Playing Among Trees: Gamelog 8/25/04

I ran with 3 bigs yesterday, sort of an uncommon team to get out of our core of ballers. I wasn't really sure I'd know what to do without some of the traditional other positions around. I usually benefit from having a true point guard around to create the offense, and a small forward type of guy to set some high screens for me. I was right about that.

I held onto the ball way too much, not knowing how to deal with the fact that I wasn't sure it was gonna get moved around enough with big post size guys filling up the floor. I tried to get into positions where I could get the ball inside and let the trees go to work, but the defenders were all pretty good at reaching around and stopping the entry passes, and I was pretty good at forcing bad looks after a few too many fakes. Still, the post players were really effective (especially since two of them had 3 point range and all had good jumpshots). And we won two of our 3 games. I told HollyG I'd win some for her and I hit a gamewinner to make good on it.

Next time, I'm gonna get back to my good shooting days and keep that elbow in. All net.