When Clippers coach Doc Rivers surveyed his team’s matchup against the Warriors at the start of their first-round series, he chose to pit the 6'1" Patrick Beverley against the seven-foot Kevin Durant for the explicit purpose of denying Durant the freedom to work off the dribble. “You know,” Rivers said after Game 1, “because with Durants, the LeBrons of the world, when you put their same size guy on him, now they have every advantage.” Durant hit enough shots over the top of Beverley, effectively uncontested due to their height difference, as to make the Clippers revisit their matchups mid-series.
The Ultimate Weapon: Kevin Durant's Supernova Turn Closes out the Clippers
