Calipari’s three daggers: “We’re finally starting to throw some”

John Calipari doesn’t need shooters, he desires makers. And the makers should throw daggers. It is best to know all of this by now.

After Kentucky beat Tennessee final weekend, Calipari stated he advised Antonio Reeves to be a dagger-thrower for this group. “I advised him, Man, you bought to be the man with three minutes to go you’re making a dagger shot, you’re making dagger free throws.”

Reeves took the message to coronary heart as a result of in Wednesday night time’s win at Florida, he went to the road with underneath 5 minutes to go and hit two huge free throws to increase Kentucky’s lead from 4 again out to 6. After the sport, it was one in every of three daggers Calipari singled out in his postgame feedback for being huge moments within the win.

“Chris’ tip-in. Antonio’s two free throws. Jacob’s three.”

Chris’ tip-in is, in fact, Chris Livingston‘s clutch offensive rebound with 49 seconds left in a four-point sport. He got here from behind the three-point line within the nook to seize his fourth offensive rebound, then went up for the rating and a foul. He made the free throw to finish the and-one and seal the sport.

In his postgame feedback on ESPN, Livingston spoke about his new rebounding prowess following his 15-rebound efficiency in Gainesville, a brand new career-high and his second straight sport out-rebounding Oscar Tshiebwe.

Livingston defined it as, “I simply know what this group wants for me, you already know, simply being a star in my function and simply you already know taking part in how you already know the group wants me to play and the right way to coach wants me to play. I really feel just like the group has been profitable after I’m taking part in that manner, so I’m gonna proceed to do it.”

Calipari stated, “Chris Livingston was ridiculous right this moment.”

The third dagger was Jacob Toppin‘s three-pointer proper after Reeves’ dagger on the free throw line. Toppin’s three prolonged the result in 9 with 4:11 on the clock and he would add 5 extra factors earlier than it was over for a 19-point night time. Toppin has now scored in double figures in 11 straight video games.

Collectively, “These are daggers and we’re lastly beginning to throw some daggers at different groups who’ve thrown it at us all yr,” Calipari stated after the win.