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Spacing beats star power in a seven-game series.

Over seven games a defence can scheme a single star into the ground — but you can't guard five shooters at once. Does elite spacing really out-live raw star power when the whistles tighten and the rotations shrink?

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PickAndPop
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You can double a star. You can't double a corner shooter without giving up a 45% three. Over seven games the math just grinds star-heavy teams down.

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IsoKing
275 rep · 1h
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In the clutch, spacing doesn't create its own shot. You need someone who can get a bucket when the set breaks down — that's what wins Game 7s, not standing in the corner.

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SwitchEverything
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Modern defences switch 1-5. The only thing that reliably breaks a switch is a shooter the help can't leave. Spacing is the counter to the counter.

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