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  • iblastoff wrote: View Post
    nene and gortat have definitely been monsters in their playoff run so far.
    but why are people all of a sudden saying lowry and derozan were constantly being double teamed? they weren't.
    Every time a big would apply an on-ball screen (aside of Patterson because of his relatively hot-shooting) the handler would be trapped and push back with the length of plumlee/garnett covering, although decisions could have been made quicker, the length really made it hard on our guards, especially Lowry to pass over the top (his assist number was way down playoff (4,5) vs regular season (7,5)). Despite his usage rate going up by 4%
    Myself (March 2014):
    The raptors are a tremendous young team and will win a championship in the following five years.

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    • OptimalOptimist wrote: View Post
      Every time a big would apply an on-ball screen (aside of Patterson because of his relatively hot-shooting) the handler would be trapped and push back with the length of plumlee/garnett covering, although decisions could have been made quicker, the length really made it hard on our guards, especially Lowry to pass over the top (his assist number was way down playoff (4,5) vs regular season (7,5)). Despite his usage rate going up by 4%
      so derozan and lowry were just incapable of passing the ball due to the amazing nets defense? come on. what length? plumlee has the same wingspan as friggin 6'7 livingston for gods sake. and are you really saying garnett shut down DD and lowry?

      also, nene was suspended from playing in game 4 and the wizards STILL won.

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      • iblastoff wrote: View Post
        so derozan and lowry were just incapable of passing the ball due to the amazing nets defense? come on. what length? plumlee has the same wingspan as friggin 6'7 livingston for gods sake. and are you really saying garnett shut down DD and lowry?

        also, nene was suspended from playing in game 4 and the wizards STILL won.
        The bulls rely on Mike Dunleavy to score, lol. They were a vastly overrated team. Booker also played a great game starting for Nene, 9 reb in only 27 minutes and +9 by the end of the game.

        Aside of that, Even if Plumlee doesn't have an amazing wingspan, he is still an athletic and agile 7 footer. Say what you want about Garnett he still fouls on basically every play and get away with it.

        I'm not saying that it SHUT THEM DOWN, far from there, DD stats are really close to his reg season, but him and Lowry ast% went down and their TV% went up, which was a direct consequence of the smart and well executed game planning of Brooklyn.

        Also, it'd not like they played defense that way all season, it started when Lopez went down and Pierce started at the 4, before that they were plain horrible.

        Also during the playoffs, their defensive intensity went way up. They edged way harder than they did in the regular season.

        Overall, the Nets' system and players made a huge impact on Lowry and Derozan.

        Also the stress reliever, Ross, couldn't hit a shot for his life and was left open which add evenr more pressure to the ball handlers
        Myself (March 2014):
        The raptors are a tremendous young team and will win a championship in the following five years.

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