Just saying man. If you look at that stat you might interpret that Booty was shutting it down. But watching the game it was kinda easy to see what would happen in game 2. So yea, game 1 was on him too
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Yes bro :lol. He's very clearly a problem in game 1. 7/10 in the 3rd all on him and it was the same story in the 1st half. Think they had like 8 straight points on him when he checked back in the 1st quarter. He wasn't effective protecting the paint. And they were eating from...
They shot 70% at the rim in the 3rd and Rudy played the whole quarter pretty much. Also shot better than league average from midrange fir the game. Might be the worst possible matchup for him with 2 athletic bigs and 2 guards that can make him dance if he steps out and punish him in drop. Mavs...
Mavs were going directly at Gobert in the 2nd half. I counted like 16 points on his head just in the 3rd quarter. Luka and Kyrie were taking turns throwing lobs over him. Couple times he couldn't get back in transition for easy buckets. He's not really effective against Lively and gafford at all