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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 200367" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>First game I got to watch or attend in over 3 weeks.</p><p></p><p>The first 12 min were tough. Dukes were quicker and more aggressive. They also shot the ball extremely well early (over 60% while GT was hovering around 35%) - due largely to some poor defense and rebounding (Dukes led that 15-7 at one point)- when they did miss they seemed to gather alot of long rebounds with GT being out of position or not fighting as hard.</p><p></p><p>With about 8 min left it started to change. GT started to choke off the transition points (I don't believed they scored any that way the last 7 min) and rebounded alot better.</p><p>Should have led at halftime but GT bumbled a rebound out of bounds and Dukes hit a three with the second opportunity. MGH and Smith kept GT in the game in the first half with 3-pt shooting (one of the few times i've said that about GT in years) - though MGH was uncharacteristically poor at the FT line missing an and 1, first of 2 Tech FT and the front end of a one on one. </p><p></p><p>Second half was a very tight game as the Dukes did not get the same transition buckets and GT really started to shadow #22. 2 threes by Smith really broke the game open. GT drew up a great play for Smith on the following possession where he got a wide open 3 after a double screen but he missed.</p><p></p><p>Game should have been a double digit game in the last 2 minutes - Dukes pulled their 2 best players with a min left and down 12 but Q tried to almost single handily give them the game (with a small assist from teammates). We had a rebound go out of bounds off us. Q simply failed to secure an easy outlet pass, and then he followed that up with 2 missed FT. That turned into 5 points for the Dukes and none for GT - it was at least a 7 pt turnaround and probably closer to 10 with the 2 missed secured positions.</p><p></p><p>This team doesn't look like a Tourney team, but we'll see how ACC season goes. </p><p>Lammers gets a shout out. He played really good fundamental basketball. Dukes where a bigger team than I expected and Lammers helped alot on defense and also contributed some nice offense. He is developing nicely. </p><p></p><p>Dukes really clogged the middle - even going to a zone at one point, but that left GT some open spots on the perimeter and they did a good job of taking advantage of those opportunities. Shot better from 3 than from 2. We missed an awful lot in close tonight.</p><p></p><p>We still don't have an ACC level PG and that hurts. We don't need big scorer there, but you need to be enough of a threat that they take you seriously and we don't penetrate well from the PG position - unless we move MGH there which happened a number of times last night. Heath hit a big three in the second half off a penetration feed from MGH but otherwise didn't look to score. Jorgy will take some shots but doesn't shoot a high enough percentage.</p><p></p><p>My son got to be part of the high 5 line coming out of the tunnel last night so that was a big thrill for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 200367, member: 1776"] First game I got to watch or attend in over 3 weeks. The first 12 min were tough. Dukes were quicker and more aggressive. They also shot the ball extremely well early (over 60% while GT was hovering around 35%) - due largely to some poor defense and rebounding (Dukes led that 15-7 at one point)- when they did miss they seemed to gather alot of long rebounds with GT being out of position or not fighting as hard. With about 8 min left it started to change. GT started to choke off the transition points (I don't believed they scored any that way the last 7 min) and rebounded alot better. Should have led at halftime but GT bumbled a rebound out of bounds and Dukes hit a three with the second opportunity. MGH and Smith kept GT in the game in the first half with 3-pt shooting (one of the few times i've said that about GT in years) - though MGH was uncharacteristically poor at the FT line missing an and 1, first of 2 Tech FT and the front end of a one on one. Second half was a very tight game as the Dukes did not get the same transition buckets and GT really started to shadow #22. 2 threes by Smith really broke the game open. GT drew up a great play for Smith on the following possession where he got a wide open 3 after a double screen but he missed. Game should have been a double digit game in the last 2 minutes - Dukes pulled their 2 best players with a min left and down 12 but Q tried to almost single handily give them the game (with a small assist from teammates). We had a rebound go out of bounds off us. Q simply failed to secure an easy outlet pass, and then he followed that up with 2 missed FT. That turned into 5 points for the Dukes and none for GT - it was at least a 7 pt turnaround and probably closer to 10 with the 2 missed secured positions. This team doesn't look like a Tourney team, but we'll see how ACC season goes. Lammers gets a shout out. He played really good fundamental basketball. Dukes where a bigger team than I expected and Lammers helped alot on defense and also contributed some nice offense. He is developing nicely. Dukes really clogged the middle - even going to a zone at one point, but that left GT some open spots on the perimeter and they did a good job of taking advantage of those opportunities. Shot better from 3 than from 2. We missed an awful lot in close tonight. We still don't have an ACC level PG and that hurts. We don't need big scorer there, but you need to be enough of a threat that they take you seriously and we don't penetrate well from the PG position - unless we move MGH there which happened a number of times last night. Heath hit a big three in the second half off a penetration feed from MGH but otherwise didn't look to score. Jorgy will take some shots but doesn't shoot a high enough percentage. My son got to be part of the high 5 line coming out of the tunnel last night so that was a big thrill for him. [/QUOTE]
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