Quick notes on D

[hawkeye12345]

So finally had some time to watch the Hawks play.

Our D is brutal. The guards sagging to help interior is nauseating to watch. Tonight’s game has been a good clinic on how not to play team D.

Example 1: 18 min mark dude dribbles down court for fOSU picks up dribble at top of key and #2 drops and looks to help interior. fOSU drains a 3.
Example 2: 16:30 mark. Pick and roll and 2 is once again caught in no man’s land and tries to slap at cutter but leaves his guy wide open on the wing. Pick and roll scores but wtf is he thinking?

Example 3: 15:15 mark. #2 once again drops to help inside leaving his man wide open at top of key for an easy 3. Dembele standing in the paint not guarding a soul and #2 and #4 in no man’s land once again.

That’s all within the first 5 mins of the game.

 

[hawkeye12345]

If you watch how the D sets up, any decent coach can identify that wing D is setup to help interior and leaves their man wide open on any dribble penetration.

Makes no difference if ball is strong or weak side, they sag leaving wing shooters wide open.

 

[hawkeye12345]

fOSU coach is smart enough to set a back screen on the sagging wing defenders but they haven’t been able to get the all to the wing shooter yet. I bet that will change.

 

[STILLBUSTER]

So finally had some time to watch the Hawks play.

Our D is brutal. The guards sagging to help interior is nauseating to watch. Tonight’s game has been a good clinic on how not to play team D.

Example 1: 18 min mark dude dribbles down court for fOSU picks up dribble at top of key and #2 drops and looks to help interior. fOSU drains a 3.
Example 2: 16:30 mark. Pick and roll and 2 is once again caught in no man’s land and tries to slap at cutter but leaves his guy wide open on the wing. Pick and roll scores but wtf is he thinking?

Example 3: 15:15 mark. #2 once again drops to help inside leaving his man wide open at top of key for an easy 3. Dembele standing in the paint not guarding a soul and #2 and #4 in no man’s land once again.

That’s all within the first 5 mins of the game.

Appreciate the technical breakdown but you could've ended after 2nd sentence and gotten 100% agreement.