Somebody made a highlight tape of Luka Doncic's NBA Finals defense. It's impressive.

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A lot of people are talking shyt about Luka's weight and implying that makes him a bad defender, but if you know basketball you can see how he readies himself to ensure that's he's in the right place to stop the play regardless. And what he lacks in top-end speed, he makes up in reaction time IMO.





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JasoRockStar said:
IDGAF. Giannis still the best player in the league to me. I was never phased by Jokic or Luka like that because to me, you can't call yourself the best player in the league without being good-to-elite on both ends of the floor. Both of them are below average.
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Both ends of the court. Dominating. If it wasn’t for injuries it’d be him and embiid
 
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staticshock said:
“who cares about defense in the NBA finals?!”

Jesus fukkin Christ this website man :snoop:
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Yeah the hot takes be crazy:pachaha: Magic wasn't a great defender but Luka is detrimental, a defensive liability that gives minimal effort and is the weak link for his opponents, Boston is literally targeting him on almost every possession. Prime example of stats/analytics misleading context as filling the box score doesn't equal playing championship level or good ball this last game was a glaring example of that.
 
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RubioTheCruel said:
What's funny is that yeah, Luka's bad on defense but the real reason they're gonna get swept is their 102 ORTG. The Mavs can't fukking score - haven't broken 100 all series. The C's are letting Luka score(inefficiently) and locking up everyone else aside from Kyrie last night.
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Literally just staying at home on the shooters and letting Luka have a one on one ball against whoever is out there. Funny enough, KP getting hurt actually improved their defense cause Tillman was hemming Luka up. Luka was abusing KP on switches. Now his best matchup on a switch is Tatum
 
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I AM WARHOL said:
Literally just staying at home on the shooters and letting Luka have a one on one ball against whoever is out there. Funny enough, KP getting hurt actually improved their defense cause Tillman was hemming Luka up. Luka was abusing KP on switches. Now his best matchup on a switch is Tatum
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Boston is really built perfectly. All 5 players on the floor can shoot the ball, handle the rock and play defense
 
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ucanthandlethetruth said:
Yeah the hot takes be crazy:pachaha: Magic wasn't a great defender but Luka is detrimental, a defensive liability that gives minimal effort and is the weak link for his opponents, Boston is literally targeting him on almost every possession. Prime example of stats/analytics misleading context as filling the box score doesn't equal playing championship level or good ball this last game was a glaring example of that.
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Cacs on RealGM posting analytics that says the Mavs d is better when Luka is out there, and this is all on J Kidd :dead:
 
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