re: 97 three point attempts in Celts/Knicks game

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Analytics kills every sport it touches.

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I'm not a big analytics guy, but i get it. and in the long run it's smart......for the regular season.

The problem i have with analytics is blindly following it in the postseason.

Game 121 of baseball, bottom of the 9th, down 1, leadoff man gets on, analytics says bunting is stupid. Fine. let the next 3 guys strike out or hit a homer. Game 5 of a playoff game same situation, maybe play it situationally. Having a feel for the game and knowing that the 9 hole hitter is up to bat and doesn't have a good history with this pitcher then common sense says bunt the runner to 2nd and let your 1 and 2 hole hitters try to hit him in. Analytics say just let everyone try to hit a double/homer. Common sense says let the guy bunt the runner into scoring position so the better batters can hit him in.


Same here with the Celtics tonight. You're shooting 25% from 3. You're sucking. Maybe try to get to the goal more, or I don't know, maybe hunt some mismatches down low, or i don't know, maybe not settle for step back 3's when you have KAT guarding Tatum. You see it all the time in the playoffs. They play the pick and switch game to get mismatches, and then settle for step back 3's. Break your man down and get to the goal and collapse the defense and kick out for wide open catch and shoot 3's. If you shoot 25% on catch and shoot 3's, then so be it.