Why did the C's keep switching Brown onto Giannis at the end of game?

[rondohondo]

I don't get it? Grant and Horford are clearly the 2 best defenders against Giannis, but down the stretch Brown was on him 3 or 4 plays in a row.  Why let them do this?

It was a head scratcher for me....

[GreenlyGreeny]

We should have Batman exclusively guarding Giannis. Run the switches with everyone else, including doubling up on Giannis anytime he touches the paint.

[Goldstar88]

Bad coaching. Ime was terrible today.

[gouki88]

We should have Batman exclusively guarding Giannis. Run the switches with everyone else, including doubling up on Giannis anytime he touches the paint.

Grant had 5 fouls once that BS charge call was upheld.

What a coincidence that the guy best suited to defending Giannis got an absolutely indefensible charge call upheld with the game in the balance.

The switching of JB onto Giannis is a flaw of the switch everything system. Ime ought to adjust that for specific match-ups

[GreenlyGreeny]

We should have Batman exclusively guarding Giannis. Run the switches with everyone else, including doubling up on Giannis anytime he touches the paint.

Grant had 5 fouls once that BS charge call was upheld.

What a coincidence that the guy best suited to defending Giannis got an absolutely indefensible charge call upheld with the game in the balance.

The switching of JB onto Giannis is a flaw of the switch everything system. Ime ought to adjust that for specific match-ups

Yep. This was the worst officiated game I can remember since game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Bad coaching. Ime was terrible today.

yup. not impressed at all with him

[pokeKingCurtis]

 I kinda feel like you just gotta put faith in one of your best defenders

Edit: I.e. can't hide Brown

[Moranis]

Giannis was just on today.  Didn't really matter who was guarding him, he just did whatever he wanted to do, whenever he wanted to do it.  There is a reason he is BY FAR the best player in the world.  He is just a man among boys out there.

[smokeablount]

Giannis was just on today.  Didn't really matter who was guarding him, he just did whatever he wanted to do, whenever he wanted to do it.  There is a reason he is BY FAR the best player in the world.  He is just a man among boys out there.

But Zack Zarba is a giant among men.

[jambr380]

I realize Brown isn't as bulky as Al and Grant, but I was surprised just how bad he was against Giannis. His thing is supposed to man defense and he was not only getting pushed out of the way, but also getting blown by.

Brown was hardly the problem in this game - he even hit his FTs - but it was rough seeing him targeted like IT out there.

[Surferdad]

Giannis was just on today.  Didn't really matter who was guarding him, he just did whatever he wanted to do, whenever he wanted to do it.  There is a reason he is BY FAR the best player in the world.  He is just a man among boys out there.

You mean Mr. Bowling Ball?  Hey Mr. Ball, you are not going to get those non-calls every game.  Best player? ha.  Jokic is far more skilled and Embiid is as well.

[td450]

With Giannis, given that the refs allow him to do what he does, you have to prevent him from getting his shoulder past you so he can just finish at the rim, and then there is one critical moment where he makes some other move, often a spin or the launch of a fallaway.

Jaylen did his job. Giannis didn't beat him. But if you want to stop him, you need some help to dig at the ball at exactly the right moment. At the end of the game we just gave him too long once he had slammed his way into the lane, and he got the shots he wanted and made them.

It is a good strategy during the game to not predictably double Giannis and allow the Connaughton or Allen or Matthews to get going shooting threes. But in the last two minutes, role players don't want to take those shots. We need to do something other than let Giannis get someone out on an island where no one can stop him.

[BitterJim]

I don't know if we were afraid of Giannis getting a head of steam toward the hoop while someone went under the screen or what, but I definitely didn't like it. He isn't a great shooter where he'll drill a 3 if you give him room, so Al going under the screen out by the 3 point line should be the way to go.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Giannis was just on today.  Didn't really matter who was guarding him, he just did whatever he wanted to do, whenever he wanted to do it.  There is a reason he is BY FAR the best player in the world.  He is just a man among boys out there.

You mean Mr. Bowling Ball?  Hey Mr. Ball, you are not going to get those non-calls every game.  Best player? ha.  Jokic is far more skilled and Embiid is as well.

jokic. would love to have him on the celtics.

[Moranis]

Giannis was just on today.  Didn't really matter who was guarding him, he just did whatever he wanted to do, whenever he wanted to do it.  There is a reason he is BY FAR the best player in the world.  He is just a man among boys out there.

You mean Mr. Bowling Ball?  Hey Mr. Ball, you are not going to get those non-calls every game.  Best player? ha.  Jokic is far more skilled and Embiid is as well.

this post is just nonsense.  Giannis is without question the best player in the world. It isn't close