WaltFrazier wrote:Tofubeque wrote:C Court wrote:Boucher with two of the worst defensive plays you’ll see in ten seconds or so.
I know this is from a few days ago but are we watching the same video here? He ran shooters off the 3pt line twice, both times they were directed into 2 other defenders, it resulted in a turnover the 1st time and denied the pass to an open corner 3 the second time.
Would you rather give up 6 points instead of 2 in that sequence? Sheesh
Better to close out under control rather than out of control. That way you still discourage or prevent the 3, but not give up the blow by.
He has trouble keeping any player in front of him in any case.
You're not going to be able to both prevent the 3 and single-handedly stop a guard from attacking the closeout. That's why the Raptors favour hard closeouts and scrambling, it's what we've done for years under Nurse. Boucher is one of the best bigs you'll find at doing that. An old school big like Valanciunas would have had his butt planted in the paint on both those plays, and we would have given up two open 3s.
This is a video of 1 unambiguously good result from a hard closeout, and 1 so-so result (contested layup). To look at this and say you're "speechless" or it's "two of the worst defensive plays you'll see" is being an absurd hater.
