1. Among the issues Van Gundy was overheard discussing vehemently with his players concerned their foolish fouls, lazy transition defense and passive demeanor. 2. And their transition defense was superb, allowing UCLA just two alley-oop dunks and a meager seven fast-break points. 3. But the Mercury played like the trailing team, rushing its offense and being burned in transition defense by guards Tamecka Dixon and Penny Toler. 4. Desperate for offensive rebounds, they disregarded transition defense. 5. Forget the lapses in defensive rebounding, the poor foul shooting and the lethargic transition defense that made John Wooden turn over in his seat. 6. Harris pinpointed transition defense, referring to the Lakers not getting back quickly enough to stop the Sonics. 7. If you can do some of those things well in the NBA, people say you play good transition defense. 8. I was really disappointed in our lack of commitment to transition defense against North Carolina. 9. Our keys to beating them are boards and transition defense. 10. Poor transition defense. |