Bravenewworld wrote:tsherkin wrote:This is not correct. It is far from fact that he made the wrong decision here.
Did it work? No.
And was it a play where 99 out of 100 coaches would have told the point to get to the rim and try to get an easy layup and get fouled if possible? Yes.
Why? Because its a high percentage shot with a high percentage chance of being fouled (as far as chances of being fouled goes).
Okay, then it was clearly the wrong decision and wrong play. Smith was an option on the play and Jennings unnecessarily took that option. Its really as simple as that. And btw, winning teams and leading PGs who have learned their lessons, you wont see make these mistakes... there is a reason for that.
Now, learn from your own mistakes and understand that it was a bad call by Jennings and it literally cost them the game. Which there is nothing wrong with, but it is what it is.
Right, so you have abandoned reason and logic, so we're done here.
Then I think the thing with Westbrook is that OKC never had an incredible pace (they are 9/10th in the league and a peak at 6th in the Harden year and with the injuries this year they have been absolutely dreadful with 26th on 30) so in the part of calculation of "adjusting" PER where you take in count your team pace compared to league pace, it made him look very nice. That's the part for the calculation.
