"En Fuego" Does Not Begin to Describe Jameer Nelson's Third-Quarter Shooting This Week
by Evan Dunlap on Dec 21, 2008 2:02 PM EST
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Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson pounds his chest after making a basket in the Magic's game against the Golden State Warriors on December 15th, 2008
Photo by Rocky Widner, NBAE/Getty Images
Jameer Nelson's new nickname should be Mister Third Quarter, as the data in the table below suggest:
| Combined 3rd-Quarter Statistics for Jameer Nelson, Week of December 14th, 2008 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | FGA | 3FG | 3FGA | Reb | Ast | TO | PF | Min | eFG% | TS% | +/- |
| 17 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 27:08 | 1.052 | 1.052 | +16 |
| Quarter-by-quarter splits found via Popcorn Machine | |||||||||||
No, he's not getting to the foul line. No, he's not distributing the ball well. No, he's not doing much of anything else besides score.
And no, it doesn't matter a bit. He's getting buckets and the Magic are getting wins. Not a coincidence, that.
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lol at his 3rd quarter Efg% and TS%
I did not know that was possible!
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