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Originally Posted by Dallas41
I know this is going to sound critical of Luka but if you go back and watch the prior two games you'll notice the mavs offense had terrific ball movement.
In a sense they were looking more uptempo and aggressive which made it hard for Utah to play defense because they were always scrambling to either help on the penatrator or get back out to the open shooter.
With Luka the mavs are very predictable on offense and Utah's bigs can stay on the floor much better.
Luka is a great talent no doubt but I'm not sure the isolation sets or PNR sets with Powell is best for this series.
Mavs might very well win this series because they are the better team but I feel it will be more of grind type of game with luka as opposed to the style of play with Brunson as the lead dog.
If this makes sense in football terms with luka it's more of run the ball control the pace type of game.
Without luka is more of attack downfield quickly and exploit the jazz lack of coverage.
You can win with either style no doubt but you just look much better imo as a team with that game 2 and 3 style of play.
I guess that's why I love watching the Warriors they have a terrific system that utilizes very few iso sets.
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I mentioned it before the game that I hope we still have good ball movement.
I agree on the Luka effect. I think they have to consider letting JB run point more and get Luka on the fn block. It's not rocket surgery and he can still distribute the ball as well as score from that position. Maybe screen at the top with Luka and JB, on the switch Luka has a smaller guy now and establishes position on the mid post. That action alone would change a lot. Utah hasn't prepared for that I'd bet. It's a weapon that keeps a quicker guy more willing to move the ball up top that doesn't just take Luka out of the offense. Maxi drags Gobert to a corner so he can't easily recover to Luka on a dump in pass or he leaves Maxi if JB blows by the perimeter defender. We have to add a new wrinkle in on offensive strategy IMO.