Dallas didn’t have any answers for for the Clippers center, who finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds and put the Mavs in early foul trouble.
Clippers center Ivica Zubac reacts after a basket during the first half of Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena. He’s 240 pounds of shoulders, elbows and rebounds yet rarely mentioned as the key to victories, and while his size 19 shoes house some of the best footwork for a center, few outside the game focus on his moves under the basket.
“He threw the first punch and there was no adjustment that was made,” Gafford said, who had three points and zero rebounds. “They played to him in the post, and we didn’t have an answer,” Kidd said. “We have to be better. We talked about Zubac and the ability that he has when shots go up. Rebounding, we have to make sure that we send two to him. But in the post, we have to do a better job of guarding him in the post.”“Just doing my job. I know we are a great defensive team and I got to be one of the leaders on the defensive end,” Zubac said.
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