Lunartic wrote:dhsilv2 wrote:Lunartic wrote:
Agreed, but it's not like he was inefficient. He just took very few shots while his teammates missed a bunch. I don't think there's a legit argument that he shouldn't have taken more shots in game 7.
I agree with the general idea Jokic could have shot more. But he also had games of 7,6, 8, and 5 turnovers in that series. They were making is hard for him to get the ball and to then put the ball on the floor.
They won 2 games where he shot 29 and 25 times. They also lost games he shot 25 and 22 times. Meanwhile they won a game he took 14 (he did get 12 free throws). So sure he could do more...but he was also going against an all time level defensive team and forced 7 games when his team on paper shouldn't have gone 7.
Yeah that's fair but... In a game 7 against the champs with struggling teammates I'd much rather Jokic take a contested mid-range jumper or force the offense a bit versus hope Braun/Murray carry the team's offense.
Like you mentioned earlier, a slightly inefficient Jokic is still better than anyone on the Nuggets, he is that good.
Remaining aggressive instead of taking 9 fga also puts pressure on the OkC defense and can force fouls on key defenders.
It's hard for me to really argue with you on paper there. But it's also hard to comment on a 30+ point blowout. Like Jokic had 10 points in the 2nd quarter and lead his team in shots. But they lost it by 19. He also turned it over 3 times.
So yeah, get Jokic more shots. But his turnovers there were also part of the 39 points OKC scored that quarter. The nuggets just as a group couldn't figure out the OKC defense in game 7. They had 23 turnovers to OKC's 10. After the first quarter OKC just put on a clinic. If you want to put that on Jokic go for it. But I just don't think that was Denver's night top to bottom. You just don't win games giving up 13 more turnovers to a team that plays defense like that.
