Is the Spurs’ Secret Strategy the Ultimate Key to Cracking the Thunder’s Defense?
Alex Caruso prefers to make the extra pass to a teammate instead of creating a shot for himself. The Spurs made him and most of the other role players into scorers and not part of an unbeatable offensive machine.
There have been five games this year in which the Thunder’s bench totaled five or fewer assists. Two were against the Spurs.
There’s an obvious tradeoff here, as the Thunder were able to get some easier looks for ball handlers out of the pick-and-roll. There were several possessions where it looked too easy for SGA in the midrange. And the Spurs had to vary their coverage on some plays, because playing the same way every time down against Gilgeous-Alexander is a death sentence.



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