Did you know that David "Skywalker" Thompson (along with Monte Towe, the "inventors" of the alley-oop pass play) is his first cousin? FWIW
What?! I thought Jackie Moon invented the alley-oop. [video=youtube;CIKcIjbhsHE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIKcIjbhsHE[/video]
Dunno--he obviously was able to make some very effective adjustments between games 1 & 2. Perhaps he's a little better than you give him credit for.