If any other all-time center was getting guarded by a guard in a game 7......

[DetroitEWarren]

Well, he certainly didn't have a great game.

But that's besides the point.

The loss wasn't the cause of what he wasn't doing, or could've done, it was because his team was injured and incapable of making open shots/reads. He put up more than 9 shots, it's just some of those were on shooting fouls where he went to the line. This narrative about Caruso clamping Jokic is completely untrue. It was OKC selling out as a whole on defense to limit him and just leaving others open. Whenever Westbrook was on the floor, OKC just refused to defend him.

That's not a reflection on how bad Jokic played.

It should be commended he led his team to 7 games with the state the roster was in and with an interim coach.

Do you get paid to dikk suck EVERY fukkING WHITE BOY IN THE NBA?

Do you benefit at all from your dikk sucking?

 

[Bigblackted4]

They was sending 3 at him and his team couldn’t actually get him the ball in the post

 

[BucciMane]

Some (many) of you are mind-bogglingly stupid and clearly don't watch the game. Just want to get your daps..

 

[jaydawg08]

Was always silly, and never made sense. He was being propped up by the national media and certain analytic guys in large part because he’s white and “wholesome” to some

Right smack in the middle of your prime as the best player in the world and going out with a whimper

If people are gonna be saying he’s the greatest offensive peak ever, we gotta start judging him like that

Prime Curry ain’t going down like that in an elimination game

Prime MJ ain’t going down like that in an elimination game

Prime LeBron ain’t going down like that in an elimination game

Kobe would be in that discussion too but he would do chit like not shoot in the 2nd half of game 7 so he can’t be up there

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Was always silly, and never made sense. He was being propped up by the national media and certain analytic guys in large part because he’s white and “wholesome” to some

Right smack in the middle of your prime as the best player in the world and going out with a whimper

If people are gonna be saying he’s the greatest offensive peak ever, we gotta start judging him like that

Prime Curry ain’t going down like that in an elimination game

Prime MJ ain’t going down like that in an elimination game

Prime LeBron ain’t going down like that in an elimination game

Kobe would be in that discussion too but he would do chit like not shoot in the 2nd half of game 7 so he can’t be up there

The team went out with a whimper because they were broken, both mentally/physically.

It's patently ridiculous to ignore the fact that OKC were defending him with 2-3 guys, leaving Westbrook open, leaving MPJ open, leaving Braun open, leaving AG open, all due to their own inabilities to either shoot or because they were injured. This team has played 14 high-intensity playoffs games in 28 days, all with a short ass hell rotation, dealing with a litany of injuries and health concerns to where they eventually broke.

That speaks more to how they quite literally left everything out there on the floor and had nothing left to give.

As the homie @Bigblackted4 said above, they couldn't even get the ball to him in the post, the spacing was that bad for him.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Caruso was hacking yes, but you would imagine a center would be able to bully a dude 100 lbs lighter than him.


not a good look

Shaq would've put Caruso in the rim