I would like to see Alperen try three-pointers instead of Jalen and Fred. I hope he tries at least 4-5 next game.
First playoff game of his career and Alpi showed the f- up. This shows why he was an all-star over Sabonis
They couldn't handle Sengun, so we should have kept going to him. He had less shots than Fred despite having 16 more points! In 5 less minutes too. He is our best offensive player, utilise him.
GS is running a lineup with nobody taller than 6'7". They are willing to give Sengun shots if they can shutdown everything else - and they pretty much did. They did a great job of taking away the wide open perimeter shots and the drives. Everything was contested. They also took away Sengun's playmaking (1 assist, 5 turnovers). Our offense was relegated to guys trying to go one one one. Defensively, they ran Curry off a ton of screens to force switches. They also took advantage of the doublecbig lineup by hitting open 3s and by swinging the ball and driving. They had a very good gameplan. We now have to adjust or this will be over quickly.
Not really fair to say they "took away his playmaking" due to the 1 assist. The guy had 11 potential assists in game 1, and he only averaged 9.1 per game during the regular season. I don't think they took it away at all. At some point people have to make shots.
I don't want to hear any more smearing of Sengun from our so-called Rockets fans after 4 years of this bs. Last night only one that brought it and when GS adjusted in the second half no one else stepped up. Clearly our best player and we should build around him.
I wrote that Alpi will be the player of the Series... He is a person who will be stronger and stronger in pressure moments. Jalen Green looks, that he cant be the Player for winning big games.
Except normally, those potential assists are open looks. That wasn't the case yesterday. GS didn't give many open shots so , yes, they did take away his playmaking.
All that matters is that he dunked on Draymond. That was amazing. It was his Im here moment. For everyone who said he's unathletic and can't play. Well what do you have to say after that? Now if we could just get some average shooting around him we win easily. 6/29 woulda lost to Jazz.... we need to seriously consider starting Jabari only shooter Ime is willing to play. Oh and we can stop with the Scola comparisons, I've never seen scola dunk on anyone ever....
