It would be interesting to see if time away from the team has matured his game and morphed him into something different than what he was here. Somehow I suspect we'd be a little unhappy with the actual on-the-court product
In the last 4 games of that series, Blake held Brooks to 31.9% shooting from the field (15 of 47) Meanwhile, Blake shot 51.6% from the field (16 of 31) in the same span. And oh yeah, Blake had 26 assists during those 4 games while Brooks only had 14. Like I said, Blake the adjustments and owned Brooks for most of the series.
More stats over those 4 games: Brooks- 11 rebs 2 stls Blake- 18 rebs 3 stls Blake beat Brooks in every facet of the game.
The guy who killed us in that series was Outlaw. We got off to a great start in Game 6. But then we brought in Outlaw and he missed almost every shot he took. It killed our groove and ended the series for us. But you simply cannot blame Blake. He had a bad Game 1, but he adjusted and outside of a meaningless flurry of Brooks shots at the end of Game 2, Blake completely dominated Brooks the rest of the way. That's the playoffs are about. Adjustments. Just like the Suns adjusted on Miller except Nash needed help from his buddy Grant. Blake didn't need any help on Brooks. He just manned up and shut his guy DOWN.
WRONG! Blake scored 44 points in those 4 games. Brooks only scored 42. W/L% is a team stat. Individually, in the last four games of the series, Blake outshot, outSCORED, outrebounded, outdefended, outstole, outassisted, and outworked Brooks. Check. Fucking. Mate.
I agree. Outlaw absolutely disappeared in the playoffs. I didn't say I blamed Blake for anything, only thing that gets me is him air-balling that three in Game 3 and getting stomped out in Game 1. I give him credit for adjusting his game and stepping up somewhat. But the fact remains that Brooks outscored Blake and his team won the series. Who would you rather have on our team, btw? Brooks or Blake?
back to the original topic. Better than Collison, better than Mo, better (maybe) than Paul for us: Steph Curry.
There were only 6 games in the series. Blake DOMINATED Brooks for 4 of those games. That's a lot. You said you remembered Brooks holding Blake to nothing when in reality, Blake dominated Brooks for MOST of the SERIES! If I'm looking at a 4 game sample, that means YOU are only looking at a TWO GAME SAMPLE. You can't pin the series loss on Blake. Blake did his job. He completely owned Brooks for 70% of the series! And, to answer your question, on our team, I'd rather have Blake.
I was looking at the whole 6 game series. I didn't pin the series loss on Blake. Are we done now? Haha.
If you look at the whole series, Blake dominated Brooks 4 games to 2. That means Blake won that matchup for the WHOLE SERIES.
