• We played a very good first half, handling their fullcourt press and halfcourt traps — and their man defense — well. We had solid execution. Great hustle. That had us up 27-15.
• Our patience against the press really faded in the second half. We had a torrent of turnovers, but it's correctible. If we run the pressbreaker, we break that press every time. Looking back, when they made that 11-0 run to start the second half, I should've burned a time out (there are only two per half) to make sure we set up and execute the pressbreaker instead of overdribbling. Example: We hit the middle to break the press consistently in the first half. Second half, we ran away too often and there wasn't a consistent target in the middle. Correctible!
• The fatigue was a factor. Though we were shorthanded, we had eight players and that should've been enough. But we were not deep at guard and as a coach, I should've slowed the pace down to save our legs. Isaiah was clearly gassed in the second half, and I had Mick on the bench a little too long.
• Our zone defense was not smart in the second half, giving up too many drives through the middle, and too many offensive rebounds. A big, quick team like that can really crash the boards if we don't box out, and the video will show this.
• We missed a lot of second-half shots, and that's due in large part to fatigue, again. This happened with us in the past with our 15U team, when we scored 43 points in the first half (against Kapolei), but we had just seven guys and tired in the second half.
This time, we pulled back and saved our legs in the first half, and I should've done more of it in the second half. I just expected us to have fresh legs, but with Kalihi Valley pushing the tempo and pressing all over the court, I didn't realize until it was too late that our guards were wearing down.
• When we miss shots that often, it's always a good backup plan to attack the basket, get layups and free throws. Best of all worlds, we hit shots inside and outside.
• Bryson's foul trouble was another factor. Two of the fouls were all ball, but the refs never lose. We've got to be cautious about fouls.
• A lot of adversity tonight. Haka played despite having the flu because we were down to six players in pre-game. Jimark suited up and we ended up having eight by game time. There are other sick guys, one guy on a college tour on the continent, just a lot of guys missing tonight. Of course, that made a significant difference.
Overall, it's the same rule as always. Players win games and coaches lose them. I've already got a game plan for the next time we play Kalihi Valley, hopefully in the playoffs. Our guys always give 100% effort. We'll take care of the simple mistakes so we can get back to being efficient for two halves.
WE LUB THIS GAME!
Finally, big mahalo to Coach Bo and Tai for picking up four of the boys on the way to Aiea.
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