Against Memphis, Looney helped a lot to match the Grizzlies’ bulk in the frontcourt and aid with rebounding. Playing smaller will likely help Golden State when Dallas puts Maxi Kleber at the five, but I’m curious to see who makes the floor. Curry and Poole will both be hunted ruthlessly by Dončić on switches, making life tougher for off-ball players who want to stick close to shooters.
If there’s an issue Golden State had heading into this postseason, it was not having had enough time to figure out what its best lineups were with most of the team healthy. Once again Steve Kerr is going to have to answer some questions on the fly.putting Luka in switches and letting Paul and Booker attack him. Dallas countered as the series went on by either pre-switching or having Luka hedge and recover to his original man.
The thing is, Kerr doesn’t really like to go hunting. He’s said before it’s not his style of basketball. It’s not that the Warriors won’t try to intentionally involve Luka. But they won’t be as relentless with it as the Suns. I do think if Kerr were to ever start to deviate from his preferences, now is the best time possible. Forcing Luka to expend constant energy on defense may be the only way to slow him down offensively at this point in his career.
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