Donald
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It was that alley-oop to Malik Brown.
you could see the defense kind of be like, okay, well, we can't let him pass anymore because that'll happen.
So he, again, used his footwork to his advantage.
I thought he did excellent.
One thing, shifting gears, one thing that Duke did I thought that was great was they were, you know, SMU, I mentioned they held SMU to just 10 assists on 30 field goals, and it was even less than the first half.
On the other side, we were scoring everything via the pass.
We had 18 assists and 25 made shots.
72%, which is, if you've been following this show for a while, we call that excellent.
We love assist rates over 70%.
And, again, it was guys making the extra pass.
making the smart pass, but also something that we haven't really done consistently over the last few games, guys knowing when to not make that final, final pass and just shoot the ball, right?
Like being in the corner and just saying, okay, well, I'm open.
I'm not going to try and make another pass to show that I'm unselfish.
They pass me the ball because I'm in the corner and there's nobody within 20 feet of me.
Shoot the ball.
That sort of thing where you have that kind of wherewithal to get to the right spot, but also they were taking advantage of, I have the ball in a position where I can make this basket.
I'm going to go ahead and make this basket.
I mean, look, I've said it on the show before.
I think one of the most important players in NBA history was Vinny Johnson, the microwave, because he taught everybody that, hey, you don't have to โ Who do you play for?