Two-Shootin' Beno Udrih Killed The Blazers

[Haakzilla]

That the opening game of the Grizzlies-Blazers series ended up being dominated by the work of a slick, cold-blooded midrange jumpshooter makes sense. Probably all of us expected that to happen at least a few times in the series, anyway. Probably most of us expected that player to be Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge, one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers and a demon from midrange. But, nah. It was Beno Udrih.

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Why has this guy been killing the Blazers so much lately? He's not Steph Curry!

 

[blue9]

Well, he shoots 54.3% from 10-14' and 53.3% from 15-19'. That's about 1% and 10% better than Curry, respectively. And 17% and 11% better than LaMarcus "Mid-range Demon" Aldridge.
Can Stotts defend the mid-range without entirely giving up easy access to the hoop?

 

[magnifier661]

Why has this guy been killing the Blazers so much lately? He's not Steph Curry!

Mid range specialist I suppose. Our defense is predicated on leaving the long mid range open. Players that can knock those shots down kills us.

Parker and CP3 are the best at this and they are usually the killers!