<table width=350 cellspacing=0 border=0 cellpadding=2><tr align=center bgcolor="#003366"><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">Games</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">FG%</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">3FT%</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">FT%</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">Reb</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">Ast</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">St</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">TO</font></td><td><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#ffffff">Pts</font></td></tr><tr align=right><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>20-36</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>46.7%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>31.1%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>80.2%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>4.9</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>8.0</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>1.65</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>3.7</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>19.4</font></td></tr><tr align=right><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>1-19</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>43.3%</font></td> <td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>31.1%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>75.0%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>4.8</font></td> <td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>6.2</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>1.42</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>4.2</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>17.0</font></td></tr><tr align=right> <td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>All</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>45.0%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>31.1%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>77.0%</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>4.8</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>7.2</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>1.53</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>3.9</font></td><td align=right><font size=2 face=arial>18.1</font></td></tr></table> The dividing point is the 1st home game (Knicks) after the miserable injury road trip. [This message has been edited by heypartner (edited January 21, 2000).]
here's another tidbit. FTs are: 81 of 101 in 17 games since Barkley injury 60 of 80 in 19 games before Many more trips per game to the line and better shooting. excellent!
Just think what Steve's numbers would look like if he had been the first option from day one.Don't get me wrong,It's all good right now!
Or maybe, the stats are getting better because Steve Francis is learning how to play under control in the NBA... What a concept. This is the perfect case of stats being used to mislead... There's not necessarily any cause/effect relationship here. Francis could be better because of no Barkley, but the stats you used don't do anything to prove that point. He could very well be better because he has learned how to play in the NBA.
I agree with Shanna. No cause/effect intended here other than to say that this was the dividing point where Francis had no one to lean on, no one's spot light to stand behind. He is the journalists lead story now. He is handling that pressure well.
