whatisacenter wrote:oaktownwarriors87 wrote:whatisacenter wrote:The issue was not so much TJD as it was pairing him with Draymond. There was going to be an issue defensively and offensively no matter who guarded who.
The defense was fine and offense were both fine with TJD and Draymond. The issue is that Klay was 0-5 with TJD and Curry was a decoy. Klay was also getting roasted on D. Despite that they were only outscored 16-21 with Draymond and TJD together. If you swap Klay for Moody and let Curry cook this is a completely different game.
TJD+Green was never the issue. We've been begging for more Moody and TJD all season and Kerr lost this by continuing to trust Klay and Looney.
Face the facts, Draymond and TJD were outplayed by Barnes and Sabonis.
What facts? TJD and Green looked good against them. The Kings wouldn't even attack TJD's side of the court when he was guarding Barnes in the corner. They were actively avoiding him and attacking Klay.
Let's see a breakdown of the start of the game:
-Draymond Green hits open 3 pointer
-Murray 3 over Klay
-Green feeds cutting TJD for 2
-Kings go after Klay again and Murray misses open 3
-Klay bring the ball up the court, TJD sets screen and then Klay misses a mid range shot in a double team
-TJD bites on Barnes pump fake, Green picks him up and TJD switches to Sabonis. Barnes cuts and then hits an open Murray for 3 in the corner because Curry was sleeping.
-TJD sets of ball screen for Curry, Green gets it to Curry and then Curry hits an open Wiggins for 3.
-Fox misses tough jumper over Wiggins with TJD/Green patrolling the paint.
-Sabonis fouls Wiggins. No call. Warriors ball, but it's overturned.
-Sabonis sets screen for Murray and hands off the ball to attack Klay again. Green switches onto Murray. Murray drives on Green and misses layup.
-TJD sets screen for Wiggins. Wiggins misses layup.
-Fox turns ball over in transition when facing Green.
-TJD sets screen for Curry. Curry gets doubled, hit Wiggins, Wiggins swings it to Klay in the corner. Klay drives and misses his lob attempt to TJD. Sabonis may have pushed TJD. Klay gets the ball back and misses a 3.
-Fox sets of ball screen on TJD and Sabonis hits Murray for a 3 in transition.
-Draymond air balls corner 3.
-Green forces Barnes to miss layup. Fox blows past Klay and gets a outback dunk.
-TJD passes ball to ref. This was his big mistake.
-Murray beat Klay again and gets a shot at the basket (Green helped and contested and TJD was on the other side of the basket with Barnes).
-Green miss s lob attempt to TJD. Sabonis may have been holding TJD again.
-Murray misses open 3 in transition (Klay is closest man). Offensive foul on Ellis.
TJD is taken out of game.
I did not see Barnes and Sabonis outplaying TJD and Green, but the Kings were attacking Klay with great success.