Everybody is sharing their opinion on last night's game, so I will share my thoughts.

The Good...
1)Bench was strong, especially Nate and Lee. Balkman had good energy.
2)Passing and chemistry was improved for most of the game
3)QRich played hard, shot well, and rebounded - he was easily our MVP


The Bad...
1)Crawford kept chucking despite poor FG%
2)Curry still looked slow in defensive rotations
3)Francis and Frye were invisible most of the game
4)Our big men (minus Lee) could not take advantage of their size

The Ugly...
1)The chemistry/passing disappeared when the game got tight - turned to 1on1
2)Embarrassing that Warrick, Gay and Roberts kept getting rebounds when the game got close. Curry and Frye got schooled defensively by a rookie and 2 2nd year players. You either take advantage of your size, or sit them and play quicker players (Balkman). We did neither.
3)With game on line, why not take a high % shot? I can't criticize someone who misses a good quality shot, but taking 3 20+ foot jumpers? If you can't get a higher % shot, then skip the 1 on 1 and design a draw and kick play. IT didn't exactly show any late game poise or X/O's ability. What we do when we're not playing the Memphis intrasquad college team? This crap won't work against good teams, so why do it against a (depleted) bad team?

Also - Fans will say that Curry blocked 3 shots and rebounded well. While he did, he also missed lots of defensive rotations, ran the floor slowly, and could not dominate inside against the likes of 6'8 Warrick, 6'9 Gay - combined weight probably equal to Curry's 390.

2)Embarrassing that Warrick, Gay and Roberts kept getting rebounds when the game got close. Curry and Frye got schooled defensively by a rookie and 2 2nd year players. You either take advantage of your size, or sit them and play quicker players (Balkman). We did neither.

Please don't leave Lee out of this. Warrick went nuts on him. Our entire front line has some defensive issues...but aren't they exciting?!!

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