Welcome to the NBA Casual Papers.
And once they realize their error, suavely fix it by switching over to the Heat game.
Hand up, as much as I love basketball, I’ve been a certified casual in recent years.
But it’s not my fault.
There’s a lot this league needs to fix andI diagnosed it all last week.
But that’s a blog for another day.
Here are answers to all the questions you gotta know.
Let’s get to it.
When do teams start trying on defense?
For Sacramento Kings fans, that means the playoffs.
This is isn’t just a new age NBA thing either, it’s kinda always been like this.
Break this down by any decade and it’s the same.
Scoring trends up slightly as the season progresses before going crypto in the playoffs.
Definitely remember this when a hardo asks why you haven’t been watching.
If the teams don’t care enough yet, why should we?
Let’s be honest - 90’s NBA jersey/court graphics are undefeated.
What player made the most consecutive threes in a game so far this year?
Zach Lavine made the most consecutive three pointers of the year with eight on January 6th.
OK who MISSED the most three pointers in a game?
The Miami Heat visited the Washington Wizards on November 18th losing 107-106 to the home team in OT.
But here’s the thing - the 4th quarter ended with the game tied at 104.
Yep, that makes five combined points in overtime for both teams.
The Wizard’s offensive possessions in OT ended in: Miss-Dunk-Offensive Foul-Turnover-1/2 Free Throws-Turnover-Miss-Miss-Miss.
Again, this was the team that won the game.
You might wonder why Strus decided on a three despite being down only one.
OK, here we go.
So glad you asked because the answer is no.
But I’m not here to bring up the 23-consecutive misses part.
Here’s the breakdown in graph form.
Big miss by Miami not trading for this guy.
Talk about a culture fit.
What team had the saddest foul of the season?
Only the Spurs have committed a sad personal foul while down 30.
The Spurs did this on October 19th and decided to run it back in December down 34.
In fact, three out of the saddest four fouls in the league so far belong to San Antonio.
Who is winning the Ben Simmons challenge?
Yeah, I just made that stat up on the fly.
He just really has no interest in shooting.
Anyway, I was shocked to learn that Ben Simmons didn’t even place first in his own contest.
Leave it to Ben Simmons to even shy away from leading the league in shying away.
But congrats to Alex for being an uncredited extra in his own Carushow.
That’s enough for today.
Oh yeah - KD is on the Suns now and Kyrie is on the Mavericks.
Just never on the Twitter graphic when they lose.
Welcome back NBA causals!Hit me up with any weird stat tips/question on Twitter.
