re: Pinson was 5-21 from the field

The amazing thing about Pinson is with him on the floor, I actually think this is a pretty good team. Take away emotion, I’m not saying they’re great but I think they’re better than this board gives them credit for.

Now here’s the amazing part, Pinson is not a good basketball player. Imagine if you could subtract him and insert say, Javonte. This team would be so much better.

Pinson has always been a very streaky scorer and shooter. There are nights when he will light up the scoreboard like he did last week vs. Kentucky or in 2020 when he put up 28 and 32 in back-to-back games vs. Auburn and Ole Miss. Then there are games like the 2 points he put up vs. Oklahoma in the NCAAT last season. Even last week vs. UK when he scored 26 he didn't shoot it well: 6-20 overall, 2-7 from 3. He got 12 of his 26 from the FT line.

For this LSU team Pinson is at his best when he is driving and facilitating. He is very good at getting to the rim (though inconsistent in finishing. Like last night where he hit a tough layup to put LSU up 1 late followed by an ugly miss at the rim on the very next possession to end the game). Where he is not at his best for this team right now is shooting 3's. In addition to being 0-7 last night, he's 3-27 since he re-entered the starting lineup 7 games ago.

LSU taking a ton of 3's has never been a recipe for success under Wade. Even in prior years when LSU was tremendously efficient on offense. Why, on a night in one of the toughest road environments in the SEC where you did just about everything else so, so well, did LSU decide to shoot almost a season high 28 3's is mind-blowing.

If there was ever a game to relentlessly attack the rim it was last night where LSU was dominant on the offensive glass. Instead, they settled FAR too often for 3's.

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He had a layup to win the game and missed it. I am not upset about that shot.

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Yep, he lost his balance or it would have been a bunny right at the goal.

“You obviously know that teams call timeouts in that situation all the time in order to advance the ball”


It’s not the NBA buddy, time-outs don’t automatically advance the ball.

The drive wasn't the issue, it was it wasn't a planned play by WW...and it should have been.
Going down the left hand side and not going right at the basket and trying to draw a foul...jumping into the arky players at least. Fading away on the wrong hand shooting side was just an awful effort. Stop and pop, anything but what he did. That was just pitiful. Unfortunately LSU doesn't have anyone that can be called a shooter or scorer in that situation. We have in the past, but not this year..Eason would have been the best option working inside, but stupid charging fouls earlier in the game eliminated that possibility. LSU may have played their best game of the year until the last 30 seconds, and the refs made sure LSU wasn't going to win...just like the KY game.

Yea that’s a total reach and an inaccurate description of what took place as well. He had players on his hip, he didn’t jump into a crowd and it looked like he just lost control of the ball. But he is right about LSU not having a closer, our two best offensive players are forwards who don’t really put it on the floor exceptionally well so you can’t have either Days or Eason taking the ball the length of the floor in situations like that. Miller was supposed to be that guy for us this season and his absence has really shown in all these close games we come up a possession or 2 short of winning.

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Pinson has always been a very streaky scorer and shooter. There are nights when he will light up the scoreboard like he did last week vs. Kentucky or in 2020 when he put up 28 and 32 in back-to-back games vs. Auburn and Ole Miss. Then there are games like the 2 points he put up vs. Oklahoma in the NCAAT last season. Even last week vs. UK when he scored 26 he didn't shoot it well: 6-20 overall, 2-7 from 3. He got 12 of his 26 from the FT line.

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He had a good first half against Kentucky. In the second half he was 1-8 missing all 3 3 point attempts.

And even with that great first half he took one less shot in the game as compared to Arkansas.

Wrong. Teams don't always call a timeout at the end of the game. Some coaches like the fact that the defense can't get set. maybe considering Eason was out you might want to call one but Pinson got to the goal. Yes he missed the shot but the whole point is to get a good shot and you can't get much better than that.