One Team, One stat: Raptors come up empty in the clutch
[url]http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/10/11/one-team-one-stat-raptors-come-up-empty-in-the-clutch/[/url]
[QUOTE]The stat
12.8 percent - Combined 3-point percentage by DeMar DeRozan (1-for-12), Rudy Gay (2-for-12) and Kyle Lowry (3-for-23) in the clutch last season.
Clutch = Last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime with a score differential of five points or less.
The context
Among 85 players who attempted at least 10 clutch-time 3-pointers, Gay, Lowry and DeRozan ranked 80th, 84th and 85th in clutch 3-point percentage respectively. And Gay was tied with Chris Paul and Luke Ridnour, so, technically, all three Raptors were in the bottom four.
Ten of Gay