HAWKS 113, MAVS 87

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The paint was PACKED with Hawks all night because Dallas' offensive spacing was pretty rough, imo. Looked like the 2011 offense, not the 2021 offense. 

A lot of this. That's the reason why Rick had KP pulling his man out to the perimeter. You can't have a team of guards driving the paint when you have a big man playing low post ball. You can't have it both ways. So far, Kidd's plan of letting KP post up only works if he is effective down there and you play a slower style.

I was afraid of seeing this happen. That's the reason not many teams are playing bigs much anymore. It's more of a guard driving league. The bigs play the perimeter to create space by pulling their men out of the paint.