Complete dogshit effort, basically from the jump. "Make/miss" is laughable when you casually turn it over every single possession. Should have just played the bench from 4 minutes in, if the starters were going to do that.
I'm not super-worried, since they've been run-down for awhile and have clearly needed some kind of break for over a week now.
+1
Make-or-Miss League is used way too much by lazy NBA Media folk.
Yes,
shooting variance is important, but it's one of a dozen variables that impact winning.
Q1 Celtics had 9 turnovers + gave up 10 offensive rebounds, they never showed up.
ALSO the JAYs/KP have developed a bad habit of arguing with refs/jogging back on D after a missed shot/TO.
They got smoked at the FT line & gave up open 3s all game.
Sam Hauser is the only reason they didn't lose by 20.
Last night was mostly an effort/fatigue loss from the tip with some Make-or-Miss mixed in.
IMO Drue should have sat too.
4/5 starters were terrible & Tatum was mediocre. I'm fine with Joe benching players (except maybe White, who hustles all the time)
There is no way to sugarcoat this, Jrue is a
turnover machine. His 14.3 TOV% is substantially higher than all of his teammates, and he really doesn't initiate the offense enough to be that bad. Somehow he has to value ball security more.
OTOH he's elite at Corner3s, posting PGs & being this team's most physical WING defender.
That's an extremely important role on this team, especially come Playoffs.