But any time you have a team that is trying to beat you from the perimeter, I'd take that all day long. All day long, because there is going to come a point in time in the game when they aren't going to be making those shots. Any time a team shoots 51 percent against you, you're going to have a tough time winning. But I don't think too many teams can consistently shoot 51 percent against us, especially with the perimeter and interior defense we have. That's the crux of the matter.
Conventional wisdom says jump-shooting teams can go only so far in the playoffs.
NBA history just isn't filled with too many champions that could not depend on getting points from within 8 feet of the basket. But that's what the Bucks are trying to do. And in their minds, if they can keep dropping their shots as they did last night, then the big trade the Sixers made to acquire 7-2 center Dikembe Mutombo for Theo Ratliff and Toni Kukoc won't matter much. The Bucks don't care about Mutombo, because his presence in the middle doesn't interfere with what they want to do. I mean he's a great player, but, for us, we're going to try to float him out where his man is shooting jump shots.