I'm hoping that we see a bit more Speights/Verejao when the 2 bigs are in the game for OKC. Anything to pull Kanter away from the basket - his defense is atrocious when he has to extend towards the perimeter. Either that, or figure out a way to pull Adams into switching onto a guard during a PnR like they did in the OT win at OKC this season. He's a far better defender than Kanter, but has bad instincts when guarding further out.
Mostly, just gotta figure out a way to get the bigs to come out from the key and defend face-up. Both bigs were crazy disciplined the first game, I just don't see that holding through the series.
Average is Warriors in 6.1.
I can't believe no one picked the Thunder to steal this series.
Damn last night was rough.
Steph was off and Bogut was injured.
Thunder's Giants clogged all the lanes too.
I'm hoping that we see a bit more Speights/Verejao when the 2 bigs are in the game for OKC. Anything to pull Kanter away from the basket - his defense is atrocious when he has to extend towards the perimeter. Either that, or figure out a way to pull Adams into switching onto a guard during a PnR like they did in the OT win at OKC this season. He's a far better defender than Kanter, but has bad instincts when guarding further out.
Mostly, just gotta figure out a way to get the bigs to come out from the key and defend face-up. Both bigs were crazy disciplined the first game, I just don't see that holding through the series.
Right, at least in the regular season the Thunder bigs could be relied on to be inconsistent.
But yeah, when Adams and Kanter are disciplined it is MUCH tougher for the Dubs.
Not sure if Speights and Verejao can disrupt their game like Bogut can, but I'm pretty sure Ezeli cannot. He's too polite a player.