7 th row half court
Let me preface my remarks by saying that I really like Coach Corbin and all of the players on this team
Remarks:
The lineup at the end of the game when it was 95-95 i.e. the last 3-4 minutes should have been:
Kanter, Millsap, Hayward, Miles, Watson
Big Al is great offensively when he has is it going with his up and under moves as well as his one handed turn
around jumpers. The down sides to his game are: 1) our perimeter players dump it down to him and then
stand around 2) he hasn't fully figured out when to pass out of a highly contested double team 3) not as good
of a defender or rebounder as Kanter.
Winning in crunch time (95-95 with 3-4 minutes left) is not just making shots it is equally important to get stops
and rebound. Kanter was playing Hibbert extremely well defensively. He can be a beast inside and Hibbert,
Amundson, West and Hansbrough felt that.
Hayward played Granger very well. Granger had 2 points at half. He apparently had 14 out of his 16 points in
the fourth quarter when Hayward was either not playing or had been switched onto George. Howard was covering
Granger at that time.
How Coach Corbin mixes and matches these lineups is critical going forward and I do think that although one
wants to establishes "rotations" at the same time one has to tinker with those rotations as one gets new information
(i.e. Kanter provides defense and rebounding in crunch time).
Let me preface my remarks by saying that I really like Coach Corbin and all of the players on this team
Remarks:
The lineup at the end of the game when it was 95-95 i.e. the last 3-4 minutes should have been:
Kanter, Millsap, Hayward, Miles, Watson
Big Al is great offensively when he has is it going with his up and under moves as well as his one handed turn
around jumpers. The down sides to his game are: 1) our perimeter players dump it down to him and then
stand around 2) he hasn't fully figured out when to pass out of a highly contested double team 3) not as good
of a defender or rebounder as Kanter.
Winning in crunch time (95-95 with 3-4 minutes left) is not just making shots it is equally important to get stops
and rebound. Kanter was playing Hibbert extremely well defensively. He can be a beast inside and Hibbert,
Amundson, West and Hansbrough felt that.
Hayward played Granger very well. Granger had 2 points at half. He apparently had 14 out of his 16 points in
the fourth quarter when Hayward was either not playing or had been switched onto George. Howard was covering
Granger at that time.
How Coach Corbin mixes and matches these lineups is critical going forward and I do think that although one
wants to establishes "rotations" at the same time one has to tinker with those rotations as one gets new information
(i.e. Kanter provides defense and rebounding in crunch time).
