Zion has the width to pin defenders on their back.
Once that Bucks' defense starts scrambling, an open Raptor can ill-afford to look a gift horse in the mouth when the ball is swung to him, because daylight in the half court is brief before shadows of the Bucks' defenders descend on open space.
When they missed shots they would be the ones to retrieve their own rebounds, dive for loose balls, outwit defenders and make every last second count (many times it did).
Anyway it started to seem like he was taking shots that should have gone to Durant, and he missed a lot of them, and even though he'd make up for it by, say, shouldering his way through three defenders and drilling a seemingly suicidal jumper with three hands in his face and 16 seconds left on the shot clock, it was concerning.
Opponents are well aware of this, but it's often too tempting to resist going for the steal, no matter how many times they see Harden get the and-1 against reaching defenders.
The 34-year-old can no longer beat defenders off the dribble, and he's not reliable enough as a spot-up shooter or ball mover to be effective in a smaller role on offense, and his poor defense makes him almost unplayable.
Trailer: An offensive player who trails on a fast break but often is in good position to score after the first wave of defenders goes by.
and when the defenders follow the ball.
Marvel's The Defenders 《》 4.
The plot sees Damon join Chinese defenders on the Great Wall to protect humanity against an attacking horde of mythical monsters.
Curry and Obama golfed together last August and Curry also visited the White House with the Warriors in February - and Obama mentioned Curry "clowning" with defenders the way he had been shooting.
The US authorities claim that downloads of pirated movies and music through Megaupload at its peak were responsible for 4 per cent of global internet traffic — although the site's defenders insist that not all of that material was illegal.
And I pay tribute to the principledstance of human rights defenders and the courage of all thosewho have joined forces to fight for global progress against thedisease.
However, lawyers in public-service jobs who made the least money, like public defenders or Legal Aid attorneys, were most likely to report being happy.
In fairness, the leaders all have loyal defenders.
The defenders of Italian were on the warpath.
There was a round score of muskets for the seven of us; the firewood had been built into four piles--tables, you might say--one about the middle of each side, and on each of these tables some ammunition and four loaded muskets were laid ready to the hand of the defenders.
The team consists of a goalkeeper, defenders, midfield players, and forwards (or strikers).
And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.