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Originally Posted by SMC0007
Haha. Yea. It really shouldn't have been this close. Mann got Luka to take it personal and he got caught up trying to burn him. He made well timed doubles back to Luka off switches and forced him to bring the ball up the floor under pressure. He's annoying AF but I commend him taking on a beast like Luka. He is willing to be embarrassed like Pat Bev and just keep coming back.
Luka and the coaching staff should have stopped the 1v1 revenge garbage and let someone else bring the ball up and let Luka post up Mann. And in fairness to Kidd he was kneeling down in front od Luka during a timeout and maybe he was teaching him. Luka could have conserved energy and feasted on the smaller Mann in the block. That's how you dominate that matchup effectively. Hopefully Luuka learns the better way to get back at an aggressive guy who is quick and relentless. Being at the top of the court 30 feet from the bucket with help defense sagging into the lane isn't it.
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I completely agree with all of this. Luka will learn it in time. I like the edge that he has and don’t want to blunt that, but yeah: no need for him to spend endless energy just getting the ball up court. Something Dinwiddie can actually help with too.