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Author:  The Missing Link [ Thu May 05, 2022 12:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Hunting Season!
A ton of guys have been getting exposed during the NBA playoffs for the rather shitty defense that they happen to play. Stars and alleged superstars and superstars guys are being attacked nightly in this year's playoffs and it's a great sight to see.

First Trae and Donovan Mitchell and now Luka are being "hunted" on defense by opposing coaches and players and I for one am happy as shit about it.


Quote:
Chris Paul and Devin Booker, the Suns' All-Star guard, dominated Wednesday night in part by relentlessly hunting Doncic. That was particularly the case in the second half, when Booker scored 21 of his 30 points and Paul scored 20 of his 28.

"Tough matchup to guard," Booker said of Doncic, "but he's going to have to guard a bit."

According to Second Spectrum tracking, Doncic was the screener defender on 19 on-ball screens in the second half, which is the third most in any half in his career. The Suns averaged 1.81 points per chance on those possessions. That is the highest efficiency allowed by a single defender involved in at least 15 direct picks over the past three seasons.

"I've just got to play better defense," Doncic said. "That's it."
Author:  Nardi [ Fri May 06, 2022 6:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hunting Season!
It's about time. I was starting to think there was a conspiracy. This Loyola Marymount brand of NBA basketball has been bugging me for quite a while.

And Steve Kerr is a little b!tch.
Author:  The Missing Link [ Fri May 06, 2022 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hunting Season!
Nardi wrote:
It's about time. I was starting to think there was a conspiracy. This Loyola Marymount brand of NBA basketball has been bugging me for quite a while.

And Steve Kerr is a little b!tch.


Yep all of these guys who think they are in that "all time great" category now see what being an "all time great" looks like. And it's not like all were great defenders either. It's just that they didn't duck one another like today's NBA guys happen to do. Guys guarded their position as they were supposed to do.

All of this hiding on defense is for the birds. There are quite a few guys that have been getting exposed in the playoffs.
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri May 06, 2022 10:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hunting Season!
The Missing Link wrote:
A ton of guys have been getting exposed during the NBA playoffs for the rather shitty defense that they happen to play. Stars and alleged superstars and superstars guys are being attacked nightly in this year's playoffs and it's a great sight to see.

First Trae and Donovan Mitchell and now Luka are being "hunted" on defense by opposing coaches and players and I for one am happy as shit about it.


Quote:
Chris Paul and Devin Booker, the Suns' All-Star guard, dominated Wednesday night in part by relentlessly hunting Doncic. That was particularly the case in the second half, when Booker scored 21 of his 30 points and Paul scored 20 of his 28.

"Tough matchup to guard," Booker said of Doncic, "but he's going to have to guard a bit."

According to Second Spectrum tracking, Doncic was the screener defender on 19 on-ball screens in the second half, which is the third most in any half in his career. The Suns averaged 1.81 points per chance on those possessions. That is the highest efficiency allowed by a single defender involved in at least 15 direct picks over the past three seasons.

"I've just got to play better defense," Doncic said. "That's it."

Watching the three of them acting like playing defense was laughable enough, but when Chris Paul was toying with him the other it was ridiculous.
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