Sentences with phrase «play defense like»

The Tar Heels have improved in each Tournament game and, if they play defense like they did against

If Jeremy Lin could play defense like Tony Allen, he might be an all star!

Cleveland is the oldest team in the NBA, and they play defense like a group of geezers.

Watching Chandler play defense like a puppy dog on an ice rink makes me want to kick my T.V. in the face.

For a long time Sunday at Shea Stadium the Jets and the Seahawks played defense like a couple of sorority touch teams.

Unfortunately, I think that when the pros take a closer look, they'll see a well - muscled 6» 6 guy, with 7» wingspan, speed of a young Tony Parker, plays defense like Bruce Bowen, except with much greater shot - blocking ability, flatfooted, his elbows go above the rim, and throw in a 40 % + from 3 - point land.

Not exact matches

49ers cornerback Richard Sherman came to the defense of Reid during his introductory press conference with the team in March, arguing that Reid deserves a contract for playing like one of the top 10 safeties in the NFL.

The offense runs through him, and though the Cavs, like all teams, have plays that they run, a lot of the time, it's James dictating the action and poking holes in the defense.

Competitors like Lyft seized on the news, and Uber was left publicly playing defense.

Claiming that he was a wikileaks-esque reformer sounds a lot like a hindsight defense that plays upon public opinion.

And today, rather than playing defense, American seminaries like Mundelein in Chicago are exploring how the Church might go on offense — not in an offensive way, but by developing new models of a 21st - century apologetics that invites disenchanted post-moderns to experience the divine mercy and come to know the truths to which that experience leads.

Fact is, ANYTHING could change the way people are playing, from personal things in life or things like coaches giving bounties, and I highly doubt a 3rd tier QB made the defense play better, or special teams play better or made those 50 yard game winners go through the up rights... you have no idea what you are talking about and it is quite evident.

On the other hand, in Wenger's defense, Giroud neither has the speed nor the finishing, not the dribbling skills to play facing goal more, like Aguiro, Kane, Lukaku and other more complete strikers.

@well they havent been as successful as under pep but did win treble season before this.hope the two madrids can stop them winning for nxt few season.but in reality, teams havent devised a formula to counter possession play other than defensing deep which risks teams like barca having chance to keep attacking.so until teams understand how to overcome posesion, they wil probably keep getting success...

If he feels like Lindblom is playing solid positional hockey (read: generating defense), he's likely to keep him in the lineup regardless of what his scoring stats look like.

Ei for arsenal the next game is always a panic station because of one or two things.However i am always scared when i see a certain three players in the team.They are not supposed to be there yet keep being there.I do not want to mention names but just start from the defense to the attack and you might know them.By the way i hope Walcott plays we need someone like him to be inform because he can really help us.

The Raiders offense will have to score a touchdown every possession if the defense plays like they have been.

Seems like you could play a switch heavy defense on the perimeter and let Leonard use his verticality to effect shots near the rim, which he's really good at.

I think one of the reasons they did well late in the game last season is because Musgrave was running plays to set up other plays later in the game, like running a play 3 - 4 times early, then showing the same look later while changing it enough to surprise the defense.

The defense will know where rosen will be just about every snap Darnold can make plays inside or out, in my opinion he's the better pressure player I like both of they're winning mentalities but to me I like darnolds mental makeup better He has things to work on being the youngest of the group, you won't regret taking either

would be really awesome attacking force... This guy Kane looks like a real deal, he did destroy chelsea defense single - handed... he can play with his back to the goal, good target man, fair dribbler, great fighter, awesome finisher and on top of that we thrust tottenham right in the heart...

You could see Cech going out a few times and it kinda felt like he didn't trust the 3 players he had in front of him, who are not the regular 3 you'd see if everyone is fit for sure, but I thought for a makeshift defense we were alright, and thank god we didn't play Elneny as a CB.

the deluded fool thinks he can go to though away games and dominate, play high line of defense like this this barcelona's squad.

I thought we sat back like it was defense against attack, didn't press the ball or try to stop them playing and generally ball watched.

I could be wrong but did anyone notice that in attack, we seemed like we were playing with two strikers (3 -4-1-2) and in defense we seemed almost like a full bus at the back (4 -2-3-1) when we played against Sydney.

VENTURA KEYS TO VICTORY: Coach Ann Larson likes to play defense, and if she can find a way to slow down Osborne, keep the score low, and seniors Svannah Paige and Aubrey Knight play well, the Cougars could be playing for a first ever state championship.

In essence, good «money management» is a lot like playing good defense.

CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.

Liverpool will put a lot of pressure on the defense so if they play like they have been playing, it could be scary.

Instead we got Joe Lee Dunn 2.0 where everyone on defense runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, and we give up big play after big play and get blown out by decent SEC teams.

But if you take the full body of play where he played especially when Hicks went down (i, e, vs the Panthers)---- to me looked like the total package, complete 3 down all situation linebacker that was one of big reasons this was an elite defense when it was playing at an elite level.

Eddie Jackson looks like the play maker this defense needs.

I agree I would've liked to see Huff more this year especially for injury purposes but it's not like they only ever play defense - first bigs.

I like to see the other teams thought and opinions on the series going on, and I will always try to be as respectful as I can be, but this comment shows you don't know how the Blazers play defense... Kevin Durant dropped 50 on the blazers, and the warriors lost.

As for Nacho, we are lucky to have someone like him in our squad, able to play all defense positions.

And, I swear, he led with something like «well, since I'm not going to be out there» and then went on about playing good defense, not letting up, etc..

Pop plays guys like that because defense, attitude, and team orientation are sort of important in the game of basketball.

In the Southeastern Conference, for instance, Tennessee and Vanderbilt look especially capable and Mississippi has a player who not only can score like Pete Maravich, but, gasp, he plays defense.

A month into the season the surprising new Broncos are undefeated, in command of the AFC West and playing like they mean business — especially on defense

Gordon looks like he has come a long way in terms of his mental approach, but he used to stop playing defense if he wasn't having a good game at the other end.

Jackson would most likely be best in a press coverage defense, like he played at Iowa, or in a defense that plays plenty of Cover 2.

Things like overall record (without looking into if there is mitigating circumstances), Total defense (trash stat that doesn't take into account quality of offenses played), Total offense (same as total defense), scoring average (much less telling than points per possession), etc..

They had already marched 58 yards in 12 plays and the Raiders defense looked like it was getting a little winded, including Mack.

On one play, Swain watched Jackson throw an out route «like a BB»; on the next, he tucked the ball and rocketed through the defense.

are you sure coquelin is being played b2b?Just because he is becoming over ambitious does nt mean he is playing there.He is just a headless chicken like many members of our team As for petr cech you claim that he plays badly because of the defense attack setup?

But I disagree with his defense, he's no Bryn Forbes, what I like about him is he hustles and he plays team defense to make up for it.

Promises like, «Come to Penn State, I will slide our junior point guard who has been a team leader for two years to shooting guard, make him learn how to play defense, and you can take the helm at point and the offense can run through you.»

Like Oklahoma, Saturday's opponent Arizona State tries to get as much speed as possible onto the playing field on defense.

He scores and passes like a guard and helped lock up Cleveland by playing center on defense.

But baseball starts almost every play in the game with a pitch (much like tennis starts every play with a serve), while plays in basketball originate in a variety of ways, and there is a constant and rapid change from offense to defense that can not be avoided.