Got to watch a few games yesterday and was excited to see how styles of play differed between the qualifying countries. While Team USA ran past France, they showed serious versatility in their attack. Doug Collins pointed it out beautifully, "Even with all of the offense on Team USA, defense is still their calling card." They defended and rebounded superbly. As for France, it looked as though they were trying to emulate Tony Parker's offensive flow with the Spurs. Parker had great success utilizing ball-screens and gaining the paint, thus forcing defensive rotations by the US. France simply didn't have the finishers to take advantage.
I may have taken the most away from watching the Team USA Women play. I like the open-motion sets that Geno is running. They have utilized off-ball screens so well to create switches. They have been curling a lot of screens which just constantly attack the rim. Defenders have been locking and trailing, forcing help which has been a step slow. I am interested to see their offense evolve over the course of the tournament.
Enjoy the games... have your notebook handy!
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