MAVS NEWS: Luka Is Hurt, But is Trudging On | DLive's Mom Passes Away| Maxi OUT

[MaxiThreeba]

Woudl be more fucked if him, Gafford and all the others could learn to punish the opponents with a little short floater. It´s literally there every game after they commit to Luka.

I am still pounding the table for more PJ in the PnR with Gafford/Lively in the dunker spot.  PJ has the push shot.  Can he make that lob pass to the dunker?  Who is going to leave Kyrie alone in the corner to take the dunker when low man has to step up to PJ?  It just creates a completely different set of problems than the 1-5 PnR the Mavs run or the PnR that isn't really a PnR it's just Luka picking which defender he wants to iso against.

You can use an off ball screen to get the defender you want switched onto PJ as well before getting into your 1-4, 2-4 PnR with PJ and Luka/Kyrie.

I still think PJ is the key to creating more conflict and more "easy" possessions for the Mavs.  Gafford and Lively aren't going to develop a push shot in the middle of the playoffs.  PJ already has one and he just needs to make a few of them to completely disrupt how the Clippers want to play the action.