Are defenses just better in the NBA? Or bad shooting?

IDENTITY · May 10, 2004

Don't understand how every game seems to be in the 70s???? these are college games scores!!!

What haPPened to 105-103???

Guest · May 10, 2004

it has nothing to do with defense,it is just terrible shooting

TheFunkMonkey · May 11, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by michael777:
it has nothing to do with defense,it is just terrible shooting<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It is defense *and* bad shooting.

Shooting skills have been on the decline for 10-15 years in favor of highlight skills.

Combine that with the new zone-defense rule. When you've got bad shooters on the floor, a zone-defense can make things ugly.

TheGeneral+ · May 13, 2004

From what I have seen, the shots are there, but the players miss many of them.

FairWarning · May 13, 2004

Nothing more frustrating than watching these guys drive the lane, kick the ball out for a wide-open shot, then miss.

lander · May 13, 2004

Neither.

It's the Zone.

sherman · May 13, 2004

it ain't the zone...college teams score the same amount of points or more in 8 less minutes! it's the shooting....

TheGeneral+ · May 14, 2004

In the NBA it is lazy work ethics. Teams take a weak approach until later in the game. As long as the other team is doing the same, then the game will likely come down to who shoots best in the last minutes instead of for the game. Lazy breeds lazy.