...and sometmes the percentages just don't work out.
And that's why they call them percentages, as opposed to sure things. I spent the last thread talking about getting better looks making it more likely to shoot a higher percentage... welp, while that's true in the long run, that "more likely" wasn't likely enough tonight.
- although we took more 3s than I would like ---especially early on --- they were mostly good looks. In other words, there was just no good reason to shoot that poorly, at home, no less. From deep, it was just one of those nights. We even clunked at the FT line--- that is, when we actually got there.
- meanwhile, on the other end we mostly made UM's looks difficult, but welp... it was one of those nights in the opposite direction for them.
- In summary, tonight was a hat-trick of bad trends, and ya can't afford the first two of those playing with a lazy, incompetent scrub zebra crew, who managed to "find" 4 fouls on Mando all the while he was being ridden and WWF arm-locked on every offensive possession.
- make no mistake, that stretch with Mando on the bench was a disaster and created a deficit that cost any chance of pulling this one out later, and folks, I'm gonna call it straight here --- pardon the country expression, but Pete at the 5 is tits-on-a-boar-hog, and that's as nicely as I can say it.
- and Hubert, my brother... I like that you're finally giving bad zebras a piece of your mind, but you BADLY needed to call a TIMEOUT as we were on our way to getting down double-digits. Our guys were tired and frustrated from a bad stretch and needed a reset. Some better use of the bench there would have helped as well.
- speaking of bench, it's hard to expect a kid to come in cold at the end of a half, and I feel for Seth as he ended up costing us a net 6 points in 2 possessions by blowing a layup with an unnecessary hand-switch, leading to a run-out, and then failing to protect the ball on our own run-out.
Finally, I looked up late in the second half and we were sitting at 2/22 from 3. Yikes. And yet somehow following everything i just mentioned, we were within single digits -- even eventually cutting it to 4 with blown ops to be in even better shape. So... I suppose the encouraging thing is that it did in fact take a hat-trick of badness to lose this one vs a ranked team.
Anyway, the challenge now will be to stay committed to improved ball-movement and shot-selection, even though the immediate feedback tonight wasn't what we wanted. With that said, the elephant in the room is that we've spotted the damn field way too much already this season. There's just no more time for bad outcomes...
And that's why they call them percentages, as opposed to sure things. I spent the last thread talking about getting better looks making it more likely to shoot a higher percentage... welp, while that's true in the long run, that "more likely" wasn't likely enough tonight.
- although we took more 3s than I would like ---especially early on --- they were mostly good looks. In other words, there was just no good reason to shoot that poorly, at home, no less. From deep, it was just one of those nights. We even clunked at the FT line--- that is, when we actually got there.
- meanwhile, on the other end we mostly made UM's looks difficult, but welp... it was one of those nights in the opposite direction for them.
- In summary, tonight was a hat-trick of bad trends, and ya can't afford the first two of those playing with a lazy, incompetent scrub zebra crew, who managed to "find" 4 fouls on Mando all the while he was being ridden and WWF arm-locked on every offensive possession.
- make no mistake, that stretch with Mando on the bench was a disaster and created a deficit that cost any chance of pulling this one out later, and folks, I'm gonna call it straight here --- pardon the country expression, but Pete at the 5 is tits-on-a-boar-hog, and that's as nicely as I can say it.
- and Hubert, my brother... I like that you're finally giving bad zebras a piece of your mind, but you BADLY needed to call a TIMEOUT as we were on our way to getting down double-digits. Our guys were tired and frustrated from a bad stretch and needed a reset. Some better use of the bench there would have helped as well.
- speaking of bench, it's hard to expect a kid to come in cold at the end of a half, and I feel for Seth as he ended up costing us a net 6 points in 2 possessions by blowing a layup with an unnecessary hand-switch, leading to a run-out, and then failing to protect the ball on our own run-out.
Finally, I looked up late in the second half and we were sitting at 2/22 from 3. Yikes. And yet somehow following everything i just mentioned, we were within single digits -- even eventually cutting it to 4 with blown ops to be in even better shape. So... I suppose the encouraging thing is that it did in fact take a hat-trick of badness to lose this one vs a ranked team.
Anyway, the challenge now will be to stay committed to improved ball-movement and shot-selection, even though the immediate feedback tonight wasn't what we wanted. With that said, the elephant in the room is that we've spotted the damn field way too much already this season. There's just no more time for bad outcomes...