The problem on offence is that Brooklyn's willingness to switch on screens all the time is taking away the best part of the Raptors high-screen, P&R offence, while not producing a matchup that the Raptors can really take advantage of; it also changes the timing of all of those screen plays, which I think is part of the reason for a lot of turnovers. If the perimeter players were making 3s, that would be one way of punishing them, but so far this series, that's not happening for either team.
They've also been swarming anyone in the paint, which I think the Raptors can exploit. So far, when the Raptors pass into the post player who hasn't established deep position, he either goes to the basket (and risks getting stripped) or takes too long to pass out and has lost any advantage.
Run some plays that are based around touch-passes into and out of the paint, so that you can catch the defenders in no-man's-land before they converge on the post player but after they've left their perimeter player. I'm not sure I trust JV's passing yet, but Amir and Patterson both should be able to run that. Maybe even Fields, though Brooklyn may not swarm him in the paint the same way.
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