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[quote author=Papa John link=topic=14560.msg155859#msg155859 date=1454738088]
[quote author=TheFarm07 link=topic=14560.msg155834#msg155834 date=1454727808]
53 points won't win us the game tonight.

Nice call, TheFarm07!
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Even though on paper, we only scored 7 more points than Tuesday's game and we still shot only 35%, it felt like a better offensive performance.  Though we still lapsed in some of our old frustrating habits, I like that the two Johnsons were more aggressive.  It just felt like we were more proactive more often on offense.
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Yes, it did.  I think this was because of Kaillee and Kaylee and Brittany's improved offensive roles.  Erica was as good as usual.  Obviously, scoring by the guards was actually much worse than Tuesday, but we know that Karlie will play better if not for the freaky fouls that sidelined her, and so the optimism about the improved contributions from the Kaylee Kaillee and Britt outweighs any concern about Karlie.

The one truly negative thing--and a nagging doubt--is Lili's shooting--not even the rest of her performance, just the shooting.  For us to win consistently, she has to shoot more consistently.  She obviously has the capability, but her streaky shooting is just deeply worrying.  It seems to have little to do with those who defend her--she does a superb job of getting open and most of the shots she missed were not that closely defended.  I specifically asked Kate at the last chalk talk about what coaches can do to help a player break out of a slump--I was thinking of Bri at the time but she feigned ignorance of who I was talking about.  Still, her answer was that the team has to get the slumping player good quality shots early in a game.  Well, that can't hurt, but Lili did not hit a basket until the second half, and some of those she missed were good quality shots.  There has to be more to it.  Going from hitting 5/5 from three point range in a single quarter to heaving up shots that can't hit the side of a barn is such an extreme contrast that I don't know what to make of it.

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[quote author=Papa John link=topic=14560.msg155859#msg155859 date=1454738088]
[quote author=TheFarm07 link=topic=14560.msg155834#msg155834 date=1454727808]
53 points won't win us the game tonight.

Nice call, TheFarm07!
[/quote]

Even though on paper, we only scored 7 more points than Tuesday's game and we still shot only 35%, it felt like a better offensive performance.  Though we still lapsed in some of our old frustrating habits, I like that the two Johnsons were more aggressive.  It just felt like we were more proactive more often on offense.
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Yes, it did.  I think this was because of Kaillee and Kaylee and Brittany's improved offensive roles.  Erica was as good as usual.  Obviously, scoring by the guards was actually much worse than Tuesday, but we know that Karlie will play better if not for the freaky fouls that sidelined her, and so the optimism about the improved contributions from the Kaylee Kaillee and Britt outweighs any concern about Karlie.

The one truly negative thing--and a nagging doubt--is Lili's shooting--not even the rest of her performance, just the shooting.  For us to win consistently, she has to shoot more consistently.  She obviously has the capability, but her streaky shooting is just deeply worrying.  It seems to have little to do with those who defend her--she does a superb job of getting open and most of the shots she missed were not that closely defended.  I specifically asked Kate at the last chalk talk about what coaches can do to help a player break out of a slump--I was thinking of Bri at the time but she feigned ignorance of who I was talking about.  Still, her answer was that the team has to get the slumping player good quality shots early in a game.  Well, that can't hurt, but Lili did not hit a basket until the second half, and some of those she missed were good quality shots.  There has to be more to it.  Going from hitting 5/5 from three point range in a single quarter to heaving up shots that can't hit the side of a barn is such an extreme contrast that I don't know what to make of it.