All the teams could encounter the last key shot to win/lose the games during the long season. And many great players have proved themselves under this situcation, such as Kobe and Roy. I'm sure the player's mindset, the defense of opponent, the score ability of the player to take the last shot and so on all could influence the final result. Is there any stat. to show the %success of different ways of the last shot? And which position is the best choice for the last key shot among 1, 2/3 and 4/5? AB's layup/close shot is good, but he has never hit the last key shot thru layup/ close shot. I'm just curious.
a guy who can rise up at any time anywhere and get any shot off v. any defense. that's who morey is trying to obtain.
Brooks and Landry on the PnR if that lay up falls or Landry gets the pass and the bucket we call Rick a genius it rimmed out and all of the sudden Rick can't draw anything up he did the right thing and it didn't fall tonight
If u think the thread is dumb why post in it? or better still why even open it. Its just a discussion the op felt he wanted feed back on. This is a fan forum, stop judging man. Anyway, i would have to say it is the mid range jumper. A three, unless wide open is kinda the last option you would want to take. end of games is when teams are really packing the middle. the mid range shot, IMO is the highest percentage shot. also i feel that the midrange shot is the weakest point in most defensive sets.
I don't think the thread is dumb it's a perfectly good question but IMO i believe that it is best to shoot a mid range jumpshot say 12-15 feet especially with Brooks who I reckon is a deadly midrange shooter but is still reluctant to shoot from there.
well smart guy, how do you suppose i know it's a dumb thread if i dont read it? anyway, i dont think it's much of a debate; you take the highest percent shot.... which is anything close aka a layup. but the OP and the poll doesnt reflect how much the team is down by, who is in the game, who's a good shooter and from what range, etc. im assuming the team is only down by 1 since there's an option for a two pointer. still, my point remains, you shoot the highest percentage shot and this thread is pointless
middle range shot seems the most effective from the feeling you get watching games/highlights. seems like a lot of the time driving results in a no-call foul and a missed bucket. not to mention a lot of the times it seems frantic and out of control. those mid range jumpers that the real pros take - rising up and just burying it - are pretty to watch and seem the most 'open' or most effective, but this is just conjecture on my part. i have no hard evidence to back this up, lol.
This doesn't reflect how much the team is down by, who is in the game, who's a good shooter and from what range. because I hope get some usual stat. and result. You know, Kobe's 3 pointer shot % is just 31.4 (fg is 46.1%) in this season, but Kobe usually shoots 3 for the last key shot. This must be based on the opponent's defense and I assume the denfense is harder and harder when the distance is shorter and shorter.
I don't know if you truly watch Lakeshow or not, but in the cases that Kobe shooting 3s contributed to the fact that his team, the Lakers, down by 2 point not just 1 in the final seconds, and when he got the ball, there ain't no much time left on the clock, that's why he prefered shooting 3s to other midrange jumpers or layups, he wants that kind of win or go home type of results. But in the game against the Bucks, when the Lakers only was down by 1 point, he posted up and shot turnaround jumper at the buzzer. So what you claimed that he usually shoots 3s for the last shot is not quite true, if you down by 1, there's no way you would pull up from 3 and wanna beat the buzzer for the win.
