Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
We're talking about the series where Jokic was by far the best player on the court at all times averaging 31-13-6 on 58% shooting? That series against the Warriors?
It's not on him that his teammates are much worse than Steph's and bricked shots for five games.
They hunted Jokic on almost every possession and had a gentleman sweep even with Steph coming off the bench because of his foot injury [Reply]
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
They hunted Jokic on almost every possession and had a gentleman sweep even with Steph coming off the bench because of his foot injury
Teams hunt Steph every possession on defense too. It doesn't mean he's not an elite basketball player capable of being the best player in a series, right?
The major difference though is Steph had the greatest teams around him ever assembled. Jokic had an entire team full of scrubs (without Jamal Murray and Porter) around him. [Reply]
“In all playoff games during Harden's time in Houston in which the score was within five points during the last five minutes, Harden is 41-of-108 (38%) and 9-of-50 (18%) on 3s, per ESPN Stats & Info. He has dished 13 dimes and committed 19 turnovers. Houston is minus-19 in those minutes.”
“Zoom into super-crunch-time -- score within three, under three minutes in playoff games -- and Harden as a Rocket is 17-of-50 (34%) and 3-of-19 from deep with an even assist-to-turnover ratio.”
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
This is about Embiid vs Jokic. Jokic is an incredible offensive player but meh on D. Embiid is great on offense and defense.
So, again, it was simply "his turn?" There's really no other legitimate argument I can find. [Reply]
