The Daily Defensive Avatar Thread: Kriener posterizes tOSU’s Liddel

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#2. Kriener posterizes Liddell.

Today’s avatar is a really great sports action pic, ‘The Agony of Defeat’ , props to the guy that got this one.

Here we have Liddel’s shot getting massively and decisively rejected and the agony on his face is priceless. As you see Kriener’s rejected the shot at the rim is the essence of a rim protector, is the essence of points prevention at the rim, it’s like a goal line stand, there no room to retreat and it mano v Mano and the best man wins.

But wait, there is more, we also see POY Garza -also- flying in for rim protection, as its an example of the 2Big’s again working in tandem to defend the rim, together, and additive strength.

But there’s more. This is a rough game played by big and rough men. Liddell is going in strong, flailing into the net as the ball gets decisively rejected from his grasp, and Liddell has given a strong elbow to the face of Kriener, but kriener plays literally thru the elbow sandwich to make the play,

And theirs Garza, literally flying in from behind, pushing his way -through Kriener- in a physical attempt to get to the rim protection and prevent the points scoring opportunity.

Physical play from all 3, physical protection at the rim, by both 2Bigs playing in tandem.

We will never see anything like this with a 4 guard lineup

I thought I’d try something light and non-analytical based resulting in this thread that displays a pic of a defensive play from the previous game.

#1. BK posterizes tOSU.

What are we seeing here? This is a great example of rim perfection, point prevention, by having a 2nd rim protector in floor (Garza is seen behind them), but what happened here?

When you get beat on the perimeter, (which may be the case here) and you know you have ample rim protection, and here you see Kriener’s -preventing- penetrator to finish at the rim, but having to make the adjustment of a short pull up, and if your a diligent head hunter, you trail and wait in ambush, and as the penetrating player stop to shoot, you absolutely posterize his shot from behind.

That is what we call point prevention, rim protection and a complete dominating defensive play, in which Iowa’s chances of success go up with defense like this.

Let me know if this is the kind of defense you like? and if this is the kind of defense that can carry a team at tMSU and into a #1-2 seed in BTT? and #3 seed in NC2A..?