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Speaker 1: having a productive and successful week so far. I was

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Speaker 1: game tonight though on a bunch of different levels. We're

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Speaker 1: Warriors in the Weeds were also going to get into

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Speaker 1: Suns lost. I personally was excited for starters. I have

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Speaker 1: out and be sloppy. I didn't see. I I saw

432
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 1: some specific things like I saw. I saw Steph show

433
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,400
Speaker 1: flashes of scoring that I haven't seen much from him

434
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 1: in this playoff runs. So that's good. That bodes well

435
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,879
Speaker 1: for Golden State. I thought Steph in particular held up

436
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 1: well against switches. I thought Jordan Pool did not hold

437
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,400
Speaker 1: up well against switches and defense defensively. I thought that.

438
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 1: I thought that both Jalen Brunson and Luca kind of

439
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,080
Speaker 1: had their way with Jordan Pool. But that's to be expected.

440
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,639
Speaker 1: But it's a good thing for Golden State that Steph

441
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,520
Speaker 1: held up really well. I thought. I thought there were

442
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,120
Speaker 1: a couple of fouls he got called for that were

443
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: bs where he held his position and and played well

444
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,280
Speaker 1: uh defending the ball. So again that in attacking Steph Currans,

445
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: which is has always been a fool's errand because he's

446
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 1: consistently been one of the most underrated defensive players of

447
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 1: this era. He but the thing with Steph Curry that

448
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,160
Speaker 1: people forget is that he's freaking strong, Like he's He's

449
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,880
Speaker 1: six ft three and stout, and so even though he's

450
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: not the quickest player in the world, just him having

451
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: effort on the effort and focus and attention to detail

452
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: on the defensive end automatically makes him a plus defender.

453
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: But yeah, like there are positive things for Golden State,

454
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: but I also loved dallas shot. Cality, What did you like, Carson.

455
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,720
Speaker 1: Did you think that Dallas was able to get quality

456
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 1: shots tonight? Yeah, I thought for a lot of the

457
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,000
Speaker 1: night they were. And I also think that I completely

458
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,680
Speaker 1: agree with you on the point in terms of Luca

459
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,880
Speaker 1: having that feeling out process and it never really feels

460
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,520
Speaker 1: like he's in a spot where he's not getting the

461
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,200
Speaker 1: looks that he wants. And you know, there are some

462
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 1: shots with him that are closer to toss up propositions

463
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: with the difficult shot making, but it always feels like

464
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: he's in control when he wants to be. And obviously

465
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,200
Speaker 1: it's a really poor shooting night Dallas. They go eleven

466
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: forty eight from deep. It's not like the Warriors had

467
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 1: a phenomenal shooting night on the other end, but still

468
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,160
Speaker 1: you expect that to level out, and that is so

469
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: important to what Dallas does offensively. So I think I'm

470
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 1: with you in terms of a never overreacting to a

471
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Speaker 1: game one and be not thinking that if you play

472
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Speaker 1: this game ten times, Dallas is scoring more than eight

473
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Speaker 1: seven points and most of them just as a matter

474
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Speaker 1: of shot making variants. Like, I think this was definitely

475
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 1: on the very low end of outcomes there. But is

476
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Speaker 1: there one thing that you look at that you think

477
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 1: you expect to change the most going forwards, to be

478
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: the most different from this game as compared to the

479
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Speaker 1: rest of the series, just in terms of your confidence

480
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:48,719
Speaker 1: with that outcome Dallas's defense, I think, I think you know,

481
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 1: and there there are some very clear differences between the

482
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Speaker 1: way that Golden State plays offensively in any of the

483
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Speaker 1: teams that Dallas has played. I mean, we just talked

484
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Speaker 1: about this to open the show. Golden State style so

485
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: incredibly unique that you know it's gonna take an adjustment

486
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: the most a couple of a couple of specific details.

487
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: So Phoenix, for instance, runs a hyper traditional offense. They

488
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Speaker 1: are pick and roll heavy. They have a traditional big,

489
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 1: They have a playmaking guard that looks to pass before

490
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: he looks to score. Even there to guard that they

491
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: have playing like literally mirrors his game after Kobe Bryant.

492
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Speaker 1: So like they're very vintage style of offense. Golden State

493
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: and everything that they do with like Golden State spaces

494
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 1: the floor and makes Dallas covered ground defensively in a

495
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 1: way that none of the teams they've played so far

496
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,640
Speaker 1: has made them defense. In addition to that, Golden State

497
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: is amazing with off ball action. And I'm not just

498
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Speaker 1: talking about Draymond at the top of the key, you know,

499
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 1: looking for Staff coming off of the screen. It's more

500
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,719
Speaker 1: complicated than that. They'll have like like, for instance, if

501
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: st is in the corner and they're doing a dribble

502
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,360
Speaker 1: handoff with Draymond with Steph coming off and you know, uh,

503
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: even if there's two players involved, like Pool and Staff

504
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 1: will be They'll have like Wiggins and Clay on the

505
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: other side of the floor, like set a pin down

506
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: or a backscreen for each other. And when they do that,

507
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: the defenders that Dallas has that are supposed to be

508
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: in help side will be navigating that little two man

509
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: game between Clay and Andrew on the other side of

510
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: the floor, and so Steph will like come off of

511
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 1: that dribble handoff, draw the two defenders and swing it

512
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: over the top to Looney or to Draymond, whoever it is.

