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<blockquote data-quote="The Dave" data-source="post: 1524542" data-attributes="member: 622843"><p>As I say IRL all the time...</p><p></p><p>1. Good teams win close games.</p><p>2. Good teams win on the road.</p><p>3. Great teams beat other great teams.</p><p></p><p>We've checked off 1 & 2. We haven't consistently (say 50% success rate) proven #3 yet. We're good, not great.</p><p></p><p>Was I the only one really disappointed when DMFW hit his first 3? I was REALLY proud of the fact that I was personally tied with him for scoring in 2020. Now he's crushing me.</p><p></p><p>On a more serious note...I've noticed that one of the adjustments opposing teams are making much more effectively now is playing off of the perimeter so they're in better position to double (or triple) team Kofi when he gets the ball. I'm sure it's been being done for a while but it was very obvious in both the IA and MD games. We might just not have the guns from outside to fix that this year, but hopefully Kofi sticks around and Hutch/Grandison/Miller upgrade our perimeter scoring and open things up for Kofi.</p><p></p><p>As others have said, we're a year ahead of schedule and as depressing as these last 2 games were, if you had asked me in October I'd be thrilled to be where we are right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Dave, post: 1524542, member: 622843"] As I say IRL all the time... 1. Good teams win close games. 2. Good teams win on the road. 3. Great teams beat other great teams. We've checked off 1 & 2. We haven't consistently (say 50% success rate) proven #3 yet. We're good, not great. Was I the only one really disappointed when DMFW hit his first 3? I was REALLY proud of the fact that I was personally tied with him for scoring in 2020. Now he's crushing me. On a more serious note...I've noticed that one of the adjustments opposing teams are making much more effectively now is playing off of the perimeter so they're in better position to double (or triple) team Kofi when he gets the ball. I'm sure it's been being done for a while but it was very obvious in both the IA and MD games. We might just not have the guns from outside to fix that this year, but hopefully Kofi sticks around and Hutch/Grandison/Miller upgrade our perimeter scoring and open things up for Kofi. As others have said, we're a year ahead of schedule and as depressing as these last 2 games were, if you had asked me in October I'd be thrilled to be where we are right now. [/QUOTE]
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