Chauncey Billups’ defensive frustration

The loss suffered this Wednesday against the Cleveland Cavaliers includes various readings. Among them, the fifteen triples scored by those from Ohio, the interior dominance of Jarrett Allen (24 points and 17 rebounds), the lack of success by Damian Lillard or the impossibility of prevailing against them despite having the delicate losses of Lauri Markkanen, Kevin Love and Isaac Okoro, three key players in the rotation.

All you are faults they are part of the period of adaptation and intrinsic learning after the arrival of a new head coach. However, what made Chauncey Billups most desperate pointed to the same problem that plagued the Blazers last season: defensive passivity and permissiveness.

“We are not doing a good job keeping the ball in front of us,” said the head coach. They get over us too fast. Our defense is designed to help our teammates, but when they get past our defender, the help hasn’t even gotten through yet. And if we start trying to regain position and help, teams start to score easily. They put us in a very difficult situation. “

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