The Mavericks were up to 22 points ahead, before yielding in the “money time” to Phoenix. How to explain such a rout? By inaccuracies in the last quarter: missed free throws, lost balls, offensive faults…
Also by a weird choice from Jason Kidd. At the end of the third quarter, Christian Wood chain three baskets near the circle. Then in the first seconds of the last act, he adds two award-winning baskets, imitating Michael Jordan and his legendary shrug.
“I have the feeling of adapting well”, he explains to the official franchise website. “The guys looked for me, they trust me when I have the ball. Luka Doncic had confidence in me and I read the situations well. »
With 12 points in a row scored by the former interior of the Rockets, the Texans then had a 12-point lead precisely. A few minutes later, the coach decided to send Christian Wood back to the bench to launch Maxi Kleber. Dallas still leads by 11 units. Four minutes later, when Christian Wood returns to the floor, Phoenix has gone ahead by one point and will eventually win…
When justifying his choice, decisive on the course of the game, Jason Kidd was not very precise. “We wanted to see how it would go. Maxi can defend and spread the game in attack, so we did not lose. »
Except that the German scored two small points in this match, where Christian Wood finished with 25 units.
Faced with this observation, is the latter frustrated by his four minutes spent on the bench, which weighed so much on the conclusion of this meeting? Does he blame his coach? No, and he even criticizes himself.
“I am happy to be part of this team. The end of the meeting is a question of trust “, he specifies. “I have to build that trust with this team. I’m new, so when I gain that confidence, I’ll be fine. What explains this defeat are our missed free throws, mine especially. It cost us the game. It is inexcusable to miss seven free throws. »
| Christian Wood | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | PHL | 17 | 9 | 41.5 | 36.4 | 61.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| 2016-17 | CHA | 13 | 8 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| 2018-19 * | All Teams | 21 | 12 | 52.1 | 34.6 | 73.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 8.2 |
| 2018-19 * | MIL | 13 | 5 | 48.0 | 60.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2018-19 * | NOP | 8 | 24 | 53.3 | 28.6 | 75.6 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 16.9 |
| 2019-20 | TED | 62 | 21 | 56.7 | 38.6 | 74.4 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 13.1 |
| 2020-21 | HOO | 41 | 32 | 51.4 | 37.4 | 63.1 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 21.0 |
| 2021-22 | HOO | 68 | 31 | 50.1 | 39.0 | 62.3 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 17.9 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 1 | 24 | 60.0 | 57.1 | 30.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| Total | 223 | 24 | 52.0 | 38.2 | 66.4 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 14.3 | |
