Stuckey & Drummond

So at some point in my last post I got away from one of the main points I wanted to make: Stuckey was BRUTAL down the stretch. He came in the game with 3:23 left in the 3rd quarter and played the rest of the way. Here are the Stuckey moments in the 4th quarter play by play (positive plays in bold):

  10:07  Stuckey misses layup, blocked by Gibson

  09:52  Stuckey fouls Nate Robinson, shooting foul (Robinson makes both FTs)

  09:36  Stuckey misses jump shot

  08:33  Stuckey misses jump shot

  07:31  Stuckey misses pullup jump shot

  06:14  Stuckey turnover, stepped out of bounds

  05:26  Stuckey misses 3pt shot 

  03:35 Stuckey makes jump shot, Monroe assists

  02:07 Stuckey makes jump shot

  01:24  Stuckey misses 3pt shot 

  00:29 Maxiell makes layup, Stuckey assists

  00:07  Stuckey fouls Belinelli, and 1 (Belinelli makes his FT, extending the lead to 3)

  00:01  Stuckey misses 3pt shot

That's not a lot of bold. For those counting at home, Stuckey shot 2-7 in the quarter, had 1 assist, 1 turnover and 2 fouls that led to 3 points for Chicago (and his +/- was worst on the team at -8, if you pay attention to that stuff). In his defense, nobody else was doing much either, but I think a lot of that goes to the coach practically never subbing that 4th quarter when his guys were clearly dragging.

Now, on a happier and less complainative (is that a word?) note,  I love watching Andre Drummond rebound. 

Granted, he was going up against a much weaker front-court, but he puts on a technical clinic. He seals off or maintains contact with his man, he reads the carom while the shot is still in the air, and he goes up & fights for it. On every board he's already moving to where the ball will be, and he's one of maybe 10-15 guys in the league that even do that.

In the Atlanta game he was facing a much tougher front-court with Horford, Josh Smith and Pachulia all being active rebounders. There are a couple examples of Drummond skying and fighting off guys to secure the board. He also goes for the tip in a lot, and I think that's where a lot of his misses come from (other than the free throw line). Anyway, it's good to see the guy grinding down low & putting in work.