This idea of isolating Dame up top to finish games is getting increasingly annoying. His stats indicate that his high USG in late game situations is not warranted. His shot late last night was another of many attempts that Terry gives Dame where Lillard has come up incredibly empty.
Here are the numbers.
In situations when we are up or down 3, with less than a minute left in the 4th or OT, here are Dame's numbers in his career (both regular season and playoffs).
Year 1: 6/17 -- 35% -- Our best was Aldridge at 10/21, Wes was 6/10
Year 2: 12/28 -- 43% -- he was BY FAR our best this year. Aldridge was 5/20
Year 3: 6/21 -- 29% -- Next closest guy with attempts was Aldridge. He had 8 and hit 4 all season.
Year 4: 6/17-- 35%-- 0/7 on threes, and counting. CJ is 4/10 overall.
So that's 30/83 in 4 seasons, or 36% FG with a healthy # of those attempts coming from 3. Enough sample size to indicate that Dame's clutch gene is more of a myth than reality. As a comparison, here are the best players in this situation this season:
http://bkref.com/tiny/X8wYd
For a guy who seemingly believes in %'s and efficiency stats so much, Terry does very little to actually run a play in crunch time. Hell, even a little off-ball movement to move the defense around would do wonders. Instead, we get an iso again and again and 4 guys standing around. This would be OK if Dame actually came through nearly enough times to warrant this privilege.
Here are BRoy's numbers in that same situation:
Year 1: 10/22
Year 2: 7/23 -- Outlaw was 8/9 that season!
Year 3: 13/23
Year 4: 8/18
Year 5: 6/12
( I hope this thread comes up a few weeks/months from now and blows up in my face after Dame hits consecutive buzzer beaters).
(Sidebar 2: I really wish I could find points per possession stats in these situations. This doesn't take into account FTs and points generated overall, just FG%)
