I haven't read the entire board so maybe this has been mentioned. But I see no fault with TP here.
Mitchell Smith was guarding the inbounder. It's a 5 high look which should be sending signals that they want to back door. We have 5 guys high. The ball is inbounded, M Smith jumps for the pass putting him 3 steps behind the streaking inbounder.
TP did a great job recognizing Smith was beaten and needed help. If TP hadn't rotated over, they have a layup.
And you can see that TP was surprised by his knee bend.
It's an elementary move to put a 6'10" guy on the inbounder. Unless he has to guard a guard after the pass. And remember Xavier set the inbounds up and then called time. They saw what the defense was and won the chess match.
Mitchell Smith was guarding the inbounder. It's a 5 high look which should be sending signals that they want to back door. We have 5 guys high. The ball is inbounded, M Smith jumps for the pass putting him 3 steps behind the streaking inbounder.
TP did a great job recognizing Smith was beaten and needed help. If TP hadn't rotated over, they have a layup.
And you can see that TP was surprised by his knee bend.
It's an elementary move to put a 6'10" guy on the inbounder. Unless he has to guard a guard after the pass. And remember Xavier set the inbounds up and then called time. They saw what the defense was and won the chess match.
