>4 steals and a block for good measure. 8 TO is pretty gnarly
>though. he's now leading the league in AST
>
>great debut. showed he can indeed play within a different
>system (he was doing this in silas' system when he first came
>back; that's why he has so many assists this year) and he even
>played some decent defense too
>
>i don't know how teams stop KD /and/ harden to close out
>games, never mind kyrie (if he returns.) all of them can get
>to the rim at will and are elite free throw shooters. i
>expect BKN to lead the league in FT attempts
>
>if BKN can cobble together even a slightly below average
>defense they'll be unstoppable up to the playoffs and probably
>up to the finals. however they're unlikely to beat LAL in the
>finals due to poor defense. maybe they can coax LAL into a
>shoot out but that's probably not happening either due to
>LAL's great defense

definitely agree there. Lakers are the team I can't look past because of their defense. and if the pattern of "everyone else scoring so LeBron can chill" holds up? might be the best championship team LeBron has ever played on, because the way they play defense.