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We're going to need more offense from our supporting cast

IMHO, sooner or later, our opponent will employ the tactic that beat us the last time we suffered defeat. And we'd better be ready for it, because we weren't last time, and it cost us the NW game.

I'm referring to trapping DMac in the backcourt with two or even three guys to get the ball out of his hands. NW did it repeatedly in the final minutes, and it cost us a lead, then the game. We had no effective answer for it, got the ball stolen, walked, turned it over, called time-outs, and nothing worked. The few times he made a successful pass the receiver attacked the rim and failed.

Philly Boy

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