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Post by ruru on May 21, 2009 15:10:06 GMT -5
Chauncey should coach himself and say "Stop missing bunny layups, b***h" Or make freethrows or stop taking dumb shots. Here I was thinking Carmelo had a low basketball IQ, now I find out his just may be higher than our champion point guard.
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Post by Tydru on May 21, 2009 15:24:23 GMT -5
Honestly... Game 1 turned on a bad shot by Chauncey in the 1st Quarter. Up 29-17 with 42 seconds left, he missed a pull-up 3 on a 2-on-4.... Vujacic came back and hit a 3 two seconds later.
So, rather than pulling up, running the offense and scoring to go up 14, it turned into a 3 the other direction to cut the lead to 9.
It was THE turning point in the game.
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Post by ruru on May 21, 2009 15:27:17 GMT -5
Honestly... Game 1 turned on a bad shot by Chauncey in the 1st Quarter. Up 29-17 with 42 seconds left, he missed a pull-up 3 on a 2-on-4.... Vujacic came back and hit a 3 two seconds later. So, rather than pulling up, running the offense and scoring to go up 14, it turned into a 3 the other direction to cut the lead to 9. It was THE turning point in the game. That's Chauncey shot though. It has always been his shot. And he has talked about how much each coach hates it. Chauncey goes right to his sweet spots where he is about a 45% 3 pt shooter. We had numerous opportunities to put the dagger in but they didn't fall. Smith missed two 3's that would have put us up 8 and 7.
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Post by bundo's ghost on May 21, 2009 15:28:00 GMT -5
Honestly... Game 1 turned on a bad shot by Chauncey in the 1st Quarter. Up 29-17 with 42 seconds left, he missed a pull-up 3 on a 2-on-4.... Vujacic came back and hit a 3 two seconds later. So, rather than pulling up, running the offense and scoring to go up 14, it turned into a 3 the other direction to cut the lead to 9. It was THE turning point in the game. Really? I thought we pretty much lost the game early in the second quarter when Smith shot the basketball with reckless abandon. Every possession was either a miss or a turnover. What's even worse is that Melo was on the floor...
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Post by ThePoopSmith on May 21, 2009 15:39:15 GMT -5
Honestly... Game 1 turned on a bad shot by Chauncey in the 1st Quarter. Up 29-17 with 42 seconds left, he missed a pull-up 3 on a 2-on-4.... Vujacic came back and hit a 3 two seconds later. So, rather than pulling up, running the offense and scoring to go up 14, it turned into a 3 the other direction to cut the lead to 9. It was THE turning point in the game. He did it in the second half too, (cant remember if it was in the 3rd or 4th). I think it was a 2 on 2 and he pulled up and missed a three, LA came back down and Ariza drilled a three ball. Cut the lead to 2 or 3, I think.
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Post by bundo's ghost on May 21, 2009 15:43:51 GMT -5
I'm okay with that Billup's shot.
It's impossible to defend, and you're only knocking it because he missed.
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Post by brick on May 21, 2009 15:53:14 GMT -5
Smith had a series of bad plays and decisions in the 2nd that did a lot of damage.
But no matter what, if the Nugs hit just 3 of those free throws they win.
I just checked and Smith was 2-6 from the line, Billups was 6-9 and a lot of guys missed 1.
Damn. That stings.
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Post by bundo's ghost on May 21, 2009 15:55:38 GMT -5
Smith always f-cks up free throws. 2-6 from the line isn't exactly surprising, especially when the game is crucial.
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Post by Tydru on May 21, 2009 15:59:59 GMT -5
I'm OK with that shot when it's 4-on-2 or 5-on-5, giving you a decent chance for a rebound if you miss. Granted, I would have been much more OK with it, had it gone in... but as I saw him pull up, I said to myself, "Bad shot, hope it goes in."
When it's a semi-break like that, you're just asking to give up a transition bucket going the other way. The right play there was too look for a layup, and if it wasn't there, pull out and run the offense.
I'm not completely up in arms over it... because that's a shot Chauncey makes more than pretty much anyone else in the league, but it completely changed the tenor of the game early on. Instead of being up 12-14 at the end of the quarter and looking in complete control, we were up 8 and the crowd was going nuts.
