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We did a lot right and are still going to go into the locker room trailing by 7. More or less matched them on the boards (Skillings went to work on the offensive glass), defense wasn't terrible and we mostly got good shots. Nolley and MAW carried the offense (6-6 from three, the rest of the team is 0-11 from three).
DDJ and Davenport really stand out as simply not being athletically gifted enough to play with Houston. DDJ has struggled on both ends against Houston's size. Houston has also gone after Davenport when they are on offense and coupled with Davenport missing (mostly good) shots, he's had a bad day. Skillings has also been attacked by Houston when he's defending.
We haven't really gotten anything on the interior. It seems like more than anything, Houston's size has prevented us from getting good entry passes, even when Lakhin/Ody gets open.
Houston is very good at finding and exploiting the mismatch when they are on offense and we don't have enough good defensive players, there's always a mismatch.
There are some issues that can be corrected, but it's hard to see us winning this.
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