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1. Could this be Bruce's first good FT shooting team at Tennessee? Last game 67%, this game 80%. And that 80% couldn't have come at a better time, since (a) the game was close, and (b) the refs decided to call a pissload of fouls tonight. We went to the line 40 times, and we made them count.
2. 27 turnovers is just never acceptable, ever, under any circumstances.
3. The PG position is concerning. Golden didn't handle the game well down the stretch, but to be honest Melvin wasn't playing well at all, either.
4. Tatum definitely bailed our butts out with the two big threes and the FT's at the end, but he didn't look good tonight, to me. Everyone had turnovers, but his were particularly ugly IMO. To be fair, stat sheet only shows 2, compared with Tobias's 5 and Scotty's 4 and Melvin's 4. He just looked...off.
5. In his limited minutes, Brian Williams looked the best he's looked this year. I'm less concerned about him than I was a week ago.
6. Hopson really had a good offensive game. He had the one bad dribble-off-leg play in the second half, and then that little flip pass he did at the end of the game, that got stolen, was terrible. But he hit 4 beautiful jumpers from about 15 feet, and he had two really nice drives. When we go on scoring droughts I find myself looking for Hopson and Harris.
7. Bruce's teams at UT have not had much trouble with turnovers in his 5 years here. If we do this year, then all bets are off and we're going to suck. However, if they can get that under control, this will be Pearl's best half-court offense, for one main reason: Tobias Harris. Pearl teams have always gotten the run-out stuff, and the opportunistic stuff, and usually we find a way to get a couple big shots. But Tobias is a different sort of deal, because he can just go get a difficult, guarded 2-pointer. Makes everything easier.
8. We look talented but sloppy. Hopefully we can harness the talent and limit the slop. While we work on that, we'll eat at least one ugly early-season loss (similar to USC last year). We about did tonight.
9. Guess who the one guy on the team with no turnovers was? Steven Pearl. Also two huge baskets in the first half.
10. Kenny Hall had a good game tonight, all things considered. So did Fields. The center position acquitted itself well.
11. 27 turnovers. We're lucky to get out with a win. We gotta tighten up this bad boy before the real competition arrives.
2. 27 turnovers is just never acceptable, ever, under any circumstances.
3. The PG position is concerning. Golden didn't handle the game well down the stretch, but to be honest Melvin wasn't playing well at all, either.
4. Tatum definitely bailed our butts out with the two big threes and the FT's at the end, but he didn't look good tonight, to me. Everyone had turnovers, but his were particularly ugly IMO. To be fair, stat sheet only shows 2, compared with Tobias's 5 and Scotty's 4 and Melvin's 4. He just looked...off.
5. In his limited minutes, Brian Williams looked the best he's looked this year. I'm less concerned about him than I was a week ago.
6. Hopson really had a good offensive game. He had the one bad dribble-off-leg play in the second half, and then that little flip pass he did at the end of the game, that got stolen, was terrible. But he hit 4 beautiful jumpers from about 15 feet, and he had two really nice drives. When we go on scoring droughts I find myself looking for Hopson and Harris.
7. Bruce's teams at UT have not had much trouble with turnovers in his 5 years here. If we do this year, then all bets are off and we're going to suck. However, if they can get that under control, this will be Pearl's best half-court offense, for one main reason: Tobias Harris. Pearl teams have always gotten the run-out stuff, and the opportunistic stuff, and usually we find a way to get a couple big shots. But Tobias is a different sort of deal, because he can just go get a difficult, guarded 2-pointer. Makes everything easier.
8. We look talented but sloppy. Hopefully we can harness the talent and limit the slop. While we work on that, we'll eat at least one ugly early-season loss (similar to USC last year). We about did tonight.
9. Guess who the one guy on the team with no turnovers was? Steven Pearl. Also two huge baskets in the first half.
10. Kenny Hall had a good game tonight, all things considered. So did Fields. The center position acquitted itself well.
11. 27 turnovers. We're lucky to get out with a win. We gotta tighten up this bad boy before the real competition arrives.
