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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4496948, member: 71"] I imagine that I am not the only one who believes that our losses to date this season haven't been purely due to luck. There are things that the advanced metrics that so many are falling in love with these days happen to miss, starting with the reality that we lost last night due to play on both ends in the part of the court (mid-range two point shots) that allegedly is the worst place to pay attention to if you want to win. One major point on the missed open three point shots that we've missed at a far higher rate in our losses than the statistics would expect: if a player has been harrassed by the defense consistently, if he has had far fewer shot attempts than normal, if he has been taking shots at a more stressful situation than he had when his percentages were more to the "norm", there is a strong likelyhood that even if he is open for the stray attempt, he may rush the shot, he may be off on his mechanics, his rhythm or even his confidence. The defense that we faced in our losses (also in some brief stretches in a couple of wins) have made it more difficult for us to score than what we saw when we were steamrolling pretty solid teams earlier in the season. I see the biggest concern being our guards don't respond well to being pressured early in the possession. [/QUOTE]