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SoberasHotRod said:
Brunson is 8/18 against Royce including missing the last shot he took against Royce last game when Royce was pulled. In general the guy Royce is guarding is shooting slightly worse than their expected field goal percentage (Link) . I watched every defensive possession with Royce involved from game 4. He had 3 bad plays. In general Dallas is screening off of Royce in favor of Conley, Mitchell, or Clarkson.

Royce is shooting ok, getting rebounds, assisting, and not turning the ball over (he has the best assist/to ratio on our team). The hyperbole against Royce on this board has gotten crazy.
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Yeah, my eye test says Royce isn't that bad.
He certainly isn't very impactful out there, but I don't believe his play is costing the Jazz as much as the plus/minus indicates.

And he hit a basket that clinched Game 1 for us, so he deserves more props for that than I've seen given.
 
I think part of the problem is exactly that the eye test doesn't show anything egregious, but the stats show a very bad performance. To me this means he just kind of isn't doing anything. Can't have bad plays if your plays are pretty uneventful in the first place. Seems to be just coasting and not really applying himself imo. This is why I have wondered (and posted it before) if he is nursing an injury. We know he had tendonitis problems earlier in the year, are they just nagging and lingering? If so that could very well affect his play in general and maybe he needs a few games off to heal. idk, either way his advanced stats for the series are pretty bad, all things considered.
 
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