What is 31, Alex?

[Hoopvortex]

The number of assists in the Bucks game.

Great ball movement, getting a ton of open shots. This is what we thought was possible this season.

Marcus Smart had a stellar eleven assists and zero turnovers.

It was especially gratifying to see Tatum dishing to Brown and vice versa.

Brown had five assists; Tatum and Horford had four each.

[nickagneta]

The number of assists in the Bucks game.

Great ball movement, getting a ton of open shots. This is what we thought was possible this season.

Marcus Smart had a stellar eleven assists and zero turnovers.

It was especially gratifying to see Tatum dishing to Brown and vice versa.

Brown had five assists; Tatum and Horford had four each.

Been saying this for a while. The team has to get these two guys playing with and off each other, helping each other to get better quality looks and opportunities. It will open up the entire offense and get guys like Grant sitting in a corner 5-6 wide open looks a game(he is hitting that shot at over 50%!!).

If both Jays touch the ball every possession in the half court set, it's going to open up this offense big time. Their gravity will stop double teams and open the floor for other guys like Smart and Timelord to do their alley oop stuff.

The team has got to continue what they started last night.

[Ogaju]

The Jays passed to each other? That is news.

[ozgod]

The number of assists in the Bucks game.

Great ball movement, getting a ton of open shots. This is what we thought was possible this season.

Marcus Smart had a stellar eleven assists and zero turnovers.

It was especially gratifying to see Tatum dishing to Brown and vice versa.

Brown had five assists; Tatum and Horford had four each.

There's a number of things that go into that:

1. the # of times they pass the ball to create a possession opportunity (the Potential Assist metric)
2. the # of times a player successfully converted a potential assist by making a shot (FG%)
3. the number of turnovers (turnovers)

And then you look at the impact that has on their defense...if they make shots it takes away transition opportunities for the other team.

To me it's no one thing, they are all interlinked, but it all starts with playing the right way whether they make shots or not. If they start missing shots they let it affect their defense, which then forces them to play catch up offensively, then they devolve into more iso to try to make sure they get buckets, and then it becomes a "cascading series of failures". Since they're not the greatest of shooters they will miss shots...but they should continue to try to get high potential assist numbers and they should make sure they don't let poor offense affect their defense. Which is a discipline thing first and foremost. They looked great last night because they shot 40+% from 3 and so the ball flew around and they created a lot of open shots. It's when they are missing that they let it affect other parts of their game, which they can't allow to happen.

[Walker Wiggle]

“I’ll take ‘therapists’ for $500, Trebek.”

If you get this joke you are old.

[smokeablount]

“I’ll take ‘therapists’ for $500, Trebek.”

If you get this joke you are old.

I’ve got to ask you… about the penis mightier

[Hoopvortex]

“I’ll take ‘therapists’ for $500, Trebek.”

If you get this joke you are old.

I’ve got to ask you… about the penis mightier

I’m guessing you mean that the pen is mightier?