KEEPCAMBYNY wrote:

Clean wrote:Kat played good defense. Got tough boards. Spread the floor and hit his shots. Great game from him.

Honestly, he kinda reminded me of Ewing on those drives and going to work in the post. I think with him, OG, and Bridges the Pacers just aren’t a match for us anymore. Last year I thought that their length/athleticism on the perimeter kind of gave us problems, but having OG and Mikal changed that. In the playoffs, they would find mismatches to exploit against us whereas this year our guys can switch and there really weren’t mismatches that they could exploit. Also last year iHart was nearly a zero on offense, Turner dominated him to be honest. KAT changes all that, he can do everything that Myles can and then some. He pulled Turner away from the basket and practically scored on him at will in the post.

Look at this defense:

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https://www.twitter.com/nba_newyork/status/1850161574557712585

Last year, Turner would’ve hit that shot at 0:15 over DDV. However, Bridges’ length allowed him to close out on that shot.We are now a matchup nightmare for the Pacers the KAT/Bridges moves literally took all of their advantages away. Nice chess move by Leon!