513
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 1: And instead of there being someone under the basket to

514
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: help on that role, there's nobody there because they're dealing

515
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: with interchanges on the other end of the floor. So

516
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: Golden State that runs such a sophisticated offense that it's

517
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 1: definitely gonna take longer into this series. This is why,

518
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: like I expect Boston to win Game two, I I

519
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: would not be the least bit surprised of Golden State

520
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: went up two oh in this series. And then Dallas

521
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,960
Speaker 1: started to build steam later in the series because Jason

522
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: Kidd is an incredible defensive coach. They Mavericks have demonstrated

523
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: an ability to pick up on coverages Like Phoenix ran

524
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 1: a half dozen different variations of pick and roll and

525
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: dribble handoff with all these cops, all these complications, and

526
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: by the end of the series, like Phoenix or Dallas

527
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: had just solved them, they had solved all of them.

528
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,199
Speaker 1: Now they may not ever solve them entirely the way

529
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 1: they did with Phoenix. I feel almost a thousand percent

530
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Speaker 1: certain that Golden State's not gonna have a twenty seven

531
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,439
Speaker 1: point half at some point in this series. But that said,

532
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: I do think Dallas will get better at tightening up

533
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 1: those defensive rotations and getting better at being in the

534
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: right spot. And most importantly, like I talked about earlier,

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Speaker 1: I think at a certain point they're gonna have to

536
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: stop trapping every Steph Curry, pick and roll. And instead

537
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: of doing that, which is giving Golden State that four

538
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: on three advantage that they have literally a decade of

539
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 1: practice executing, what I would do instead is I would

540
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: hard switch, like almost like a show that turns into

541
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: a switch with pal or cleep by whoever it is

542
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,239
Speaker 1: that's in that action, and then basically tell them like

543
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: I don't give a damn if Steph drives right past you,

544
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: but you have to push up into him and force

545
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: him to drive, because helping at the rim and rotating

546
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: around the shooters is a lot easier than the then

547
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: rotating out of those traps thirty ft from the basket.

548
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: And so I think I think Dallas defensively like obviously

549
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 1: they're gonna shoot better as the series progresses, but defensively,

550
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 1: I thought they had a lot of room for improvement

551
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 1: after tonight. Well obviously see how they respond there, But

552
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 1: I think you're absolutely right and highlighting just the difficulty

553
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: of them dealing with the off ball movement. And there

554
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: were so many spots today where it was just beautiful

555
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: streaking cuts to the basket nearly uncontested by the Warriors.

556
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: A lot of that set up by off ball screens

557
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: and everything that you talk about, and that's always been

558
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: central to their offense. Like back in the hay to remember,

559
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: they would outpace the rest of the league by like

560
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: in terms of just cut possessions per game, and this

561
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 1: year they were numb or one there again. And a

562
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 1: lot of that is empowered by steps off ball gravity,

563
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: what you talk about with the attention that he demands

564
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 1: with traps and all that, and just how that enables

565
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: the freedom of movement and just attract so much defensive attention.

566
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: So tonight he only had twenty one. It wasn't an

567
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: overwhelming statistical output from him, but you said you felt

568
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: like he was the best player on the floor. You

569
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: certainly felt his impact in creating those quality shots for

570
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 1: his teammates consistently. So, Jason, do you think Steph will

571
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: be the most impactful player in this series? I don't

572
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: think so, because I think Luca will, over the course

573
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: of the series, get stronger and stronger. That said, I

574
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Steph was, and

575
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: if he is, then gold State's gonna win. It's it's

576
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: really that simple again. Like, like, guys, I also think

577
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,719
Speaker 1: Luca has passed Lebron at this point, So I'm not

578
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: this is not some sort of relitigation of Steph's career

579
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Speaker 1: or some sort of insult towards Steph. I Lebron and

580
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: Steph are my two favorite players of this entire era.

581
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 1: I think they were there. I think they were the

582
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: two best players of this era. I've you I view.

583
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 1: I have just an unbelievable amount of respect for those

584
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: two guys. It's just it's the year two and these

585
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,959
Speaker 1: days step shoots about thirty from three in the playoffs,

586
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: and Luca is ascending into superstardom just like Steph was

587
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: back in two thousand thirteen and two thousand fourteen, right, So,

588
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: like it's it's just the way I feel about the times.

