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After a 99-92 Game 1 loss, Brooklyn Nets coach Lionel Hollins was asked about his plan for turning the tides in Game 2. Obviously, a main tenant of that plan should be doing something about Kyle Korver, who’s got a perpetual hot hand and scored 21 points including five makes from downtown, right?

Lionel Hollins doesn’t really seem to think so, according to the New York Daily News:

“How many shots did he take yesterday and how many did he miss? See, if he’s that good, he’d make all of them.” Hollins said. “Everybody misses, man. He’s a good shooter, I acknowledge that, we acknowledge that as a team, we game plan for him because he is a great shooter.”

Sure. I mean, I get that. But Kyle Korver is really, really good. He more or less single-handedly decimated your comeback on Sunday.

“It’s not like we’re talking (Stephen) Curry. Korver, he’s a great come-off-the-screen guy, he’s great with moving without the ball, but he rarely puts the ball on the floor like Curry and shakes you up. Now, you start talking about Curry, and trying to game plan for him, it’s a lot different than game planning for Korver.”

That’s like comparing apples to automatic, rapid-fire, unguardable, MVP-probable oranges. Korver is a special case; he might average around 10 or 11 points per game, but if you don’t contain him properly, there will be dire consequences.

Also, Kyle Korver had a higher 3-point percentage than Curry in the regular season (49% and 44% respectively). He’s averaged 42% shooting from the field in his last 10 games, so basically, any time Korver puts up a shot from anywhere on the floor, almost half of the time it’s going in. In short, whether he’s Curry or not, he’s still extremely problematic if left unattended.

All signs continue to point to Hawks in 4.