turnovers have indeed been the bane of our team, and agree that our success will depend on matchups. We do not want to see a high pressure team.
As for the ACC tournament, Virginia is a tough draw. We played very well in the game we beat Virginia, shooting, rebounding and even keeping their PG in relative check
Williams was a key, as was Noble in defending Kymora who nevertheless made play after play
We did shut down Lattimore, but she is dangerous out to the 3 and can score 20 and 10
Another thing I’ve noticed in the past month - we’ve been running a lot of off-ball hammer plays - where a driver (Kayla, Ioanna, Lulu, or Marta) drives to one side of the lane, and either there’s a hammer screen or just inattentive defense, a 3 point shooter on the far side of the court stays open and in the vision of the driver and there’s a whipped pass cross court for an open 3 look for Kayla, Marta, Lulu or Ioanna.
It’s such a fun look - yes it does lead to some turnovers, as a lot of our players love to throw it one hand, off the bounce, but this is a super unselfish team, and I’ll take some unforced turnovers if we continue to look for each other
There's that spot on the 3-point line right where it starts arcing that Lulu very commonly and other shooters like to spot up. Marta likes the hook whip pass to that spot, almost blind. Sometimes that pass misses.
In that last clip, Kayla starts from that spot, but moves with Jayda down the line. Maybe that's one of the reasons it popped out at me, as I'm used to see the outlet shooter stay at that spot.
turnovers have indeed been the bane of our team, and agree that our success will depend on matchups. We do not want to see a high pressure team.
As for the ACC tournament, Virginia is a tough draw. We played very well in the game we beat Virginia, shooting, rebounding and even keeping their PG in relative check
Williams was a key, as was Noble in defending Kymora who nevertheless made play after play
We did shut down Lattimore, but she is dangerous out to the 3 and can score 20 and 10
Yeah I'm not thrilled about the VA matchup. It's effectively a home revenge game for them. Let's hope they are tired after playing yesterday.
Another thing I’ve noticed in the past month - we’ve been running a lot of off-ball hammer plays - where a driver (Kayla, Ioanna, Lulu, or Marta) drives to one side of the lane, and either there’s a hammer screen or just inattentive defense, a 3 point shooter on the far side of the court stays open and in the vision of the driver and there’s a whipped pass cross court for an open 3 look for Kayla, Marta, Lulu or Ioanna.
It’s such a fun look - yes it does lead to some turnovers, as a lot of our players love to throw it one hand, off the bounce, but this is a super unselfish team, and I’ll take some unforced turnovers if we continue to look for each other
There's that spot on the 3-point line right where it starts arcing that Lulu very commonly and other shooters like to spot up. Marta likes the hook whip pass to that spot, almost blind. Sometimes that pass misses.
In that last clip, Kayla starts from that spot, but moves with Jayda down the line. Maybe that's one of the reasons it popped out at me, as I'm used to see the outlet shooter stay at that spot.