MICHAEL FLOWERS

Did anyone catch Wisconsin and Texas last week?

Well Badgers guard Michael Flowers made two tremendous plays at the end of the game to seal the victory for the road team.

Flowers made a huge three-pointer with three seconds to play off of a great high ‘pick-n-pop’ at the top of the key.  (No, Stephen Bardo, it wasn’t a screen and roll like you described it)  With his defender going under the screen, Flowers dribbled hard off the screen, saw he had room and let a long jump-shot go putting the Baders up 67-66.

As Texas took the ball out, instead of cheering, jumping up and down, or even running back on defense, Flowers went towards the Longhorn player inbounding the ball, jumped in and stole the inbounds pass.

Now, with ball in his possession, Flowers was falling out of bounds and you know you can’t call timeout when you are falling out of bounds so Flowers pulled a ‘Magic Johnson’; he flipped the ball up into the air and time ran out before it came back down!

What a great play!

Most players, after hitting the shot would celebrated or mugged for the camera.  But instead, Flowers used his head and went and pressured the ball.

I’m always telling players to watch and observe the guys who do it the right way and learn something from them.  Watch Steve Nash, Chauncey Billups, Jason Kidd, Rip Hamilton, Kevin Garnett…Watch the guys who work on their game and want to win.

PLAY THE RIGHT WAY!