Sentences with phrase «possession game down»

Both Teams hit big shots and it was a 1 - possession Game down the stretch..
They led by as much as 19 in the second half before Team Silver mounted a big time comeback and cut the lead to a 1 - possession Game down the stretch.
This was a couple possession Game down the stretch and it easily could have gone the other way..

Not exact matches

Kansas State wanted to dominate possession, so TCU shut down the K - State run game, especially in short - yardage situations K - State has long dominated.
That CMU went 4 - 0 in one - possession games was even more impressive considering how much special teams dragged the Chips down.
They were down as much as 19 points in the Second Half and stormed back to make it a one possession Game in the final minute.
As we got down the stretch it was clear this Game was going to be decided by a key possession or two..
In a Game that saw the lead sway back and forth in the final few minutes, Team Zahniser was able to convert on a key possession down the stretch and tie it up at 63.
They have multiple match - ups all over the court at any given point and I think they are «built for the Playoffs» where I think the tempo of the games will slow down as teams will start to treasure possessions (much like in the NBA).
It's not every stretch - 4 who can lock down Steph Curry on a critical Game 7 possession, but...
They have to revert to 4 -4-2 and start fast counter attacking instead of possession and short passing game... Now when ever Arsenal players get possession, they slows down the game until the opposite box gets crowded and loses the ball inside the box....
I don't remember if it was Vinny or Nico that settled everything down but at some point the boys calmed down and went back to their possession game.
The morning after the Cavaliers» debilitating 118 - 113 loss to the Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday, LeBron James took to the podium to double down on his decision to pass to an open Kyle Korver on a critical possession down the stretch.
Georgia still averaged a robust 7.8 yards per play for the game, but following three consecutive scoring drives in the first and second quarter, the Dawgs slowed down dramatically, scoring only once in their next 10 possessions.
Player ratings GK - 5 not much to do looked a bit shaky on crosses Bel - 6 got forward but poor crossing Mon - 7 did ok but impact for the goal Gaby - 7 defended well looked solid Kos - 6 did ok Coq - 6 ok defensively but poor distribution Xhaka - 6 did ok at times but very average player Gibbs - 6 wing back looks to suit his ability but would like more from him Walcott - 5 looked average and positive enough in possession Ozil -4 poor in possession and none existent without the ball, luxury player Sanchez 5 worst game I've seen him have and embarrassed the team by going down after the ball hit him although the Leicester player deserved a ref
Damn good at it, but how many games have we had where we can't break down a team and we have 80 % possession.
Green Bay played from behind the entire game, with New York striking on the first possession, moving the ball 67 yards down the field for a 31 - yard Lawrence Tynes field goal.
It's down to tactics, everybody knows what the tactics of Mourinho was going to be.Chelsea played Man Utd the previous week and Chelsea had 30 % possession, they parked the bus.One would think that the game between Chelsea vs Man utd would give Wenger a good idea how to approach the game but he got it all wrong.
So the Gunners will start with the likes of Santi Cazorla and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain who keep the possession game going and have the energy and ability to wear down the opposing players.
If you contrast his performance in the games where Arsenal had less possession, where he had to do the job of a true defensive midfielder, that is, chase the ball, close down the opposition, help his team play confidently from the back by coming out with the ball and taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal.
All three players encourages the possession game, which slows down play and take away the directness to the attack, but this is more suited when we are in the lead.
We've kinda gone back to running the football and a little bit more slowing the game down and limiting the offensive possessions for the other team, and that's helped us since we moved up to the FBS level.
This game remind me of the 2013 1 - 1 draw against Everton at the Emirates in which Everton had 65 % possession for almost the entire match, where Arsenal allowed Everton to play freely from the back by not closing them down and Szczesny boot everything he received long up field straight back to the Everton players and goalkeeper.
