Oh come on, their big grabbed 10 offensive rebounds all on effort. Didn’t see that fight from our bigs
No. Quite a few of those tonight were freebies. His last one, i nfact, is a great example.
Allen is in the corner scrambling to cover a shooter. barrett gets the ball in the middle of the floor uncovered because Brunson predictably beat the blitz. Barrett drives at the rim, Mobley has no choice but to challenge. Barrett misses (so Mobley does his job) but there's Robinson.
now, maybe some tiny ass player was supposed to rotate and try and block him out. LeVert, Mitchell..I dunno. Doesn't matter. They weren't gonna be able to do it.
Now, did he outmuscle us quite a bit? Yes, absolute. Allen specifically should be embarrassed.
Mobley spent a majority of his minutes on the perimiter defending Randle and STILL grabbed significantly more rebounds than Allen this series.
So while Mobley definitely got a taste of a big, strong player giving him the business in the playoffs, Allen was a couple of levels below his effort and effectiveness, I admit.
Still, the scheme got them killed.