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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
There is no evidence this happened in the game logs yesterday. The first time he was on the court for more than one possession didn't happen until 13 minutes left in the game when Mizzou was scoring a point per minute. His two runs of time in the second half corresponded with no decrease in productivity on offense and his plus/minus was flat.
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He came in after Bates drew his 4th foul and we were making a run. When he did, the offense bogged down. We managed to get to the line a couple times still but the offense was clearly not as crisp. Then he fired up a miss and shortly thereafter came back out.
I don't think they made a single FG during that period after they'd finally started with solid ball movement to get the game back within reach in the 5 minutes or so before that.
He wasn't THE problem -- I mean Robinson and Mitchell absolutely pooping on their shoes were most responsible for that. Grill was shortly behind those 2 but at least managed to protect the ball. Then Bates missing a couple bunnies when he got back in the game fully and finally killed it.
But I felt like the momentum swung back towards Drake when Bates came off the floor. It just seemed ot me like you had to ride it out with him at that point of the game. He's an experienced player - Gates should've trusted him to play smart and stay in the game rather than sit him down and interrupt the gameflow for both the offense writ large and for him specifically.