589
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: It's the question of the series will be does Steph

590
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: have one last ultimately great playoff run in him, Because

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00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: if he does, they're gonna beat Dallas, and they very

592
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: well maybe Phoenix or Miami orho excuse me, Miami or Boston,

593
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: whoever comes out of the Eastern Conference, right. That's that's

594
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: the the name of the game here is is it still?

595
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: Is it still in Steph's window or is it not?

596
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: And we're gonna find out. But like the thing you

597
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: gotta worry about with Luca is one, he's big and strong,

598
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: so he thrives under physicality. So as the series progresses,

599
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: he gets stronger, especially since he has a size advantage

600
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: over basically everybody on Golden States roster. And then secondly,

601
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: he wins with his brain that hit the guys like Luca,

602
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: the guys like Lebron, the guys like Yokich, those the

603
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: guys that are wired as those high end playmakers, they

604
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: always get stronger later in series. I can't tell you

605
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: how many times in Lebron's career he'd be trailing in

606
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: a series and come back to win. They were trailing,

607
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: what you know, in that Eastern Conference finals against the

608
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: against the Bulls. In two thousand eleven and two thousand twelve,

609
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: they were trailing against the Pacers, then they were trailing

610
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 1: aginst the Celtics, and then they were trailing against the

611
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: Thunder in the finals, like they were trailing against the

612
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: Pacers again in two thousand thirteen, and in two thousand

613
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: thirteen they uh they fell behind to the Spurs three

614
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: games too. Like Lebron was constantly behind in playoff series,

615
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: but then in game five, six and seven, he'd always

616
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: be the best player because he's just constantly processing information,

617
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: absorbing all of the adjustments and the things that he

618
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: knows when in the chess match of the NBA Playoffs,

619
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: and he gets stronger as the series progress. That's that's

620
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen with Luca. It's not that Steph doesn't

621
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: do that as well. I thoroughly expects Steph to be

622
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: every bit as good at the end of the series

623
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: as he is early. But Luca everything's grated on it,

624
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: like everything with him is a different like transition, like

625
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: he's always going to be a lesser player early in

626
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: the series than he is later in the series. I

627
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: agree with you, and it's not that it's a massive margin.

628
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: But I feel like we just have to look at

629
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: the recent resumes, the consistent brilliance of Luca's playoff production

630
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: and just not understate that it is literally over his

631
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: playoff career thirty two nine and eight on fifty percent

632
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: try shooting. And this is something we've talked about before.

633
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: There's a difference between the direct imposition of Luca physically

634
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: on ball, commanding the game as that maestro, manufacturing shots

635
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: for himself, kicking out to wide open teammates for three

636
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: because he collapses the defense every time, and Steph Yes

637
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: attracting a ton of attention but having some of the

638
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: inconsistency in terms of shot making and at the end

639
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: of the day his teammates still having to capitalize on

640
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: his gravity and create for themselves. So certainly both guys

641
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: are fundamental. They make their offenses what they are. Luca

642
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 1: also though in these playoffs this is before tonight, but

643
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: the maps had been eighteen points pern under possessions better

644
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: with him on the floor. It's just in every way

645
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,479
Speaker 1: he has been the more dominant player as of late.

646
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: He has been the more impactful player in terms of volume,

647
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,280
Speaker 1: physical imposition, and I mean, like you've said, it doesn't

648
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: feel like there's any answer for him in this series,

649
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: So I think we need to default to the guy

650
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: who would have been the answer before the series at

651
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: this point, and that to me is still Luca Dodge. Yeah,

652
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 1: and I wanted to to read a couple of numbers

653
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: to you guys. I tweeted these out earlier, but uh,

654
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: in terms of Dallas is shooting, because I thought they

655
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: get quality shots tonight and I think they they finished

656
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: like ten for forty two from three or something like that.

657
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: So these are These are the Dallas role players on

658
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: wide open threes in this playoff run. So I remember

659
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: that's at least six ft from the nearest defender, which

660
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: Dallas generate just a ton of these types of threes.

661
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 1: Maxie clebent on four attempts per game, Jalen Brunson forty

662
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,479
Speaker 1: percent on two attempts per game, Dorian Phinney Smith forty

663
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: six percent on four and a half attempts per game,

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Speaker 1: Davis Barton's forty percent on one attempt per game, Spencer

665
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: Dinwood percent on one and a half attempts per game.

666
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 1: Reggie Bullock, who's basically their best shooter, is only thirty

667
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 1: five percent on four and half attempts per games, So

668
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: like you could argue that he's due for some positive regression,

669
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: like the kick to wide open Shooters game for Dallas

670
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 1: has been absolutely deadly in this playoff run, and it

671
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: just didn't work tonight, and that that's one of those

672
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: things like Golden State. Also like and again, you always

673
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 1: gotta you gotta check for your blind spots. And every

674
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: time I make a pick, just inherently, even though you

675
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 1: guys know, I try extremely hard not to be biased.

