This chart is from 2003-2006 ONLYGame Winning Shot Opportunity = 24 seconds or less left in the game, team with the ball is either tied or down by 1 to 2 points.Why use this definition?1. With 24 seconds or less, then it truly is a "last possession" situation potentially2. With a margin from tied to down 2, the team can take the lead with a made basket (including 3's)3. By excluding a down 3 situation, we don't have the "gimme two point buckets" that defenses will sometimes yield to the quick bucket/intentional foul strategy option you often see exercised.Obviously though this definition means a shot may not actually be a game winner -- it may only tie a game (if down two points) or it may allow enough time for the opponents to get a game winning shot of their own. Still it seems a reasonable compromise.Leading "Game Winning Shot" Players:1.) Carmelo Anthony: 11-17, .6472.) Ray Allen: 8-18, .4443.) Michael Redd: 8-19, .4214.) Steve Francis: 8-20, .4005.) Allen Iverson: 8-20, .400The rest: http://82games.com/random12.htm
And people say Ray Allen isn't a clutch shooter? HA! Michael Redd's hit some amazing last second shots the last couple years.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Camby23Land @ Nov 2 2006, 05:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>'Melo will go down as one of the most clutch shooters of all time once he performs in the playoffs.</div>Well said CambyLand. Its a shame that the Nuggets dont use Earl Boykins in some of those "game-winning" situations, he is a good clutch shooter.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ELiiiTE @ Nov 2 2006, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>:shok: Kobe is 7 for 32... shocking.</div>not shocking to me....... having watched like every lakers game the last 3-4 seasonskobe takes pretty much all the big time shots..... and the other team knows it..... and sometimes his team mates make cruical mistakes like the cavs game last season where luke walton should have called timeout cause the cavs had the play covered but instead he passed the ball to kobe and kobe launched a 3 from 30ft with 3 cavs around him...... shots like that and the various other ones hes taken in similiar sitautions certainly wont raise your shooting %'s
Damn thats nuts man. Didn't realize that, I hope Melo becomes the greatest clutch shooter ever when he retires. This kid can hit anything when the ball is on his court
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ELiiiTE @ Nov 2 2006, 03:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>:shok: Kobe is 7 for 32... shocking.</div>This is because everyone knows that Kobe is going to get the ball at the end of the game when it's all on the line. Also, the refs always fail to call fouls when Kobe gets fouled attempting a game winner. Let me tell you at, at least 7 or 8 of Kobe's game winner attempts he was fouled. Like the games in New Jersey, Cleveland, and Utah last year.
