Tonight's Game Thread...
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Ok. Good end to the half...keep it up!
Call me just a blind homer/optimist, but I'm not that worried when the M's get down such as they did/are today. I'm not saying that they are in fact a true championship caliber team or that they will win it--that remains to be seen, but there is a common belief, something that is said and heard often about teams that have the true potential to win a champion and those who actually do it, its the belief that they have that extra gear. I see it as teams have a regular season gear a playoff gear and then those team's, those special few and far between teams have that "extra gear." The M's to be on defense-which we all know win championships-have that ability to keep it up a notch....So kick it up a notch Monarchs, like you did the last 6-7 min, and the rest should take care of its self.
To begin the game they weren't settled. You see it happen all the time with the Kings. They'll start going, shooting everywhere, not even acknowledging the shot clock and then teams start to so the same and they just can't keep up. The M's can't get in a shoot out with the Storm like they did to start the team. They have to be poised, patient and run their offense so that they have a chance to set up that defense!
Lets go Monarchs!
Call me just a blind homer/optimist, but I'm not that worried when the M's get down such as they did/are today. I'm not saying that they are in fact a true championship caliber team or that they will win it--that remains to be seen, but there is a common belief, something that is said and heard often about teams that have the true potential to win a champion and those who actually do it, its the belief that they have that extra gear. I see it as teams have a regular season gear a playoff gear and then those team's, those special few and far between teams have that "extra gear." The M's to be on defense-which we all know win championships-have that ability to keep it up a notch....So kick it up a notch Monarchs, like you did the last 6-7 min, and the rest should take care of its self.
To begin the game they weren't settled. You see it happen all the time with the Kings. They'll start going, shooting everywhere, not even acknowledging the shot clock and then teams start to so the same and they just can't keep up. The M's can't get in a shoot out with the Storm like they did to start the team. They have to be poised, patient and run their offense so that they have a chance to set up that defense!
Lets go Monarchs!
This fits their usual Seattle game M.O., they get jumped early with Seattle shooting over 60% from the floor, then they settle in and make a game of it in the 2nd half. The reason the game on July 3rd was so lopsided in the books was they were down by about 20+ at the end of the first half. They've gotten a lot of turnovers but have not done much with them, that should change if they have actually really started to find their offensive rhtymn
The only reason why I'd worry about that tonight, whereas I wouldn't be likely to any other time, is they really did not get good minutes from their bench in the first half. They can play catch up usually because their bench can at the very least absorb minutes, if Maiga and to a lesser extent Brunson had given their usual solid minutes (and added a little offense) I think they can go to the mat with Seattle in the 2nd.
If the M's keep the Storm from doubling up on them again, and actually push that deficit further down in the first five minutes of the 2nd, I think they pull this game out. I really do
If the M's keep the Storm from doubling up on them again, and actually push that deficit further down in the first five minutes of the 2nd, I think they pull this game out. I really do