11-23-2007, 05:07 AM
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WSJ: Sharing the wealth
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MILWAUKEE — It is reasonable to assume that a team would have more assists in a game it wins.
But once you wade through that simplistic approach, as Milwaukee coach Larry Krystkowiak is wont to do, he believes you can find a deeper connection between assists and victories.
"I think there's a cause and effect because it means you have to be in the mind-set to share the ball," the Bucks coach said.
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The relationship between assists and wins became abundantly clear to him in the first quarter of the team's last loss, a 113-88 crushing at San Antonio.
It was after that game that Krystkowiak directed one of his assistant to review the game film to count how many passes the Bucks made per possession in a first half that saw the Spurs score 65 points.
The analysis found that the Bucks made just 1.35 passes per possession compared to the Spurs' four.
When Krystkowiak asked his players the next day at practice if they knew how many passes per possession they made, the closest answer was 2.5.
"Until you can put it in data form and tell the guys exactly what they did, it's hard to grasp," Krystkowiak said. Krystkowiak saw the impact once again in the Bucks' 111-107 victory Tuesday night in Cleveland.
In three straight possessions in the first quarter, the Bucks made one pass and took a shot. The result was no baskets and the Cavaliers getting in offensive transition.
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http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/bucks/258310
Let's keep those pass counts up there!
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WSJ: Sharing the wealth
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