For the Kings, they’ll have a couple more days to attempt to solve the "Guarding Brandon Roy" riddle once again, with the Blazers playing at Sacramento on Friday. Coach Westphal’s defensive game plan was solid, and for the majority of the game they stuck to it – switching defensive looks on Roy more than most teams. But how to keep Roy from getting inside and off the line remains the mystery.
A must-read breakdown of Sacramento's gameplan and execution in defending Brandon Roy by Wendell Maxey at Beyond the Beat
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Tom Ziller
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Keeping Roy off the line without just letting him go is impossible
If Evans got the same calls Roy did, then Evans would average 30 points a game
Phil Jackson, after treatment for a kidney stone "When the anesthesiologist leaned over me, he said "We named your kidney stone Kobe because it's not passing."
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as a blazer fan, I think the same thing, except it’s, “if Roy got the same calls as {insert superstar here, i.e. Kobe, Lebron, Melo} does……” I don’t know if you watched the Denver vs Portland game Sunday on ESPN, but Roy couldn’t get a call to go for him if his life depended on it and he was being whacked, pushed and shoved. ’Dem the breaks of the NBA….
I'm kind of confused why teams are game planning around Roy
Roy is still injured and probably around 55-70% max. Camby hurt the Kings in this game more than anything.
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I would suggest that Noc would wear Roy out a little bit, even if he didn't slow him down much.
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