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Check this stat out…

May 24th, 2007 by | Comments | Permalink |

Even though he missed the last, what, month and a half, of last season, Jamal Crawford still ended up ranked third in the league over the past four seasons (thanks, Jon!) in “game-winning” field goal attempts , defined by 82games by as shot attempts in the last 24 seconds that can tie a game or put a team ahead (the shooting team is tied or behind by one or two points) (Hollinger printed the list in his latest Insider Column)!!!

I know it SEEMED like he was always taking possible game-winning shots, but I was still taken aback to see that he attempted possible game-winning shots THIRTY-FOUR times the last four years, including a whopping FIFTEEN this past season alone!

Only Kobe and Vince Carter took more attempts (although the also oft-injured Joe Johnson was right behind Crawford with 33).

Crawford, by the by, made 9 of the 34 shots, good for 26% (higher than Kobe’s 10 for 43, for what it’s worth).

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On a separate note, the NBA really, really needs to re-seed. They’re the only major sport that does not re-seed (that can, as MLB cannot re-seed, as they only have two rounds before the World Series), and their reasons just aren’t good enough to outweigh the drawbacks.

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5 Responses to “Check this stat out…”

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    jon abbey says:
    May 24, 2007 at 11:08 pm

    “I know it SEEMED like he was always taking possible game-winning shots, but I was still taken aback to see that he attempted possible game-winning shots THIRTY-FOUR times this past season!”

    you should know that’s impossible, the list compiles shots from the last four seasons.

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    xduckshoex says:
    May 24, 2007 at 11:17 pm

    Even so, he must have taken a lot this year because he was 6-19 on game winners from 2003-2006. http://www.82games.com/random12.htm

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    Akhilleus13 says:
    May 26, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    That’s a very interesting stat. At Thenewsroom.com you can find more cool basketball coverage. We have free video clips and articles that you can put on a blog or website like this one, and you get paid when people check them out. Have a look at at http://www.thenewsroom.com/categories/Sports/Basketball?c_id=bh

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    brian quinnet's left nipple says:
    May 27, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    coincidentally, isiah thomas ranked last among coaches in “different types of plays called for game-winning field goal attempts” with 1.

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    Hudson River says:
    May 27, 2007 at 10:45 pm

    Heres the Knick’s play everytime: wait till 4 seconds on the clock jamal takes a dribble to the right and pulls up, apparently hes made 26% of those.