MAVS 93, PACERS 106

[dynamicalVoid]

Maxi looked lost at times.

That last possession where KP got blocked... He, Luka, and Brunson looked completely lost 

There was a possession a couple of minutes earlier where Luka and KP ran the pick and roll (which killed me when people say they didn't run the pnr)...KP slips it, and goes right into post up in the lane that apparently Luka was trying to drive into, and KP starts trying to get out of the way, and it was like when you are trying to get out of someone's way and instead you just keep getting more in their way.  Luka basically ends up driving into KP as it looks like he's trying to run away.  It was both comical and sad.

I commented on this a couple of games ago.

Is it bad scheme?  Bad intuition/feel for whats going on by KP?

I posted about this stating I felt really bad for KP.   Watch KP on offense...he is constantly moving around trying to go to work.   He will go down low and pin his man...if Luka doesnt pass to him on the pin down...he is doesnt know if he should go back up top and set a screen for Luka,  clear out, post up his man in the high post.  

KP is genuinely trying to be helpful but it looks like confusion.

I see KP in the above situation a lot and it turns into what you describe...Luka eventually attacking the rim with KP and KP's defender in the box.  I have seen KP SO MANY times trying to help Luka and then have to scurry out of the way once Luka goes downhill.   KP is aware that he is clogging the paint...but he is looking for direction from Luka on what Luka is thinking...but Luka sometime just takes in to the hole and it looks like KP is clogging the lane.

Im not saying Luka is wrong or KP is right.   KP is aware of spacing by the way he tries to get out of the way for Luka.  I guess Luka and KP need better communication on what happens next if Luka doesnt give KP the inlet pass on a pin down?  Or should KP have a better understanding of the game and what is happening?  As in...Luka shouldnt have to direct him...KP should be able to read where the mismatches are on the court and move/clear out, set screen according to those mismatches?  Not blaming Luka...he is an offensive sefant...I just dont know why he charges the lane while KP is down there when KP is trying to help him.