“ Isaiah Joe is never going to miss a shot. »The local Warriors commentator mixes pragmatism and dismay when seeing Isaiah Joe converting his fifth 3-point shot of the evening. On so many attempts.
This shot from behind the Thunder, on the floor of the Californians, returned at the start of the fourth quarter and OKC was not finished with its very good evening of skill. With each attempt to reduce the score of the locals, the visitors drew a distant response.
Result: the Thunder will never be caught thanks to its excellent skill ratio behind the arc: 19/32. The Oklahoma players had already scored as many during their first match of the season, but with 39 shots attempted. “ We did a good job playing together, for each other. Congratulations to the team who scored big shots. Great team effort overall », Congratulates Chet Holmgren who missed his two shots from distance.
“ I think we started off being very focused. I talked about it before the match, in relation to our last ‘road trip’. We executed really well on both ends of the court and struck first “, continues Mark Daigneaultin reference to the 39 points scored in the first quarter.
Author of two award-winning baskets in this period, Isaiah Joe greatly participated in this collective effort. While Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a complicated evening with his shooting (24 points but 6/21), the replacement reached a state of grace with a royal 7/7 at 3-points, for 23 points and 5 rebounds.
The most skillful team in the league
“ I have to thank my teammates. They’ve always been great to me since I’ve been here, finding me. Everyone trusts me, like the rest of the staff. So on the floor, I’m relaxed and confident “, thus lets go of the rear at the end of the meeting.
He believes that when the Thunder rotates the ball like this (31 assists), it becomes “ dangerous. It was clearly a great evening of skill for the team, it won’t be like that every night but when we circulate like that, it shows our chemistry. »
But the danger now comes from this external address in itself. With 39.5% success, they are the most skillful team in the league by far, tied with the Mavs who take almost five more penalty shots. This is more than three skill points (35.6% – 17th) compared to last season.
“ You can’t expect to shoot this well every night. It comes and goes. This is why we focus on things we can control. You can always win one evening with less skill. So we’re not going to shoot 60% every night, but as I said before the game, this season, we generated very, very good shots. And I believe part of our success stems from that. But 60% or I don’t know how much is very high », Still agrees Mark Daigneault, whose team remains 15th in the number of 3-pointers attempted per match.
