Нью-Йорк Никсийн ахлагчийн шидэлтийн хувь өмнөх улирлаас буурч, довтолгооны цаг дуусах үеийн үр ашиг нь ч мэдэгдэхүйц мууджээ.
Жэйлен Брансоны шидэлтийн хувь 39.3, гурван онооны шидэлтийн хувь 33.3, торгуулийн шидэлтийн хувь 73.2 болсон нь өмнөх улирлаас буурсан үзүүлэлт юм. Эхний хоёр үзүүлэлт нь түүний карьерын хамгийн доод, торгуулийн шидэлтийн хувь нь хоёр дахь доод түвшин болохоор байгааг нийтлэлд дурджээ. Мягмар гарагийн бэлтгэлийн дараа Брансон үүнийг ердөө л урьд нь оруулдаг байсан шидэлтүүдээ алдаж байгаатай холбон тайлбарласан байна.
Зүүн бугуйн шөрмөсний асуудлаа засуулахаар улирлын бус үед мэс засал хийлгэсэн нь бэлтгэлийн хуваарьт нь нөлөөлж, ердийнхөөсөө цөөн шидэлт хийхэд хүргэсэн талаар Брансон улирал эхлэхээс өмнө ярьж байжээ. Гэсэн ч одоогийн тааруу формд мэс засал нөлөөлсөн эсэхийг асуухад үгүй гэж хариулсан байна. Түүний шидэлтийн сонголт, зай болон хамгаалалтын дарамтын түвшин өмнөх улиралтай төстэй байгаа аж.
Брансон довтолгооны цагийн сүүлийн мөчид шидэхдээ өмнөх улирлаасаа муу үзүүлэлттэй байна. Цаг дээр 7-4 секунд үлдэхэд 26.7, дөрвөн секундээс бага үлдэхэд 35.7 хувийн амжилттай шидэж байгаа бол өмнөх улиралд эдгээр үзүүлэлт нь 48.8 болон 46.6 хувь байжээ. Никсийн багийн хувьд ч энэ хугацаанд 30.4, 26.5 хувийн амжилттай байгаа нь NBA-д тус тус хоёр дахь муу, хамгийн муу үзүүлэлт юм.
Дасгалжуулагч Майк Браун Брансон өмнөхтэйгөө адил зөв шидэлтүүдийг сонгож байгаа ч бөмбөг орохгүй байгааг хэлээд, энэ байдлыг хэт задлан шинжлэх шаардлагагүй гэжээ. Түүний хэлснээр, шидэлтүүд үргэлж ордоггүй бөгөөд тоглогчид зөв сонголтоо үргэлжлүүлж, шидэлт дээрээ ажиллах хэрэгтэй.
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The numbers are all down.
Jalen Brunson’s field goal percentage (39.3 percent), 3-point percentage (33.3 percent) and free-throw percentage (73.2 percent) are all significantly down from last year. In fact, the field goal and 3-point percentage would represent the worst of his career, while the free-throw percentage would be second worst.
The Knicks captain has uncharacteristically been misfiring.
There isn’t some deep-lying issue or explanation, though. Brunson believes it’s actually quite simple.
“Missing shots,” Brunson said after practice Tuesday, “I normally make.”
Brunson’s shooting was always a worry after he underwent surgery to fix a tendon issue in his left wrist during the offseason. He spoke before the season about how it disrupted his normal offseason workouts and caused him to take way fewer shots than he normally does.
It is certainly understandable that there is early-season rust. But, true to his character, he refused to use that excuse.
“Not at all,” Brunson said when asked how much the surgery has affected his early-season form.
The numbers reflect Brunson’s sentiment.
His shot diet, in terms of the percentage of pullups vs. catch-and-shoot and shot distance, is similar to last season’s. As are the percentages of open shots vs. tightly covered shots. This is not a case of worse shot quality leading to worse results.
There is one area in which there has been a big drop, though. He is struggling in what is usually his specialty.
Brunson’s efficiency at the end of the shot clock is way down. He is shooting just 26.7 percent with between 7 and 4 seconds left on the shot clock and 35.7 percent with under four seconds left. Last year, he was at 48.8 percent with between 7 and 4 seconds left on the shot clock and 46.6 percent under four seconds left. Brunson bailing the Knicks out with tough shots late in possessions is usually a staple of their offense and something that demoralizes opposing defenses.
It’s been part of a larger trend with the Knicks and their sluggish offense to start the year. As a team, they are shooting 30.4 percent from 7-to-4 seconds left in the shot clock and 26.5 percent under four seconds left. Those are the second-worst and worst marks in the NBA, respectively.
So often, as Brunson goes, the Knicks go. This is a clear example.
“He’s taking the same shots as in the past,” coach Mike Brown said Tuesday. “In my opinion, he’s just missing shots. He’s taking the right shots. I think all our guys are, for the most part, taking the right shots. Right now, they’re not going in. And that can be for this reason, that reason, I don’t know, and I’m not going to try to overanalyze it. As long as they keep taking the right shots, keep working on the shots, I think eventually they’re gonna fall sooner than later.”
Brown has coached some of the league’s best-ever scorers, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry. He has seen this before.
And he knows that usually, these ruts don’t last too long.
“It happens,” Brown said. “It happens to the best of them because everybody is definitely human and every human has their ups and their downs when it comes to shooting. That’s why we have to keep embracing the little things, because they’re not gonna always fall.”
It’s rare to see Brunson struggling the way he has to start this year.
But if he’s taking the same shots as normal, it should be expected that the results will soon return to normal.
