BOOKER GOES BOOM!
Almost makes you forget about our 4th quarter struggles 🙏🏽
Point Book is different.
worth naming - among the suns volume shooters for the 3, here’s the percentages of the 6 guys who take over 3 a game - 40.4, 43.5, 47.5, 52.2, 38.3. not counting beal yet, but assume he will be near or over 40 also. the 38.3 is yuta, which i expect over 40. suns at 39.3 as a team (on 33.2 shots), and seems like we have reason to believe that number should rise.
now, compare to the houston rockets who won 65 games and pushed the KD warriors to the brink- they took 42 3’s a game and their top shooter was 38.6. harden and gordon were at 36. 36.2 as a team, on 42 shots. no wonder the high variance.
compare to big 3 nets, and you have more favorable - 40.2, 47.5, 45.0, 41.2. 39.2 as a team on 36 shots. seems like this shot profile is enough to be devastating given midrange shot-making.
in modern nba, 73 win warriors highest ever at 41.6. next 2 years they were 38.3 and 39.1, but on like 31 shots a game.
also of note, suns right now right there for highest team ft% of all time, on 4th most ft attempted per game this season.
Yall see them Nugs vs Clippers stats? 🤣🤣🤣
Remember Clippers fans had the nerve to say PG13 is better than D Book. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Let’s keep it rolling to eight and throw in a little dinosaur trolling on Wednesday.
one more note - you’ve heard this years suns are a top 5 offense. that’s nice, and says a lot about what they’ve done while really shorthanded.
what you haven’t heard - this years suns offense is the #6 offense ALL-TIME as of now, even while short-handed- https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/best-offensive-rating-by-a-team-in-nba-history-in-a-single-season
really makes me scratch my head that this is how record breaking every year is right now in the NBA. that doesn’t strike me as a good thing, but it also seems to me that the league isn’t changing rules every year to make it easier, its just that the players are getting better and better at working within the rules provided.
look here, and you see an ortg somewhere between 105-108 for most years, until about 5 years ago, when things started to inflate- https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_stats_per_game.html
look at the numbers and you see the entire league shoots better from 3 and ft than basically ever before. that combined with faster pace and more restrictive defense rules, and you have record breaking everything.
also volume. when jordan won his first title, the avg team took 7 3’s a game LOL. when lebron played his rookie year, 14.7 3’s. now, over 35. it’s a stunning level of change, it might as well be called a different name compared to what was played 30 years ago.
I think the 4th quarter struggles disappeared when Book came back
It’s the second game we’ve seen that happen. It sucks, Book can’t even get 2 minutes of rest before the players on the floor start to give up the lead. They need to find their identity without Book/KD on the floor. I know when Book/KD both play we won’t have one on the floor at all times, but c’mon, you’re all professionals. You shouldn’t have to depend on Book/KD all the time.
Yesterday I got downvoted AF because I said the team without Book on the floor gives up leads & what happened last night? I was just pointing out the obvious.
Just to name, when we’ll over 60% of your offense is in street clothes, and you’re playing a damn good team with a damn good defense, on the road, that shit will happen.
That’s why raising the floor seems so key. If the bench minutes can be even, blowouts should come heavy. And hopefully that’s what beals arrival can make happen. All of a sudden there is no place in the game where there’s a talent gap. Beal Gordon Allen KD eubanks is a HELL of a backup situation
Idk, call me crazy, but Booker on the team without the other two stars is better than KD/Beal on the team without Book