about 5
> blocks. What do you want? Vin is really picking it up on the defensive
end.
> Early in the games, he seems to have a hard time getting past the bobbles.
> But if you want points, you got to put him in a good position to score. I
> don't know why they didn't post him up in the left block, his best
offensive
> spot on the floor. Instead, they tried a couple of times on the right
block
> and then forgot about him....
>
> I don't know what it is with these refs but some of these guys like Mr.
FBI
> seem to pick on people that don't like. Vin, after getting shoved hard in
the
> back while in the air, gets a T for approaching Finley and asking, "Hey,
> what's up with that Mike?" Walker gets a T for just staring at the ref
after
> previously getting a delay of game where he said he didn't even touch the
> ball. Maybe Walker was trying to get under his skin by doing some little
> things. But after watching what his Airness can get away with the refs,
you
> would think that they could use a more common standard....
>
> DJessen33
>
> DJessen33