Film Study: Freeing Durant from Artest
April 19th, 2010
I think we can all agree that Ron Artest did a terrific job on Kevin Durant yesterday. KD went just 7-24 from the floor and took eight 3-pointers, hitting only one. He took almost all jumpers, and never looked comfortable. A lot of it had to do with some visible nerves early in the game, but most of it was because of Artest just being a pest. He was disruptive in every way, pushing, pulling and grabbing Durant around every corner.
Here are five plays Durant was stopped and on the end, one successful trip down the floor.
OK, so let’s analyze a bit. The first play: Read more…