676
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: That's something that I work hard at. I do the work.

677
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 1: I don't just make a pick and then just stick

678
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: to the pick. I'll watch film and and and I

679
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: to be honest, I don't care about the pick. I

680
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: don't care if people rub it in my face if

681
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,479
Speaker 1: I'm wrong. That's why I picked Milwaukee and game seven,

682
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,439
Speaker 1: even though I was on Boston for the first five games.

683
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: Like I care more, to quote a colonism, I care

684
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: more about getting it right than I do about being right.

685
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 1: And so from that standpoint, like I just want I

686
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: tried to check my blind spots. And maybe in this

687
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 1: case it's Golden State. You know they're they're clay Thompson

688
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 1: can obviously shoot a lot better than he did Tonight's

689
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: Steph is capable of explosive games. I mean Draymond Green. Actually,

690
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: I thought he did a decent job looking to score tonight,

691
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: but he's capable of more. But I thought Dallas in

692
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: general vastly underperformed their shot quality tonight, and so I

693
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: think over the course of the series that would get

694
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: better for them. Regardless of what we think in terms

695
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: of that progression to the mean and talking about Luca

696
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: is the best guy in this series. It was not

697
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: a great night for them, and it was not a

698
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: great night at all for Luca individually. And there was

699
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: a photo going around. I'm sure many of you saw

700
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: it of Luca. It kind of surfaced this morning, but

701
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,439
Speaker 1: I think we can assume it was last night out

702
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: with boban on the town in the Bay, sipping on

703
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: a beer. So should he have not done that? Should

704
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: he have not gone out for that brew last night? Jason,

705
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: what do you think given the result? I I think

706
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: Luca having a beer before the game? Um even Okay,

707
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: so I think it was I think it determined. Somebody

708
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: found out through a Golden State redded page that it

709
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 1: was from yesterday, but even if it was the morning

710
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: of that would that would be the most on brand

711
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 1: thing from Luca ever? Or like what what was it

712
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: Hukah done Hitch this offseason? But like, you know, the

713
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 1: thing with Luca is he We've talked about this before,

714
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: like the dude, the dude doesn't operate under normal you know,

715
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 1: professional athlete like standards. Like I've I was literally thinking

716
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: during the game tonight as I was watching, I'm like,

717
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: there are these lineups on the floor, and it's like

718
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: there are nine basketball players on the floor that are

719
00:37:55,080 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 1: all in peak physical condition. Like arguably the most DOUGHI

720
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 1: player on the floor not named Luca is Draymond Green.

721
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: And he's not Doughey, like he's he's just big, you

722
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 1: know what I mean, And like and like Lucas just

723
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: he looks like a fish out of water in a

724
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 1: lot of cases in the sense that like he's just

725
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: sticking out like crazy on the floor. Is this one

726
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: guy that doesn't you know, that doesn't look like he's

727
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: in the same physical condition. I mean it's really the

728
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: simple guys like a sixteen announced beer that like let's

729
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: let's let's pretend it's a cours light something light right,

730
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: like it's it's still at sixt announces that's still like

731
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty calories, right, or like a hundred forty

732
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: calories like you have to those at dinner. That's that's

733
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: the hefty amount of calories that you're taking in, right.

734
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: So Like, my thing is like, I don't think there's

735
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 1: anything wrong with consuming alcohol in the day before game.

736
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 1: All the all the pros are like drinking wine and

737
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: stuff like that, but man, when you start putting down

738
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 1: a few beers, like I feel like, I feel like

739
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: that just makes it hard to keep the pounds off.

740
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 1: I have a lot of thoughts here. I think he

741
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: touched on very good stuff. It's incredibly on brand. And

742
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 1: if I were to go with the most on brand

743
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: things an NBA player could do would probably be Zion

744
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: doing a Mountain Dew commercial, Lebron posting a picture of

745
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 1: a book that he is on page one through twenty

746
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: of and lupa down in some bruise publicly before one

747
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: of the biggest games of his NBA career. I love it.

748
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: It's his thing. And also, by the way, he's a

749
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: Slav and he's out there with another Slav and I

750
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,919
Speaker 1: come from yugoslav blood. Jason, my dad or my grandpa

751
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: grew up in Yugoslavia. Yes, he's Croatian. My middle name

752
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: is Velamir. And those guys aren't gonna lay off the bruise. Really,

753
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: it's a miracle that he wasn't hammered off. Shlivovitz, I

754
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: think so for it. And one more thing. Luca is

755
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: a legend manufacturer. He has the personality, the confidence, the swag.

756
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: We all saw the clip of him after Game five

757
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: now where he says, everybody you know acting tough when

758
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: they're up. He was laughing at the suns throughout Game seven.

