When ObiT was rampaging the 4Q, MIL would have surely liked to have Middleton out there.
There's also the ripple effect of Giannis and others have to play long minutes which can affect them for the next game.
On the play I described when Burks made a wrong rotation to double Embiid, Taj saw the error and sprinted all the way from doubling the left elbow 3 to try to contest GreenyDan's right corner 3. Taj really hustles and works his ass off on every play.
Watching the MIL game, and an outside Bucks shot goes up, and Taj sees Giannis try to sneak baseline for a rebound, so Taj gets low and puts his butt into Greek's path. Winds up with both on the ground. This was like 16' out on the baseline, but Taj just wasn't taking anything for granted. Also, loved when Taj blocked Giannis' paint shot.
Something I forgot to mention and didn't see anywhere. On the play when Luka hit the buzzer beater v. Celts. The ball went out of bounds with 12 secs left on the clock and under 6 on the shot clock. Tie game. Luka catches the ball and Smart fouls him as he crosses the midline, with 11 on the game clock, 5 on the shot clock. The foul gave Mavs a new shot clock (so turned off then). Without the foul, Luka is at halfcourt with 5 secs to get off a shot, and the Celts should get the ball back with 5 or 6 secs. Instead the not so Smart foul let Luka have 11 secs and no shot clock to get the Celts the ball back. Terrible foul.
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