But against the Cavaliers in NBA Live Coins Game 5, everything was just right. During the Warriors’ surge into the lead, we saw plenty of Curry and Durant playing off each other. The Cavaliers didn’t know what to do. Despite it being the most basic action in the league, the Warriors can pick teams apart with Curry and Durant as a combination because of the gravity they both hold. Hang too far back on Durant, and Curry buries a wide-open three.
Switch the play, and you have some type of mismatch on your hands like J.R. Smith at Buy NBA 2K18 MT matching up with Durant. Throw a trap at Curry, and he’ll patiently find his way to the open man. There’s no right approach to handling this play. The Cavaliers found that out the hard way last night when no strategy they had for it worked. Curry and KD can exploit the trapThe Cavaliers chose to mostly trap the play last night, which gives them an element of control.
A properly executed trap allows the Cavaliers to pick the option they want to leave open.A Draymond Green corner three in the second quarter is something the defense will be able to live with giving up. But the Warriors had a counter punch waiting. They took a page out of the Cavaliers’ book and ran two quick screens at the defense to jumble up their coverage and create the right mismatch.
This is a staple the Mmogo Cavaliers used last season to slow the game down and find Curry over and over again in last year’s Finals. Now, the Warriors were the team hunting for matchups.They also used one double screen at times rather than two separate screens. The Cavaliers were running that last year with some combination of J.R. Smith, Kyrie Irving, or another player. But imagine running that with Kevin freaking Durant.
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