With Luka Boychik out, all the DAL PG's played well.
Brunson a near trip-dub 18/ 9 / 9.
Trey Burke 10 pts in 15 mins.
Ntilikina 13 in 18 mins.
The latter 2 combining for 9-15 FG & 5-5 on 3's.
I swear I saw Frank dribble away form his man who died on a KZ screen at the straightaway 3 Pt line, and then Frank continued to dribble and elude two more PHXers for a layup. It wasn't the greatest help defense, and maybe they didn't expect Frank to waltz to the rim. But nice going. Headband Frank also launched one contested quick catch and shoot 3. Announcers declaimed he looked like another player.
KZ also put up numbers: 21 - 8 - 7 & 2 blocks. Not efficient shooting, but reads like a Luka statline. +9 when KZ was out there. Everyone else a - (except +1 for Burke). Well,they lost on the road by giving up 37 4Q points to the Suns.
But good to see some guys, and ex-Knix to boot, stepping up. Sometimes the Luka Show overwhelms things. Last game, Luka and KZ ran a sort of high PnR and KZ popped out. Passed back to Luka,. who gave it to KZ again. LUka faked zooming out behind the 3-point line and cut back door. Nice KZ feed and an open layup. I'd like to see more such action. Hard to guard.
Funny moment in Suns game, KZ catches the ball and the announcer says "KZ with the height advantage." Uh, the guy is 7'3". He meant that KZ had a little guy on him, but it sounded silly.
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