Ford, who keeps his big guys happy, can ease into cruise control and efficiently run the halfcourt game. |
The time for X's and O's and meticulously drawn halfcourt sets, he believed, had passed. |
In back-to-back games, the Magic was able to lure the Knicks into a run-and-gun victory, but the Heat stubbornly refused and beat Orlando in a halfcourt game. |
Florida needs to be consistently effective with its defense, whether the Gators are squeezing opponents with their full-court press or locking them up in the halfcourt. |
Before the game, Rivers prophesized about a prevalent series misperception: that the Knicks would try to run and the veteran legs of Boston would try to reel the pace back in and play a halfcourt game. |
The key to beating Tennessee is taking away the easy points that come with run-outs and stickbacks of rebounds because its halfcourt offense is not the smoothest operation. |