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Game Thread: Chicago Bulls @ Utah Jazz, 11/24/2014, 7pm MST

Oh darn.

Just got a visit from the holy ghost. Found out clutch is real.

Egg on my face. I feel dumb.
 
Materialism? Umm, how about reality?


I am not here to say to you that there is a secret gene called clutch gene and it is protected and bred by a Masonic underground organization. But there is an obvious separation between some players who are at an higher level than the most in ending games which is a talent risen from a psycho-biological mechanism they seem to have unlocked in their beings. I believe in human body being a miracle of God and I believe that there are a lot of undiscovered perks in it, yet to be unfolded. But maybe that is just me being dumb.
 
I am not here to say to you that there is a secret gene called clutch gene and it is protected and bred by a Masonic underground organization. But there is an obvious separation between some players who are at an higher level than the most in ending games which is a talent risen from a psycho-biological mechanism they seem to have unlocked in their beings. I believe in human body being a miracle of God and I believe that there are a lot of undiscovered perks in it, yet to be unfolded. But maybe that is just me being dumb.

The flying spaghetti monster has embraced you with the warmth of his noodly appendages.
 
Butler shut Gordon down and scored 21 points. Ouch.

So basically Butler's on ball defense negated Gordon's talents as a secondary ballhandler and closed driving lanes?

And Dunleavy's off ball positioning stopped Burks from getting a step ahead of the defense on side to side action?

What's this clutch debate? I haven't read the whole thread.

It's splitting hairs as far as I can tell.

a) No clutch gene, some ppl dont show nerves and their performance stays the same as in the previous 45 min = stay equal

b) When everybody else's performance is dropping, then the guys who can maintain their performance are definately clutch because they're better than most guys.
 
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I don't think there is a "clutch" gene but there's obviously players that play better than others when the game is tight.

Trey Burke is a career 37.7% shooter and 32.3% 3-point shooter.

In a one-score game with 2 minutes left, Trey shoots 44% and 50% from 3. Small sample size.
 
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