So, is Kawhi Now Unable to Make Jump Shots?

[DesignatedT]

Anyone think Pop may have ruined Kawhi's confidence? Pop has been forcing Kawhi to sit in the corner, and he's capable of more, maybe Pop ignoring Kawhi hurt his confidence in his shot. Or maybe Kawhi has worked so hard in other areas that he lost his shooting skills. Either way, we need Kawhi to play the best he ever has right now.

Oh stop.

[RD2191]

Pop and company probably ruined kawhis game like they did to splitters.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Oh stop.

Just asking a question. There has to be a reason his shot has declined so much since the AS game, maybe it is just injuries.

[Chinook]

Not really disagreeing. Danny was really good in game 1 and, of course, made that clutch shot at the end of regulation.

However, he was pretty terrible on Wednesday night and was certainly a reason (among many others) that we lost.

No argument that he shot poorly. But you implied he normally shoots poorly in the playoffs, and that's not true. Over his career, he's shot 37 percent from three in the post-season. This year, he's shooting 44 percent. Don't confuse him not taking many threes against the Lakers with him missing a lot.

[Chinook]

Just asking a question. There has to be a reason his shot has declined so much since the AS game, maybe it is just injuries.

I'm surprised people haven't assumed teams have been trying harder to stop Leonard now that he's getting recognition. That seems much more likely than all this anti-Pop stuff.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

I'm surprised people haven't assumed teams have been trying harder to stop Leonard now that he's getting recognition. That seems much more likely than all this anti-Pop stuff.

I really haven't seen much of that, especially with Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili. Maybe I'm crazy, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I wasn't trying to be anti-Pop, I was just asking a question.

[100%duncan]

It's not your point, but it is THE point. A jumper, particularly from three point range, is not now nor will it ever be considered a high-percentage shot. The Spurs' offense has never ever been about making jumpshots except for the dark period between Oberto and Splitter. The Spurs allowed 61 points in the first half and were down by 20, and you act like it is less of a factor in the game because it happened first. You're talking about jumpers bringing a team back from that when the discussion should be about not allowing that to happen, which requires defense, rebounding and actual high-percentage shots. There may not be a stat to prove it, but you can't say you don't know it's absolutely the truth.

One of the cardinal rules of the playoffs is that you don't allow a good team to get out to a big lead. That can be true for the first quarter or the third. The Spurs' comeback in game 1 was the least probable in the history of the NBA playoffs, and you guys just expected the Spurs to do it a second time by jacking up a lot of outside shots.

You say "If only the Spurs had made their threes". I say "If only the Spurs had started their starters, played defense and used ball movement to get more layups". The former can come back and win a game once in a while, the second competes for championships instead of losing at home to 6 seeds.

No bruh, you and hater acted like we already lost it in the first half, no. So for my response to your post I'm just going to quote what I've posted in response of Hater.

Yeah we lost the game on the first half yet we lost only lost 100 91.

So you can't blame it on missed shots?

Can't blame it that Danny Green went 2/6 from 3's, 4/12 total? Or Kawhi's 0/3 from deep, 1/5 from the line? How about Manu's 1/6 from 3? Or Neal's 2/9 from the field? Spurs were ing 5/21 from 3 (24%) and 35-89 from the field(40%) but sure you can't blame the loss on that because we already lost it in the first half.

We got blown out of the first half because of baaaaaaaaaaaaaad defense and excellent shooting, that's a given. But saying you can't blame the loss on missed shots is stupid. I gave you the stats, I think you can do the math yourself.