Raffles Institution vs NJC (83-25)
Scoring by Quarter
National Junior College vs Raffles Institution
1st Quarter: 6–19
2nd Quarter: 7–22 (13–41)
3rd Quarter: 4–18 (17–59)
4th Quarter: 8–24 (25–83)
In the 3rd game of the first round, we faced NJC. If we were
to come out victorious in this game, we would be guaranteed a second round
spot. Hence we came out with a sense of urgency and made sure we got out to a
sizable lead and not look back.
Much like the previous game against Bukit Merah, we used our
length and size to our advantage as we continuously racked up steals while
keeping our own turnovers at a low rate. We accumulated 27 steals in this game
while only committing 8 turnovers. This was the story of the game as we
continuously forced turnovers and got out on the fastbreak every chance we got.
This resulted in us getting many easy baskets while the opponents rarely had
such opportunities as we always had time to set up our full court press after
our scores. Hence we lead throughout the whole game and came out with the win
by a big margin of 83-25.
Improvements
Although we had a size advantage this game, the opponents
still had 2 big men inside and these 2 posts fought very hard for rebounds. We
were unable to box them out on some possessions, giving them an opportunity to
try at the basket again which could cost us dearly in future matches albeit not
having any detrimental consequences in this game. We need to learn how to box
out on every single possession.
Strengths
Once again we were able to disrupt the opposing team's
offense with some solid defense, and this resulted in us getting more fast
break points, which would be crucial for us to continue to do in future
matches. We have to keep the steal numbers high, but have to be careful not to
foul too much in the process or get ourselves out of position unnecessarily.
Although this was not really a close game, and we got the
win, we cannot be complacent especially with our next opponents being Catholic
High, a championship contender. The Catholic High match will be our last match
of the first round as both Catholic High and Raffles Institution are fighting
for the top spot in the group. The upcoming game will definitely be an exciting
one and will be a good chance for us to gain many learning points to go deeper
into the season.
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