St. John's Game thread 01/17/2018

[mumuskie87]

Kanter continues to be X's best big.
9 pts and 5 boards so far in the 1H.
8 3's for X in the 1H.

[Anti-Homer]

Kanter continues to be X's best big.
9 pts and 5 boards so far in the 1H.
8 3's for X in the 1H.

Kantner may be playing the best period, at least on the offensive side of the ball. Head scratching move by CM. Up by 7 with the ball and 1:07 to go, and he subs in Scruggs for JP. Not surprisingly, Marshall ends up shooting a very improbable trey. You can't have only 2 guys who can score consistently on the floor during an offensive set. I can understand it if the move was made when X went on D.

[mumuskie87]

X builds lead to 8 at the half
X makes 9-17 from 3.
Nice half for Tre and Kerem -combined for 22 points.
Everyone scored except for SOM and Basketball.
Scruggs is starting to make some shots.
He has made more 3's in the last 2 games than he did in his 1st 16 games.

[mumuskie87]

Only 6 TO's in 1H for X against a team that forces 18 a game

[olsingledigit]

SJ has not missed this half

[mumuskie87]

Great pass from Naji to KK.
But SJU is hanging around - 54 to 48.

[Anti-Homer]

X, MQ, and the Johnnies will end up in a photo finish as the worst defensive team in the BE. The NBA All Star games show greater defense.

[mumuskie87]

X is making Simon look like a 1st team All-American player

[Anti-Homer]

I don't think any team could make 11 straight shots in practice with no defenders. The word "Defense" is going to court tomorrow to file an injunction (is that the right word lawyer posters?) to prohibit either team from claiming a metric of defense on the final stat sheet.

[mumuskie87]

Small quick guards continue to be X's achilles heel.
X is playing their sieve defense.
If you would have said that X would be 12-22 from 3 with 10 minutes left in the game, I would have thought X would be blowing SJU out.
But it is a 1 point. Anybody's game.