He's pretty much a shorter less explosive/athletic kobe bryant. Probably the best under the rim paint scorer ever. Him or tony parker.
Interesting... Nets playing a zone right now with jordan in the paint. This last possession, Durant and irving were up top covering the kawhi, lou pnr.
Kyrie taking nearly as many shots as Harden and KD combined, but he is making them and it seems to be working. Tonight anyway. How many Rockets players and coaches are watching this game I wonder? Maybe all of them?
The problem is that all three of their stars are efficient scorers so even an "off" night is still good enough while the other two go off. Offense will rarely be the problem for this team.
Irving used 19 possessions to score 29 points. 76% TS Durant used 11 possessions to score 19 points. 86% TS. Crazy.
In a playoff series, teams will be keying on their opponents weaknesses more than we are seeing here tonight. The Nets defensive holes should be more exploitable when the opposing team is focusing all its attention on just you for a series. Not saying the Clippers don't have weaknesses also, but the Nets are easier to take advantage of IMO.