LA Clippers: What J.J. Redick can do against the Utah Jazz

Lights Out Shooting

For the Clippers, J.J. Redick is a key cog in their offense. He may even be THE key cog. Whenever he is able to get his game going, the offense opens up greatly for the rest of the team. Per the Clippers’ Game Day Media Notes:

"When J.J. Redick has scored 20 points or more, the Clippers are 12-5 this season and 56-14 since he joined the team prior to the 2013-14 season. When Redick has scored 15+ points, the team is 27-9 this season and 116-35 since he joined the team in 2013."

Basically, if J.J. is scoring, the team will probably come away with the victory. At the time of writing, J.J. Redick is 15th in three point field goal attempts and 5th in three point field goal percentage.

Per NBA stats, J.J this season is shooting 47.1% from 20-24 feet from the basket and 40.6% from 25-29 feet. He is also shooting 46% from three point range on catch and shoot attempts (Player possesed the ball for less than 2 seconds and took no dribbles). He scores 6.8 points per game off of catch and shoot opportunities, which is the same as Stephen Curry and greater than infamous sharpshooter, Kyle Korver. J.J. isn’t as good at pull up shooting, converting only 38.7% of his tries. His bread and butter is definitely the catch and shoot, which is in part due to his ability to run off screens. If you have never watched a Clippers’ game, check out the video below. J.J. Redick is moving 4.91mph on average on offense and runs about 2.14 miles per game. Defenders have to be in good shape to keep up.

Speaking of defense…