Zach Lowe
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And we're just going to guard him with bigs.
It's going to be Hardenstein.
It's going to be Chet and Big Jalen Williams.
And we're going to drop back and play normal pick and roll defense.
And sometimes the lobs are going to be there, but they're going to be harder to see and harder to execute, especially when we're helping off the shooters.
And that's really changed the series.
And I thought in the first half of Game 3 โ
the Spurs sort of got away from using him in the pick and roll anyway.
And in the third quarter, they came out and said, yeah, we know you're guarding him this way, but we have to still try.
It's our best offense, just having him go to the rim.
And they got a little bit of stuff out of that, but still not enough because the guys are guarding him are much bigger now.
I think we're going to see even more of it and more creative ways to spring him loose, more misdirection.
They ran a Fox-Wemby empty side pick and roll from the right side of the floor that they got something off of.
I can't remember.
They got a lob dunk at some point.
Vassell-Wemby action is always good.
I think they're just going to have to dig deeper into the playbook.
But that to me is...
one of the defined the bench points and that stat of when B's shots drifting out to the perimeter more, like even when he makes a shot like that or, or drives and then passes at the foul line and someone makes a three, those are all like wins for Oklahoma city.
Anything except him just catching the ball at the basket is, is a win.