The comments that Coales' son made seem appropriate. Maddie has long legs that enable her to blow past an opponent as well as to jump higher. In her last couple of games, she, like Morgan sometimes does and DRob did, likes to keep dribbling when she brings it up, going straight to the basket. When Morgan or DRob did it, they were running. She seemed to take two steps past the top of the key and be there to lay it calmly in. It doesn't take long to take two steps, and it doesn't look quick. Yet, nobody could get in front of her, and nobody could keep up with her.
Pull up jumper. As he also said, and it was obvious, she drove to within about five feet of the basket, stopped, and jumped. She released a floater that went straight through the net. She was able to get so much higher than the person guarding her that she was playing six inches taller. They couldn't begin to block it.
She's deceptive. Being so lanky, she doesn't look like she is moving that well. She is just blowing past the opposition. When she started, that was what enabled her to go from her one point per game to ten points per game average. She found out what she could do, and nobody could stop her. I don't remember Maddie ever actually being stopped. She just didn't do it on every trip down the court. If she did, I'm not sure how the defense would have to adjust. I think she is what would have opened it up for everyone else.
