it is hard to imagine Falzon having a game better than last night’s from an efficiency standpoint. His effective FG percentage was 143%, his FT percentage was 100%, and he averaged a point a minute. For 5 attempts or more, and 20 minutes or more, it will be very hard to beat those numbers.
It looked to me that he was scoring by catching and shooting off high screens, and that Indiana (understandably) was not prepared for him doing so. Going forward, I have to assume opponents will put some time into preparing to cover him as he breaks over screens and/or deny the passing lane as he does so. I would expect some teams will go to a match up zone when he is on the floor.
My question to those who have a better understanding of the team than I do is to what the Cats might do to exploit a defense that overplays movement by Falzon at the perimeter. I would assume it would give Law some midrange opportunities, and might give Gaines a favorable match up to penetrate, but I would appreciate others’ thoughts on what last night’s performance might open up.
It looked to me that he was scoring by catching and shooting off high screens, and that Indiana (understandably) was not prepared for him doing so. Going forward, I have to assume opponents will put some time into preparing to cover him as he breaks over screens and/or deny the passing lane as he does so. I would expect some teams will go to a match up zone when he is on the floor.
My question to those who have a better understanding of the team than I do is to what the Cats might do to exploit a defense that overplays movement by Falzon at the perimeter. I would assume it would give Law some midrange opportunities, and might give Gaines a favorable match up to penetrate, but I would appreciate others’ thoughts on what last night’s performance might open up.