I'm boxscore watching but this nikka Tatum 1-18

[Codeine Bryant]

Dog he took 18 shots that's the very definition of forcing shyt over forcing

I said he wasn't forcing anything at THE END. Cause Kemba was cooking

I said he missed a few bunnies and wide open looks. I said he had a bad shooting night.

His 18 FGAs were in the flow of the game. Dude wasn't ballhogging or forcing up shots with 3 defenders draped over him or anything. And he wasn't going hero ball calling his own number in iso sets, either. Breh just was off tonight

 

[Jerz-2]

Tatum is still inconsistent. He had a bad night. But he was not ball-hogging, that's silly.

He be aight. Trust me, as a Mavs fan, we did nothing to stop him. He simply had a bad shooting night

....no, PORZINGIS had a bad shooting night, holy cow. Entire Mavs team was cold most of the game, save that run they went on to end the 2nd/start the 3rd quarter.

But seeing Luka live was cool. His step back 3-pointer is on some Harden shyt, and his court vision is bananas.

Shoutout to TD Garden for selling BUCKETS of chicken, though....nikka, ain't no 2-3 pieces, fools had whole buckets of wings (had to cost the grip, though).

 

[Jx2]

Meanwhile, outside of TheColi...


The Celtics are the best team in the eastern conference

 

[Jx2]

Tatum is still inconsistent. He had a bad night. But he was not ball-hogging, that's silly.


....no, PORZINGIS had a bad shooting night, holy cow. Entire Mavs team was cold most of the game, save that run they went on to end the 2nd/start the 3rd quarter.

But seeing Luka live was cool. His step back 3-pointer is on some Harden shyt, and his court vision is bananas.

Shoutout to TD Garden for selling BUCKETS of chicken, though....nikka, ain't no 2-3 pieces, fools had whole buckets of wings (had to cost the grip, though).

Game was everything I thought it would be. That’s a damn good Mavs team

 

[Easy-E]

We got BI

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Who cares? 8-1

 

[Swagnificent]

at the poster who praised him for missing 9 more shots after he was already 1-9 as if that helped his team win.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I'd rather my best player stay aggressive during an off night than p*ssy out. As long as he's taking good shots in rhythm then he's helping his team.

I remember a game in 2006 when Kobe started 2-12 against the Clippers in the first half. He ended that game with 50 points (40 of which came in the 2nd half), hit the game-winning shot, and finished shooting close to 50% from the field. If he stopped shooting cause he was missing early on then we wouldn't have had that legendary performance.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

No, you actually don't. Unless you think the point of basketball is to elevate your individual scoring total then that statement is obviously false.

Wait a second, now I think I see why all your basketball takes are so bad.

I remember a game in 2006 when Kobe started 2-12 against the Clippers in the first half. He ended that game with 50 points (40 of which came in the 2nd half), hit the game-winning shot, and finished shooting close to 50% from the field. If he stopped shooting cause he was missing early on then we wouldn't have had that legendary performance.

41% is not "close to 50%" in any version of basketball. He was 17-41, that's closer to 33% than to 50%.

Also, it was hilarious that Lakers had a 9-point lead with 2 minutes left but Kobe still had to "hit the game-winning shot." I wonder how that happened?

Mobley hits 3pt to cut lead to 6
2:15 Kobe misses 20ft jumper
Mobley misses jumper
Smush and Cassell trade free throws
Brand hits a jumper to cut lead to 3
0:54 Kobe misses 19ft jumper
Brand makes free throws to cut lead to 1
0:38 Kobe misses 19ft jumper
Brand makes jumper to take lead
0:11 Kobe hits 6-foot jumper to take lead back
Smush steals the ball and goes coast to coast to seal the game

Kobe missed 9 of his last 13 shots in that "legendary" 17-41 performance. If his teammates hadn't been rebounding the shyt out of his misses all game long they would have lost by double digits.

 

[L. Deezy]

Bruh.. did the same thing.. checked the boxscores this morning and was like what in the fuhk? ?...

