Here is the quote from the Blackistone column. Notice the quote is attributed to Mo Cheeks, the Blazers coach. I wonder what game HE was watching? Obviously not the same game that the Murphy Brotherhood was watching.
"Asked why the Blazers didn't double-team Nowitzki more often, Cheeks said that wasn't an option.
"Most of his shots came from the perimeter," Cheeks said. "It's a little tough to double him out there. It wasn't like he was making shots down on the box where you can run a (second) guy down there."
The Mavs were running the high pick and roll, most of the time. Dirk DID back down to the low blocks, on occasion, but not NEAR as much as some people would have us believe. He seldom was allowed to START OUT in the low blocks.
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