759
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: He lives for the legendary moment and so how amazing

760
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: would it have been if that in at surface and

761
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: then he dropped fifty Like that would be a hilarious

762
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 1: story that you hear about him for decades. So I

763
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,760
Speaker 1: love it in every way. You will hear no Luca

764
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:14,240
Speaker 1: drinking beer publicly criticism for me. I think it's great Luca.

765
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: Luca and Steph are two of the biggest psychopaths in

766
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: the entire NBA. It's I again I I. I texted Ryan,

767
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 1: our producer before the show. I was like, I'm so

768
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: glad Dallas one because I find this series to be

769
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:31,760
Speaker 1: so much more interesting than that boring Phoenix team against

770
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 1: this Warriors team, and like again you just there, they

771
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: could not be more different. And the way that like

772
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:42,280
Speaker 1: Steph is there are no inefficiencies with Steph, Like I

773
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 1: guarantee you there's not a thing that goes in his

774
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 1: body that doesn't improve him as an athlete. You know

775
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: what I mean. Um, I wouldn't be surprised, like like

776
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: comparing those two are They're so different, but at the

777
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: same time up here they're both like legitimately I want

778
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: to murder you, like they're like like I want to

779
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: I want to embarrass you and and trounce you and

780
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: and step on your name and make you go home

781
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: and feel like you don't belong in this league and

782
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: and that dynamic. I think you're gonna have moments from

783
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: both of them in the series where they it looked

784
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: like on an early missed free throw from Steph that

785
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: Luca said something to him and then Steph looked back

786
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: with a kind of an intense look and said something back.

787
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: I couldn't tell exactly what he said, but I wouldn't

788
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: be surprised that they got into it a little bit

789
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: as a series progressed because their personalities do clash on

790
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: a lot of levels. But all I can say is,

791
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: as a basketball fan, I am so stoked for this

792
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 1: series and I hope, I hope Luca drags it out,

793
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: and I hope it's a six or seven gamer because

794
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: I can't get this matchup. I'm one with you. The

795
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: contrast in era in terms of the superstars, obviously the

796
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 1: rising young guy and the possibly descending all time legend

797
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 1: and style, as far as the team's personality, all of it,

798
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: I think is so much fun. And I hope that

799
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,920
Speaker 1: this is a long and very exciting series, and I

800
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: think that it should be. Let's talk about the other

801
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: series for a second, because obviously we're one game deep

802
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: into both conference finals. Now we have Game two of

803
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:11,880
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference Finals tomorrow. Celtics went down in Game one. Jason,

804
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: what do you think is the biggest adjustment that they

805
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: can make going forward in this series? So there are two,

806
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: but I'll focus on one here really quick because I'll

807
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: say the other one is a Miami thing because I

808
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: think it relates to Miami as well. Um So I

809
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,799
Speaker 1: have a video that I'm gonna be coming out with

810
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: probably tomorrow morning because I cut a ton of plays together,

811
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,439
Speaker 1: uh Boston, And again we've talked about this. Teams don't

812
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,280
Speaker 1: want to switch early in this series a couple of reasons.

813
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: They want to avoid having small guards jockeying for rebound

814
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: position with giant players all night long because it's fatiguing, right.

815
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 1: The other thing, too, is you want to keep your

816
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: rim protection as close to the rim as possible for rotations.

817
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: So like if Robert Williams, for instance, on a simple

818
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: dribble handoff ends up getting switched onto Gabe Vincent and

819
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: Gave Vincent just dribbles over to the other wing and

820
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: then swings it over to Jimmy Butler and then Jimmy

821
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 1: Butler drives to the basket. Now Robert Williams is stuck

822
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: on a shooter on the other side of the floor

823
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 1: and he can't help at the rim. So they're like

824
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: little dynamics like that that are why teams don't want

825
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: to switch. But at the end of the day, like

826
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: you can still help off of another player to help

827
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: on a Jimmy Butler drive, and most importantly, you're forcing

828
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler at that point to score over defenders. At

829
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: least there there is a clear line. It went about

830
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: about eight minutes into the first quarter where Boston, chasing

831
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 1: over the top of all those dribble handoffs was working

832
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 1: like disruptive working. And it's a combination of fatigue from

833
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: Game seven and some of the stuff from UH, some

834
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: of the stuff from just how difficult it is to

835
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 1: chase over the top of screens. But right around that

836
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: eight minute mark, like Tyler Harrow actually checked in a

837
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: few minutes prior, but Tyler Harrow got going, and he

838
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 1: got going with the fact that all of a sudden,

839
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,759
Speaker 1: Derek White, the same guy who was doing in a

840
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,319
Speaker 1: easing job fighting over those driple handoffs for the first

841
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: half of the first quarter, he just suddenly started getting

842
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 1: caught on the screens. And there is a clear delineation

843
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: in shot quality between what what Miami got when Boston

844
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: was switching versus when Boston was in their drop and

845
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: and and they're eventually going to they just simply have

846
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,400
Speaker 1: to eventually start switching these handoffs because at the end

847
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: of the day, Miami's biggest weakness is shot creation. Outside

848
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: of Jimmy Butler, you as the Celtics have like four

849
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 1: dudes who can create their own shot, right like Marcus

850
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 1: Smart can, Jalen Brown can, Jayson Tatum can, like even

851
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: Peyton Pritchard is like he's just as capable of creating

852
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: his own shot as like a gay Vincent, right. Like,

853
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, play to your strengths.

