12-25-2019, 10:56 AM
(12-23-2019, 09:34 PM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: I am just trying to explain coach-think in the scenario...
It is pretty obvious that Rick perceived 2 things: 1) he really wanted no part of KP putting the ball in his dribble away from further than the half court set; 2) that somewhwre in his 1-3, Brunson is my guess, we could not make the smart pass/dribble choice against the pressure. That is where he chose to flood the press.
I still think he wanted Toronto to slow down on their P&R usage and going small is a way to limit the advantage of Lowery getting a big in space.
It MIGHT have been more effective if 2 aspects were different: a) Toronto doesn't go on an Offensive Rebounding spree OR b) the small lineup could have hit 1 basket.
Maybe, just Maybe Rick won't try this again... At least Until he can run Luka as a forward in that scenario.
IMHO Luka as the Primary BH limits the effectiveness of the press in the 1st place and we don't see this tactic any further with this effect.
Agreed, its a whole different scenario with Luka, and a press likely doesn't work well against Dallas with Luka.
Even still, we have seen this season the team drag even with Luka and Carlisle has gotten the spark from the bench including using JJ and even Boban for offensive bounce. In this case, coach didn't choose to even try those tactics even though they worked before.
Its coaches prerogative.
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