Originally Posted by
Kedsy
I know one-game plus/minus is borderline useless, and it's even more useless when analyzing a mere 7 minutes, but pursuant to our pre-game conversation about Wendell's intangible defensive contributions, our defense gave up 62.9 points per 40 minutes while Wendell was in the game and 87.3 points per 40 minutes when he wasn't.
So, realizing that he's made just one of his last 19 shots (and none of his shots tonight were particularly good takes) and everybody's fairly down on him (including K, who basically benched him for this one), I think we should entertain the possibility that Wendell needs to play 25+ mpg for no other reason than to keep our defense in one piece.