#sc has always relied on having a stong center to be the x factor
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#sc has always relied on having a stong center to be the x factor#and when they dont it's a problem for them#the lineup is another thing#i think [and i'm pro uconn] starting tessa is probably a good idea#and i can't blame them for not starting watkins when kitts was doing a good job#and while i appreciate adjusting the rotations based on who is playing well#when bench players are consistently playing more or the same number of minutes as the starters it might be time to consider switching#i will say a lot of this was ucla shooting the hell out of the 3ball#and sc not letting its consistent 3pt shooters shoot#and instead going for a midrange that would not fall#sc went 8-12 which is 66.7% and ucla went 10-21 47.6%#both are very high numbers#but ucla wasn't wasting possessions and getting out rebounded when they missed#it was interesting at the end of the second or start of the 3rd tessa made a 3 and then pao pao made one#and then on like the next possession tessa had the ball at the top of the arc and if she was smart she would have called her own number#but i also wonder if there is some pass the ball mentality going on#or just a lack of wanting to win#if you look at the qtr by qtr ucla out scored them by 10 in the first and 10 in the second but it was pretty even in 3 and 4#or rather sc outscored them by a few#but if they really wanted to make up the deficit they would have shot earlier in the clock and shot more 3s#that's how the mercury close their gaps#but instead it was almost like ucla was the one shooting early and from 3#also at the 6 minute mark in the 4 sc got 3 fouls on one possession#and i was thinking are you really playing the foul game now? but i guess that was just 3 oopsies in a row#the thing is 15 or 20 points in 10 minutes is not insurmountable but it was like they were playing to win the quarter not the game#idk
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