04-08-2021, 08:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2021, 08:53 AM by Time Machine Dirk.)
(04-08-2021, 08:24 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: Ya I think Luka was just playing lazy. He couldn't be stopped when he drove. He would get 1-1 and an easy basket or a wide open shooter in the corner. He could have ran that over and over again. No reason to shoot step backs except he probably got tired.
One observation with KP is that a lot of times he is behind Luka which is not optimal if he wants to get the ball. Luka has great vision but he is mostly looking at what's left and right of him. He rarely drops the ball off to KP or spins around and passes to KP. I wish Rick would put KP somewhere else and have another player set the screen for Luka.
One play/action I wish the Mavs would run OVER and OVER because it can't be stopped is setting up Luka on the block near the basket and having KP throw in the ball to him where he is close enough that his defender has to decide whether to stay on KP or dig/double Luka. They did this one time and I am like this action is unstoppable. Either Luka gets a high percentage shot or KP will get a wide open outside shot. They passed the ball a couple times to each other, kind of like monkey in the middle. It puts the help defender in an impossible position.
Trust me, even when KP is behind Luka, Luka know most of the time where he is. So it should be no problem to pass him the ball even then.
(04-08-2021, 08:49 AM)omahen Wrote: That is just not true. Luka had 17 2pt attempts and score only 8 of them. He was trying to drive and post up, but wasn't very successful.
Luka had bad game, we all saw it. Even himself acknowledged that after the game. No need to make big deal out of it, happens to everybody. I think Luka bad fourth quarter and not passing to KP had more to do with his frustration about himself which led to more forcing than some Luka and KP hate eachother conspiracy theory. Luka was passing to KP whole game, numerous times.
Having a bad shooting game is one thing. But then shooting even more and not passing the ball (to KP) is just selfish.