Zach Lowe

They're doing one of two things.

If it's a regular pick and roll, they're dropping back.

And I think the most encouraging sign from game four and game three, but particularly game four, was Ant started to poke a hole in that a little bit.

He made a couple pull-up threes.

He made some mid-rangers.

He attacked Fox on switches now and then, which is, I think, something he could do more.

He had a couple explosive drives to the rim.

He started to poke holes in that.

Or we're just trapping you at half court before you can even run a pick and roll, and we're confident that we can rotate out of that, especially when Wemby's on the floor.

So the rhythm threes just haven't been there.

But I wonder, given his success in game four, kind of poking at their pick and roll scheme, if they can get a little bit more of that.

The other guy that I'm watching is Randall, who's averaging only 14 a game.

And...

I just – I expected a lot more.

The Spurs are giving him whatever matchup he wants on switches.

Like it takes one screening action, and if you don't want Castle because he's tenacious, you can get Vassell.

You can get Champagny.

You might even be able to get Fox.

And I expected a lot more just deliberate get Randall a matchup and let him attack.

and let him attack in space, particularly when Gobert is off the floor and they're trying to play Wemby in a one-man zone on the back line, put shooters in the corners, let Randle go against a favorable matchup.