…and this is what I’ve been seeing for a coupla years now. We’re always gonna struggle against great guards. We just got one of the greatest offensive players in the game but we lost 2 of our best two-way guys in Max and AD. Good teams figure out how to beat the gimmick defense Redick has been running. Now if we somehow beat MIN 3 straight, we get a rested Steph & JimmyB.

The thing that doesn’t show up in the stats is how often guys blow past Luka to get in the paint, causing everyone to scramble, and wreaking havoc on the overall team defense. Especially problematic when we have no rim protection

Fatigue is a main issue. Not only causes physical mistakes but (and probably more importantly) mental mistakes as well.

Truth be told, we came close to losing Game 2 in the 4th but the difference was that MIN missed the wide open looks they’ve been hitting in the other 3 games. It’s a problem..

Refs definitely missed that kicked ball. Did we have a challenge or did Redick already squander it?