01-27-2020, 06:20 PM
(01-27-2020, 06:11 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: A lot of interesting points have been raised about the offense, and those points are well worth considering and discussing.
Having said that, it didn't seem to me that the offensive scheme was much of a problem in this game. The system was getting the Mavs good looks, and they shot well on the whole -- the shots they missed or declined to take were often open or lightly contested. However, on the defensive end, the Mavericks sent the Jazz to the line for 22 foul shots, and gave up 28 second-chance points. There's your subpar performance.
I guess one could view the use of the five-out offense as partially responsible for the poor defense. It is employed as a way to make it easier for small lineups to score, and small lineups in general tend to perform worse on defense and rebounding than bigger ones do. And on the offensive side, all those missed free throws did hurt.
All true. But change Curry with Kleber and you still have a 5 out offense and a much better defense. The problem was that we only had two bigs and we didn't play them at the same time.