carolinajazz
Well-Known Member
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!