2024 Playoffs- 3rd Round: Minnesota Timberwolves - Dallas Mavericks- MAVS WIN 4-1!

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But part of that is that SGA likes those areas. Those are the areas he wants to play from, and he didn't have the physicality to get deeper, anyway. Edwards does NOT want to play from those areas, and he DOES have the physicality to do something about it. 

For sure, Edwards wants to get deeper and did it time and time again against the Nugs but I'm curious how much that holds up against our defense.  Last night he certainly seemed to have something going on in his head considering he only had 2 shots of the rim but you know he'll come out trying to change that game 2.  What we have that Denver didn't is TWO great rim protectors to greet him there.  And the difference now is instead of those bigs having to leave Chet on the perimeter (where he just missed everything anyway) to meet drivers at the rim, they will simply be leaving the most offensively inept center this league has seen since Ben Wallace.

Game 2 will be fascinating.  Every team in this league seems to believe that it's better to blitz Luka and make the Mavs beat you 4 on 3 with shakier decision makers handling the ball and role players shooting corner threes but the Mavs have proven to be able to win that way against tough opponents now.  Plus it completely goes against the Wolves identity because if you start blitzing the pick and roll ...what's even the point of having Rudy on the floor?  To your earlier point, it's hard to go away from him completely just because of sunk cost fallacy though.

This is the issue Coach Bud faced when he got fired from Milwaukee.  He had so much success playing the drop all year and refused to go away from it despite it showing cracks during the playoffs.  Will be fun to see what the Wolves do.