03-18-2021, 08:25 AM
(03-18-2021, 07:14 AM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: In some ways this was my favorite KP game since his return, because his shot wasn't really falling and he still made huge impacts on the board and on defense. He also had a nice stretch in the 3rd quarter where the Mavs were clearly trying to feed it to him on the elbow matched up on smaller wings and he went to work. I missed the first half of the game, but Twitter was going crazy about how much Zubac was "dominating" in the paint and he finishes with the worst +/- on the Clips with -15. Which shows a) even when the shot isn't falling for KP he has a huge effect on offense clearing out the paint for Luka because you can't leave him alone b) people really get all up in their feelings over buckets by an opposing 5.
BB-Ref hasn't updated last night onto KP's splits yet, but in the other six games in March his on-court effectiveness is beginning to turn around. His rebounding is up to 10.5 per game (vs. 8.0 in Jan/Feb). His shooting continues to improve (.522 FG% and .436 3% for the month), but the main thing is his D-Rating has improved dramatically to 105 (it was 114 in Jan and 118 in Feb). His full season in 19/20 was 107, so March looks real and Jan/Feb appear to be the anomalies.