No PJ was a recipe for whatever happened last night. Outrebounded, outhustled. He's so important. So is Maxi. At least, the non Aug 2024 to now version of Maxi. Missed Jones Jr something fierce tonight. In the playoffs he was the primary on SGA and he kept him under control. Followed him through screens and didn't let their role players put our bigs and backline in 2v1s like they did all night last night. Yeesh.
I know we harp on Kidd a lot but it's well deserved. Why oh why does he not tell Kyrie and Luka to screen for each other? They're doubling them every time they touch the ball anyway. Put them in screen action and force OKC to make the decision of whom to guard. Do this especially when Gafford's out there and not Lively. I hate how stubborn Kidd is about letting the players figure it out. Give them some direction.
Naji had a great game. OMAX is earning more minutes. Klay, good game offensively and defensively. OKC came out wanting this game so much more than we did. I hope we play them in the WCF, it's going to be a fun series.