Ish hasn't had to guard the other team's best PG every night, Lowry has. And Lowry seems to be doing pretty damn well right now. But of course, let's get mad at Rick Adelman for leaving him in and not letting the younger Ish Smith play.
DOWN BY 4 GUYS !! We're playing good in the 3rd, as usual. After this comes the dreaded 4th quarter...
That's a defensive gameplan called "Switch everything." It's usually what you do when the other team has a lot of guys that can hit open jumpers.
Watching Lowry guard the pick and roll is somewhat amusing. He intentionally runs into the guy setting the pick looking for an offensive foul instead of fighting over it. He'll get caught on it and so the switch happens.