the bigs

“Bona did a great job of forcing a tough shot,” McClendon said, “and usually when your five man stops the ball and goes to stop the shot, it leaves a mismatch for the guards and the bigs and we didn’t do our part in blocking out and getting the rebound.”

“He sets 95% of our pick-and-rolls and when he has an opportunity to catch it in the pocket, or if the bigs are up and it allows us to find him in transition and he gets an opportunity to seal or whatever, we have to find him,” James said.

It was the beginning of a rough introduction to the bigs.

The 39% clip also was tops in the bigs.

“I think I’m going to be the second-oldest guy here now, so guys lean on me a lot, especially the bigs,” Davis said.