You don’t make adjustments just because you lose. You make adjustments because something hasn’t worked—or because something has worked and you hope to accentuate that advantage even more.
Until late in the second quarter of Game 1, Doc Rivers had to be pleased with where his team was vis-a-vis the W’s. Upsetting the W’s is highly unlikely. This series, for the Clippers, is largely about getting their young guys, Landry Shamet and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in particular, significant playoff experience going forward.
- Beverly / KD (?) I thought the strategy of putting Beverly on Durant was more than anything an enticement hoping to lure the W’s into alot of post-up isolations for Durant.