I dont ever remember seeing a 1- 18 night.. thats just unreal

 

[Remote]

at the poster who praised him for missing 9 more shots after he was already 1-9 as if that helped his team win.

these dummies are an overall drag on society as a whole

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Bruh.. did the same thing.. checked the boxscores this morning and was like what in the fuhk? ?...

I dont ever remember seeing a 1- 18 night.. thats just unreal

Looked it up on basketball reference and Robert Covington did it just last year. Before that the most recent time was Chris Bosh in 2011. Before that it hadn't happened since 1973 though.

Go back to the 50s/60s and there was a bunch of games that bad. Worst ever for 1 make was Mike Newlin going 1-22 in 1973.

 

[Swagnificent]

No, you actually don't. Unless you think the point of basketball is to elevate your individual scoring total then that statement is obviously false.

Wait a second, now I think I see why all your basketball takes are so bad.

41% is not "close to 50%" in any version of basketball. He was 17-41, that's closer to 33% than to 50%.

Also, it was hilarious that Lakers had a 9-point lead with 2 minutes left but Kobe still had to "hit the game-winning shot." I wonder how that happened?

Mobley hits 3pt to cut lead to 6
2:15 Kobe misses 20ft jumper
Mobley misses jumper
Smush and Cassell trade free throws
Brand hits a jumper to cut lead to 3
0:54 Kobe misses 19ft jumper
Brand makes free throws to cut lead to 1
0:38 Kobe misses 19ft jumper
Brand makes jumper to take lead
0:11 Kobe hits 6-foot jumper to take lead back
Smush steals the ball and goes coast to coast to seal the game

Kobe missed 9 of his last 13 shots in that "legendary" 17-41 performance. If his teammates hadn't been rebounding the shyt out of his misses all game long they would have lost by double digits.

A win is a win. A game winning shot is a game winning shot.

And yes that performance was LEGENDARY. As breathetaking a display of basketball skill as I've ever seen. Once again I watch basketball. I don't look at a game log to try and determine what happened. That's why most NBA players agree with me on Kobe's status and don't agree with you.

 

[THE MACHINE]

No, you actually don't. Unless you think the point of basketball is to elevate your individual scoring total then that statement is obviously false.

If you are the best option to score that night and are missing early, I don't see a problem with continuing to shoot -results be damned. If you're being doubled and tripled and continue to shoot, it's terrible basketball.

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

It was Kobe that was the problem though.. Maybe dude is just not that good.

Reading through this thread is interesting


I see alot of people killing young players

People need patience and let them grow

 

[Youngdev]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I'd rather my best player stay aggressive during an off night than p*ssy out. As long as he's taking good shots in rhythm then he's helping his team.

I remember a game in 2006 when Kobe started 2-12 against the Clippers in the first half. He ended that game with 50 points (40 of which came in the 2nd half), hit the game-winning shot, and finished shooting close to 50% from the field. If he stopped shooting cause he was missing early on then we wouldn't have had that legendary performance.

No, you actually don't. Unless you think the point of basketball is to elevate your individual scoring total then that statement is obviously false.

Wait a second, now I think I see why all your basketball takes are so bad.





41% is not "close to 50%" in any version of basketball. He was 17-41, that's closer to 33% than to 50%.

Also, it was hilarious that Lakers had a 9-point lead with 2 minutes left but Kobe still had to "hit the game-winning shot." I wonder how that happened?

Mobley hits 3pt to cut lead to 6
2:15 Kobe misses 20ft jumper
Mobley misses jumper
Smush and Cassell trade free throws
Brand hits a jumper to cut lead to 3
0:54 Kobe misses 19ft jumper
Brand makes free throws to cut lead to 1
0:38 Kobe misses 19ft jumper
Brand makes jumper to take lead
0:11 Kobe hits 6-foot jumper to take lead back
Smush steals the ball and goes coast to coast to seal the game

Kobe missed 9 of his last 13 shots in that "legendary" 17-41 performance. If his teammates hadn't been rebounding the shyt out of his misses all game long they would have lost by double digits.