7 players took more shots than Klay, and only one player who played more than 10 minutes (Edwards) took less shots than him. “Parking” Klay in the corner (for most of the game), and waited for the defender to leave him open, obviously it’s not working. They have to find another way to get him more shots. Kyrie played 42 minutes??? WTF
In the last 22 games, he played <35 minutes only 3 times. And in the last 5 games he played 42, 39, 38, 41, 39 minutes. I hope I’m wrong, but I will not be surprised if Kyrie is next one to suffer multiple games injury.
Agree on most points. I remember being excited after preseason finale vs Bucks (https://digginbasketball.substack.com/p/mavs-game-observations-preseason-bucks) when Mavs ran a fun offense, with Kyrie and Klay, utilizing both as movement guys, shooters and I made notes how fun it could be in the regular season. Seem they went away from it...they run a couple of plays for Klay but that's it. They ran some decoy actions with offball, weakside actions but far too simple for defense like Celitcs' play
Good analysis. Think the spotlight should be on PJ. In most of the clips, the “3rd Celtic defender” was the guy cheating off PJ, who made things easier by remaining static. Also, PJ’s handles are pretty loose. He struggles to maneuver through traffic or maintain his dribble beyond the 1-2 dribbles to create his floater
PJ is key, as the 3rd guy playing heavy minutes and a guy we know will always be on the floor in close games. He said he worked on on-ball game, so handles as well I assume in the summer...but like you said still too inconsistent, too lose at points. But I think these extended reps for him are valuable long term, despite some good (OKC) and less good results...
7 players took more shots than Klay, and only one player who played more than 10 minutes (Edwards) took less shots than him. “Parking” Klay in the corner (for most of the game), and waited for the defender to leave him open, obviously it’s not working. They have to find another way to get him more shots. Kyrie played 42 minutes??? WTF
In the last 22 games, he played <35 minutes only 3 times. And in the last 5 games he played 42, 39, 38, 41, 39 minutes. I hope I’m wrong, but I will not be surprised if Kyrie is next one to suffer multiple games injury.
Agree on most points. I remember being excited after preseason finale vs Bucks (https://digginbasketball.substack.com/p/mavs-game-observations-preseason-bucks) when Mavs ran a fun offense, with Kyrie and Klay, utilizing both as movement guys, shooters and I made notes how fun it could be in the regular season. Seem they went away from it...they run a couple of plays for Klay but that's it. They ran some decoy actions with offball, weakside actions but far too simple for defense like Celitcs' play
Good analysis. Think the spotlight should be on PJ. In most of the clips, the “3rd Celtic defender” was the guy cheating off PJ, who made things easier by remaining static. Also, PJ’s handles are pretty loose. He struggles to maneuver through traffic or maintain his dribble beyond the 1-2 dribbles to create his floater
PJ is key, as the 3rd guy playing heavy minutes and a guy we know will always be on the floor in close games. He said he worked on on-ball game, so handles as well I assume in the summer...but like you said still too inconsistent, too lose at points. But I think these extended reps for him are valuable long term, despite some good (OKC) and less good results...
All the injuries make it very hard to watch as a fan. Good description and videos of the Celtics defense on Kyrie.