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Orlando missed open shots. Garrity missed all three of his open three-pointers. Most teams will punish us for our poor defensive showing. We honestly got lucky. Attributing the fact that we didnt lose by 25 to our lack-luster defense is absolutely ridiculous.
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First of all, Garrity didn't play much if at all in the second half when we were still in the game, as opposed when he got minutes and we were already down by a lot. Also, the Mavs had a wide open shot or two themselves. Just because you're open isn't an automatic point.
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We are in general an improved defensive team but our defense was very poor tonight. You cannot give our guys credit for stopping Orlando when they got that many uncontested shots.
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How can you say that when we held them to 94pts, which is around our normal average, and under 42%, which is right around our average. The fact is our own poor shooting and inability to move the ball lost us the game.