UMKC game thread

[RoyalShock]

Is anyone else wondering why with 7 secs left & 2 timeouts we didn't use one to setup a final play, instead of one of our guards (was it Chaimberlin?) just running down court & throwing up a prayer?

I know you don't want to call timeout under the opposite basket because you have to inbound it from the backcourt and you give the defense time to prepare. And 7 seconds isn't that much time to get across half-court, call a TO and have enough time to actually run a decent play. There's really no perfect wisdom here, which is why the coaches make the big bucks!

[WuDrWu]

We got an open look from one of our better shooting guards. This is not the NBA, and the execution from the team was as good as you could expect. Reggie got a screen and a relatively open 3 from the wing. Given the circumstances, I'd say it was about perfect, except it didn't go in.

[SubGod22]

We got an open look from one of our better shooting guards. This is not the NBA, and the execution from the team was as good as you could expect. Reggie got a screen and a relatively open 3 from the wing. Given the circumstances, I'd say it was about perfect, except it didn't go in.

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[ShockTalk]

Dr. - I respectfully disagree. I was surprised to see that no subs came in between UMKC's two free throws. Given that their shooter is great at the line, we really needed more options for the 3. If I remember correctly on who was in at the time, Hawk hasn't shown he's a 3pt threat and Ramon definitely isn't. J.T., Clevin, and Graham were on the bench. Secondly, with the players we did have in, Stutz planted himself four feet inside the 3pt line with no one close to him, just opposite of where Reggie was on the court. Had he been outside the 3, he just might have had a better shot and been are best bet.

[WuDrWu]

I understand where you are coming from ST but I promise you, barring a natural disaster, Clevin and JT were DONE for the night.

Maybe inserting GH is a point for topic, but these guys don't have everything down yet and I feel confident that we executed with the 5 on the floor about as good as it was going to get under the circumstances.

But I hear you.

[rjl]

My seats are directly behind where the final 3pt shot was taken, my head about level with the players'. We could of called a time-out to try and set up a play, but I doubt it would of given us a more open look than the one we had. We just missed. Plain and simple.

[Ricky Del Rio]

My seats are directly behind where the final 3pt shot was taken, my head about level with the players'. We could of called a time-out to try and set up a play, but I doubt it would of given us a more open look than the one we had. We just missed. Plain and simple.

I sit at the northeast corner, row 8. So, I don't have a great angle or view.

The path of Reggie's shot lead me to believe that a defender got a finger tip on the ball. Do you think it is possible?

rrio

[KC Shox]

Perhaps coach didn't call a timeout in fear of UMKC fouling on the inbounds play. Regardless, the way this team has been shooting three's, we wouldn't have tied it anyway.