I've said it many times, Kirk does so many things for our team that his shot-making is down the list.
Quotes about shot-making (7 Quotes)
For us, we have to remember what they did to us last time. They came out and just railroaded us with shot-making and dribble penetration. You name it. We're going to have to dig our heels in defensively.
Our offensive execution was far ahead of our just making shots. Certainly we're still a group of sophomores and freshmen many times in terms of our execution, but our shot-making was more of a factor. You could see all the easy shots we missed at times, especially down the stretch.
Our inability to disrupt their shot-making was the most critical element. To shoot 54 percent for the game 57 percent in the second half that's the factor that fatigues you, more than even people do. But I will say that Duke has great depth.
He's a great player. We've had some really good matches. He hits the ball so clean, we're going to have a lot of points. There's some good shot-making and we both have pretty big serves to get free points.
There's more shot-making, there's less of an ability before there was more shot-making because I think that guys didn't hit the ball as hard.
Make the basic shot-making decision early, clearly and firmly, and then ritualize all the necessary acts of preparation.