01-08-2021, 02:25 PM
Great summary...as always!
This one definitely started out ugly...with emphasis on the ewwww.
I really like the way they continued to play, especially on the defensive end. There were some breakdowns, but it looks better than most of the efforts we saw last season. Made life difficult for Jokic in close forcing him to be a jump shooter, sort of picking your poison there.
I think the key is they are learning that they don't have to be scoring tons if they have a reasonable defense. 2011 team could score with the best of them, especially if Dirk or JET got hot, but were still successful when the game got ugly by defensive effort until things turned around offensively. I had a little bit of that feeling last night.
Not to tout a rival, but SA has seemed to always bring it defensively and look at their success. At least until they ran out of talent. I think we could look at HOU as the reverse.
This one definitely started out ugly...with emphasis on the ewwww.
I really like the way they continued to play, especially on the defensive end. There were some breakdowns, but it looks better than most of the efforts we saw last season. Made life difficult for Jokic in close forcing him to be a jump shooter, sort of picking your poison there.
I think the key is they are learning that they don't have to be scoring tons if they have a reasonable defense. 2011 team could score with the best of them, especially if Dirk or JET got hot, but were still successful when the game got ugly by defensive effort until things turned around offensively. I had a little bit of that feeling last night.
Not to tout a rival, but SA has seemed to always bring it defensively and look at their success. At least until they ran out of talent. I think we could look at HOU as the reverse.