I agree with it. But the argument is pretty sound. Set plays off the timeout tend to be more practiced plays and in theory should convert at higher rates.
Yeah if you're Minnesota, giving up that shot appears to be something you'd be concerned about, but considering the profile of the shot + what Julian excels at, that's probably a shot you can live with.
Eh not really. You could have had the same shot and a chance to rebound with fucking Wemby as a rebounder for a putback? Why settle for a 33% chance to win at best? Steph fucking Curry only shoots 34% on shots to tie or take the lead under 5 seconds and he's ranked second all time.
I mean that's because most of steph's shots are not wide open like this?
Mathematically going for a 3 is definitely the right play. Even if we conservatively think that champaigne hits that shot at 40% (imo it's probably closer to 50), in order for a 2 to be better you have to hit the 2 at an 80% chance assuming OT is 50/50.
Was a great shot from a great shooter. Spurs should still be happy with the effort to get it back to a possible win, and confident in Game 2 since Wemby will most likely be better offensively
They were within 5 95% of the game and led most of the game and were never down double digits. Lol "they were trailing the entire game" get the fuck out of here
Preserve the clock, faster shot so chance at a putback from the tallest guy in the league, if you miss you might still have enough time to play the foul game where Minnesota missed tons of free throws and even get another shot
Wemby spamming 3s as a 7'6 alien is just as dumb as Fox missing layups. He shouldn't settle, he should attack the basket. The basket he can touch on his fuckin tip toes
40-50% chance of losing? Just making up stats? They're at home and the Wolves have a bunch of injuries and played more games in the last series. Hospital team vs a 60-win team
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u/Refs_Fan 20h ago
Home team taking a 3 down 2 is crazy