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We've seen a couple of successful ways. Have a bunch of long strong defenders that you can throw at him like the Lakers did in 2020. Keep banging him and make him work as much as you can. The key is having someone strong enough that he can't easily back down and bully. Even with that he's still gone kill you.

The other strategy is going the Warriors route of trying to run him as much as you can on defense. When in the half court attack him in the pick and roll and make him guard in space to try and make him work. Again you ain't going to stop that man but you can hope to wear him out so he's not as effective late in games or later in series.
 

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Clarkson should really be playing for a contender. What a monster fourth quarter from him tonight.


The loss of Jarrett Allen really hurt the Cavs tonight. Cavs are 5th in Defensive Rebound Rate (24.8%) and are getting destroyed on the boards tonight allowing the Jazz to get a 38.5% Offensive Rebound Rate, 15 offensive rebounds. Just too many second chance points.
 

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This season's Clippers might be the most volatile team I can remember in recent history.

Feel like they can beat or lose to anyone. Playoffs finna be so lit if teams stay healthy assuming Clips even make it.
 

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We've seen a couple of successful ways. Have a bunch of long strong defenders that you can throw at him like the Lakers did in 2020. Keep banging him and make him work as much as you can. The key is having someone strong enough that he can't easily back down and bully. Even with that he's still gone kill you.

The other strategy is going the Warriors route of trying to run him as much as you can on defense. When in the half court attack him in the pick and roll and make him guard in space to try and make him work. Again you ain't going to stop that man but you can hope to wear him out so he's not as effective late in games or later in series.
Tire him out and hope his teammates miss. That's def the way to go. But you gotta have a beast squad for that, when he has an aight squad. This season the pressure is squarely on his shoulders because the pieces around him are almost ideal. Brown and AG are incredible fits. Jamal will likely regain consistent form by the playoffs. KCP is actually a solid fit for Jokic. Bones is too erratic and they need him to mature without losing his edge. MPJ is the major question mark. Wet jumper, questionable motor, takes plays off on both ends, bad back. But this is Joker's make or break season - if Denver crashes and burns in the playoffs, media interest will wane and fans will get bored.
 
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