re: This team continues to crumble under pressure

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That was a coaching issue too.

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So Zion failing to do anything against Miami is a coaching issue. If Zion could do anything outside of driving to the left real hard, then maybe he could actually have the ball in his hands more in the clutch.

BI taking two shots in the clutch last night is a coaching issue too?

You do realize that we scored 2 points on the BI mid range jump shot that he missed? JV got the board after setting a pick and had the rebounding position b/c Vucevic left BI wide open and let JV run past him to the goal.

And if you think that BI 13' mid range shot was a bad shot, you're a dumbass.
It was legit a wide open 13 footer.
Do you know what BI shoots from greater than 10' on 2 pointers this year when he is wide arse open like that?
76.5%.



Zion is not a closer with his current game. He's just not.
BI hasn't been good either, but he has a much higher chance of closing than Zion does currently, until Zion learns how do to anything other than barreling down the lane going left.
and i'm not here to say BI has been good. He's has not been good in the clutch at all this year, but Zion has been worse, and I agree that it's coaching issue more than anything. Why on earth we don't have 3 shooters on the court with Zion setting a pick for BI and rolling to the goal, or even BI setting a pick for Zion b/c you do that and the defender can't leave BI. That is literally all that should happen in the clutch of every game. It's what every team in the league worth a shite does with their two best players. And you rarely ever see from us.



Here's a comparison of what happens to us in the clutch. It's just as much a defensive issue as it is offensive.
Overall vs Clutch
ORtg 116.7 (8th) vs 99.4 (27th)
DRtg 112.4 (6th) vs 117.1 (23rd)
NetRtg 4.3 (7th) vs -17.7 (28th)
DReb% 72% (13th) vs 63.6% (21st)
TOV Rate 13.4% (15th) vs 17.4 (29th)
Opp TOV Rate 14.3% (7th) vs 8.2% (29th)
EFG% 55.5% (13th) vs 48.4% (22nd)
OPP Points of TO's 15.9 (11th) vs 1.9 (29th)
OPP 2nd chance points 13.1 (7th) vs 1.8 (29th)
OPP Fast Break Points 13.6 (8th) vs 0.7 (23rd) (doesn't help when Zion falls down on every layup attempt)
FT% 76.3% (22nd) vs 65% (30th)
That's pathetic.

We go from a top 10 team to literally one of the worst in the league in the clutch.