JD

Because there's just a lot of things.

All you have to do is tag on the perimeter way more.

I mean, just be in front of somebody way more.

And not throw the ball out of bounds.

Like you said, there is just...

Maybe it was the lights the first quarter because they got better as the game went along.

I would think they would say, you know, the whistle they were getting with their physicality also put them at a disadvantage for these early fouls in quarters and the physicality off the ball and tagging and fighting through screens and stuff like that.

I think they were like Mike Brown talking about the frustration of that as well.

of how they were not being allowed in their minds to sort of try and guard this and take this away.

So again, it's an important part of how this game is going to be officiated in game four.

We don't want to talk about the officiating, but it's true.

It's a huge element to the way these two teams play.

Yeah, but the open shots to start this game had nothing to do with the tags.

Literally, you could go down every single three-point shot in the opening quarter.

That wasn't physicality.

That was just get out up on them.

And they were just concerned.

They knew that the Spurs were going through Wemby and that every ball was going to go through him.

So they went to go run after him, whether it was at the rim or even on the perimeter where they just sagged way too much.

They just weren't ready like they were in games one and games two.