05-04-2022, 08:20 PM
Suns are just too good...when healthy there might not be a team that can beat them. Against the Jazz, the Mavs were focused on running Utah off of the 3-pt line and forcing them to make more difficult threes. Well if you try that against the Suns, they have 3-4 players who can kill you with the mid-range and their overall ball movement is so good that they will still find a way to swing the ball to the open shooter.
Part of the rebounding deficit wasn't just because of the Mavs lack of size/quality centers. A lot of it comes down to the defense constantly having to scramble to keep up with the Suns offense so that when a shot finally misses, the Mavs are out of position to secure the rebound. That's the difference between Booker/CP3 and Clarkson. They're all ISO scorers who can get buckets from anywhere on the floor but even as Clarkson torched us, he wasn't going to get the other Jazz players going on offense. Booker and CP3 will make you pay with all of the attention they command from the defense and it will result in plenty of open looks for the other Suns.
Part of the rebounding deficit wasn't just because of the Mavs lack of size/quality centers. A lot of it comes down to the defense constantly having to scramble to keep up with the Suns offense so that when a shot finally misses, the Mavs are out of position to secure the rebound. That's the difference between Booker/CP3 and Clarkson. They're all ISO scorers who can get buckets from anywhere on the floor but even as Clarkson torched us, he wasn't going to get the other Jazz players going on offense. Booker and CP3 will make you pay with all of the attention they command from the defense and it will result in plenty of open looks for the other Suns.