(03-17-2021, 09:47 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: You’re there?

(03-18-2021, 07:14 AM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: In some ways this was my favorite KP game since his return, because his shot wasn't really falling and he still made huge impacts on the board and on defense.   He also had a nice stretch in the 3rd quarter where the Mavs were clearly trying to feed it to him on the elbow matched up on smaller wings and he went to work.    I missed the first half of the game, but Twitter was going crazy about how much Zubac was "dominating" in the paint and he finishes with the worst +/- on the Clips with -15.    Which shows a) even when the shot isn't falling for KP he has a huge effect on offense clearing out the paint for Luka because  you can't leave him alone  b)  people really get all up in their feelings over buckets by an opposing 5.

(03-17-2021, 10:52 PM)Tyler Wrote: This is the game energy I need.

https://twitter.com/bobbykaralla/status/1372395127025598464

(03-18-2021, 09:16 AM)michaeltex Wrote: I don't think of Luka as especially quick, most commentators talk about him as deliberate because they try to compare him with a typical point guard. I think there was a "slow Euro" stigma during his draft year, despite his successes.

But his ability to start from a dead stop and blow by PG, who is represented as a good defender, shows that you can't just pigeon-hole him. I think RC was talking about his ability to stop quickly as a skill that surprises defenders. So quick starts and quick starts (and the skill to do something creative) and maybe you don't need as much baseline speed.

(03-18-2021, 09:36 AM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: But I also think someone like Hornet's era Larry Johnson would have just been an absolute beast with modern floor spacing concepts.

(03-18-2021, 09:07 AM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: And I think people get hung up on someone like Zubak getting cheap buckets on put backs and little alley oops and easy dunks off a dump pass from a penetrator, but that doesn't mean Dallas is playing soft and getting "dominated in the paint". It means that KP is being highly aggressive challenging penetration and that gives Zubak openings for cheap baskets, and over  the course of 48 minutes those two things tend to work out more in the Mavs favor if he's altering shots in the lane and near the rim.

(03-18-2021, 04:26 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Well the problem is the backside help was too late over and over to slow down Zubac. The Clippers benefit from spacing bc they have excellent shooters and also have good passers.

(03-18-2021, 06:24 PM)mtrot Wrote: Yes, and IMO this is a coaching issue.  If KP is away from the rim guarding someone and, as a result, Zubac has a path to the rim, then some Mav player has to see that and get in front of Zubac, take a charge, if possible.  We just can't have Zubac enjoying an uncontested layup line.  The Mavs need to have a plan for this every time they play the Clippers.