Lucas: Pushing And Pulling
Posted Jan 21, 2011
It was that Kendall Marshall-for-Larry Drew swap at the beginning of the game that drew most of the attention. But it was the series of moves at the end of the game that might have proven to be the difference. Roy Williams made nine substitutions over the final three minutes and 13 seconds, constantly swapping offense for defense and vice versa at nearly every stoppage.
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