06-03-2021, 05:57 PM
(06-03-2021, 05:16 PM)Dahlsim Wrote: Luka and Boban PnR, Luka rolling into the rim with Bobi on the side just ahead or behind, doesn't matter, it has to be an absolute nightmare to defend.Good thoughts, Dahl!
If you're the defense, any defense, Boban is so dangerous a player to have the ball near the basket that you have to have someone glued to him and watch for that pass all the way in but then as you're doing that you have one of the most prolific driving scorers in the game getting closer and closer to the rim with all his options open.
If he gets it to Boban you have to make a play on the ball before Bobi gets it above his head. Most of the time they're actually going to hack him, rake his arms, pull him down, push him and hope they get away with it. Lucky for the Clips they usually do get away but that's a different story as Bobi doesn't get as much respect as he should on fouls. It has to be really really blatant for him to get a call, and he's good at the line.
So what I saw was usually they just let Luka have his floater going in and that's also recipe for surrendering a 42 point game to the Wonderboy!
I thought this would probably be a game you would have particularly enjoyed, with the Mavs forcing the Clips to adjust to their big lineup, rather than going micro to adjust to the Clippers.
I have to admit that when I saw that Boban was starting, I gulped a little, since that's something the Mavs never did all season, but I have to hand it to Rick and the coaching staff for having the stones to take a daring gamble with their ultra-huge units. Thought opening the door to Powell playing bigger minutes was a particularly beneficial part of the plan.
Agree that it was shameful what the refs were letting the Clips get away with on Bobi.