I hate this zone defence, it makes the NBA a glorified NCAA, which is bullshit, I miss the days of isolation and man to man, calling the iilegal defence when Barkley use to for the refs. Now we have players who could waltz into the NBA as terrible defenders and their weaknesses are not exposed. Now anyone can make the NBA, basically they made it easier and dilluted the league. This is one reason why the die hard ballers like myself and many others I know have tuned off the NBA..
The reason for the big failure of the raptors to win against the nets was bc they were too timid against the nets zone and couldnt break it.. One of the keys to breaking a good zone defence, whether it be a complex box &1 or a triangle zonal defence is to move the ball and cause the defenders to collapse.. In order to free up another player, setting picks and not relying on the outside shot all the time. They have to put the team in foul trouble, which would allow the zone tuh ease up..They have to be more aggressive, its the playoffs and they playing a team that will drop into zone anytime they are close or winning..
God is de BOSS...