Breakdown In Basics

Every kid who has ever played basketball will remember some of the key lessons their coaches would preach to them. Call them basketball basics, and one of the main ones was to always keep your feet on defense.

Friday night in Warren, the Warriors forgot that axiom as they repeatedly feel for head fakes from Sam Hesselbacher and Ethan Hefel, only to go flying up into the air, allowing the ball handler to simply pivot back, or step through and have an uncontested five foot jumper.

The other key lesson everyone remembers is even more simple – free throws are never free. At the most pivota...