Mavs 127, Clippers 121

[SleepingHero]

Just feels like he has no position on defense. He is a good rim protector but not a great post defender and rebounder.

I think his lack of position on defense can be detriment as much as it can be a positive. It's heavily matchup dependent as we're seeing currently. I don't think that's an inherent flaw to his game however.

I also think KP has become a damn good rebounder in his time with the Mavs. 9.5rpg last year and 8.9 rpg this year.  I also think rim protection is orders of magnitude more important than post defense given how little teams are posting up anymore. 

But at the end of the day we both agree that KP must get better at defending in space, especially if his one good trait is rim protection. He was pretty dang good at it last season. This year not so much despite some flashes during this series. I hope he continues his positive trend this series and hopefully having a healthy offseason will prime him for a better defensive year next year.