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Go to "player" or go to "play"....let's discuss it!!!

carolinajazz

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In view of the many last second shots that have been missed in this years playoffs, sports shows and clowns (announcers) are now in heated discussion on how effective these "superstars" are in taking and making the last shot to win a game. The percentages are surprisingly turrible! Kobe is pathetic. Lebron is even worse. Wade, Pierce and Durrant are also poor. I've always maintained that at the end of the game, with 5 seconds or less to go.....the best you can do is draw up a play that allows the best chance of success....and that means not a go to guy, but a go to "play", designed to get a wide open look at the basket by whomever is open! Even Jordan's end of game winning shots were extremely poor percentage wise.....and it wasn't until he recognized the "go to play" was better than him forcing a shot with 2 guys strapped all over him, that the Bull's began to close out games! Steve Kerr, Paxton, and Horrace Grant all hit game winners when Jordan passed them the ball for wide open looks, rather than take the shot himself under extreme duress! I thought the look Steve Blake had last night was better than ANYTHING Kobe could have manufactured on his own! The Spurs are the best example of this concept as they ALWAYS draw up a go to play....and then hope the wide open shot is made! Remember when they beat the Knicks on that last second shot by Avery Johnson? That play was drawn up to go to the guy most wide open! It was him and he knocked it down!
 
yea, that's a good point.
it amazes me how often team's settle for crappy shots at the end.
part of that is because they fear everyone knows that refs rarely call fouls at the end, so they are afraid to take the ball inside, but I still think odds would be better taking it inside than taking those covered fade-aways from deep they usually settle for.,,.
of course, it helps if you are a star and do get more calls , but even then , if they can draw the D and find a wide open shot for someone else, that is often a better option.
 
Both.

Most times I would go with player. Look at how much contact is allowed in last play scenarios, defenders are allowed to absolutely mug cutters and makes running anything off ball very difficult. All you have to do with a player is get the ball in his hands and let him work. He either gets his own shot, or he creates enough attention to open up a player for a shot.
 
Both.

Most times I would go with player. Look at how much contact is allowed in last play scenarios, defenders are allowed to absolutely mug cutters and makes running anything off ball very difficult. All you have to do with a player is get the ball in his hands and let him work. He either gets his own shot, or he creates enough attention to open up a player for a shot.

....but added to your scenario, is the fact that ref's allow players who take the game into their own hands to be mugged, fouled, slapped, pushed, and shoved, with no foul called, too! Better to still have the go to play with a wide open shot than a one on three athletic clown who thinks he can score on anybody at any time!
 
....but added to your scenario, is the fact that ref's allow players who take the game into their own hands to be mugged, fouled, slapped, pushed, and shoved, with no foul called, too! Better to still have the go to play with a wide open shot than a one on three athletic clown who thinks he can score on anybody at any time!

Like I said, you have to have a mixture. Ideally you get the ball in your best players hands and run a play. If the play breaks down, he has it in his hands to improvise. I think clearly you want to try to run a play first, but that isn't always going to work and can be risky.

Or you run some kind of misdirection play that uses your best player as a decoy. Like in the Lakers game, Blake was able to get wide open because Westbrook was busy staring at Kobe.
 
Plays? Nearly every game-winning shot situation plays out the same. Put the ball in the hands of your best guard or swingman, run an iso, let him wait until there is almost no time left, and hoist a shot up.
 
Plays? Nearly every game-winning shot situation plays out the same. Put the ball in the hands of your best guard or swingman, run an iso, let him wait until there is almost no time left, and hoist a shot up.

...and 90% of the time, that philosophy/strategy results in a missed shot, GAME OVER!
 
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