Ginobili foolish 3 again

[Baseline]

Actually, in these playoffs, Manu's decision making down the stretch has been scary. The game winning three against GS was sweet, but I think it might have heightened Manu's expectations a bit much.

[Baam]

Actually, in these playoffs, Manu's decision making down the stretch has been scary. The game winning three against GS was sweet, but I think it might have heightened Manu's expectations a bit much.

Yeah I agree, the stupid fouls may be worse than the Westbrook 3s, two fouls on Tony Allen could have cost us two games and he also fouled Bronbron with 30s left in the game when there was no need to, sending him to the line with plenty of time left.

[Capster]

it was a horrible shot....just idiotic

yea well, sometimes he gets lucky....!

[TD 21]

In short:
- The actual play called was broken
- Miller was giving Manu ample room for a clean shot
- There were only 11 secs on the clock with the entire Miami D in place, no mismatches
- Manu took a fairly good shot, it was certainaly far from a "desperation heave"
- He took it, at most, 3 feet away from the 3pt line. Makeable shot.

Normally, the barometer to know if it was a bad shot or not, is simply by just looking at Pop's reaction. He didn't even flinch after that shot.

Now that we dispelled the myths, maybe we can put this to rest.

Oh, and give Miami credit. They defended that as well as you could possibly can.

"Only 11 secs"? That's plenty of time and with a lead footed defender like Miller on him, he should have given him a ball fake and blown past. Instead, he fired a desperation heave, as if the clock was down to the waning seconds.

"Makeable shot" isn't good enough with 11 on the clock. High percentage is what he should have been looking for. Even had he just killed another 9-10 seconds and had to throw up a wild shot at the buzzer, that's 9-10 less seconds for the Heat to work with and that's presuming they even get the rebound, which is not exactly their strength.

[gnsf0946]

i wouldn't mind it if it wasn't for the 11 seconds on the clock, in whatever position he was i think he could've easily just dribble the ball for 10 more seconds or so and then take the same shot

[Spur Bank]

This excerpt from Zach Lowe's excellent SportVU article explains why it was a good shot.

The analytics team is unanimous, and rather emphatic, that every team should shoot more 3s — including the Raptors and even the Rockets, who are on pace to break the NBA record for most 3-point attempts in a season.

"When you ask coaches what's better between a 28 percent 3-point shot and a 42 percent midrange shot, they'll say the 42 percent shot," Rucker says. "And that's objectively false. It's wrong. If LeBron James just jacked a 3 on every single possession, that'd be an exceptionally good offense. That's a conversation we've had with our coaching staff, and let's just say they don't support that approach.

The coaches aren't even close to being onboard with such a 3-happy philosophy yet. "To have guys who shoot 3s that can't break that 35 percent break-even point, you have to really evaluate that," Sterner says.

A much better and more thorough explanation is at the link below. It's a must-read for anyone interested in basketball analytics.

Link: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...cal-revolution

[urunobili]

He should have given the ball to Parker tbh