04-09-2021, 10:22 AM
I’m too dumb to figure out how to quote a prior post on here. But I’m not dumb enough to have missed DFS’s many contributions. He was great, despite a so-so shooting night.
But when KP entered the game at 8:01 in the 4th, the whole game changed. Down 4 turned into up 4 in just 2 minutes, during which KP hit 2 threes, grabbed 2 boards, and scored 8 points. All while turning previously unstoppable Bobby Portis into an afterthought. He added 2 more boards and a three over the ensuing 2 minutes, and the lead was 8. (Portis, meanwhile, had seen the last of his 20 points.)
The end of the third, by the way, was the only reason the game was interesting. KP picks up a foul and takes a seat. The Bucks go on to score 12 in the final minute and a half of the quarter, turning an 8 point deficit into a 4 point lead.
Now it’s true that DFS also sat out the end of the third. I have no problem with the notion that his absence might have been the bigger factor there. But it ain’t obviously so. And KP’s 26/17 while shooting 50% from the field, 57% from 3, and 100% from the line, with 2 blocks and an assist, is a very Dirk-like showing.
But when KP entered the game at 8:01 in the 4th, the whole game changed. Down 4 turned into up 4 in just 2 minutes, during which KP hit 2 threes, grabbed 2 boards, and scored 8 points. All while turning previously unstoppable Bobby Portis into an afterthought. He added 2 more boards and a three over the ensuing 2 minutes, and the lead was 8. (Portis, meanwhile, had seen the last of his 20 points.)
The end of the third, by the way, was the only reason the game was interesting. KP picks up a foul and takes a seat. The Bucks go on to score 12 in the final minute and a half of the quarter, turning an 8 point deficit into a 4 point lead.
Now it’s true that DFS also sat out the end of the third. I have no problem with the notion that his absence might have been the bigger factor there. But it ain’t obviously so. And KP’s 26/17 while shooting 50% from the field, 57% from 3, and 100% from the line, with 2 blocks and an assist, is a very Dirk-like showing.