With 2:10 remaining in the first quarter of Toronto’s 108-105, streak-busting win over the Rockets, Jakob Poeltl found himself switched on to Chris Paul in space near the top of the arc.
“I’m trying to get him off the three,” Poeltl explained when asked about his thought process when guarding the future Hall-of-Famer in isolation. “I’m trying to take his right hand away, so like make him drive to the left, and then hopefully make him take a contested two somewhere, a mid-range shot, make it as tough as possible, don’t bail him out.