NBA.com stats are out
https://www.nba.com/game/lac-vs-phx-0042200172/box-score?dir=D&sort=playerPoints&type=defense
Suns had a field day scoring easily on Zubac and EJ.
Maybe… Try RoCo over Zubac? Maybe try… Bones over EJ?
Bones holding his own yesterday is very impressive. I think Bones is so skinny that he can draw charges and offensive fouls easily.
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EJ looked sus last night Lue should’ve benched him after that half assed defense on Booker and KD
Zu was Croation Chicken in the 2nd half.
Suns couldnt miss in the second half, those 2 didnt look great, but this was hopefully and outlier game
Roco needs to be inserted into the rotation for sure.
im a lakers fan but rooting for clippers this series.
Clippers did what they had to do, and steal 1 game on the road. I think this all comes down to game 4. Clippers will win game 3. Game 4 will be tough. If clippers can win both at home, they got this in 5 or 6. If suns wins game 4 and tie it up, it will probably go 7 games and home team usually have the advantage in game 7. Good luck to yall
Zu seems to get targeted every playoff run lol
That drop coverage isn’t gonna work against the Suns. CP3, Book, & KD will just attack Zu from midrange in the P&R. And when they make the pass to Ayton, Zu is too slow to close out on his midrange jumpers. Lue might have to cut Zu’s minutes in this series & play Roco & Batum at the small ball 5. Especially if Zu is gonna play as bad as he did last night.
Who is EJ?
They kept working the pick and roll with Gordon and Zubac. Gordon is all too happy to drop off everything and hasn’t fought through a screen since the first time he was on the team. He should only be out there against the bench
For those of you who know a bit about basketball, you know that this statement is a bit skewed. Where EJ’s responsibilities were to man up against his defender, Zu had the responsibility to drop cover. So where EJ did give up the points, Zu didn’t. Ty or whoever decided to call this D is responsible.
Stan the man was chirping all day about this drop coverage and how it places Zu in a tough spot.
It wasn’t Zu’s best game. He needs to get way more aggressive and tight with the ball. He did give up a few baskets but the culprit is the D system, not Z.
Put some respect on Zu. Though I knew the Zuhaters and Zugoaters were lurking in the shadows waiting for the right moment to pounce.