Lynx Offense vs NY, GR wins DSL, Becker wins at GR

#1 posting 6.25.2006
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ALL STAR GAMES
MI
Kellly Kohn, Adrian HS and headed for Kansas, had 26 points in a 65-52 White win over the Blues in the Lewanee County All Star Game. Here is more from the Adrian Daily Telegram.

SUMMER LEAGUES
MN
Grand Rapids won the Duluth Summer League with a sudden death overtime win over Hibbing on Friday night. GR never lost in the league and finished 10-0. Hibbing came in at 8-2.

TOURNAMENTS
MN
In the Grand Rapids Breakdown Showcase Becker won the title over Grand Rapids by 25 points. Becker reached the finals by beating North Tartan 14s. GR beat Hibbing in a rematch of Friday's DSL championship. This time there was no OT as GR won by 12.
North Tartan 14s finished with a 3rd place win over Hibbing.

A LOOK AT THE LYNX
offense vs NY

NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 11, 11, 100.0, .364
Seimone Augustus 29, 26, 111.5, .500
Kristen Mann 9, 4, 225.0, 1.000
Timika Williams 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Nicole Ohlde 7, 9, 77.8, .444
BENCH
Vanessa Hayden 9, 11, 81.8, .455
Megan Duffy 9, 7, 128.6, .571
Adrian Williams 6, 3, 200.0, 1.000
Svetlana Abrosimova 3, 2, 150.0, .500
Tynesha Lewis 0, 1, 0.0, .000

NEW YORK
STARTERS
Loree Moore 9, 8, 112.5, .375
Becky Hammon 16, 13, 123.1, .538
Shameka Christon 19, 12, 158.3, .667
Kelly Schumacher 13, 14, 92.9, .429
Barbara Farris 20, 13, 153.8, .692
BENCH
Cathrine Kraayeveld 3, 4, 75.0, .250
Sherill Baker 13, 9, 144.4, .667
Ashley Battle 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Iciss Tillis 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Erin Thorn 0, 1, 0.0, .000

BY THE NUMBERS
MN 83, 75, 110.7, .507
NY 93, 76, 122.4, .553
The difference in this game was four scoring possessions. NY made better use of their scores with 11 3 point plays (arc, and +one variety), MN also had 11 with 3 desperation tosses from Jacobs in the last minute, but they never had +one style 3 pt play. MN also squeezed one point out of 3 possessions, while NY limited themselves to two.
Before the 4th quarter Jacobs #s read like this 0, 7, 0.0, .000. It was the sense of urgency that had her zeroed in on the long distance dialing late in the game.
Droughts & Runs
MN Suffered a five possession drought in the first quarter, which was nothing compared to the 8 straight possessions NY failed to connect on in the 2nd quarter. Their offensive futility was 1/12 during a stretch when MN was stringing together 7 straight scoring possessions. The end result was a 13-2 run with MN holding a 33-31 lead. Hayden and Ohlde each scored four points during the surge.
In the 4th NY rolled off 10 straight scoring possessions to finish the game. MN was fairly good at closing out the game with 7 straight possessions. The key portion of the game was when MN had a five possession drought and in fact a 1/8 stretch when the game went from 66-63 NY to 79-65 NY a 13-2 burst. The breakdown on that 1/8 sequence was
1. Hayden missing on a hook shot
2. Augustus loosing the ball (it looked like a foul)
3. Augustus scoring jumper
4. Duffy missing jumper
5. Augustus missing jumper
6. Augustus missing jumper
7. Augustus missing jumper
8. Ohlde missing a lay up
Augustus will be more effective if another player steps up and plays aggressive offensive ball.

Now if we compare last nights Defensive ratings with the offensive ratings who +/- with the pp100?
MINNESOTA
Adrian Williams +150.0 great job on the boards all night.
Kristen Mann +62.5 needs to stay in the offensive flow. Got popped in the chops late in the game.
Svetlana Abrosimova +30.0
Seimone Augustus +1.5
Nicole Ohlde -22.2
Amber Jacobs -50.0
Megan Duffy -58.9
Tynesha Lewis -80.0
Vanessa Hayden -98.2
Timika Williams -140.0

NEW YORK
Barbara Farris +90.2
Sherill Baker +69.4
Shameka Christon +8.3
Becky Hammon +6.4
Loree Moore -10.6
Cathrine Kraayeveld -12.5
Kelly Schumacher -15.4
Ashley Battle -200.0

With 110.7 pp100 the offense is not the main issue. Defense, with the proper positioning, footwork, and getting the boards will get the Ws for the Lynx. Force the other team out of their comfort zone and initiate contact.
One more item--the pace of the game When the pace of the game is 75 or under the Lynx are 1-4; 76-80 3-2; 81+ 1-2. Apparently a relatively slow pace hurts the Lynx.

Next up: later today with the Iowa Select I vs MN Metro Stars 19s