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I can live with Ayton not scoring if he is playing on the other end. He was. He had some huge defensive plays and I don't care what anybody says he is battling down there. Not mistake free but he is battling. He has been this entire playoffs. In fact, offensively he is playin well above his station IMO considering he doesn't create his own shot. My only real expectation for him is to help us get some easy shots. I don't expect him to put up 20+ per game. We don't nee Ayton to do that to win if the rest of the team is pulling it's weight (mainly CP3).
17 turnovers, 17 given up offensive rebounds and they killed us in fast break points. Monty going to Chris after struggling. Yes it would have been a nice security blanket had Ayton put up 20 but he is not remotely the reason we lost that game.
Man... why did you just project a complete BS argument on the discussion. No one has even come CLOSE to saying Ayton needs to score 20 plus. And you bring that number up MULTIPLE time
asking him to score 10-12 points minimum just isn’t asking that much. And if he can’t do that because he can’t create his own shot yet after 3 years in the league, it’s a flaw that deserves a little criticism.
again, he’s not number 1, 2 or 3 reason we lost. But his lack of offense on a night when no one but Booker showed up on that side of the court did hurt us.