CoachD wrote:crkone wrote:CoachD wrote:
How effective was that system when Ibaka drained elbow jumper after elbow jumper in every regular season game against the Bucks and in the playoffs? Ibaka led the league in % from that spot, and still was left wide open...
And then Gasol draining 3s and being left open to facilitate the offense....
This was a BIG reason the Bucks got backdoor swept...
So no, it wouldn't be the way you describe.
It couldn't be that they completely took away Giannis from scoring in the paint. No it couldn't be that.
Yup, that's a huge piece. But they also had to score. And WHERE were they finding points when Bud was trying to use similar paint protection to the Raps?
Van Vleet shot 57% on 25 open and wide open 3s in the conference finals. Gasol was wide open and shot 41%. That's still worse than a wide open shot at the rim.