(12-23-2019, 03:25 PM)mtrot Wrote: Well, why not? Barea is one of the very best in the league at drawing offensive fouls on the opponent. He does it all the time. Just because he's cold off the bench doesn't erase his memory of how to draw fouls. Also, it's when a player is "coming in like a freight train" that they are most susceptible to committing an offensive foul. JMHO.
I mean he really is not. There is literally a statistic based on charges drawn. Barea's career high is 0.06 charges drawn per game. For comparison, Brunson averaged 0.16 as a rookie and 0.10 this season.
And I am not saying Barea would guard Lowry, he wouldn't have. DFS/Delon were the ones guarding Lowry, who scored 20 pts in the 4Q so he wasn't going to be stopped. Boucher also had 12 pts in the 4Q, no body could stop him either.
Even if Barea was a plus defender, it wouldn't have mattered because he's not guarding those guys.
Lets get some game tape in here: Lowry with 20 pts in 4Q; Boucher with 12 pts; Holis-Jefferson with 6 pts. They had 34, 21, and 18 pts respectively for the entire game.
RHJ:
Lowry: