Just looking back at the stats from this win. KD's 40 points on 18-25 shooting obviously stands out, as does the 40-26-25 points from the Big 3. Grayson Allen had a nicely efficient game with 13 points on 5-7 shooting, including 3-4 from 3. Nurk struggled a bit scoring only 4, but he had 13 rebounds before fouling out.
The lack of bench production has to be a bit concerning. We scored only 9 points total from our bench (4 from Gordon, 3 from Eubanks, and 2 from Metu). I hope the coaching staff can work on this and try to get the bench involved more. Last night we once again played KBD and he gave us essentially nothing; 0 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist in 12 minutes. I think I'd prefer to see Little take those minutes; why did he get a DNP? Still recovering? Eric Gordon shot 1-6 including 0-5 from 3; not good enough. I know some folks here have been ragging on EG saying he's a net negative, and I've been more positive on him, but he certainly has had some real stinkers in terms of FG% lately.
I wonder if part of the low bench production is because we don't have a real facilitator out there with the bench lineup, so it kind of devolves into 1-on-1 play? This could be an argument for giving some minutes to Saben Lee and/or Goodwin. I just hope it's something they are working on.
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