stopper

But the lack of individual stoppers has been problematic the last two games, the Lakers struggling to stop scorers when they get hot.

Johnson largely has been the defensive stopper the Bruins envisioned on the perimeter this season, even if pockets of foul trouble have kept him off the court at times.

As teams build their rosters each offseason, they look for shooters such as Knecht, for defensive stoppers such as Jarred Vanderbilt, for offensive initiators or enforcers or for shot blockers.

He was a run stopper and a quarterback chaser.

“I don’t put that on anybody,” Cronin said, alluding to the need for everybody on his team to be a stopper.