06-11-2021, 11:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-11-2021, 11:51 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
(06-11-2021, 10:54 AM)U_L Wrote: Awesome. This gives us a baseline to address the original question about controlling volatility in crunch time. Across the whole game, Jazz shot 50 of 91 attempts from 3pt land (55%, WOW!). Looking at the nba.com play by play for the last 5 minutes (Jazz were up 103-95), 2 of their 8 attempts were from 3. Inside 3 minutes, only 1 of 5 attempts was from 3. So yeah, they lowered volatility. Across the whole game, Clippers shot 42 of 85 attempts from 3 (49%, also wow!). For the final 5 minutes, 6 of 8 were 3pts, and in the final 3 minutes, 3 of 5 attempts were from 3. So yeah, they increased volatility.
For game 2:
Across the game, Jazz shot 39 of 76 shots from beyond the arc (51%, again wow). Jazz were up 104-103 with 5 minutes left. Four of their remaining 10 attempts were 3 pointers. Within 3 minutes, only 2 of 7 were 3 pointers. For the Clippers, 30 of 85 attempts in the game were 3 point shots (35%, what is this, 2014?). Within 5 minutes, 5 of 10 were 3 pointers, and within 3 minutes, 3 of 6 shots were.
From this, it looks like Jazz successfully adjusted their offense to avoid the risk of another extended scoreless streak, and Clippers accepted risk in hopes of scoring more points. I didn't watch the games though (cause come on, it's not the Mavs), so I don't really know if what they did different was by choice or in reaction to defensive changes.
Not sure if we can draw that conclusion. In game two 3/6 attempts within the last three minutes were from three. Probably more about the overall approach. Mitchell takes shots inside. Rest of the team is 3-point only.