The Oklahoma City Thunder have a tough task at hand, defending the Dallas Mavericks' pick-and-roll offense. Mark Daigneault described the challenges of that.
The Oklahoma City Thunder open up their second-round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday inside the Paycom Center, where the Thunder will be tested early.
One way the Dallas Mavericks dominate is in the pick-and-roll, where Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving rank in the 93rd and 84th percentile respectively when navigating the action. Couple those two bucket-getters with high-end lob threats and rollers such as Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II and you quickly see how the Mavericks rank in the 93rd percentile as a squad in that category.
Prior to the tip-off of Game 1 Mark Daigneault was asked about limiting the Mavericks duo in that action and what makes Dallas so special in that department. I asked Mark Daigneault about the Mavs Pick-And-Roll and the keys to limit it, he mentioned not flinching, and understanding you won’t be perfect."They are going to make tough shots, get easy shots for their teammates. We have to not flinch, understand that it is not going to be a perfect game, understanding you are not shutting those guys out by any stretch." Daigneault said when asked how to limit the Mavericks pick-and-roll offense.
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