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I watched the replay of the game this afternoon. I can't say I was totally impressed. Our defense was definitely good, but we still had mysteriously poor offensive sets and dry spells, and they practically abandoned getting the ball to the post in the second half. Curry is really good, but needs to pass the ball rather than try to beat 4 or 5 guys by himself. Kahlu is a beast! I thought our offense was actually quite smooth in the first half people were moving with out the ball and they were looking to do things other than jack up terrible 3 pointers. I really like the rotation where they run two guys off the same screen one after the other, it looked like it was working really well in the first half and creating some really good open shots. I thought we got away from that smooth offensive flow a bit in the 2nd half.

Couple of other things. Did Alfis hurt himself on his one and only shot? He looked like he was slow, not moving well, and limping slightly from that point forward. I would like to see Green's minutes continue to get cut, and I am not sure if it was the opponent, or JJ getting more comfortable, but I liked the increasing role for Long and a few others. Still too many turnovers and bad shots, but I will take the win in a dominant fashion any time.