Only one person in the league has been tougher to score against near the basket than Brook Lopez this season. This is what it is like to drive on Brook when you are one of the fastest-rising and most athletic 23 year-old basketball players in the world:
(Giannis is that one person)
Last season, Brook ranked just ahead of Rudy Gobert in defending shots within six feet of the rim. This season, Brook is still ahead of Gobert, but this time it is not close.