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Haliburton has been struggling with these screens, trying to hedge against Brunson while his original man recovers. In previous games, Aaron Nesmith had been successful in navigating these screens and managing to get in Brunson's way.
However, in Game 5, Halliburton was assigned to guard Miles McBride, who was starting instead of Precious Achiuwa for the Knicks. Instead of their regular single screens, the Knicks switched things up and frequently employed "double-drag" screens, in which Brunson would navigate past two screens, set first by McBride and then by the center.
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