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NBA. There is a pretty good chance you’ll never see Pau Gasol on the league’s All-Defensive Team.
While he’s long and smart, he just doesn’t have the physical toughness to consistently stop fellow 7-footers in the paint. With the task of guarding Kevin Garnett throughout the Finals — unquestionably the toughest defensive assignment on the Lakers’ side — theoretically, Gasol should be at a significant disadvantage.
However, Garnett is shooting just 35.5 percent in the series and is coming off a brutal 6-for-21 performance in the Celtics’ Game 3 loss Tuesday. When it comes down to it, Garnett just isn’t taking the ball to the rim as much as he needs to, and Gasol’s shortcomings on defense are being camouflaged as a result.
“We’re trying to … make sure we make [Garnett] fade away from the basket instead of getting in the lane, which is harder to guard,” Gasol said. “He had a couple good hoops in the fourth quarter earlier on going to the basket, and he’s effective doing that. But I think [Tuesday] night was a tough game.”
Like the rest of the Celtics, Garnett became a bit too enamored with his jump shot in Game 3, and he took twice as many shots outside of the paint than he did inside. To his admission, he has been rushing things on offense, and he’s taken a few shots before the Lakers have even set their defense in situations when the Celtics are looking to plan their offensive attack.
His struggles didn’t solely occur on Tuesday. They were, however, more noticeable because the Celtics were held to 81 points, 22 below their average in the first two games of the Finals. There was also a stretch in which Garnett missed nine straight attempts during the second half of Game 1, and he really hasn’t been the same since.
“For the most part, shooting-wise, I had a pretty awful game,” Garnett said Tuesday. “It’s not one of my better offensive games, and I’ll make adjustments accordingly. I probably do need to take the ball to the basket a little more.”
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