Re: Flip has an obvious massive chip on his shoulder
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:27 pm
I am really surprised to hear this coming from you Q. You are always so into stats and yet for this point you put luck out there as an explanation. One thing that was fairly obvious last year statistically is that the 4th quarter was our worst shooting % for our core 4th quarter players..eFG% Season / 4th Quarter
Love .524 / .450
Rubio .419 / .299
Pek .540 / .504
Brewer .517 /.492
Martin .486 / .484
JJ .443 / .370
As an aside, when I did this I was actually surprised that Martin was the most consistent performer. But I do think it shows that with Martin he is a veteran who will give you exactly what you expect.
When you do the same comparison on raw FG% the disparity is even greater, implying that we are actually getting calls in the 4th to improve our eFG%. I really don't think luck had nothing to do with us losing close games. We were taking bad shots at the end of games, and the biggest examples of that were our 2 "stars" Love and Rubio. I think coaching has a huge impact on the type of shots players are taking in the 4th. I think Adelman got through to our team in the first 3 quarters last season but he had no way to calm them down and get them to make good decisions in the 4th. Our maybe Adelman tried to treat every game situation the same instead of adjusting to NBA 4th quarter basketball? Either way the 4th quarter was our teams worst shooting quarter, especially for Love, Rubio and JJ.