In Phoenix, we assume a 3-point lead

Facing the Sixers, the Suns found Devin Booker etc Jalen Green. A duo, in theory, capable of hitting the 3-point shot, but there was a collective hiccup against Philadelphia. If Collin Gillespie opened the scoring with a game-winning basket, Jordan Ott’s men would miss their next 17 attempts from behind the arc.

However, many of these shots were open thanks to good ball circulation by teammate Devin Booker or defensive oversights by Nick Nurse.

“I thought our first shots were great” note by Jordan Ott. “It was catching and shooting our best shooters. They were in the 97th percentile. That’s close to the top shooting quality for really good shooters. We have to attack the rim because shots close to the basket are the most valuable, but we weren’t successful.”

You have to wait for a long shot from Dillon Brooks in the middle of the second quarter to end the drought. Except Philadelphia had already taken advantage of the opportunity to extend the deficit and already had a sixteen-point lead before this award-winning shot from the former Rockets player.

This long shot from behind does little to correct Phoenix’s clumsiness as the Arizona franchise posted 11/46 from behind the arc at the final whistle.

Do not deflect an open shot

In these conditions, it is difficult to impose and The Suns lose 109 – 103. Coming back from injury, Devin Booker was no better than his teammates as he certainly finished with 21 points, but 1/7 away.

“We have very good shooters who can clean up the game, so we kept shooting. explains Devin Booker about his team’s clumsiness. “We’re always looking to play the right way by not turning away open shots. Most of the time when you double-check, you end up passing for a shot that’s not as good as yours. We encourage everyone to keep shooting and most nights don’t look like this.”

Like Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks favors shooting whenever the 3-point shot is available: “We can’t not make those shots or the offense gets stuck. The defense sets up and you have to work again without being sure you’re going to get an open shot. Colin (Gillespie) made some good shots, I made some good shots. We just have to go back to practice and keep working on our mechanics.”

This skill crisis that occurred against the Sixers seems like a simple mistake. Suns are placed among the ten most skilled teams in the NBA this season with 36.5% success from behind the arc. A percentage that didn’t decrease in Devin Booker’s absence, thanks in particular to the heat attacks of Dillon Brooks and Colin Gillespie that came against to the Pistons etc Blazers.