854
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: If you get into that contest with them, you can

855
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: force them to become an isolation team. And like, wait

856
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,320
Speaker 1: till you see this video, guys, And again, if you

857
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 1: gotta follow me on Twitter at Underscore Jason lt I'll

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00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 1: be releasing it tomorrow. I have dozens of examples all

859
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: lined up that demonstrate exactly what I'm talking about. Miami

860
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: got great shots against Boston's drop and they're just gonna avenge.

861
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 1: And this is a team now some of its personnel,

862
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: because obviously without Horford out there and Marcus Smart out there,

863
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: it's easier to switch. But the reality is that they

864
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: were doing it still with like they were still doing

865
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 1: with Grant Williams and Robert Williams in the back court

866
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: and those actions and those guys could very well still

867
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: be playing a lot when Al Horford and Marcus Smart

868
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:34,320
Speaker 1: come back. So some of it is just strategy type stuff.

869
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: And one of the things that they did, you know,

870
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: and and this is this is I only saw it

871
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: once in the game, but they have to do it

872
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,760
Speaker 1: more frequently. But there was a play where where Tyler

873
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,800
Speaker 1: Harrow is working on the right wing and he brings

874
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: the ball up the floor and he calls for Robert

875
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: Williams's man to come set his screen, and he did

876
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: that deliberately, and it was Bam by the way. He

877
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 1: did that deliberately because he knows Robert Williams is gonna drop.

878
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: So he knows if Bam comes up and sets a

879
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:00,879
Speaker 1: good screen on Derrick White, I'm gonna get a wide

880
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: up and shot well. On that play, in the corner

881
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: was Jayson Tatum guarding someone else for the heat, I

882
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: can't remember who was, and Robert Williams. When they called

883
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 1: for the screen, Robert Williams looked at Tatum and pointed

884
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,880
Speaker 1: and said you go, And so literally Tatum ran up

885
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: with Bam and Robert Williams just ran over to get

886
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: Tatum's man, and Tatum jumped the handoff or jumped to

887
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:25,760
Speaker 1: the screen, and so instead of instead of Tyler Harrow

888
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: coming off of that screen and being freed up and

889
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: having space to operate. He came off that screen and

890
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: Tatum was on him, like on him, and immediately Harrow

891
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: had to pick up his dribble and Tatum knocked it

892
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:40,400
Speaker 1: free and ran down the other end and had a

893
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 1: lay up. And so here's the thing. If you're obsessed

894
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 1: with keeping Robert Williams at the basket at for the

895
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 1: fear of at the expense of any switching, then you

896
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: need a pre switch and you need to send Tatum

897
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: up there or Brown up there, whoever it is. But

898
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:58,400
Speaker 1: those are those little details, Boston. This is a Miami

899
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 1: team that struggles to create shots if you let them

900
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,880
Speaker 1: operate with an advantage that and there we went. Did

901
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: a whole thing on this last night. Miami is an

902
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: advantage offense. Everything they do is predicated on getting lesser

903
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:13,319
Speaker 1: offensive players with separation from a defender so that they

904
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: have opportunity to succeed even though they are lesser offensive players.

905
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: And so at a certain point, you were playing into

906
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: Miami's advantage every possession that you dropped. Now they went

907
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: switching late in the game, and when they did, what

908
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: happened Jimmy Butler relentlessly attacked Peyton Pritchard every single time

909
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,320
Speaker 1: down the floor. They would run action with gay Vincent,

910
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 1: either a dribble handoff or a high ball screen, and

911
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,760
Speaker 1: it was like Tatum on on Jimmy Butler and Peyton

912
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 1: Pritchard on gay Vincent, and they would get those switches,

913
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: and then Jimmy Butler would score on Peyton Pitcher. And

914
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,279
Speaker 1: he had some baskets, but there were there were some

915
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 1: tough ones in there. He took a spinning fade away

916
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:50,840
Speaker 1: that Peyton Pritchard defended perfectly. He just knocked it down.

917
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,359
Speaker 1: And what I'm saying is I'd rather have them make

918
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 1: that then them get the easy shots against your drop.

