re: Auburn Basketball 2021 - 2022 28- 6 (15-3) SEC CHAMPS!

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In one of the press conferences at the NCAAT KD mentioned his hand bothering him since the injury at UGA and it effecting his shot. He kind of threw it in as a side comment and it did not just sound like excuse making to me. The stats are interesting.

In the first 22 games (prior to UGA injury)- he was 36-104 from three (34.5%). That included 5 road games, 12 home games, and 5 neutral site games. In the final 12 games (after UGA injury)- he was 9-51 from three (17.6%). That includes 5 road games, 4 home games, and 3 neutral site games. At first I thought maybe it was just him not shooting it well away from home late in the season but he only shot 18% at home in those last 4 home games.

The 34.5% in the first 22 games definitely lines up more with how he shot the three in his Fresh year at UGA (38.7%).

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I remember KD having that injury a while back, but nothing was reported by the media, and certainly not from Coach Pearl.

If that is something that still was lingering with him, it definitely is going to affect a long range shot w/ emphasis on the pushoff from his hand.

It does seem like with that much difference in shooting %, it must have been a legit reason for the large decrease.