Quietly Exum and Lyles 6 for 7 shooting the rock and suppose to be busts

[Quin's Murderface]

No doubt, he is smaller, but re-watch some of the Clippers series. When a screen comes, he anticipates it in advance, and is already set to move around it. He steps towards where the screen is coming, and makes the screener be in the wrong spot, slips it, or forces them into a moving screen. Now watch Exum (or Hill) on a pick and roll defend. Exum seems surprised every time the screen comes, often getting caught on it. Commit hard to going under or over (over is good against GS). Not sure if the screeners man is not calling out the screen or what, but I think Exum is a very good defender, but his inability go anticipate and react to a screen hurts him a lot.

The problem with committing hard over is that Curry is going to do that Harden stop and shoot technique. The NBA has made it almost impossible to aggressively go over screens by calling that BS foul. For somebody like Exum who already gets called for fouls too often he'll last 3 possessions that way. I don't disagree with you in theory, though. Chris Paul is a lot stronger than Exum so maybe he is able to muscle his way through. He's also played for 10+ seasons and is a HOF level player.