Some Stats from Game 1 and Adjustments for Game 2

Obviously neither team shot well at all, especially from 3, although OKC got some key 3's from their bench, going 5 of 10 from Jaylin/Joe/Wiggins/Wallace. Rest of the team was 5 for 22.

I'd like to key in to the matchups for both teams.

Lou Dort made life extremely difficult for BI. That dude is one strong son of a bitch. He's a different animal than say Herb, who uses his quickness, instincts and long reach to make life hard on his opponent. Dort has the quickness and instincts, but he uses his strength to keep opponents away from the rim and makes them take tough shots.

Dort guarded BI the vast majority of the time, almost 60% of the possessions he was on the court. BI was 1/7 with 4 points (2FT's), had 2 assists and 2 turnovers on about 37 possessions, and the team scored 34 points. Dort essentially took BI out of the game.
BI was 4 of 10 against anyone else for 8 points, 2 assists and 1 turnover.
The only other player he guarded for more than 3 or 4 possessions was CJ, when he had those 3 fouls to start the 2nd half. CJ went 1-2 for 3 points with 1 assist and 1 turnover, and the team scored 11 points on the 11 possessions Dort guarded CJ.
Dort gave up 7 points on 13 shots.


BI was 3 of 6 against Jalen Williams.
CJ was 2 of 5 against Jalen Williams.
Jalen Williams gave up 17 points on 20 shots.
Jalen spent most of his time on CJ (46%) and then BI and Trey.


JV was 4 of 7 against Chet for 8 points, had 1 assist and 2 turnovers on 37 possessions. Team scored 28 points. Chet was 2 of 7 against JV for 5 points on 31 possessions.
Larry was 1 of 2 for 2 points on 11 possessions against Chet. Team scored 4 points. Chet didn't attempt a shot on Larry in 12 possessions he guarde him.
JV was 0 for 3 against Jaylin Williams with a turnover on just 5 possessions. That can't happen.
Larry was 2 for 2 for 4 points against Kenny Hustle on 9 possessions. we scored 15 points in those 9 possessions. That is a matchup that needs to be taken advantage of more.


Josh Giddy is not a good enough defender for us to go 2 for 10 against. That's 2 of 6 from Trey, and 0 for 4 from BI/Herb/CJ.

SGA needs to be more involved in defensive plays to wear him down. We were 6 of 13 against him for 15 points and 5 assists with 3 turnovers.
SGA guarded Herb 63% of the time. Herb was 2 of 4 against him, all 3's with 3 assists and 2 turnovers.

Isiah Joe didn't play that much, but we were 3 of 5 against him with Jose going 2 for 3 for 5 points.

Kenny Hustle was abused. We were 5 of 7 against him for 10 points.

Cason Wallace held us to 4-11 shooting for 9 points. Most of his possessions were on CJ, then Jose and Trey. CJ was 2 of 5 against him for 4 points.



Herb guarded SGA 62% of the time, 38 possessions. SGA was 1 of 4 against him for 2 points, 2 assists, and a turnover. Herb gave up 2 points all night on just 1 of 6 shots against him.
Trey guarded SGA on 12 possessions and SGA was 1 of 8 for 2 points and 2 assists.
CJ guraded SGA on only 8 possessions. SGA was 5 of 7 for 11 points, 1 assists and 1 turnover.
CJ gave up 30 points last night on 12 of 19 shooting against the Thunder.






Key takeaways from all that dribble drabble i just posted:

1. Dort is good. We need to get BI opportunities with any other defender on him.
2. Herb is also good. OKC realized this and took less than half the shots against him than we did on Dort.
3. CJ is bad on defense. Gave up 30 points on 12 of 19 shooting. If he gets swtiched onto SGA, we need to throw a double immediately.
4. Larry needs to abuse Kenrich.
5. Ball needs to find JV in the post with Chet on his back more, or pick and rolls with JV need to happen more with the ball handler attacking the rim. If you get the shot over Chet and miss it's ok, JV will get the rebound. Key word there is attack the rim, not dribble slowly and take a mid range fadeaway.
6. We need to seek SGA out on defense and make him work.