Re: ? on Walker

["Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ya know, you make an interesting point that I hadn't thought of before. 
Everyone knows Antoine can't buy a call, but I never thought of it in terms 
of FG%. My guess is Iversons FG% would be somewhere in the 20's if he didn't 
get every junk call in the book. The one that stood out last night was when 
he was on a fast break and Delk just backed away from him and never even 
touched him. Of course, a foul was called.




> From: Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (Kestutis Kveraga)
> Reply-To: Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (kestas)
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: ? on Walker
> Date: 05 Dec 2002 08:41:06 EST
>
> --- You wrote:
> I suspect the Philly game is exhibit A for why I did not renew my NBA pass 
> this
> year.  Was Walker "orchestrating" and generally playing well while missing
> decent shot attempts, or did he overshoot and generally take us out of any
> chance to win by poor shot selection?  The box score is ugly.  Thanks.  
> Gene
> --- end of quote ---
>
> I think the Philly game is exhibit A why you SHOULD have renewed your NBA 
> Pass.
> Walker committed no such "crimes". He was playing well, delivering some
> gorgeous passes, rebounding, and carried the team down the stretch with 
> smart
> drives to the hoop and post-ups. He was getting hacked all night, even more 
> so
> than usual. It's not entirely his fault he rarely gets to the line and his
> shooting line ends up looking like this. What should be 2 FT attempts often
> gets counted as a missed shot or a TO.
>
> In general,  it was an exciting, pretty well-played game, with the much
> sought-after "playoff intensity" from the middle of the 3rd on. Pierce was
> shooting the lights out, especially in the 1st half. I don't think it's
> anybody's fault that we lost. Maybe Obie stuck a little too long with the 
> unit
> that finished the game. They seemed tired towards the end, couldn't shut 
> down
> people like they usually do, and Pierce's 5 fouls didn't help in that 
> regard.
> But I don't know if Obie could've pulled out a win last night with a better
> substitution pattern. Philly is extremely tough to beat in their building  
> in
> general (10-0), and I thought they were playing particularly well last 
> night -
> Iverson, Van Horn, Snow, even Coleman were all on. They hit all the
> make-or-break shots at the end.  Overall, our guys played a good game, just
> came up a little short against a very hot team.
> Kestas

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