Would you take lillard if...

[Stoked]

Um, Chris Paul had an epic series.

25.3 pts (career playoff high), 9.9 apg, 5.0 rpg, 1.7 spg, 50% fg, 37% 3pt. The one thing we decidedly did NOT do well was defend Chris Paul, and really our best defender on Paul was Jingles (Exum did ok too, Neto wasn't terrible).

I am not knocking Hill who had a great series, but defending Paul was not part of it. He did ok against Paul, not great, which was why the taller longer dudes spent more time defending him.

Except game 7.

 

[LogGrad98]

Beat me to it. Paul almost single-handedly carried his team to a victory. We were a team on a mission that last game, and Paul picked the final game of the series to finally have a rough game. Maybe he was worn down. If you take out that last game for him every single stat of his goes up. He had to have one bad game in 7, it just happened to actually be game 7 where they needed him most. Unfortunate for the Clips, fan-damn-tastic for us.

Except game 7.

Way ahead of ya.

 

[framer]

They make way more than that

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That is what they reported. Do you have access to a set of secret books?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Ingles did not defend Paul better than Hill. Ingles was able to guard him for stretches as a different look, but the Paul figured out Ingles pretty quickly and lit him up for a couple of their wins. You dont defend Paul with 1 player because he plays PNR constantly. It's more on the big and help defense than it is on the initial defender.

 

[LogGrad98]

Except game 7.

If you take out CP3s game 7 his stats were crazy.

27 ppg, 10 apg, 5.2 rpg, 2.0 spg, 53% fg, 43% 3 pt

Game 7 was bad, but not crazy bad except for shooting (13 pts, 4 reb, 9 asst, 32% fg, 14% 3 pt) and he still was easily the best player in the series. Although Gordon was a damn close 2nd in that category.

But it just goes to show that a single player cannot beat a team effort.

 

[LogGrad98]

Ingles did not defend Paul better than Hill. Ingles was able to guard him for stretches as a different look, but the Paul figured out Ingles pretty quickly and lit him up for a couple of their wins. You dont defend Paul with 1 player because he plays PNR constantly. It's more on the big and help defense than it is on the initial defender.

Ingles did more than any single Jazz player to disrupt CP3's vibe.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

That is what they reported. Do you have access to a set of secret books?

yes

 

[jope]

we could afford for CP3 to go off, since he had no one else that would concurrently burn us. It wont be that way with the Warriors, they've gotta make these guys perform worse than their season metrics to have a shot.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Ingles did more than any single Jazz player to disrupt CP3's vibe.

I wouldn't say that. I would say Favors hedging hard on the PNR and Gobert dropping back on the PNR are what did the most to Paul. Ingles got burnt more than any other defender on Paul.

 

[LogGrad98]

If you take out CP3s game 7 his stats were crazy.

27 ppg, 10 apg, 5.2 rpg, 2.0 spg, 53% fg, 43% 3 pt

Game 7 was bad, but not crazy bad except for shooting (13 pts, 4 reb, 9 asst, 32% fg, 14% 3 pt) and he still was easily the best player in the series. Although Gordon was a damn close 2nd in that category.

But it just goes to show that a single player cannot beat a team effort.

Hayward's stats minus the food poison game for comparison.

27.2 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 47% fg, 45.7% 3 pt. Damn close.

 

[fishonjazz]

They did what they had to with the pieces they had. This is the best way they could contend. Letting assets go in hopes of being able to sign better ones later is too risky when you aren't free agent spot.

Olshey has shown skill as gm with drafting and trades. They are fine.

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They absolutely had to sign turner to that contact?

 

[jope]

Hayward's stats minus the food poison game for comparison.

27.2 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 47% fg, 45.7% 3 pt. Damn close.

box score wise for sure! but his OBPM was only a 3.2 compared to paul's 9.6

His ability to dish 10 assists a game with only 2ish turnovers was super impactful in a low possession, slow paced series.