At the same time, the bigger headache was that Chen Xi's offense from the perimeter did not depend all that much on the pick-and-roll.
He could easily rely on his terrifying individual ability to blow past the first line of defense, and he could do it extremely quickly.
That would strip the primary perimeter defender of his most important role and leave the wing defenders struggling to rotate over in time.
Under those circumstances, it would become very difficult for Gobert to comfortably guard two players at once in the paint.
In fact, this was also Doncic's favorite way to attack.
Tonight, however, the Knicks' help defense on the wings was exceptional, while Doncic's ability to beat his man off the dribble was, comparatively speaking, not quite strong enough.
As a result, that style of play had actually faced some restrictions tonight. Chen Xi, on the other hand, could run those localized two-on-one attacks with complete freedom.
A player who was truly versatile enough could do whatever he pleased~~
The players on the court had no time to worry about any of that.
The game was still going, and they needed to launch their next attack as quickly as possible.
The coaches on the sidelines, however, might have had to think more deeply about the offense and defense on those two possessions.
That was something Jason Kidd had to pay attention to.
Fortunately, it probably did not warrant too much concern.
After all, this game was already Dallas's final meeting with the Knicks this season.
And even looking across the entire League, it was genuinely difficult to find another ball handler as terrifyingly versatile as Chen Xi.
For one thing, the Mavericks were extremely unlikely to meet the Knicks in the playoffs. Even if they did, it would be in