Groce said not having Ivo meant they had to change their zone offense on the fly and it took a long time to get adjusted. He said it hurt not having their best high post player.
Exactly. Any time I've seen a team beat a zone D, the team not only has good three point shooters but a good high post player. Work to get the ball to your high post around the foul line and you have options. You can kick out to shooters as the D collapses, you have a higher chance of getting the ball to a man with deeper position (Ivo was good at getting the ball to Devaughn for a dunk doing this last year, or you can put the ball on the floor and go score yourself. Ivo's our only guy and he had some effectiveness with this in the BG game, but it seemed like he also got the ball poked away from behind a lot.