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Appling Clutch In Road Win

  • http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Article/Appling-Clutch-In-Road-Win-62674

    MSU sophomore Keith Appling was 7 for 8 from the free throw line as the Spartans downed Minnesota, 66-61 to maintain sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

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    Dan Kilbridge ●

  • Whew! A win is a win, especially on the road. I was nervous all game, but completely relieved that we pulled it out. GO GREEN!

    giffelss

  • were we watching different games?

    wood was clutch, appling was not

    This post was edited by GreenAllDay on 2/22/2012 at 11:39 PM

    GreenAllDay ●

  • Clutch!?!? I heard he choked on applesauce.

    Photo on strike.

    nedgo

  • Dan Kilbridge said...

    http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Article/Appling-Clutch-In-Road-Win-62674

    MSU sophomore Keith Appling was 7 for 8 from the free throw line as the Spartans downed Minnesota, 66-61 to maintain sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

    Appling was really having a rough game until hitting those late free throws. Especially with some bad fouls. Nix was having a rough game as well, missing 5 close shots in the 2nd half.

    I would give credit for this win to Brandon Wood and Draymond Green although the free throws Appling hit were very important.

    PassTheRock

  • PassTheRock said...

    Appling was really having a rough game until hitting those late free throws. Especially with some bad fouls. Nix was having a rough game as well, missing 5 close shots in the 2nd half.

    I would give credit for this win to Brandon Wood and Draymond Green although the free throws Appling hit were very important.

    13 points, 3 Steals, 5 assist, ZERO turnovers. Couple bad plays on defense but overall played very solid D. He did this in 36 minutes. Can't ask to much more from a point guard without a true PG backing him up.

    thehuskyone

  • thehuskyone said...

    13 points, 3 Steals, 5 assist, ZERO turnovers. Couple bad plays on defense but overall played very solid D. He did this in 36 minutes. Can't ask to much more from a point guard without a true PG backing him up.

    Those are very good points you make, especially considering the absence of Trice. I just think he helped Minnesota hang around--had two very bad fouls, one on a 3-pter as the shot clock was winding down, the other one was dumb as well which lead to free throws. Then the technical which gave them a couple free throws and the ball, etc. etc.

    If you remember the end of the UM game he forced some bad passes and shots, and against Ohio State, he did made five bad plays late, including bouncing one off his foot. He just needs to be more consistent.

    PassTheRock

  • PassTheRock said...

    Those are very good points you make, especially considering the absence of Trice. I just think he helped Minnesota hang around--had two very bad fouls, one on a 3-pter as the shot clock was winding down, the other one was dumb as well which lead to free throws. Then the technical which gave them a couple free throws and the ball, etc. etc.

    If you remember the end of the UM game he forced some bad passes and shots, and against Ohio State, he did made five bad plays late, including bouncing one off his foot. He just needs to be more consistent.

    I think he has grown tremendously throughout the year. And if you are going to single him out for a game it would be a game on the road against SCum or the Illini. He is learning a new position and for him to go on the road with 5 assist against no TO's along with 13 points and 3 steals is impressive. Day Day played 3 more minutes and had 17 points (with six more shots), 5 assist(along with 3 TO's), and 4 steals. He also played very well.

    The difference is you never see Appling out of place on defense. He ran the offense with no turnovers. And he is the teams BEST defender. To be able to play defense and run the offense the way he did is very good. To do it with only 4 minutes of rest is great.

    thehuskyone

  • thehuskyone said...

    I think he has grown tremendously throughout the year. And if you are going to single him out for a game it would be a game on the road against SCum or the Illini. He is learning a new position and for him to go on the road with 5 assist against no TO's along with 13 points and 3 steals is impressive. Day Day played 3 more minutes and had 17 points (with six more shots), 5 assist(along with 3 TO's), and 4 steals. He also played very well.

    The difference is you never see Appling out of place on defense. He ran the offense with no turnovers. And he is the teams BEST defender. To be able to play defense and run the offense the way he did is very good. To do it with only 4 minutes of rest is great.

    No question it is an adjustment as he is more of a two-guard than a point guard in that he can slash to the basket rather than be a exceptional passer, although he is making strides there.

    The best defender far and way to me is Draymond Green. He has quick hands in the passing lanes that lead to deflections or steals as we saw several times tonight. He also defends bigger people well and can also go out to the perimeter at times. His rebounding for a guy his size is phenomenal, and he rebounds like a guy a few inches taller and is an exceptional passer. Great vision. It seems like whenever MSU needs a crucial stop, he is the guy that makes it happen time and time again.

    Yes the game I was talking about was the UM game on the road.

    PassTheRock

  • PassTheRock said...

    Those are very good points you make, especially considering the absence of Trice. I just think he helped Minnesota hang around--had two very bad fouls, one on a 3-pter as the shot clock was winding down, the other one was dumb as well which lead to free throws. Then the technical which gave them a couple free throws and the ball, etc. etc.

    If you remember the end of the UM game he forced some bad passes and shots, and against Ohio State, he did made five bad plays late, including bouncing one off his foot. He just needs to be more consistent.

    That technical foul was all Jim Burr. Appling did nothing worse than what Rodney Williams did at the beginning of the game.

    Charlie Kelly

  • My prediction: Keith is going to be a surprise during the tourney.

    Teddy Brewster ●

  • thehuskyone said...

