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"You mean after he hit me?" - Mike D'Antoni correcting a reporter after 2018 clash with Blake Griffin
On one side stood Houston's head coach, Mike D'Antoni, who was then in his mid-60s and as lean as ever. On the opposing end was Blake Griffin, the power forward of the Clippers, then in his late 20s.
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D'Antoni defended his isolation-centric playbook with Harden in Houston: "If that 1-on-1 was not efficient, we wouldn't do it"
Instead of relying on motion, passing, and cutting, Mike D'Antoni instructed his team to either jack up 3-pointers or drive to the hoop. The system had relative success in the regular and postseason.