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Post by ThePoopSmith on May 21, 2009 16:05:28 GMT -5
Smith always f-cks up free throws. 2-6 from the line isn't exactly surprising, especially when the game is crucial. JR's FT percentage has dropped over 16% in the playoffs, that's sad.
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Post by bundo's ghost on May 21, 2009 16:08:41 GMT -5
Smith always f-cks up free throws. 2-6 from the line isn't exactly surprising, especially when the game is crucial. JR's FT percentage has dropped over 16% in the playoffs, that's sad. It's annoying as hell when players who can hit three-pointers with their eyes closed struggle shooting free throws.
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Post by smookethesenuggs on May 21, 2009 16:13:24 GMT -5
I'm OK with that shot when it's 4-on-2 or 5-on-5, giving you a decent chance for a rebound if you miss. When it's 4 on 2 in transition, the last thing you want is a guy pulling up for a three. Just about every game Chauncey will pull up for three in transition without numbers, and its a damn reliable shot. I especially don't have a problem with it for a couple reasons: 1-Often times he'll do it at the end of the quarter to get a 2 for 1. Even if it doesn't go in, we at least get one extra possesion. I don't mind a slightly lower percentage shot if it means we get one extra possesion (essentially giving us an automatic offensive rebound if the shot doesn't go in) 2-The next time down the court Chaunceys man will try to defend that shot and Chauncey will blow by him to the rack. When you get guys to come guard you far out, it changes the dybamics of the game.
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Post by Tydru on May 21, 2009 16:14:42 GMT -5
Smith always f-cks up free throws. 2-6 from the line isn't exactly surprising, especially when the game is crucial. Sweeping generalizations FTL. He's had one bad FT game per series so far in the playoffs. Before that, he missed more than 1 FT in a game twice in all of March and April... none of those games were crucial at all.
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Post by callmeking on May 21, 2009 16:16:51 GMT -5
I'm OK with that shot when it's 4-on-2 or 5-on-5, giving you a decent chance for a rebound if you miss. Granted, I would have been much more OK with it, had it gone in... but as I saw him pull up, I said to myself, "Bad shot, hope it goes in." When it's a semi-break like that, you're just asking to give up a transition bucket going the other way. The right play there was too look for a layup, and if it wasn't there, pull out and run the offense. I'm not completely up in arms over it... because that's a shot Chauncey makes more than pretty much anyone else in the league, but it completely changed the tenor of the game early on. Whoa! Why all the anger after 1 loss? I've been complaining about that shot for a long time, but everyone got mad because I hated it. Now after 1 loss, everyone is getting pissed about it? Wow. Its amazing how a loss opens everyone eyes and allow them to see what I've been seeing.
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Post by bundo's ghost on May 21, 2009 16:19:28 GMT -5
Smith always f-cks up free throws. 2-6 from the line isn't exactly surprising, especially when the game is crucial. Sweeping generalizations FTL. He's had one bad FT game per series so far in the playoffs. Before that, he missed more than 1 FT in a game twice in all of March and April... none of those games were crucial at all. JR Smith 08-09 Postseason 48.4% FG, 40.6% 3P FG, 59.0% FTNo response needed.
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Post by callmeking on May 21, 2009 16:20:06 GMT -5
Next thing, people will talk about how JR shouldn't be running the team when he comes in or talk about how he's the dumbest basketball player in the history of life. Who knows, tonight may be the day he take 10 bad 3s, but make 6, and everyone will call me an idiot and talk about how he matured. I mean, its not like anyone is talking about him having a bigger impact than AC as far as blowing game 1.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2009 17:48:58 GMT -5
Honestly... Game 1 turned on a bad shot by Chauncey in the 1st Quarter. Up 29-17 with 42 seconds left, he missed a pull-up 3 on a 2-on-4.... Vujacic came back and hit a 3 two seconds later. So, rather than pulling up, running the offense and scoring to go up 14, it turned into a 3 the other direction to cut the lead to 9. It was THE turning point in the game. or 30 seconds later when he missed 2 FT's in a row and gave LA all the momentum.
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