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Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:45 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:40 pm Jaden's one of the great defenders in the NBA, but I'll never understand why he goes over screens so damn high up the floor. Durant is a great shooter, but he's not going to pull up from 35 feet just because you went under the screen.

Q, it puts immediate pressure on the ballhandler and can dictate the direction of the flow of the offense.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:49 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:45 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:40 pm Jaden's one of the great defenders in the NBA, but I'll never understand why he goes over screens so damn high up the floor. Durant is a great shooter, but he's not going to pull up from 35 feet just because you went under the screen.

Q, it puts immediate pressure on the ballhandler and can dictate the direction of the flow of the offense.

But if he doesn't get over it, which he doesn't often from that far out, it leads to a compromised defense because our guy guarding the screener has to pick up Jaden's guy (Durant in this case), and it led to a wide open lane for Tate, who was the screener. I think the risk far outweighs the benefit.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:50 pm That +41 from Bones the other night is long forgotten! He looked indecisive and terrible on both ends. And we need his scoring with Ant out.

FNG wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:56 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:50 pm That +41 from Bones the other night is long forgotten! He looked indecisive and terrible on both ends. And we need his scoring with Ant out.

Yeah, not his night...the offense looked clumsy when he was in there, but really good the rest of the time.

Bad finish to the half, but I'm feeling okay. Didn't the announcers say Houston was one of the worst 4th quarter teams in the league? Combine that with tired legs from playing OkC last night, and we just gotta keep it close.