Stugatz

There's nothing wrong with them.

There's no weakness.

They are inevitable, kind of like Thanos when he's like, yo, you can do this a million times over.

It's going to end up the same way.

I was at Game 3 on Saturday, and some of the Phoenix local guys were asking, what do you think the Suns need to do?

I said...

there's nothing to do there's nothing that you can do because they do everything so perfectly so right even if you're within range and that's what happened that game the Suns would get in range like okay here come the Suns and the Thunder just go pop pop pop and all of a sudden it's like a 15 point lead but it's only like this round for them like this is the third straight year that they swept an opponent it it

Dan, here's one of the issues, and I say issues in the most positive way.

When we talk about a great defensive team, usually it's like, what's that made of?

Well, it's usually made of, like...

a guy who's really good in the paint, and then a couple of guys on the perimeter are really good, and maybe a backup guy.

So you talk about like maybe four or five really good defensive players that create the backbone of the system that everyone else, all you gotta do is be decent.

All you gotta do is adhere to our principles, send them the way we want guys to get sent, and we're gonna be a great defense.

That's typically how it's been.

Oklahoma City has 17 dudes on their roster, and they all defend.

Every single person who plays for the Thunder, they don't have a single guy who comes in there like, he's a weak link.

So when that's your starting point, when your starting point is everyone is excellent on ball, and then they're smart and disciplined off ball, and all they do is create this chaos and this pressure.

The only way you can beat their defense is if you are a quick decision team that moves the ball, reverses the defense, and then you've got to be able to shoot.

It's what Indiana did to bother them last year.

But it's just like the number of teams that are that disciplined offensively and they can shoot and they have a multitude of passers is very limited.