919
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:59,879
Speaker 1: And most importantly, Peyton Pritchard won't even be out there

920
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 1: as the series progresses, especially in game two. In Game two,

921
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 1: it won't be Peyton Pritchard. It'll probably be Marcus Smart

922
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: and Peyton Pitcher broll and be out there for a

923
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: few minutes. So it's a it's a simple adjustment that

924
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: Boston has to make at some point if they're going

925
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: to take away Miami's biggest advantage. Let's slip this to

926
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 1: the other side. What's the biggest adjustment you think the

927
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:24,840
Speaker 1: heat need to make. So I'm not gonna call it

928
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: an adjustment because they already made the adjustment. They made

929
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: it to start the second half. But in the first half,

930
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: Miami was very conventional defensively. They still did a lot

931
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: of switching. They would be willing to put Bam off

932
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: on drible hand offs or ball screens and things like that,

933
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: but they were not anywhere near as aggressive. They weren't

934
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: they weren't applying full court pressure, they weren't stunting and

935
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:49,320
Speaker 1: doubling and playing passing lanes. In that second half, Miami

936
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:55,200
Speaker 1: came out with unbelievably aggressive defense, jumping every single passing lane,

937
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:57,799
Speaker 1: applying a ton of ball pressure. And the reason why

938
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: that's so specifically important is because of the fact that

939
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 1: Boston's biggest offensive weakness is their ability to manage a

940
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 1: basketball game, their ability to to do the things that

941
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: a point guard normally does. The job of the point

942
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: guard is not just to feel the flow of the game,

943
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 1: which we've talked about extensively on the show, so I'm

944
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: not gonna get into it again tonight, but what another

945
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: job for the point guard is navigate ball pressure and

946
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: get you into your offense, get the ball up the

947
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:31,240
Speaker 1: floor against someone who's pressuring you, and get the ball

948
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: to whoever it is that's starting the action. That's their job.

949
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,359
Speaker 1: And on this Boston team, because they don't really have

950
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,600
Speaker 1: a point guard. Marcus Smart is a defensive point guard,

951
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: but he's not an actual point guard. As a result,

952
00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 1: all of those point guard responsibilities are falling to Jayson Tatum,

953
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown and last night's game, and then in Marcus

954
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 1: Smart as well when he's actually available. And so the

955
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: more Miami presses, the more they're aggressive, the more they're

956
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: up in their passing lanes, the more they're they test

957
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,800
Speaker 1: Boston's biggest weakness. Now I expect Boston to eventually settle

958
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,319
Speaker 1: down and figure that out, but I think Miami's best

959
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: chance to win this series is to continue to press

960
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: as much as they can, and then on offense, anything

961
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,399
Speaker 1: that Boston is not switching. So usually if Daniel Tys

962
00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:19,760
Speaker 1: is on the floor, Robert Williams, just anything, any action

963
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: that Boston is reluctant to switch. Continue to hunt that

964
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: stuff because they're getting great looks when they go up

965
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:30,279
Speaker 1: against Boston's drop. All right, last question of the night

966
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 1: for you here, related to that same series, who do

967
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: you think has a bigger game tomorrow, Jason Tatum or

968
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler. That's a good question. Uh. Statistically, it could

969
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 1: be a number of different things, Um, because Jimmy Butler

970
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 1: is putting up just unbelievable monster numbers right now, and

971
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:53,360
Speaker 1: he's so good at manufacturing scoring numbers just by grinding

972
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: out points at the free throw line. And in transition,

973
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:59,400
Speaker 1: we did a whole thing on that last night. Um, Tatum,

974
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 1: it looks like it looks like Miami is gonna do

975
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,719
Speaker 1: everything they can to attack Tatum and get the ball

976
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: out of his hands. And I believe they did that

977
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:10,240
Speaker 1: specifically as an adjustment because in the first quarter, Tatum

978
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: was doing an amazing job getting middle penetration, getting into

979
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:17,839
Speaker 1: the paint, and kicking too wide open shooters. So I

980
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 1: think I think it's very possible that Tatum doesn't have

981
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 1: a dominant statistical game because it's gonna be difficult to

982
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:29,680
Speaker 1: score against Miami's defense with the amount of attention they're

983
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: paying to him. But here's the thing. If Tatum does

984
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,600
Speaker 1: exactly what he did in that first half last night,

985
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 1: in the second half, meaning just take care of the basketball,

986
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:40,839
Speaker 1: and navigate the ball pressure better, even if it even

987
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 1: it ends up not being you and you get the

988
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,680
Speaker 1: ball after you get the ball across half court. It's

989
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: just like for him, it's just managing the game, continuing

990
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: to draw defensive attention so that your teammates can make plays,

991
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 1: continue to get dribble penetration as much as you can,

992
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: and then continue to be the dominant defensive player that

993
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:59,800
Speaker 1: you are. It's very possible that he has and five

994
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,080
Speaker 1: but is the best player on the floor tomorrow. So

995
00:52:02,239 --> 00:52:04,280
Speaker 1: it's hard to say what will manifest in the box score.

