GSW is formidable shooting team.They also showed that they're defensive mind
orinted(allowed 0.94 PPP), as well.
GSW lost OR war together with FT battle but however they slightly lost shooting contests, they
manage to beat opponent, specialy behind the arc(+22 margin) and that
was major factor in their winning.See diagram:
Belove are some Twitter thoughts and facts:
In the past 5g the OKC has avg 19 TO's thathave led to 22.4 pts
Areas keept the OKC from winning vs GSW 1/TO 2/ Boards 3/Slopy game by Durant in the 2nd half 4) Sloppy perimeter D
1/Turnovers
In the 3rdQ GSW turned 6 OKC TO into 13 points & 11pts lead
In the past 5g the OKC has avg 19 TO's thathave led to 22.4 pts
Pts of the giveaways: GSW scored 29 pts, OKC scored 9pts.
2/Boards
The OKC lost game despite they was better in FT%51.3 & won the boards in total.
3/Leadership issue
In 3rdQ, KD missed 7 shots in the row, 5 came when the GSW build 11 pts lead
4/Sloppy Perimeter Defense
GSW simple tactic, go into the paint, don't scare of OKC big man & kick that ball out making them scramble.
November 17, 2013
OKC gave up 14/23 3s not trying to play better perimeter D
November 17, 2013