As Collin Wilson noted in his Week 14 Sunday Morning Coffee column, UCF and Memphis rank 99th and 123rd in time of possession, respectively, while the Golden Knights struggle to slow down opposing passing games, ranking only 104th in defending explosive passing.
The Nets led by as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter, but the Raptors cut it down to a single - possession game following a huge Nets meltdown.
To hear most tell it, the game came down to the final possession.
The NFL Playoffs got kicked off this past weekend with three of the four games coming down to the final possession.
In OT, Team Rhum ran the clock down for one last possession and Marin Kukoc would get to the rim and score the biggest bucket of the night, to earn Team Rhum the comeback W and a spot in the Championship Game!
Toward the end of the Game Team Horwitz was able to knock down a few shots and grab a 6 - 8 point lead in what was seemingly a one - possession Game for 40 minutes or so.
We started the quarter slowly with possession being squandered and Edge Hill upping their game as well, a timely «injury» timeout by Chloe allowed the coach to dispense some words of wisdom and calm the team down, on resumption normal services was resumed and we extended our lead to 44 - 19, with Ruth turning over ball and Kate feeding well into the circle.
But in what Dietschy said might have been the most important play of the game, Blake Thorpe rebounded a missed Robinson free throw that allowed Las Lomas to run another possession down to almost zero — and then after Robinson missed a tough jumper, J. T. Estes wound up with the ball and Palo Alto was forced to foul.
Tottenham clearly came into the game with an obvious but intelligent game plan, pressing high; not allowing us to get the ball down, keep possession and play our usual passing game.
For example, we allow stoke to play we did not close them down effectively and effeciently that allow them to have almost 50 % possession in the entire match, Stoke is very good at winning long ball in the air but yet still rather than play from the back Ospina kick most ball long, this allow Stoke a foothold in the game.
Saying that, how many possessions a game do you think the ISO's actually slows down the specific possession it occurrs in?
Break play down and attack fast rather than «possession is key» possession doesn't win games.
Jose Mourinho's side has the lion's share of possession and chances but found it hard to break down the Russian side, who had every man utilised in their own half for much of the game.
Song for me was brilliant yesterday, when all around him were panicking and losing possession he stayed focused on his own game, at one stage making a great forward run and cleverly winning a corner off the defender, thats what we need, when the chips are down a guy who WANTS to make something happen and shows the drive and initiative to succeed because we were heading toward another inept performance at home when we needed to show up and win... Im really liking what Im seeing from him this season, hes a leader.....
On Tuesday, the side that normally loves to be chased and harried, as they play pass the parcel with the ball and smuggle possession past whosoever tries to run them down, suddenly found that they'd lost their energy and desire for party games.
Under eight Hall has it to a two possession game (down six).
With regards to his coaching influences, Henry can draw on the knowledge passed down to him by two of the most revered managers of recent times — Wenger and Pep Guardiola, both of whom favour a possession - orientated passing game.
Blind was equally of most value, if not crucial, when out of possession as he would instigate Ajax's pressing game (or «pressure play»): making the pitch as small as possible (compressing and closing down all space), enabling them to retain possession and win the ball back, at times, mercilessly — more often than not by provoking their opponents into making a mistake.
He came in late in games with the sole strategy of slowing the game down and holding on to possession and taking only calculated risks.
With the game now following its expected script, Arsenal were content to keep possession and run down the clock.
Butler's goal will be first to try and slow Marquette down, as the Golden Eagles try to play north of 75 possessions per game, per Her Hoop Stats, and Butler's more comfortable with that number under 70.
With all this fancy hardware available, 2013 will go down as the year of video game hardware, and also the year I sold all of my possessions to buy all of it.
Yet, those can't quite explain how special his performance was, let alone the contribution of Kyrie Irving (averaged 31 points in games 4 - 7), Tristan Thompson on the offensive glass, JR Smith's big threes, and Kevin Love locking down Stephen Curry on the final possession.
This was a game changer, CRU was trying to lock down the files and we were not exclusively in possession.
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