996
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 1: But I expect Boston to win tomorrow, and I think

997
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:10,319
Speaker 1: Tatum will be the best player on the floor. How

998
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 1: confident are you in his ability to not force the issue,

999
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: to remain patient, to remain in control, to make those good,

1000
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 1: un selfish decisions, to play within the flow. How likely

1001
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,920
Speaker 1: do you think it is that he actually executes in

1002
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: that way. I am confident that he will for stretches.

1003
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:31,160
Speaker 1: I'm just also confident that he will continually devolve into that,

1004
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 1: because I mean, he learned that lesson against Milwaukee, but

1005
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:38,520
Speaker 1: then he did it again last night. You know, like

1006
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:42,240
Speaker 1: it's just the we've talked about this before, Like Tatum

1007
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 1: and Brown have gotten better as playmakers, they have, but

1008
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 1: they have a natural tendency. We did a whole thing

1009
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 1: on this literally in the first round against Brooklyn. Like,

1010
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:56,880
Speaker 1: no matter how much, no matter how much you improve

1011
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,480
Speaker 1: as a basketball player on the margins, you have your

1012
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: core ide entity. Like my core identity is a score.

1013
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:04,760
Speaker 1: It's always been the way I've played. Kind of matches

1014
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: some things in my personality. My personality, I have a

1015
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: very narrow focus. I am not good at multitasking. I'm

1016
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 1: not good at seeing. I'm not observant of what's happening

1017
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 1: around me, but I'm very good at the things that

1018
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:18,880
Speaker 1: I'm specifically focusing on. So my personality matches that of

1019
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 1: a score, because when I'm on the court, I am

1020
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,719
Speaker 1: relentlessly attacking you and trying to score the basketball. Over

1021
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 1: the years, I've gotten better at making reads. Over the years,

1022
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:30,239
Speaker 1: I've gotten better at kicking the shooters and things like that.

1023
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: But no matter what, there's no amount of work I

1024
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: could put in into playmaking to become a great playmaker.

1025
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 1: Like that's the guys who are wired like that are

1026
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:42,919
Speaker 1: a different personality. They're more you know, they they tend

1027
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 1: to be more like upbeat personalities that are very like

1028
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 1: outgoing and like Lebron or a magic right, they're usually

1029
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:53,280
Speaker 1: like high energy socialites that that that are very friendly

1030
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: and outgoing and at the same time they're they're great

1031
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 1: with divided focus and they have great awareness of what's

1032
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:02,160
Speaker 1: happening around them, and they those guys have to fight

1033
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: their natural tendency to be aggressive. Remember with Lebron, it's

1034
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,280
Speaker 1: like Lebron keeps passing up the shot. Lebron keeps passing

1035
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 1: up the shot. It's like Lebron had to fight that

1036
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 1: to get to the point where he was more aggressive. Right, Well,

1037
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,560
Speaker 1: that's the situation here with Boston. Like Tatum has made

1038
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,960
Speaker 1: leaps as a playmaker and as a decision maker, but

1039
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 1: he'll never be a natural with that kind of thing.

1040
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,319
Speaker 1: He'll fight that for the rest of his career. And

1041
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:27,279
Speaker 1: so he could come out in Game two, Game three,

1042
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,520
Speaker 1: and Game four and be excellent running the offense and

1043
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 1: then come back to Miami for Game five and I

1044
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he had another

1045
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:37,640
Speaker 1: stretch like that. I mean, dude, he had six turnovers

1046
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: in that third quarter. Six Like that's that's a complete combustion.

1047
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 1: There were he had three consecutive pick sixes, three consecutive

1048
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 1: possessions where he came down to turn the ball over

1049
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 1: for run out dunks or layups. So, like you know,

1050
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:55,759
Speaker 1: for everything that he learned against Milwaukee, he regressed in

1051
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:57,600
Speaker 1: Game one because that's just kind of gonna be his

1052
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 1: natural process. I I don't think there's any chance that

1053
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,000
Speaker 1: ever goes away, but I do think he'll be good

1054
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:05,600
Speaker 1: enough to win the series. Alright, guys, that is all

1055
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:08,400
Speaker 1: I have for tonight. I sincerely appreciate your support. We

1056
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: will be back tomorrow night after the final buzzer of

1057
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:14,279
Speaker 1: Celtics Heat. Don't forget to like this video. Subscribe to

1058
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 1: the Volumes YouTube channel. Follow me on Twitter at underscore

1059
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,919
Speaker 1: Jason lt for video content. I'll have a Celtics Heat

1060
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,080
Speaker 1: video coming out tomorrow. As always, I sincerely appreciate you

1061
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: guys support rocking with the show. I will see you

1062
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:34,800
Speaker 1: guys tomorrow night. Volume