More game thoughts (Monarchs/Storm) 7/9
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6th
Homer Fan Since 1985
Thanks, PJ.
Nicole with only 5 pts.....hurts us.
Courtney had a real nice game with 8 pts, 8 rebs, 2 blocks in only 15 min.
GeorgeofSacramento
Bench
Sigh...
You can't shoot 35.5% from the field. Period. Sad that Maiga-Ba and Nicole were pretty much shutdown.
You can't shoot 35.5% from the field. Period. Sad that Maiga-Ba and Nicole were pretty much shutdown.
kingsnation
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Random thoughts:
The feature on Ticha was nice, I enjoyed watching that.
Scho had a solid game...don't remember Newton playing.
Paris' block on Shannon Johnson
. It seemed like they really forcing the ball in to her as soon as she entered the game. After that performance (coupled with Kelly and Harper stinking it up lately) she should be the first post of the bench in the next game.
We will not win when our post players....and Nicole....and Kara all struggle to score. We were never completely out of the game, but we were never really in the game either.
As much as I love watching the Monarchs play on TV, I'm glad they're not on national tv for the rest of the season. My uncle (who never watched a game or knew Sac had a team) walked in the room in the 4th quarter. I warned him the game was ugly, but he still watched some of the game. Needless to say, I don't think we gained another fan after that performance.
The feature on Ticha was nice, I enjoyed watching that.
Scho had a solid game...don't remember Newton playing.
Paris' block on Shannon Johnson
. It seemed like they really forcing the ball in to her as soon as she entered the game. After that performance (coupled with Kelly and Harper stinking it up lately) she should be the first post of the bench in the next game.We will not win when our post players....and Nicole....and Kara all struggle to score. We were never completely out of the game, but we were never really in the game either.
As much as I love watching the Monarchs play on TV, I'm glad they're not on national tv for the rest of the season. My uncle (who never watched a game or knew Sac had a team) walked in the room in the 4th quarter. I warned him the game was ugly, but he still watched some of the game. Needless to say, I don't think we gained another fan after that performance.
Purple Reign
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I think the game commentators (I think Ward and Peck) hit it right on the head. Not one post player is shooting 40 percent, and they are the closest to the basket.
Tonight in my mind officially the Monarchs have an offense problem.
11th (out of 13 teams) in Points Scored - 71.2 per game
12th in Point Differential - minus 4.66
11th in FG percentage - .393
13th in assist - 13.3 per game
10th in turnovers - 17.25 per game
Of the 11 players, 7 are shooting below 40 percent including Ticha's pathetic 28 percent from the field.
Of the 11 players 8 average less than 2 assist per game
This has to change. No longer can Coach Boucek hang her hat excludively on defense. They have to get this offense right, if they want to compete and contend for the rest of the season.
Tonight in my mind officially the Monarchs have an offense problem.
11th (out of 13 teams) in Points Scored - 71.2 per game
12th in Point Differential - minus 4.66
11th in FG percentage - .393
13th in assist - 13.3 per game
10th in turnovers - 17.25 per game
Of the 11 players, 7 are shooting below 40 percent including Ticha's pathetic 28 percent from the field.
Of the 11 players 8 average less than 2 assist per game
This has to change. No longer can Coach Boucek hang her hat excludively on defense. They have to get this offense right, if they want to compete and contend for the rest of the season.
Monty'sBiggestFan
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Their offensive issue does indeed stem from whatever they're not doing defensively. However, their offense in and of itself is uninspired at best.
Ticha I *might* give a pass because she's had a bum shoulder and her shooting thumb is (partially) hanging off. Everybody else, I'm not sure about. They should be able to hit basic shots. Like layups..and free throws.
Layups are the most basic of shots, and probably the one with the highest percentage. To shoot under 40% in a game, you can't be hitting very many of those and I think that's pretty clear that last night they had zero ability to convert layups or any shot for that matter. Their half-court offensive scheme needs, well, to have an actual scheme. I think it was Boucek in the locker room sound clip who said something to the effect that the offense looked like disorganized mayhem.
Really??
I'm not sure I knew it was supposed to look any different when they run their half court. It looked the same as it always has: shot clock violations, forced passes into the defense or to nobody, moving screens or three-second violations. This team needs to run and it continues to BAFFLE me that they hardly ever look to run. Outlet pass is usually dumped to someone behind the rebounder so it can be walked up the floor. It should only take two passes to get the ball up floor, let the pg trail if you have people up court.
I have no sense who is supposed to get a shot where, and sometimes it doesn't appear that they do either.
