Word: up-tempo
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...league's new diversity is also building enthusiasm at home. With four of their combined 10 starters hailing from Canada or Europe, Sacramento and Dallas are the league's two most exciting teams, playing an up-tempo, international style with lots of movement and passing. It's a welcome departure from the NBA's one-on-one isolation game, in which eight men are mere spectators on many plays. Thanks to their firm grasp of the fundamentals, "foreign players have added the skill factor back into the game," says Kings head coach Rick Adelman...
...Vermont is going to be a challenging matchup for us,” Mazzoleni said. “They play an up-tempo game the whole time. They really pursue the puck to the point that they over pursue the puck...
...That up-tempo game was evident in the 5-2 Harvard win, when Vermont rallied from a 3-0 deficit to make the score 3-2 with two minutes to go in the game. The Catamounts had numerous chances to tie the game, and their open style of playing allowing them to get a half-dozen odd-man breaks that led to quality shots on Grumet-Morris...
Mercer, with its up-tempo pace, found holes in the Crimson defense in the second half, even though Harvard’s defensive schemes were similar to the ones it used in the opening period. The Bears outscored the Crimson, 44-33, in that second frame en route to a 44 percent shooting night...
Though Harvard’s defensive schemes were similar to the ones it used in the opening period, Mercer, with its up-tempo pace, found holes in the Crimson defense in the second half. The Bears outscored the Crimson, 44-33, in that second frame en route to a 44-percent shooting night...