In games against teams whose two-way flow and performance revolve around one player, such as the Denver Nuggets with Nikola Jokic, the most innovative way to swoop in and sneakily win the game is by excelling in the minutes they are off the court. In every postseason match against Denver, this is what the announcers were preaching, as DeAndre Jordan is solid, but no one in history can replicate what is produced by The Joker.
Moreover, from October through December, the LA Clippers had their own version of what teams like the Nuggets experienced nightly, as head coach Tyronn Lue was relying on Kris Dunn in the second unit to play the backup point guard effectively.