The post game in the modern NBA has become something of a punch line, a fool’s errand, a wasted effort. This is the era of pace-and-space; of putting five 6-foot-6 guys on the floor and raining 3-pointers until the cows come home.
Only a simple-minded rube could believe that the post offense could still dominate an NBA game in 2019... right? That was the question Wizards fans must have been worriedly asking themselves as Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond decimated the Wizards for 63 combined points, many acquired with their backs to the basket, in a hugely important 121-112 Pistons win on Wednesday night.