What Denver did to Jordan Poole was get up in him and use stronger players to apply pressure. Poole’s slithery drives were harder to pull off under pressure, his first step negated with hand-checks and bumps. Poole started retreating from his drive or would even lose control of the ball. That’s exactly how teams used to do Curry. They can’t anymore. “He’s a lot stronger,” said Draymond Green, who remembers the days when defenses could bully Curry. “When he’s driving to the hole, what teams used to do is bump him off his path. Can’t move him anymore. … You have to overreact to the shot. If you’re not pressed up and overreacting to the shot, then he shoots, and good luck. But once he put his head down and drives it, and he’s committed to getting to the hole, he’s strong enough to take those bumps and not get pushed off his path.”
by Hoops Hype