What Durant did again Toronto needs to be appreciated. If it was not for Skip Bayless taking any opportunity to take a shot at LeBron his Durant praise might actually be effective. It is amazing how Brooklyn continues to churn out victories despite missing bodies. Adding to those experiments has been the elevated success of Donovan Mitchell who is on a tare right now averaging 31 points on 53.3% from the floor 45.3% from deep and 90.5% from the line. When Rudy Gay is on the floor the Jazz have increased their switch-ability and it is looking good. The second experiment comes form trying to switch more. A move which drew the ire of Pat Beverly but resulted in a 32-point victory. First, we have trying to use Gobert off ball to bring help defense. A large part of their success has come though experimentation.
Utah has not lost in December at the month’s midpoint. They have continued their stellar defense where they lead the league in Defensive rebounds and limiting opponents effective field goal percentage. Even while taking a pair of losses the Warriors finish the first half of December out scoring opponents by 8.6 points per game. Aside from Curry’s “slump” which we should state is still better than most the league, the Warriors are continuing to roll. Maybe now that the circus souring the record is set to die down Curry can build back his shooting percentage which dropped in recent weeks. Steph Curry is now the all-time league leader in three pointers made.