Congrads to the Storm Fans
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I don't know how others would feel, but if it was one of the Storm's bench players like Michelle Greco or someone else who didn't play much during the playoffs I could understand why they would feel the need to shoot and get into the box score, but the way Lauren Jackson stepped behind the three point line, that was just too much.
Congratulations to the Storm; they whipped our asses, but good. I would have been by before to give them their propers, but... you know how it is... :: points to member title ::
This postseason has been all about matchups; no other team matched up better against LA than Sacramento (and I honestly believe that the Sparks would have beaten the Storm), but no other team matched up better against Sacramento than Seattle.
The only real weakness in our "white line" press defense is against the high pick and roll, which Seattle executes to near perfection with their perimeter-oriented "post" players. The strength of our defense is to deny interior passing to dominant post players, and to keep them from looking for open teammates, which is another way of saying that it's designed to stop Lisa Leslie. And it did. Unfortunately for us, we then had to play against a team who's best player is pretty much the antithesis of the player our defense is designed to stop.
Our defense is really like a modern NBA defense, when you think about it, where most of the best players in the league are post players; the press is set up to keep teams for getting the ball to their dominant big man in the paint. It is not designed to stop an offense that swings the ball around the perimeter rather than play inside out. It is not designed to stop a dominant perimeter scorer, which Lauren Jackson is, much moreso than she is a threat from inside, at any rate.
Their "points in the paint" numbers are misleading, because the greater majority of their scoring inside was done in transition; when we set up in the half court, they killed us on the perimeter, because our defense is weak against good perimeter shooters. That's why we had problems against Minnesota, and that's why we had problems against Seattle; because their two best players neutralize the strength of our defense by not playing inside. And so it failed. And we're left waiting for next season one more time.
:: sighs ::
Oh well; at least I still have the Kings to look forward to...
This postseason has been all about matchups; no other team matched up better against LA than Sacramento (and I honestly believe that the Sparks would have beaten the Storm), but no other team matched up better against Sacramento than Seattle.
The only real weakness in our "white line" press defense is against the high pick and roll, which Seattle executes to near perfection with their perimeter-oriented "post" players. The strength of our defense is to deny interior passing to dominant post players, and to keep them from looking for open teammates, which is another way of saying that it's designed to stop Lisa Leslie. And it did. Unfortunately for us, we then had to play against a team who's best player is pretty much the antithesis of the player our defense is designed to stop.
Our defense is really like a modern NBA defense, when you think about it, where most of the best players in the league are post players; the press is set up to keep teams for getting the ball to their dominant big man in the paint. It is not designed to stop an offense that swings the ball around the perimeter rather than play inside out. It is not designed to stop a dominant perimeter scorer, which Lauren Jackson is, much moreso than she is a threat from inside, at any rate.
Their "points in the paint" numbers are misleading, because the greater majority of their scoring inside was done in transition; when we set up in the half court, they killed us on the perimeter, because our defense is weak against good perimeter shooters. That's why we had problems against Minnesota, and that's why we had problems against Seattle; because their two best players neutralize the strength of our defense by not playing inside. And so it failed. And we're left waiting for next season one more time.
:: sighs ::
Oh well; at least I still have the Kings to look forward to...