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Russell Westbrook Is Overplaying Tony Parker On Screens Too Much Again

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In our series preview, one thing we noted is that the Spurs have victimized Russell Westbrook’s overaggression guarding pick and roll by having Tony Parker dribble away from the ball screen to shoot open jumpers. So far, it’s happened three times in Game 2. Westbrook has tried to cheat over the screen, and Parker has crossed back over to the left to get a wide open jumper.

Here’s one of those plays.

Westbrook has to relax and stay more on-balanced defensively.

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