Kyrie Irving 3-Pointer Beats Toronto, and the Cavs’ Star Now Has 5 Game-Winners in His Career

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9 Responses to “Kyrie Irving 3-Pointer Beats Toronto, and the Cavs’ Star Now Has 5 Game-Winners in His Career”

• 1

  sctrojans Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 10:50 AM
  

  Bad shot selection worked out

• 2

  Some Random Old Dude Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
  

  and a couple guys they just got from Memphis (Speights and Ellington) combined for 29 points off the bench).

  It’s only one game, but the new guys contributed to a team win right away.

  /sits back smugly, with the “told you so” face

• 3

  sctrojans Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
  

  If Cavs luck into a top 3 pick, Muhammad for MKG trade makes a lot of sense to me

• 4

  mmonast Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
  

  /swoons

• 5

  A.P. Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
  

  Noel should stay one more year. Defense is really good but his offense is weak

• 6

  Bryan Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 4:48 PM
  

  “Bad shot selection worked out”

  Kyrie shoots 40% from deep. Suppose he has a 50% chance of making a 2 point shot in that situation with the whole defense keying on him. Under that assumption, the Cavs would need have better than an 80% chance to win in OT for the 2-point shot to be a “better” shot than the 3 point one. Being on the road against a deeper team, I would put the Cavs shot in OT at 45%. Given all of that, taking a 3 pointer was by the best strategy for maximizing the probability of winning.

  In short, NOT bad shot selection at all. Just the opposite.

• 7

  sctrojans Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 5:13 PM
  

  Kyrie shoots 40% from deep.

  Wasn’t a standard three, was a 28-29 footer. That’s nowhere near a 40% shot

• 8

  Bryan Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 10:45 PM
  

  After the game Kyrie said that B Scott told him to go for the win. Which means he knew he was shooting that shot the whole time. So while I agree it was extra deep, he also shot it in perfect rhythm, under control, all squared up . Given that, maybe it was only 35% instead of 40%. That is still a much better chance of victory than the joint probability of making a two (55%, let’s say) and winning in over time (45%, let’s say).

• 9

  otis sistrunk Says:
  January 27th, 2013 at 10:47 PM
  

  heard fran fraschilla talking about the decision to foul a shooter when you are up 3, making them go to the line to make one and hope for a rebound. says the key is how much time is left. over 10 seconds, no. 6 or 7, yes

  i know this has nothing to do with the post except we’re talking percentages and hoops

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