Stop me if you’ve heard this one line before: It’s a make or miss league.
At the end of the day, finishing with more made shots than an opponent is grossly determinative in the outcome of a basketball game. If necessary, may I remind you that Dean Oliver had once assigned the most weight to the shooting category in his famous Four Factors.
Through 36 games — nearly half the season — the New Orleans Pelicans rank in the bottom five in field goal percentage (FG%) as well as effective field goal percentage (eFG%).