Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets elevated himself into the Sixth Man of the Year discussion with his play through most of the first half of the season. His elite-level driving ability and his ability to exploit switches propelled him to the top of the charts among bench scorers.
But with so much of modern offense predicated by spacing and stretching defenses to the breaking point, there has been a subtle change defenses have made against Dinwiddie in recent weeks that has reduced his effectiveness.
Call it the old change of space.
Defenses have been meeting Dinwiddie higher on the floor over the last several games and it was most noticeable Friday night against the Toronto Raptors.