01-08-2021, 03:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2021, 03:36 PM by KillerLeft.)
(01-08-2021, 03:18 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: Given that, for example, doesn't a decision to run Bobi out as the sole big against Jokic effectively constitute a decision that you're probably going to allow Jokic some open threes?
It's a valid question, and I can better see where you're coming from now, thanks.
I think the decision to run Boban out was based on two factors:
1) the first half offense was TERRIBLE. In theory, when the offense is disjointed to such an extreme, that's the exact scenario where the "Boban button" should get pushed. I was less than thrilled with the results last night, but this tactic has helped the team in the past, so I thought the initial decision to play him was valid.
2) I'm assuming that the reason he played AGAIN in this 3rd quarter (and a third time in the 4th????) was because Carlisle felt he had no choice. Powell and Johnson were both pretty bad in the first half themselves, I think, and someone has to go out there and play center while Willie sits. I suppose that in a sense, when Carlisle decided that getting killed by ball movement with Boban out there was preferable to getting killed inside with Powell out there, that supports your point.
Incidentally, Powell came back in and had a good stretch to end the third (this was when the Mavs got back into the game) and Johnson gave them a nice couple of minutes in the 4th, so I'm not sure playing Boban (the 2nd time, in the 3rd quarter) was the lesser of two evils, after all.