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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1684104, member: 40"]
Are you kidding?  The shot clock wasn't working on the top of the backboard, where players are accustomed to looking.  What was he supposed to do--squander precious time trying to look for the clock on the floor while simultaneously bringing the ball up under pressure from Artis?

He rushed a bit because he wasn't able to visually locate the clock and the last few seconds of the game were ticking away.  I don't fault him for that.  People would go wild if he'd driven and the buzzer had gone off before he got a shot up in 7 seconds instead of 6.6.  [U]IF[/U] the shot clock had been visible like usual, then he'd deserve this criticism, but not under yesterday's circumstances.

If you want to blame him for the miss, and not connecting on another game winning shot opportunity, blame away.  Blame JB for putting him in the game cold after sitting for 20 minutes.  Blame Howard not being in the game over Roberson to give us another guy to push it.  Blame his teammates for not getting open on the inbounds and not getting open as Cooney pushed it upcourt.  But don't fault Cooney for the clock on the floor problem that ended up being literally worst case scenario for us on that last possession with only a couple of seconds left in the game.
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