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fishonjazz said:
He hasn't this game. Jokic might have missed a shot with gobert guarding him one on one but not due to any special defense by Rudy. I don't think that jokic will shoot 100% against any defender in the NBA over a large enough sample size. It almost seems like he scores easier with gobert guarding him than most players though. Which is weird because gobert is an amazing defender. Maybe the best in the history of the NBA. I'm not trying to knock Rudy here. It's just shocking as I watch this game how easy it is for jokic to cook Rudy. I expected Rudy to put up more resistance than he has. I guess maybe I have higher expectations for Rudy than most. Idk.

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Rudy's centre of gravity is so much higher than Jokers because of their body shapes It makes it easy for Joker to back him down
 
Rudy is -7 in the first half which was second highest on the team. He’s killed them that half.
 
MT Steve said:
Nobody's stopping Jokic.

Making him work to get his without doubling is probably the best way to defend this team. They only have 50 at half - Jokic doesn't have the stamina to go to work by himself every play.
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Agreed. I thought Rudy would once in a while though. I was wrong. Reid has done a better job of stopping him in that half anyway.

Jokic is averaging less points, rebounds, and assists in this series than he did against the Lakers so maybe Rudy is doing a better job in the other games. I hadn't really watched closely before tonight. In that half jokic just cooked him over and over again and Rudy could do absolutely nothing about. It just kind of surprised me how easy it looked for jokic with such a normally outstanding defender on him.

I can see that speaking about that matchup in this first half is rather triggering for folks though so I will keep quiet. I'm sorry. (Plus I really need to go to sleep lol)


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fishonjazz said:
Agreed. I thought Rudy would once in a while though. I was wrong. Reid has done a better job of stopping him in that half anyway.

Jokic is averaging less points, rebounds, and assists in this series than he did against the Lakers so maybe Rudy is doing a better job in the other games. I hadn't really watched closely before tonight. In that half jokic just cooked him over and over again and Rudy could do absolutely nothing about. It just kind of surprised me how easy it looked for jokic with such a normally outstanding defender on him.

I can see that speaking about that matchup in this first half is rather triggering for folks though so I will keep quiet. I'm sorry. (Plus I really need to go to sleep lol)
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It's not triggering - Naz Reid does a better job of keeping Jokic out of the paint for sure.
 
The key to "defending" Jokic is to make him work hard for everything he gets. Close off the passing lanes, make him put up a massive amount of shot attempts, lean on him every chance you get, and go at him when he is on defense. You want that guy sucking wind hard by the end of the third quarter. Hardy usually gameplans against Jokic as well as anyone in the league and this is what he tries to do.

Defending him one on one, even with a good defender is a mistake. You have to occasional run doubles at him from different directions or everything is too easy for him. Gobert is good enough you don't double with him, which is not optimal against Jokic.
 
Rudy has got to get more physical and at least try to keep joker from getting into the paint. He’s putting up zero resistance and giving up 5 foot bunnies.
 
KqWIN said:
This is a massacre, or should I say a feast. Jokic owns Gobert.
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He doesn’t look intimidated and is constantly in retreat. At some point get physical, attack him, jump, and challenge him.
 
why does KAT give himself 2-3 easy Bo brainer fouls per game when he does that weird shoulder check on Joker 30 feet away?

What happened to Minnesota pressing joker 3/4 court? Do something to try and get him out of this prime Shaq like rhythm.
 
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