How did L.J. and Alonzo Coexist in Post Ups?

[mo2thewillyo]

Mourning/Johnson. How did these guys coexist in the post? I know they each like posting up. Did one operate top of the key/high post while other was down on low block/post? Did each guy prefer left or right side?[code][/code]

[fatlever]

first and foremost, that team lived and died by pushing the tempo and playing in transition where bogues was a magician. when the game got down to a do or die halfcourt settings, they ran a lot of isos for johnson with everyone else getting out of his way. other halfcourt sets revolved around the motion offense with lots of passing and movement from everyone. johnson and mourning could both score in the post and from jumpers. i dont really remember any situations where they crowded each other. the real nemesis in halfcourt was teams sagging off bogues and daring him to shoot. also, mourning was a bit of a black hole, so if he caught the ball anywhere near the goal he was probably going to shoot it.

[chabber]

I'd say LJ preferred the right block but he could do work from either. Mourning would catch at the high post a lot and drive more than you'd think. Mourning could work from either block pretty well too. They really didn't have issues working together because they could both knock down jumpers at range.

Fats is right though they liked to get out in transition and whoever got down first in a delayed transition would always try and seal they're man deep which would result in quick and easy points as well.

In the end like fats said the problem was always spacing and lack of knock down shooters. Gill, Newman, Wingate, Muggsy and later on Hawkins were our starters. I have to add Muggsy's height in there too as an issue. He had two big negatives that he had to overcome, and he tried so admirably, but we were never going to go deep in the playoffs with a with a 5'3" pg that couldn't shoot.