Paris deserved to get the minutes she got. (Never understood why she didn't get minutes the last three weeks or that I buy their reason for why she didn't play much on the road trip) Not sure she earned the right to be first post off the bench. Walker may be my choice still. But if she's being effective, and this goes for any player in the rotation - not just Paris, she should be in MORE rotations, not the ones drawn up in the game plan a day before the game. I will continue to beat that drum until the rotational decisions seem to reflect the flow of the game.
Ticha I *might* give a pass because she's had a bum shoulder and her shooting thumb is (partially) hanging off. Everybody else, I'm not sure about. They should be able to hit basic shots. Like layups..and free throws.
Layups are the most basic of shots, and probably the one with the highest percentage. To shoot under 40% in a game, you can't be hitting very many of those and I think that's pretty clear that last night they had zero ability to convert layups or any shot for that matter. Their half-court offensive scheme needs, well, to have an actual scheme. I think it was Boucek in the locker room sound clip who said something to the effect that the offense looked like disorganized mayhem.
Really??
I'm not sure I knew it was supposed to look any different when they run their half court. It looked the same as it always has: shot clock violations, forced passes into the defense or to nobody, moving screens or three-second violations. This team needs to run and it continues to BAFFLE me that they hardly ever look to run. Outlet pass is usually dumped to someone behind the rebounder so it can be walked up the floor. It should only take two passes to get the ball up floor, let the pg trail if you have people up court.
I have no sense who is supposed to get a shot where, and sometimes it doesn't appear that they do either.
Paris deserved to get the minutes she got. (Never understood why she didn't get minutes the last three weeks or that I buy their reason for why she didn't play much on the road trip) Not sure she earned the right to be first post off the bench. Walker may be my choice still. But if she's being effective, and this goes for any player in the rotation - not just Paris, she should be in MORE rotations, not the ones drawn up in the game plan a day before the game. I will continue to beat that drum until the rotational decisions seem to reflect the flow of the game.
We've always had an offense problem: when is the last time we had three players in the regular rotation that could shoot? 2005?
We used to be a bad offensive team, but a great defensive team. Now, it seems like we're twice as bad offensively, so we'd need to be twice as good defensively. Which obviously isn't possible.
I don't appear to agree with the consensus that Robinson is better than Newton, but Robinson is almost certainly a more tradeable asset. I'd like to see her sent off to bring back a zone buster from somewhere.
We used to be a bad offensive team, but a great defensive team. Now, it seems like we're twice as bad offensively, so we'd need to be twice as good defensively. Which obviously isn't possible.
I don't appear to agree with the consensus that Robinson is better than Newton, but Robinson is almost certainly a more tradeable asset. I'd like to see her sent off to bring back a zone buster from somewhere.
I have to agree with MBF...especially regarding Ticha. She has never been our shooting guard, and never will be. I was surprised to hear the announcers say last night that she has a partially torn tendon in her right thumb. I don't think that I would be able to hold & use a spoon properly with a torn thumb tendon, let alone dribble, pass, and especially shoot a basketball. We are still better with her on the floor than without right now.
I think that some of the run & gun is lost with Kara at the pg spot. She rarely runs the ball up court, and uses a significant amount of time on the shot-clock doing so. Plus, we are loosing her at her shooting best at the two. This makes it really easy for other teams to collapse on Nicole, who is the only Monarch scoring in double figures on a regular basis. Why play defense on anyone else?
With the speed that both Sho & Maiga-Ba possess, I do not see why they are not executing more plays to run the ball as soon as we get the rebound. Since one of these two is almost always in the game, and the fact that we have out-rebounded almost every team, this is a no-brainer.
Lastly, and most importantly, I could live with (barely) the fact that offense is not our bread & butter if our defense was actually working. This is NOT the Monarch defense that we have known, and perhaps it is time to adjust.
I think that some of the run & gun is lost with Kara at the pg spot. She rarely runs the ball up court, and uses a significant amount of time on the shot-clock doing so. Plus, we are loosing her at her shooting best at the two. This makes it really easy for other teams to collapse on Nicole, who is the only Monarch scoring in double figures on a regular basis. Why play defense on anyone else?
With the speed that both Sho & Maiga-Ba possess, I do not see why they are not executing more plays to run the ball as soon as we get the rebound. Since one of these two is almost always in the game, and the fact that we have out-rebounded almost every team, this is a no-brainer.
Lastly, and most importantly, I could live with (barely) the fact that offense is not our bread & butter if our defense was actually working. This is NOT the Monarch defense that we have known, and perhaps it is time to adjust.
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