Game 33: Suns (11-21) at Clippers (11-18), Wednesday, December 20th, 8:30PM MST

[Jarlaxle0204]

Boring game all around. Don't know why I even watched until the end.

[Revived]

TJ looks really bad today

His shooting percentages have taken a nose dive without Booker.

He’s forcing it a bit too much.

[darealjuice]

TJ looks really bad today

His shooting percentages have taken a nose dive without Booker.

He’s forcing it a bit too much.

Yeah the reality is that he isn't a #1 option in the NBA, and it's shown over the last few games without Book. It's not a big surprise though, no 3 ball to speak of and about-average ball handling doesn't make for a #1 in the NBA. Not to mention the lost spacing in the starting lineup from replacing Booker with JJ definitely hurt his game considering he's all scoring inside the arc and always has help waiting now (honestly that goes for both TJ and JJ, they really shouldn't share the floor much).

What this team sorely needs is shooters. Booker, Daniels, and Dudley are our only good 3-point shooters, with Bender starting to look like he can knock them down pretty consistently too. Outside of them it's bleak. Canaan is the only other point guard/player that is floating around league average, while Mike and Ulis are terrible even when unguarded, TJ and JJ both are non-shooters, Chriss' shooting from the end of last year hasn't shown up through the first half of the year, and none of our centers can remotely stretch the floor unless Bender or Chriss play there. We're the second worst 3 point shooting team in the league.

[Sunsss]

One thing Doc Rivers is good at is analyzing our strengths/weaknesses the last few years. No matter who they put out there we struggle against the Clippers. They didn't give Daniels any room to shoot, paid close attention to Canaan and that was all they needed as our starting lineup has no chance to score consistently.