Maybe I can settle this.

In the playoffs last year, in the 4th quarter or overtime, with less than 5 minutes left and neither team ahead by more than 5 points...

Here is how Ginobili got er done.

64% of his FGA's were jumpshots and he shot an eFG of 21%. Nasty.
35% were in the paint and he shot 50%.
So, overall, just 31.8% FG% in crunch time.
He drew fouls 21% of the time.
Did he drive and kick? Not really. 2 assists and 5 turnovers.

Here is what Parker did.

58% of his FGA's were jumpshots and he shot an eFG of 64%!
42% were in the paint and he shot 60%
He also drew fouls 20% of the time.
3 assists 2 for 3-pointers and 1 for a dunk) and 0 turnovers.


In last year's playoffs, Parker was the man in crunch time. Great balance between draining jumpers and driving. He wasn't really getting fouled a ton, but he was converting when he got inside.


Duncan? He was good too.
57% of his crunch-time hoops were in the paint and he shot 50% of them while getting fouled 26% of the time.


What about the Pistons?

Sheed was a horror show.
He took 26 crunch time shots in the playoffs last year. Unfortunately for us, 93% of them were jump shots and he hit an eFG of .269. Zero offensive rebounds in 32 chances. He did get fouled a lot (I'm assuming he was in the post for those...30% foul drawing).

What about Mr. Big Shot?

Chauncey lived up to his nickname.
78% jumpers at a .571 clip.
22% inside at .500.
18% foul drawing.
13 total crunch time shot attempts


Other Pistons:
Rip shot .583 on 14 attempts/ got fouled 1 time
Prince was 1 for 7 = .167
Webber was 5 for 5 = one hundred percent baby
McDyess was 1 for 2
Delfino was 0 for 1
Hunter was 0 for 1


After looking at all of this, my conclusion is that Sheed is not very clutch, yet he takes a disproportionate number of the shots in crunch time.

69 total FGA's during crunchtime in the playoffs last year for us and Sheed took over 33% of them... and of course bricked most of them. A 7 footer on the 3-point line... of course you're going to be open dude. All that talk about saving his body from the banging of the regular season? Well, habits are hard to shake in crunch time.

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