{"id":602167,"date":"2016-12-30T15:04:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=602167"},"modified":"2016-12-30T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T20:04:38","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you shouldn&#8217;t have a problem with Crowder taking the final shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice set to get a wide open look for the lead&#8230; bad communication by defense <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jtw4h0SI0o\">pic.twitter.com\/Jtw4h0SI0o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballbreakdown\/status\/814676861699559424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s relive the Celtics final (meaningful) possession when they trailed 120-118 with about 20 seconds remaining in last night&#8217;s game vs Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>After catching a pass at the top of the arc, Jae Crowder hands off to Isaiah Thomas. Both defenders (Iman Shumpert and Kevin Love) swarm Thomas at the arc. Thomas smartly swings the ball back to Crowder who has about 5-6 feet of space between him and the nearest defenders (Love and the rotating Tristan Thompson).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-602175 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2016\/12\/crowder-open-spacing.jpg\" alt=\"crowder-open-spacing\" width=\"554\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crowder is open with about 12 seconds remaining on the clock. Even with Marcus Smart wide open in the corner, Crowder opted for the shot.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t have a problem with this shot: 1) Crowder is shooting a team best 41% from 3 and 2) he led the team in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorcsnow\/status\/814902537681858561\">clutch 3-point shooting<\/a> last season (43.5% during games with a 5 point differential with 5 minutes or less remaining). I routinely criticize Crowder&#8217;s 3-point shot selection but this is exactly the type of shot I\/we want him taking.<\/p>\n<p>One could argue there&#8217;s too much time on the clock. Why didn&#8217;t Brad Stevens\u00a0instruct the Celtics to wait until there were under 10 seconds to run this set? Valid criticism. Maybe Brad was content on rolling the dice with Cleveland&#8217;s free throw shooting if the shot was missed.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m fairly certain Marcus Smart &#8211; a 28% 3-point shooter &#8211; would have opted for the open 3 instead of driving the ball towards LeBron James. We know he has the stones and ability to make clutch shots (see the Knicks on Christmas). But in this situation, I&#8217;ll take 40% over 28% every damn time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice set to get a wide open look for the lead&#8230; bad communication by defense pic.twitter.com\/Jtw4h0SI0o &mdash; BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) December&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703639561],"tags":[39399144],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why you shouldn&#039;t have a problem with Crowder taking the final shot - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why you shouldn&#8217;t have a problem with Crowder taking the final shot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-30T20:04:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2016\/12\/crowder-open-spacing.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Why you shouldn&#8217;t have a problem with Crowder taking the final shot\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-30T20:04:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-30T20:04:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/\"},\"wordCount\":287,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2016\/12\/crowder-open-spacing.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jae Crowder\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Red's Army\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2016\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-problem-with-crowder-taking-the-final-shot\/\",\"name\":\"Why you shouldn't have a problem with Crowder taking the final shot - 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