05-22-2021, 11:39 PM
(05-22-2021, 11:29 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: The Clippers tried and did shutdown the Luka KP bread and butter and kept Kawhi on KP most of the game to neutralize him...the role players made the Clippers pay for that strategy...Playoff Luka was too much for LA to contain...
Someone else mentioned this in another thread, but I'm 90% sure the main purpose for the KL/KP matchup was that Lue expected a lot of Luka/KP pick and roll action and put his best defender there to switch onto Luka in those scenarios. I'm not sure if Dallas really did plan on running much of that or not, but if so, it was a successful deterrent.