tha-prince wrote:And he fianlly said it. IT MEANS YOU HAVE A BETTER TEAM. out of your own mouth. So there we go now that by your logic you have proven we had a good team because we were in so many close games, explain to me, using statistics, how you make your chances of scoring at the end better.
Reading comprehension lessons are necessary for you, I think.
What I said was that LOSING in close games is better than LOSING in blowouts. LOSING in close games means you have a better team than if you were to consistently lose like the Raptors did tonight. And yes, the difference between winning and losing close games is quite small, a lot of it coming down to luck.
Well i guess we should take out the variables, that is the player talent. It ultimatly comes down to the play ran as the constant in this euqation. A better play has a better probabilty for the desired outcome. Now by your logic since we were in these close games because we were a good team. our virable TALENT, must be on the higher side. So out failiure to win these close games must come down to the set play put in motion by the coach, no?
It's my personal opinion that the Raptors lost a lot of close games last season because they didn't have a good enough guard that could create their own shot. TJ Ford was that for the Raptors in '06-07, but he clearly wasn't doing that last year. Often times, they just ended up giving the ball to their star Bosh, and he ended up doing a couple of crossovers before taking a jump shot, or they ended up doing a drive and kick with Calderon. With better talent (i.e. a scoring guard), Sam's last second play would be an easy one.