Slovenia’s Game Clinching Threes
Against Brazil, Slovenia took the lead early and hung on for the win. That doesn’t mean it was uneventful though, as Brazil cut Slovenia’s lead to five twice late in the fourth quarter. Each time Slovenia responded with a clutch three point shot:
Post Threat Opens Up Outside
Slovenia’s offense involves a lot of cut, dives, and post ups. In addition to having that stuff get open looks, it also draws the help side defense, and that is what freed up Slovenia’s first three up by five with right around 3 minutes left.
Up five with around three minutes left, Slovenia is trying to milk the clock. Instead of having their point guard dribbling out the clock, they do it the correct way though in my opinion, they run through their offense. The first step is having a double screen set for their point guard.
