So this is the thing that this team needs more than any other thing and why I want to see them just force Windler into games.
EVERY team has this ability except this one. I swear to god they all do. It's just how the NBA is now. You have to have this ability to just get hot and make tons of 3s.
It's the primary issue with the roster and was the primary issue last year.
We're told Garland SHOULD be that guy but we haven't seen anything close to that.
We have to find a player who can do that.
I mean, I don't think Windler is that guy either, especially since he's mostly a spot up guy or needs his shot created for him.
It almost has to a guy who can make and manufacture 3P shots in every way. Pull up transition, around a curl, dribble moves to lose a defender, jab step and step back, etc. Rozier, Ball, and even Bridges can all do that in late game situations.
You're right though, on this team, the two guys who are supposed to be able to do that were 1-11 tonight from three. They NEED to be better in that aspect. And we need to get some wings who can create some threes also.
I'm not trying to say that there is nothing to critique in a win or in this win. Plenty to critique. But I did not expect this team to win more than one game on this road trip(and I was struggling to figure out which one that would be), so overall, it's hard to be too down on things. Yes, the Hornets came back and almost won, but I'm not going to discount the 1st quarter, the run at the end of the second quarter and a few of the runs we made in the 3rd and 4th either. It all counts, there was some good and bad, but enough good to get the win.