cgf wrote:ibraheim718 wrote:cupcakesnake wrote:
Watched the highlight again and another thing I don't get is that Horford kind of wanders back to Tatum, allowing OG to switch onto Tatum without leaving Horford open. If Horford drifted to the right, Tatum might have had a lane, or a quick pass to an open Horford, depending on how OG reacted. I don't get why Horford just wandered into the play.
Knicks have defensive holes, but on the wing is not where those holes are. Forcing so much Tatum/Brown against OG/Mikal might not be the smartest.
Correct.. the Knicks defensive weak link is Brunson at the point of attack.
That's true...although watching this series, I wonder what Boston's #s have been when they've gotten Jalen or Karl isolated like they should be trying to. Cause it certainly feels like even when they have gotten exactly what they wanted, we've forced them into a lot of contested pull-ups and they haven't really been able to burn us.
I think I'm a lot less scared of the Jay's getting to "pick on Brunson or Towns every time down the floor" than I am the Celtics getting rhythm 3s that they can actually hit.
Isolating Karl was not how you mess with him. He's fine in iso. Long arms and legs, quick and strong. Getting him involved in 2-man action where he has to make a read is how you exploit Towns.
Last year in the playoffs, Durant and Jokic got nothing isolating Towns (so what hope do Tatum/Brown have?). Then Luka put him in pick & roll with a lob threat on one side and a corner shooter in the other, and Towns turned into a total defensive joke.
Even with Brunson, you dont want to just post up that thicc boy. You want to put him positions where he needs to contest, and his lack of size and length make him helpless.
