Whelp...
I watched the game three times
Without a doubt ..one player that should be on the floor in a close contest last minutes needs to
KO
He just does the correct little things on the floor . At critical times . Keeps his cool under pressure
One day Smart , KO and Hunter will be amazing trio.....of BB IQ
KO is still struggling with fouls though. Bulls went on their run when he got in trouble.
To be fair, the refs were crushing him on horrible calls. Only one foul was legit and they did blatantly miss another one, so he should have had two. The late offensive foul on setting the pick was as horrendous as it gets.
To the horror of basketball purists, if he starts, scores more, he won't get the bad end of so many calls. It is ridiculous, but true. In the Mavs game, there was no amount of moving he could do setting a pick to get an offensive foul call on him. In fact on that late Dirk 3 he looked like a running back sliding over to pick up a blitz knocking a guy out of the way.
If KO starts and is productive, he will get that kind of respect.