    I think he has grown tremendously throughout the year. And if you are going to single him out for a game it would be a game on the road against SCum or the Illini. He is learning a new position and for him to go on the road with 5 assist against no TO's along with 13 points and 3 steals is impressive. Day Day played 3 more minutes and had 17 points (with six more shots), 5 assist(along with 3 TO's), and 4 steals. He also played very well.

    The difference is you never see Appling out of place on defense. He ran the offense with no turnovers. And he is the teams BEST defender. To be able to play defense and run the offense the way he did is very good. To do it with only 4 minutes of rest is great.

    You won't get much support here. 1/2 the board thinks that Valentine should start at the point next year.

    #1 to your well reasoned response. Appling has done well this year and is very important to our success.

    MSU_Lew ●

  • MSU_Lew said...

    You won't get much support here. 1/2 the board thinks that Valentine should start at the point next year.

    #1 to your well reasoned response. Appling has done well this year and is very important to our success.

    He won't get much support because he's being a box score analyst. That's the simpletons approach to analyzing the details of the game...you can't expect any type of objectivity from a box score analyst.

    tVargMan Prime ●

  • MSU_Lew said...

    You won't get much support here. 1/2 the board thinks that Valentine should start at the point next year.

    #1 to your well reasoned response. Appling has done well this year and is very important to our success.

    Two words to explain why Denzel Valentine won't start at point: Gary Harris

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  • Dan Kilbridge said...

    http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Article/Appling-Clutch-In-Road-Win-62674

    MSU sophomore Keith Appling was 7 for 8 from the free throw line as the Spartans downed Minnesota, 66-61 to maintain sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

    I think the player who was clutch was Brandon Wood.

    HL Mencken94322

  • Right, cause hitting 6 for 6 on free throws in the last 32 seconds is not clutch at all.

    Larry Kazamias ●

  • Dan Kilbridge said...

    http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Article/Appling-Clutch-In-Road-Win-62674

    MSU sophomore Keith Appling was 7 for 8 from the free throw line as the Spartans downed Minnesota, 66-61 to maintain sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

    He would have never needed to be in that possession if he had not given Minnesota 5 free throws at end of the shot clock bail outs and 2 free throws for hanging on the rim.

    He just went and got the 7 points back that he gave away.

    Sparty2QP

  • H.L. Mencken said...

    I think the player who was clutch was Brandon Wood.

    +1 sir

    There was a 7:57 span of the second half (9:38-1:41) that was finally broken by a Day Day layup where only one player on our team had a FG.

    That player was Brandon Wood... and he had 4.

    Sparty2QP

  • Sparty2QP said...

    He would have never needed to be in that possession if he had not given Minnesota 5 free throws at end of the shot clock bail outs and 2 free throws for hanging on the rim.

    He just went and got the 7 points back that he gave away.

    So its official then, Appling is the hoop version of Kirk Cousins, with folks going out of their way to emphasize the negative.

    There were 12 minutes to go when the BS tech was called, are you really going M fan and implying that everything from that point on would have gone exactly the same had it not happened?

    I suppose Wood wasn't clutch either, because if he could hit any of the 4 missed wide open 3s he had, he wouldn't have needed a big steal and a dunk.

    Or Green for that matter, he gave away 6 to 9 points with his 3 TOs. He only got 2 back with the tying score. Not clutch.

    Larry Kazamias ●

  • Sparty2QP said...

    He would have never needed to be in that possession if he had not given Minnesota 5 free throws at end of the shot clock bail outs and 2 free throws for hanging on the rim.

    He just went and got the 7 points back that he gave away.

    Oy.

    Anyone. Anyplace. Anytime.

    rookmsu ●

  • It wasn't really a great game from anyone... but when it mattered the 'TEAM' bounced back and figured out a way to win. I wouldn't say it was just one person who was clutch because for the last 5 minutes of that game... it was a total team effort.
    This is an outstanding sign and Izzo has to know it.

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  • H.L. Mencken said...

    I think the player who was clutch was Brandon Wood.

    +1 Wood made some big plays

    JohnGalt1

  • Appling on a bad day is good to have out there, plays D, has a good handle in heavy pressure situations. Stats looked not so good at the half until you pay notice to 4 assists in the first half. His perhaps worst ever D play on that off-balance 3 pt shot foul with a second on the shot clock was an obvious low point. I thought the hanging on the rim thing was bs, especially with the down-court velocity he had going in on that dunk and that goofy raised floor at Minn. Important thing was he hit his foul shots in the clutch as he generally does. Got to give him credit for improving as a pg as the season has progressed, don't think it was a natural, easy transition for him but I think he has made fine progress.

    jak2

  • VargMan said...

    He won't get much support because he's being a box score analyst. That's the simpletons approach to analyzing the details of the game...you can't expect any type of objectivity from a box score analyst.

    Do those fouls show up in the box score? What about the three free throws Minny made when Keith commited a really dumb foul? Just checked the boxscore and those show up too. And if ZERO turnovers from the point guard who played 37 minutes don't matter to you, I give up.

    duffy munn

  • H.L. Mencken said...

    I think the player who was clutch was Brandon Wood.

    +1

    Appling did well at the foul line, but he was making up for 3 stupid fouls that cost us 7 points. However, our defense in the final 8 minutes is what won the game for us...so getting a couple fouls is understandable, but his just seemed bad at the time.

    SpartanGA ●

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