i know what a joke only the clown with the big play on duke seems to think they should have shot 3s. i guess he never played any hoops in his day. they werent conceding the game at all like gelo said they had cut it to 5 late, probably wouldnt have been that close if they went for 3s anyways. anyways if duke got up 12 13 game would hav ejust ended and st johns wouldnt have fouled anyways.
glad I had the Johnnies and for what its worth...they made EVERY layup they took. They scored 10 quick pts at the end off easy layups that Duke wasn't defending. So you are saying they should have hiked up a bunch of forced bad 3's to get some extra points??? So they went 5-5 on those layups....are you saying they would have scored more shooting 5 3s instead?? Well unless they are gonna shoot 80% and make 4/5 thats not gonna happen. Fact of the matter is they needed to score and they needed to score quick. I for one liked the approach they took. They took very high percentage shots and it nearly worked. Instead of losing by 20 (what they would have lost by if they chucked up 4 or 5 bad 3s) they kept it respecatable and lost by 8-10 (forgot final score)...These guys knew they weren't gonna win and as Chase said if you know the game or have played it you would know they knew this and just wanted to pad their stats with some wide open layups...People who took Duke never deserved to win this game. Keep laying 15 on the road
Thats 100% what you do...lets see you have about a 30% chance of making a bad 3 and you have a 85-90% chance of making an uncontested layup...what are you gonna do? All people that have been around the game know this one thing. "Extend the game and you are not out of it"...if you miss a three and foul that is a huge swing...take the uncontested two points, go for a steal and then foul if you don't get it....end of story---It would be a totally different story if Duke was defending the basket and the post, but they weren't ...you would have to be stupid to not take the free uncontested layups
Pretty accurate post.
The reason why you go for 2 points is simple. First, the defense will concede the layup, if you have watched enough hoops, you know players are deathly afraid of fouling a guy going for a layup with a 10 point lead. Also, as stated Duke was guarding the 3 point line.
Honestly, if more teams would stop having a Grevais Vasquez(sp) type idiot on their team jacking up 3s down by 8 with 1:30 left, they would have a better chance of a comeback. As someone also statd, a missed 3 pretty much kills the rally.
Did not apply last night, but you obviously haven't watch Duke over the past 20 years. No team is better at getting quick layups when trailing then Duke. Coach K has drilled into his team that the opponent will let you score a quick bucket if you take it to the hole. Well coached teams always attack the rim when trailing, because unless its Michigan State Circa 1999, they aren't making every FT at the end of the game.
Also, Duke wasn't going to cover the 14. St. John's was down 10 and they scored and started fouling, Duke would have to hit every FT without a miss to even come close and if they game got above 12, SJU probably doesn't foul.
Laying 14 points in a road game was your first problem. I am not trying to attack your play or be critical of it. I mean seriously, what did you think Duke would win by 15, 16, 17, maybe 18, maybe 20 So even if you had SJU, you were going to be in the game until the final minute.
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