After scoring 17 points on nine field goal attempts through three quarters against the Toronto Raptors last night, Myles Turner went 0-for-2 over the game’s final twelve minutes. Not even taking into account the pair of fourth quarters he sat against the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic, it marked the tenth game this season wherein the 6-foot-11 mid-range assassin attempted two or fewer shots during the final period.
Troublesome as it may sometimes be, Turner’s lack of late-game involvement isn’t always without reason.
They didn’t need him to play much in the fourth when they built sizable leads against the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.