Coaches Kenny Atkinson amp Will Hardy aligned on living with teams targeting their smaller guards Darius Garland Keyonte George on defensive switches I don't want to hide him anymore you got to be able to switch you can't hide in the playoffs from yesterday's postgame pressers

Kenny Atkinson on the Cleveland Cavaliers' adjustments The tactical adjustment we made was avoiding Ausar Thompson We were just like if he's near the ball throw it to someone else

Kenny Atkinson James Harden is a good isolation defender I was a little more upset with our back line defense Everybody's putting it on James Sure some of it was him Sometimes micro experiences get exaggerated

Dray rips Cavs defensive effort Guys don't want the challenge to fight through screens and switch every fucking time Ain't Harden's job to guard Brunson but for some of the guys switching off it is their job Nobody's doing that to Steph because we weren't gonna allow it

Kenny Atkinson praised the owner saying Dan Gilbert enlightened him by prophetically reminding him that Jarrett Allen is the key to everything

Jeff Teague Shoutout to JJ Redick People are taking his blueprint on how to stop SGA and applying it He changed the whole way of guarding OKC This might hurt OKC going forward and their whole trajectory of being a dynasty That way of guarding him may have messed up everything

Draymond Calls Out Tari Eason For Poor Defense Accepting Switches