RE: Last Shot

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

I read that Pierce also missed his last five shots. It 
was a tough call. I guess in those moments, you could be 
better off diagramming for your taller 3-point specialist 
to get off that type of shot, when everyone in the 
building knows its a three. 

The play made Walker into a bigger goat, but at this 
stage I'm not sure I would have wanted one clutch shot to 
make the rest of the night's poor shooting performance 
disappear.

I have to agree that unless he's one of the hot hands 
(which often he can be), almost any other game this 
season where Walker shoots 23 times is no longer ideal. 
In the past, he was the main scorer. We could live with 
it. There's no reason why he should be missing 18 shots.

He missed a bunch of early putbacks and finishes, in part 
because he was rushing it and altering his shots. Last 
night at least, he showed he was a mediocre finisher. 

He's almost better shooting off of his own dribble, 
rather than catching and closing the deal off of lobs and 
that sort of thing. A lot of big forwards do the latter 
thing a lot better, in the same situations.

But it was one game. How many times do you suppose Walker 
and Pierce will miss their last 13 shots combined in the 
fourth quarter this year? They've said all the right 
things, and no doubt believe their own hype and best 
spins. So now its damn good that they have to shut up and 
play a lot of games in a short span. Just go out and 
play. Walk the walk.

Joe 




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