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Originally Posted by Dallas41
Of those 42 FT's Rudy shot 18 of them most were from intentional fouls on him
Powell sucks plain and simple (Those lobs are less available in the playoffs)
The dude misses tons of defensive box out opportunities. Sure he might know his assignments but he's a terrible big man and can't be relied upon especially in late game situations to grab one key defensive rebound. Yes he plays hard and hustles but so does Josh Green. In fact despite Green being only 6'6 I honestly believe he would grab more rebounds in traffic late in games than Powell would on defense.
We've all seen Powell pull the same crap vs Zubac in previous post seasons getting bullied on the boards.
Maxi does have his issues at times but he isn't as irritant at Powell when it comes to defensive rebounding. But Maxi is usually out on the perimeter being asked to defend wing players much more than Powell.
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I'm not championing Powell as a great big man. I'm saying you rattled off a lot of stuff about the 4th quarter that wasn't true. I just broke the whole thing down as I re watched it. Go back and really rewatch it. DP played his ass off. He's 4 inches shorter than Gobert and more importantly his wingspan is 9 inches less. Gobert is a fvcking monster and there's no way around it. When Powell has to step up on a switch or help on a drive there's no way anyone can do anything about Gobert getting boards if the ball is headed anywhere near him.
Yea it sucked really bad that he missed free throws.
Blame the FO for not pursuing an actual big.