The Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd was asked about the value an offense gains by having two of the NBA’s elite short-range shot-creators, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, on the floor together:
“That’s a great question. When you can be able to finish at the rim and then also in the paint, that helps. A lot of times, those [shots] that they don’t make lead to offensive rebounds or to the free throw line. So, that’s something that both of those guys can do, Luka did that there in the first quarter, I think he got [to the line] 10 times.
“Just being aggressive, and the mindset of getting in the paint. When you have those two quarterbacks getting into the paint and being able to get to the rim – we would say that Luka is a great finisher, and we would say Kai is the best finisher in the league with either hand. So, to that ability to get to the paint or the rim is big.”
