2019-20 Around the NBA: Archived

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Toronto's game plan worked vs Harden to a extent, Harden just scored 23, but Toronto shot poorly and had 22 TO's.

I don't think it worked. Perhaps it was bad luck, because someone like McLemore made 8 threes. Harden scored "only" 23, but he was super efficient. He was actually the player he should be, not the 50 shots per night stat pad.

It was bad luck. Toronto couldn't make the shots, they normally do, and they turned it over.  They took the ball out of Harden's hands. In most cases, that strategy works, because you decrease Harden's trips to the line, and his fga. But on this night, McLemore and House made them pay for those double teams. That's not going to always be the case.