Maybe we should start funneling the ballhandlers to the basket and giving them the layup so they'll stop shooting threes? At least then we'd only be giving up two points each trip down the floor.
It seems to me like their extreme hustling style of defense aim to disrupt the opposing team always falls short when we run out of gas. And Luke never found a way to stabilize the team when that happens.
I understand clock issues, but what other sports in the world would you stop a team's advancing to fix some on-court issue that's unrelated to actual plays?
Could you imagine if he could play 48 minutes a game? Good run. The question is whether or not Walton burned his guys out again. He played that 3rd like it was the 4th.