SOTG: LSU

[Aughnanure]

I understand the Gardner love, but that game is lost without Junior.

+1

[slingkong]

Junior lost SOTG with that 6A to 4TO ratio.  That's really poor point-guarding there.

[bamamarquettefan]

Junior out-rebounded Gardner.

Well of course. Junior is always going to have more rebounds than Gardner and Gardner is always going to have a lot more steals than Cadougan, right?

Really is amazing that Gardner is stealing the ball more than twice as often as Junior (3.5% of opponents trips vs. 1.7%).  They were both great and much better than anyone else on the court, but Gardner was far and away the best player in the game.  Steals are much more valuable than rebounds, and Gardner scores a ton and draws a ton of fouls without doing the things that COST the team points (missed shots, missed free throws and turnovers).

[bilsu]

Well of course. Junior is always going to have more rebounds than Gardner and Gardner is always going to have a lot more steals than Cadougan, right?

Really is amazing that Gardner is stealing the ball more than twice as often as Junior (3.5% of opponents trips vs. 1.7%).  They were both great and much better than anyone else on the court, but Gardner was far and away the best player in the game.  Steals are much more valuable than rebounds, and Gardner scores a ton and draws a ton of fouls without doing the things that COST the team points (missed shots, missed free throws and turnovers).

Gardner gets a lot of steals, because of his great hands. He also likes to swipe at the opposing team's player that gets the rebound. Neither Gardner of Cadougan get steals based on their speed. They get them because the other team's player made a bad pass or pick the ball up when it is deflected by another MU player. A Blue defection picked up by Gardner is credited to Gardner as a steal.