Scoring Efficiency Quotes

If you're going to run a lot of plays, you better score a lot of points.

I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.

I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot.

You have to make shots. That's the bottom line.

Field-goal percentage is very important.

Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.

Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique

They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn't always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.

I think any time an offense struggles with developing a rhythm, struggles with scoring points, I think the first thing you have to examine is the quarterback.

It's been a part of my game for life. It's tougher to finish in the lane so you've got to find different areas to score efficiently and the mid-range contested shot is a shot a lot of teams will live with. And it's a shot I'm willing to live with as well just because I've gotten so many shots at it and I'm comfortable with it.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

I don’t watch a lot of other basketball away from the gym. But I do look at LeBron’s box score. I want to see how many points, rebounds and assists he had, and how he shot from the field. If he had 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, I can tell you exactly how he did it, what type of shots he made and who he passed to.

Bench scoring overall I think is overrated. The question is, do you have enough scoring?

I think time of possession is overrated, unless you are scoring.

The bottom line is we need to score points, and we need to score a lot of them.

When you've got so many guys that can score the ball, you really don't want to get down and defend. You really don't want to get down and dive for balls. You really don't want to fight through screens every play.

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.

Whoever I'm playing against, I go in and try to stop their best scorer and try to get myself going on the offensive end.

The point guard thing was I had to figure out how to score when I'm hot, and how to distribute and make sure everybody is happy. Because I can be happy scoring the ball. But when everybody isn't touching the ball, and we're not making the defense move, it's kind of pointless. So, I've got to find a way to keep everybody in the loop.

My high school coach used to tell me there's no correct way to shoot, that the only correct way was to get the ball into the basket.