Okay obviously people here are too slow to understand what I'm saying. The higher the arc is on your shot, the better chance it has of going in because the ball has more space to land in the basket. If you shoot with a lower arc, the ball enters the rim at an smaller angle which means there's a smaller opening of the basket. It's simple logic, but I guess some people here didn't pass geometry.
While watching Yao runing around like a b**** chasing Boozer, I would like he defend OKUR (he can at least take a nap), then you would fxcking know that our PF is no match for boozer at all. Don't u see that J.H being abused by Boozer tonight, and Hay would commit 6 personal foul in 2 period if he was assigned to Boozer Yao is mismatch for Boozer, no question about that, and Boozer plays great, but blame Yao for not DEF well to Boozer, you must being pure YOH... TMAC play well, but not great, The superstar should be clutch, not passing ball while other team is in penalty, remeber this is TMAC's team, and this game is on his shoulder by his words.
Boozer is good, but he can be stopped by a strong and quick PF/C. Hayes did a good job on him. But too bad Hayes needs to guard Okur on the arc. Two high percentage shooting PF and C from long range is a nightmare for Yao, with little help from JVG's gameplan too. Looking into GS/Utah series, I think S.Jackson and A.Harrington can defend him very well. Yao is just not the right type of player that should defend Boozer all night.
Yes the ball has a bigger chance to go into the net at the end. But I am talking about what happens before the ball reaches the rim. Put some time in it and start thinking. kaleidosky's gave you an extreme example in a funny way. But it's also a good one.
I understand geometry very well. But how many great shooters in NBA history (or even right now) have shots that arc as highly as Boozers? None that I can think of. It isn't as simple as you say. What you miss is the higher the ball is arced, the more difficult it is to control it's exact final destination. Just try shooting some FTs to prove it. There is a balance between making the rim bigger by arching the ball high vs. being able to control it's final destination. Most great shooters have a similar trajectory: definitely not flat but not too high either. So geometry is a factor, but not the only factor.
Boozer is a flat out monster in every area, takes it in and finishes strong, hits jumper after jumper after jumper, great rebounder and defender. Just an unstoppable player, and he will destroy the Warriors worse than he did us. If he had stayed on the Cavs with lebron, they would have won 65 games this yr
