03-03-2020, 10:38 PM
(03-03-2020, 05:40 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I wouldn´t count all time bad 4th quarter collapses and blown leads as competitive loses. Especially the Raptors game. The 4th quarter collapse has been the trade mark story of games without Luka. It is also a problem with him but definitely not as bad.
Uhhh what? It's definitely been as bad with Luka. You forget the 7-pt leads with 3 mins to go against the Hornets/Thunder without KP? The Nuggets loss without KP is another blown 5-pt lead with 2 mins left? Ring a bell?
Without Luka, there's only 3 games we really let slip away: Raptors, Heat, and Wizards. Not sure how one outweighs the other?
And that's only comparing the games where only 1 of Luka/KP were playing. There's been plenty of end of game botches that Luka participated in along with KP.
If we want to get down to the nitty gritty, Luka has been pretty pedestrian in the clutch this season:
Luka's clutch FG%/3PT%/FT% = 34%/18%/63% but just about everybody else has been bad too.
Point being, Luka is part of the end of game problem too. He is not the blame, no body is. It is a team dilemma, and the issue is more about execution IMO (looking at "top 5" Coach Carlisle).