Welcome back to this weekly check-in on the NBA for my fellow NBA casuals.
A blog designed specifically for those who care about the NBA regular season as much as the players do.
OK. On to volume 2.
But let’s talk about the All Star game real quick.
The game was obviously awful and I could only stomach a couple minutes of it.
The problem is this implies that all final two minutes of a game are worth watching.
And only 202 games have had at least 50 percent of the final minute be within five points.
Hell, 53 percent of all games failed to have onesecondof elapsed clutch time in the final five minutes.
And that doesn’t include this god awful Lakers/Warriors blowout I’m watching right now as I bang out.
BALL WEDGIE!!!
I guess this game wasn’t so bad after all.
Anyway, what were we talking about?
How can us casuals count on being entertained by a game without having to depend on a ball wedgie?
After crunching the numbers I have a couple thoughts.
Tip #1: Dont be a Detroit Pistons fan.
So there’s that at least.
Tip #2: Become a Dallas Mavericks fan.
Here’s the bandwagon you want.
Total opposite of Detroit.
Dallas has spent almost 80 percent of their clutch game time on games won.
So you get to have fun watching with the payoff of winning.
Side note - they’re also on a seven game winning streak.
On the other hand, there’s no rule saying you have to be fan of a specific team.
Why not look for a player that delivers in the clutch to root for instead?
I found a guy that literally hasn’t missed in clutch time yet this season.
Because you’re not gonna believe it but it’s true…
That’s right.
1/1 from the field baby!!
So we have some options here.
But one could argue this is a minor flaw.
And shout out Cam Thomas.
31 clutch shots at just over 25 percent isn’t slowing him down from chucking some more.
He must have a certain Wayne Gretzy/Michael Scott slogan guiding him.
Before we go I’d like to mention how proud I am of Grayson Allen.
But here’s a fact I bet you didn’t know.
He only has five flagrant fouls in his career.
But since he entered the league in 2019, he doesn’t even sniff the top flagrant foul leaders.
Until then, enjoy watching the games this week.
