hugepatsfan wrote:Triple7 wrote:I don’t care if we win or lose this game. Let’s just find a way to defend Giannis. I hope Stevens try all the combination against him. We need a legit big inside everytime against Giannis. Theis definitely is too small to guard him. I hope we try a combo of R.will/Theis, Kanter/Theis, or even a R.Will/Kanter against Giannis. Just try every combo.
What about the other end of the court now where Giannis can just roam free and use his wingspan to disrupt passing lanes/shots since we have no element of spacing with these lineups? Giannis is a great player. He's going to get his. Can't put out a lineup specifically designed to slow him down if it means we have a crap-tastic team out there in other ways. Game is played on both ends and with multiple matchups on each side. The matchup of guarding Giannis isn't one we're going to win. You just have to try and not lose it by as much but can't willingly throw away other matchups to do that.
Nah i disagree. Two bigs with Smart, Brown and Tatum, is the best defensive lineup we could throw against giannis, whilst not sacrificing our offense at all. Smart, brown and tatum are all good at defensive switching and help. I have watched Giannis missed a lot of shot and rebounding his own miss several times. Even put back dunks on his own miss. The key is stopping Giannis inside, and if he misses, we should contain the rebound. We’re not doing that if your tallest man on the court is Theis. At least with a two big combo, we could somehow contain the defensive boards, and clog the paint. Let Giannis take the outside shot. Who cares if he makes half of them at some games. Odds are, he’ll miss most. Small ball won’t work against them, unless we shoot lights out from outside.
