I know Mitchell owns us, but surely there has to be at least one game this series where he's a puddle right? Even an elite player has an off-night here or there. Feels destined to come soon.
Ha! I’ve been thinking the same. Seems he doesn’t cool down. If the Cs end up winning this series, will be good prep for Brunson who also doesn’t seem to have an off night.
Brunson ranks #1 in the playoffs in both minutes (42 MPG) and usage (35%). I do question how long he can keep that up before he gets gassed and starts to come down to earth.
He's been putting up big numbers no doubt, but I feel it's somewhat fools gold given that he hasn't played a single good defensive team. The Sixers were about average defensively and the Pacers were a bottom 6 defensive team.
When he comes up against a good defensive team (like Boston or Minnesota) that makes him really work for every basket, will he be able to keep doing this? I doubt it.
By comparison Tatum has struggled, but Boston has also played Miami and Cleveland who were both top 8 defensive teams. If Boston had played Philly and Indiana Tatum wouild probably be averaging 30 himself.
Topic: Celtics (1-1) at Cavaliers (1-1) Game #3 Eastern Conference Semifinals 5/11/24 (Read 13960 times)