Good hustle, good effort today, Thunder!
First, I'm thankful we had enough players and didn't forfeit.
Second, we played a good first half.
Third, Da Rebelz were deeper and in better shape than us in the second half and deserved the win. Until ALL our guys get into shape and work on their game every day, that's how it goes. So let's go to work this week!
Finally, with just 6 1/2 players (Cody felt sick in the second half) and one brand-new guy (Shiraz did a nice job hustling and rebounding), I feel like I did some very stale coaching today. Our traps were fine in the first half and we were down one point. But we lost our legs after that and should've gone to a 2-3 zone or maybe a soft man. But I wanted us to use our speed and stay active, which in hindsight was the wrong move.
We simply had too many rusty players right now and I expected too much. But overall, I liked our fastbreak, hustle and defense (until we got tired).
NOTE: Our backside defense, regardless of zone, man or traps, still needs to get on point. We gave up too many easy cuts (to the middle of the key) and gave up uncontested 5-footers because we weren't paying attention, i.e. MAN, BALL, YOU. We'll work on that this week. And the next.
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