Comments on: The Lakers Were Unable To Keep Paul Pierce Away From His Sweet Spot http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/06/14/the-lakers-were-unable-to-keep-paul-pierce-away-from-his-sweet-spot/ A look at play-calling in the NBA Sat, 12 May 2012 06:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Finals 6: Pierce es de derechas « La Puerta Atrás http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/06/14/the-lakers-were-unable-to-keep-paul-pierce-away-from-his-sweet-spot/#comment-975 Finals 6: Pierce es de derechas « La Puerta Atrás Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:13:54 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=2843#comment-975 [...] http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/06/14/the-lakers-were-unable-to-keep-paul-pierce-away-from-his-sweet-spo... [...] [...] http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/06/14/the-lakers-were-unable-to-keep-paul-pierce-away-from-his-sweet-spo… [...]

]]> By: Peter http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/06/14/the-lakers-were-unable-to-keep-paul-pierce-away-from-his-sweet-spot/#comment-974 Peter Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:15:57 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=2843#comment-974 Great analysis! But just because Pierce shot well from the right elbow doesn't take away from the fact that he had a really good stroke on the ball Sunday night. Or the fact that he shot 12-21. It just happened that he took about half his shots from the right elbow. If he took half his shots from the left corner, would you say the left corner is his sweet spot? Then again, he usually does knock it down pretty well from the right elbow, at least from what I remember watching him throughout the years. Great analysis!

But just because Pierce shot well from the right elbow doesn’t take away from the fact that he had a really good stroke on the ball Sunday night. Or the fact that he shot 12-21. It just happened that he took about half his shots from the right elbow. If he took half his shots from the left corner, would you say the left corner is his sweet spot?

Then again, he usually does knock it down pretty well from the right elbow, at least from what I remember watching him throughout the years.

]]> By: NBA Finals Lakers Celtics Game 5: You Have Run Out Of Extra Lives, Laker Cat | Hardwood Paroxysm http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/06/14/the-lakers-were-unable-to-keep-paul-pierce-away-from-his-sweet-spot/#comment-973 NBA Finals Lakers Celtics Game 5: You Have Run Out Of Extra Lives, Laker Cat | Hardwood Paroxysm Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:16:45 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=2843#comment-973 [...] And the Celtics got buckets. Boy did they get buckets. A 109 efficiency clip. They had it from everywhere. So much so that I’d actually warn a bit of temperance for how much this win means. Bear in mind that Boston simply isn’t going to shoot like that again. Yes, the Lakers’ horrific defense played a significant part (we’ll get to that in a bit in a later post), but that Laker defense melted down the stretch because of those little demons that rest on their shoulders. What got the Celtics to the pushing point was their ability to nail mid-range jump shots, the invincibility star of NBA basketball. When those shots are falling, the defense gets frustrated, confused, and generally out of whack. After all, what do you do when you force your opponent to do exactly what you want him to do and he keeps hitting them like it’s freaking SkeeBall? That mid-range jumper game is nothing but pixie dust when it’s going. And ask Paul Pierce how it’s going, courtesy of the NBA Playbook: [...] [...] And the Celtics got buckets. Boy did they get buckets. A 109 efficiency clip. They had it from everywhere. So much so that I’d actually warn a bit of temperance for how much this win means. Bear in mind that Boston simply isn’t going to shoot like that again. Yes, the Lakers’ horrific defense played a significant part (we’ll get to that in a bit in a later post), but that Laker defense melted down the stretch because of those little demons that rest on their shoulders. What got the Celtics to the pushing point was their ability to nail mid-range jump shots, the invincibility star of NBA basketball. When those shots are falling, the defense gets frustrated, confused, and generally out of whack. After all, what do you do when you force your opponent to do exactly what you want him to do and he keeps hitting them like it’s freaking SkeeBall? That mid-range jumper game is nothing but pixie dust when it’s going. And ask Paul Pierce how it’s going, courtesy of the NBA Playbook: [...]

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