02-03-2013, 02:15 AM
(02-02-2013, 08:30 AM)81alum link Wrote:I don't have the game on tape, but the play by play shows that Thomas was responsible for 8 out of 10 of those points, with nothing assisted. All her individual effort. Was Toni defending her during that stretch, or someone else? In the second half I noticed that Toni was always defending Thomas and Thomas was much more limited.
Amber, Sara, Taylor, Jos, Chiney are in the game.
6:34 Thomas takes Amber on the dribble from the 3pt line and hits a 2ptr from 3'. (It looks like Chiney made an aggressive foul on Thomas after the shot with an elbow to the neck, knocking Thomas down. But what happened is that Chiney is standing straight up & looking up at the ball when #40 blindsides her (not too unfairly) with a hip, knocking her 2-3 feet and into Thomas.)
6:21Â Chiney does her magic.
6:13 The setup & shot is off camera. As the 3ptr goes in, Thomas is 3' behind the line with Amber near her, now looking at the basket.
5:47 Except for one pass to Sara in the corner, Stanford weakly passes the ball around until the shot clock is gone. Amber takes the ball one dribble inside the 3pt line & passes out to James with 3 seconds on the clock. Her 3pt shot is short. (It seems like she always misses short.)
5:31 Off the miss, Thomas hustles it down the court. At the top of the key she has only Amber & Taylor in front of her. Amber engages her at the foul line, and when Thomas goes to the outside, Amber does that reach she does, but doesn't stop the shot (which misses) and does get called for the foul. Both free throws are good.
Toni replaces Amber.
5:05 Some better ball movement with passes into Jos & out, and into Chiney to Jos to Sara with :07 left. Sara's 3ptr misses. Jos has a chance for the rebound, but it was controlled by Oregon.
4:59 During transition, Taylor, Sara, and Toni are back, with Chiney & Jos catching up. Toni takes the dribbler,, #4. The pass goes out to #32 (Iamaleava) & Jos takes her. From the corner she dribbles to an open spot to take a 16' jumper & hits it. Jos was just a little late but did contest the shot.
4:28 Chiney takes a fairly open 10' shot as she backs out, but it rims out. Jos (and all other Stanfod players) was out beyond the arc as the shot went up and she breaks to the basket as the shot goes up, but it falls down to the defenders under the basket.
4:19 Toni defends #4 as she dribbles in & takes a wild, low percentage shot with 22 seconds left on the shot clock. Chiney helped discourage the dribbler from coming down the lane. We had 2 rebounders to their 1. Chiney gets the rebound.
4:07 Good movement with the ball. Chiney passes out to Taylor with 20 on the shot clock, who tries a 3. Toni is out of frame, back on defense. Effectively her player & Chiney's are blocking Chiney out. Jos is out wide and only makes a token effort to get near the ball. One of Chiney's defenders gets the rebound.
3:52 An Oregon player dribbles the ball off her foot, resulting in a tie ball. Stanford ball.
Bonnie replaces Sara
3:27 Good passing in the triangle. Bonnie gets the ball in the right corner & puts up a clear shot but it is long. The defenders on Jos & Chiney have inside position. Bonnie is still watching as the ball hits the rim. Taylor & Toni are starting back on defense. Chiney cuts around her player and gets a hand on the ball, but is called for a foul.
Mikaela replaces Chiney
3:01 Toni was on Thomas, but she & Bonnie switch as she dribbles. When the ball is passed back to Thomas, Bonnie is not quick enough to keep up with her movements. Thomas takes a step across the 3pt line & back to get enough space to hit a 3pt shot.
2:44 As the foul is committed by Alleyne on Jos, Paul Westhead & his assistant coach are seated, clearly looking at & discussing what is happening where Mikaela is executing some picks near the foul line. The asst coach raises his right arm, points towards Mikaela & lowers it. Just as the official raises her arm to call the foul, Westhead starts to raise his left arm to point across the court (but no contact is happening anywhere except at the foul). When the whistle blows, he turns toward the official & where the foul happened. It is clear to me, he wasn't watching where the foul was called & couldn't have had any informed opinion on that foul. The next time we see him he is standing, jawboning the official before the throw-in happens. We see him talking at the official for 10 seconds until the technical is called.  I can't see him arguing about Mikaela's picks either. The first pick was quite stationary & set well in advance. The second pick didn't materialize as the defenders switched. There was no possibility of a 3-second call either. We get to see the full half court view during the entire time Stanford has the ball and so we know there isn't an off-camera foul (at least until the Alleyne foul is called, but we see the full half court view from when the ball is handed to the player for the inbound pass). The previous shot by his team was not such that a foul was possible. The previous possession by Stanford resulted in a foul on Chiney. It was the first foul on Alleyne (per the stats; the announcers said it was the second) and only the 3rd on Oregon. I can't imagine what he was that unhappy about.
