Would it have been nice to get more scoring from the bench? Yes. But when your big three take 31 of your 50 shots and convert on 74 percent of them, you’re going to keep riding those guys instead of forcing bench usage. And that doesn’t even include Tre going 4-for-5. In reality, if the bench guys only West and Kropp took more than one shot, and a few of those were forced or low-quality looks.
Mullins and Gelo aren’t shot creators right now, and that’s fine because it’s not their game. There are simply better offensive options on the floor. What they do bring is real defensive value and solid rebounding from the guard spot, even though last night was rough on the glass across the board.
The bigger issue as noted in the article is getting KJ and Green more touches. Those two are too dynamic to finish with one shot each, especially when they both knocked down the one they got. It’s just tough to pull possessions away from Page and Martinelli when they’re scoring that efficiently. I don’t know that offensive production is a negative takeaway in this one.
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