Doing well under pressure.

OK, define "well" then.

Does it mean "better than normal" or simply "not worse than normal", maybe adjusted for the higher level of defense being played against? As I said, "choke" is understandable; Karl Malone choked repeatedly. Michael Jordan and Larry Bird weren't known to choke, but neither is, say, Mo Evans.

Is Mo Evans clutch?

I would say that if the player is great anyway, then clutch means that they maintain that awesomeness under pressure.

So, Lindsey wouldn't be considered clutch if he maintained his 20% 3-point percentage.


The reason that it is harder under pressure is that the defense is usually set and they are trying to stop the biggest scoring threat. That is why Lebron was so good last year. He shot way more efficiently that his average, and he also found open teammates without turning it over. The only thing that wasn't clutch were his free throws. 16 of 25 is pretty poor.

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