Bulldogs Win Manual

Bulldogs are the cleanest offense in the league when the ball moves and the floor stays spaced. The team wins with shot quality, not chaos. The offense should look connected, not rushed. The defense does not need to create a ton of steals if the team rebounds, avoids foul trouble, and makes the opponent take the wrong shots.

• Under 12 turnovers
• 15 plus assists
• Burton on the floor and owning the glass
• Two handlers on the floor against pressure
• Paint touch before heat-check three
• No cheap fouls by the frontcourt in the first half
• First clean rebound becomes a run chance, not an automatic walk-up

• Burton foul trouble
• One-handler stretches against pressure
• Early-clock jump shooting contests
• Late-game foul math with the wrong players handling the ball
• Overreacting to role-player makes and forgetting the real engine
• Playing at the opponent's preferred pace instead of imposing ours

• Benson gets the best perimeter scorer
• Burton gets the biggest interior problem
• Attila gets the weakest or second-weakest scorer so he can organize and help
• Plumlee should be used where his offense matters unless the matchup demands him on a specific threat
• Morrison and D. O'Reilly are the size-and-glass correction when the game gets too physical
• Smith is the scoring correction when the game needs another live perimeter option

1. 1First five minutes are about control, not fireworks.
2. 2Make the other team's weak links matter before trying to out-star their best player.
3. 3If the opponent star already has a comfort game, the coverage changes before the score gets away.
4. 4If the offense gets sloppy, simplify. Better simple and clean than creative and loose.
5. 5The right shot late is the one that survives the foul game too.