re: Some Stats from Game 1 and Adjustments for Game 2

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6. We need to seek SGA out on defense and make him work.

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Very good info. It's hard to "hunt" SGA when he's on defense...mainly because they are gonna put him on Herb and we currently have Herb spending nearly all his time standing in the corner. One of the problems with ANY "dedicated" corner 3 shooter who spends so much time in the corner is that the opponent can "hide" a weak defender by just standing him over by Herb...OR...if they have a player who they wish to rest on defense...they can use the same plan.

It's why you see Herb often guarded by an odd assortment of players...all the way from lousy small defenders (Morant comes to mind) to solid defenders who just wish to rest on defense until crunch time.
(LeBron James takes advantage of this situation whenever possible)

I suspect (& hope) Herb will spend less time next season in the corner as a dedicated corner-3 shooter...and more time developing an overall game offensively. He has solid potential to do this...and it will eliminate a fairly obvious "problem" we have this season, when Herb is just standing in the corner most of the time.