Jalen only produces when the game is out of reach?
Is it a confidence thing or a pressure thing?
Or do defenses just soften up and play him differently when there is a big lead?
Jalen is a different guy when the game is out of reach.
We have seen him play well in tight games before including in LA his first two seasons. Your slights may have some grounding but it’s not absolute. Link some stats up for our benefit pls.
He brought the lead down from 17 to 11 entering the 4th. He made it winnable
You said this very same thing in the Game Thread, and no one interacted with it. You really have it out for Jalen 😅
Lol so this was a comment first, then created a whole thread about it?
Yes.
There are a lot of people in this subreddit who are critical of Jalen Green WHEN HE PLAYS POORLY. That’s normal, and I’m cool with that.
But I’m getting the impression that there are a few users on this subreddit who are critical of Jalen Green NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES. That’s not criticism. It’s just hate.
Jeff Green gets subbed in for Bari because Bari is struggling with guarding Zion. The strategy is effective, Jeff Green has a good game, and the Rockets win.
These guys’ critiques will be something along the lines of this: “If Jalen Green wasn’t dogshxt, Bari could have stayed in the game because Jalen would have scored around 28 points instead of 16. It’s Jalen’s fault that Jeff Green had to come in and bail us out.”
It doesn’t matter what he does. Their mind is already made up. They operate as if players don’t have bad games. Jamal Murray went 4-14 (28.6 FG%) and was 3-8 (37.5%) from three. Some days, you just don’t have it; but you still have to figure out how to be effective on the court. That’s what Jalen has to learn, and I can see the progress.
11 point deficit going into the 4th quarter = out of reach.
Just to do the math for you, this is how the Rockets can make it a 5 point game in less than 1 minute.
- Rockets hit a 3, use up 15 seconds of the shot clock.
- Nuggets miss a wide open 3, use up 15 seconds of the shot clock.
- Rockets hit a transition 3, use up 5 seconds in the shot clock.
That’s a 6-0 run in only 35 seconds. Now, a 11 point lead is only a 5 point lead with 10+ minutes to go.
He got hot against the Grizzlies and that basically took the game from a tight game to a blowout. I’m not sure this selective cherry picking is helpful.