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<blockquote data-quote="YlJacket" data-source="post: 862656" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>Last night we finally got the team I believe Pastner thought he would have this year. He played his older guys with a big boost from Deebo and a sprinkle of Devion. The focus was on the defensive end. And for whatever reason, they played with an energy they haven’t played with this year. All the energy stats were in favor of GT – steals, turnovers, and even fast break points.</p><p></p><p>When you are a smaller team (whether Howard plays or not), you don’t defend FSU’s bigs at the rim, you defend them with energy and aggressiveness on the perimeter to keep them from throwing the ball inside. We did that really well last night. That was the change in energy level. Good to see them play like that – a lot more fun to watch than say against Wake Forest.</p><p></p><p>When we did play man last night, we rarely switched Howard on the perimeter. I remember once or twice but we generally kept him in the paint. </p><p></p><p>I was also glad to see us run something besides the modified Princeton set. We ran about half the game without Howard at the elbow. Even ran Howard on some high ball screens. It really opened the offense up and was IMHO a big reason why we were a lot better with the dribble penetration and kickouts. Even when we ran the Princeton set, it was crisper than it has been and didn’t focus on getting the ball to Howard at all costs. I think keeping the ball in the guards hands helped keep our TOs low.</p><p></p><p>Hope Pastner keeps the visor in the closet.</p><p></p><p>Usher is so much fun to watch. You wish everyone had his unbridled energy and enthusiasm. He was everywhere last night.</p><p></p><p>I expect we will see much the same short bench the rest of the season. That is really Pastner's MO and I expect he found what he wanted last night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YlJacket, post: 862656, member: 2784"] Last night we finally got the team I believe Pastner thought he would have this year. He played his older guys with a big boost from Deebo and a sprinkle of Devion. The focus was on the defensive end. And for whatever reason, they played with an energy they haven’t played with this year. All the energy stats were in favor of GT – steals, turnovers, and even fast break points. When you are a smaller team (whether Howard plays or not), you don’t defend FSU’s bigs at the rim, you defend them with energy and aggressiveness on the perimeter to keep them from throwing the ball inside. We did that really well last night. That was the change in energy level. Good to see them play like that – a lot more fun to watch than say against Wake Forest. When we did play man last night, we rarely switched Howard on the perimeter. I remember once or twice but we generally kept him in the paint. I was also glad to see us run something besides the modified Princeton set. We ran about half the game without Howard at the elbow. Even ran Howard on some high ball screens. It really opened the offense up and was IMHO a big reason why we were a lot better with the dribble penetration and kickouts. Even when we ran the Princeton set, it was crisper than it has been and didn’t focus on getting the ball to Howard at all costs. I think keeping the ball in the guards hands helped keep our TOs low. Hope Pastner keeps the visor in the closet. Usher is so much fun to watch. You wish everyone had his unbridled energy and enthusiasm. He was everywhere last night. I expect we will see much the same short bench the rest of the season. That is really Pastner's MO and I expect he found what he wanted last night. [/QUOTE]
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