From what I've seen when Jokic is in the game they are doubling him inside. When he kicks it out the shooters have to hit their shots. This is where Barton comes in and why he is struggling. He is not a catch and shoot shooter. He finishes at the rim most of the time but since SA is clogging the middle he's taken out of his game, out of his comfort zone. Either Beasley or Craig has to start game 4. They can hit that open jumper when the ball swings around on the wing.
You can't afford to do the same thing over and over again as in all 3 games so far we've been down as much as 20 points in each game. Something has to change. Barton could be better when Jokic comes out as SA changes their defense and doesn't clog up the lane as much. If we lose as the #2 seed to the #7 seed I would have Malone's job in question.
You can't afford to do the same thing over and over again as in all 3 games so far we've been down as much as 20 points in each game. Something has to change. Barton could be better when Jokic comes out as SA changes their defense and doesn't clog up the lane as much. If we lose as the #2 seed to the #7 seed I would have Malone's job in question.
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