Lauri is used to have his shot a bit off after extended breaks and in his case it is sometimes few nights that does iit. I was wondering in the start of 2nd quarter how can this team afford their best scorer get 0 shots and almost 0 touches through 4 minutes. Then there was a timeout and JC was resting and Lauri started getting more looks. First off he bricked quite few but found his shot for the 4th and sealed the game.
They had quite a busy stretch so I think the film analysis was minimal and probably focused on the defense prior to our break before the Blazers game. Every player should watch their own tape though, and analyze their play on both ends.
He has looked so much better the last couple games. Despite missing his 3s this game he was very good and I am glad he got rewarded with more minutes. This was one of our better guard games this season. Clarkson with only 1 turnover makes me very happy and Keyonte had a nice game.
The team needs to get him more touches even if he isnt taking shots the ball at least needs to go to his hands, especially with how much gravity he has. Part of that is on him though.
It is half bc of Lauri himself indeed. I feel if someone has it going like JC last night Lauri seems quite ok just gravitating around the arc as long his team is scoring. He should understand that for his team it is vital he is a bit more selfish. BC if he gets cold its never good. For him and team it was nice he found his touch for the 4th bc with JC resting we needed him. But to win better teams we need JC and Lauri both get going from the 1st half.
I definitely agree that big priority at the start of every game should be getting Lauri going. That will make the defense cheat towards him more as well.
