That is a perfect Dawes game

[SHUSA]

coming from his harshest critic admittedly. thats the exact game he needs to play. good looks, limit turnovers, and hit his free throws. less is more. i know gtown stinks but its still a road game and the other guys continued the low IQ play and he didnt. last two games help his perception. still a ways to go overcome the full body of work, but if you get that from dawes half of the time good things will happen with this team.

couldnt win that game without him tonight. was a great job

 

[Piratz]

Hes shot better lately. Glad to see it. Hit clutch FT’s.

 

[HALL85]

Hes shot better lately. Glad to see it. Hit clutch FT’s.

93% FT...that's pretty incredible

 

[SPK145]

He’s a good 3-point shooter currently on fire from 3 and a great FT shooter. That’s what he should be doing.

 

[SHUSA]

He’s a good 3-point shooter currently on fire from 3 and a great FT shooter. That’s what he should be doing.

its clear that sha is spending a lot of effort on simply playing smarter. you could hear it during his huddle speeches.

its amazing the impact of not chucking up bad shots.

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

Thank God for Dawes tonight is all I say

 

[The Crows Nest]

He’s a good 3-point shooter currently on fire from 3 and a great FT shooter. That’s what he should be doing.

More importantly, he’s starting to recognize that’s what he needs to do.

 

[Piratz]

Dawes is correcting after bad shooting start.

 

[hallstorm]

What I also noticed is that Al is moving more without the ball. Rotating out of the top of the key as his man goes to double team Kadary and he slides into the open space for a good look.

He’s waiting for his shot and catching and shooting. At the same time he’s mostly passing off when he drives.

It’s like a light bulb went off.

 

[SnakeTom]

couldnt win that game without him tonight. was a great job

HOW ABOUT: We could not have won any of the past 3 games without him.

Tom K

 

[chickenbox]

The value of having an almost mid-90% free throw shooter for end of game situations is enormous. Dawes can and should close out every game at the line when the other team needs to foul.

 

[Hall91]

Keep feeding the hot hand. Didn’t think he was getting enough touches at times tonight.

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

Had a nice assist early on. He's learning

 

[Piratz]

The Dawes splits are wild this year. With this hot streak to open conference play (12/22, .545) he's gotten his season 3PT% up to .368 after the dismal start.

Look at this offensive ratings per game here (overall 112.2). I mean, wow:

USC = 52
Iowa = 94
Baylor = 50
Rutgers = 64
Missouri = 166
Connecticut = 110
Xavier = 63
Providence = 76
Marquette = 141
Georgetown = 156

 

[Halldan1]

93% FT...that's pretty incredible

Fact check

94.6%
37-39

🤓 🤓🤓

 

[SHallguy2]

What I also noticed is that Al is moving more without the ball. Rotating out of the top of the key as his man goes to double team Kadary and he slides into the open space for a good look.

He’s waiting for his shot and catching and shooting. At the same time he’s mostly passing off when he drives.

It’s like a light bulb went off.

I’ve said this a number of times on this board, “Nobody on the team wants to win more than Dawes”. You don’t hit over 90% of your free throws without spending hours in the gym practicing. Early in the season he was so pumped to do good for the team it hurt his game. He has to temper his excitement, his best is yet to come…

 

[Section112]

Great to see his incredible improvement. He carried us two games in a row in the first half. His hard work and Sha’s coaching is really paying off. Congrats to Al!!

 

[cams555]

Law of averages

 

[P615007]

I thought this was hilarious.

 

[TheHall87]

The Dawes splits are wild this year. With this hot streak to open conference play (12/22, .545) he's gotten his season 3PT% up to .368 after the dismal start.

Look at this offensive ratings per game here (overall 112.2). I mean, wow:

USC = 52
Iowa = 94
Baylor = 50
Rutgers = 64
Missouri = 166
Connecticut = 110
Xavier = 63
Providence = 76
Marquette = 141
Georgetown = 156

Meanwhile, everyone else is 13-47 .277 on threes.

Davis 5-16
DAW 4-14
Kadary 2-8
Coleman 1-5
Sanders 1-4

Somebody is going to have to start helping out from deep.