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We're 39 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: going to be breaking down both of those games from 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: the perspective of both teams. You guys have the drip 41 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: before we get started. Subscribed to Oops Tonight YouTube channels. 42 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: You don't miss any more of our videos. Follow me 43 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: on Twitter at underscore JCNLTS. You guys don't miss announcements. 44 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: Don't forget about our podcast feed wherever you get your 45 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: podcast under Hoops Tonight. It's also super helpful for we 46 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: leave a rating and a review on that front. 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Tonight's slate's a little weaker, so we'll 56 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: shift gears tomorrow into more trade deadline centered content. But 57 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: let's move on to Rockets Celtics. So, as I mentioned yesterday, 58 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: the Rockets are the best team in the league against 59 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: the best teams in the league. Going into last night's slate, 60 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: they had fourteen wins against teams that are in the 61 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: top ten in point differential according to Cleaning, the last 62 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: which was sole possession of most in the league. Now, 63 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: after last night, it's weird the top ten point differential 64 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: teams have jumbled a little bit. But after last night, 65 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: the Rockets now have twelve wins against teams that are 66 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: in the top ten at point differential. But that's two 67 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: more than any other team in the league has. They've 68 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: been very good in these types of matchups. They get 69 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: up for them, they have the athletes to hang, and 70 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: they can cause a lot of problems for teams. This 71 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: was the Amen Thompson and Dylan Brooks game. How about 72 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: sixty nine points on forty two shots, and they needed 73 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: every single one of those points because Boston put the 74 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: clamps on Fred van Vliet and Jalen Green in this game. 75 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: And as I've mentioned a lot in the past, like 76 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: this team, when Fred and Jalen struggle on offense in 77 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: a game, it's usually a death sentence because they already 78 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: struggle enough to score in the half court, and those 79 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: are their two best perimeter initiators. Those guys went five 80 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: for twenty two from the field. In this game. Fred 81 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: was really struggling to get separation really from anyone, and 82 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: then Jalen Green was getting separation and he was getting downhill, 83 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: but his jump shot was off, so whenever he got 84 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: free from the perimeter, he wasn't knocking shots down. And 85 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: then whenever he drove to the basket, he kind of 86 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: was just barreling like a bowl in a china shop 87 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: into like six bodies and missing kickout reads and trying 88 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: to force stuff in traffic, which was leading to turnovers 89 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: and misshots. So they get almost nothing from Fred van 90 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: Vliet and Jalen Green, and it doesn't matter because you 91 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: get sixty nine points from Amn Thompson and Dylan Brooks. 92 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: They more than made up for it. But Dylan Brooks, 93 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: it was mostly about hitting spot up threes. There was 94 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: some shot making in there, and his shot making has 95 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: been kind of an interesting trend in the last couple 96 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: of games. He had some big shots in the game 97 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: in Cleveland two first half, but it was all that 98 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: spot up shooting in this one. A lot of nail 99 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: help from Boston, a lot of like trying to pack 100 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: the paint, test their playmaking ability, and when those kickout 101 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: passes came to Dylan Brooks, he just kept knocking him down. 102 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: He had a big one that started the thirteen zero run. 103 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: Boston goes up twelve in the early fourth quarter, he 104 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: had a big one that cut that lead down to 105 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: nine and nine and kind of started that run. He 106 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: also had another one in crunch time that put them 107 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: up by two. His shot making was just gigantic in 108 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: this game. And then Aman Thompson, he did a million 109 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: things to help the Rockets win this game, as he's 110 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: known to do. That's kind of his thing. He's like 111 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: the Swiss army knife of the young star prospect right. 112 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: And I want to focus in on the offense though, 113 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: because he did have thirty three points in this game. 114 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: He had an unbelievable defensive game. It just the one 115 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: of the crazier defensive plays I've seen. There was a 116 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: double team of Jason Tatum where the ball got worked 117 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: around and he was guarding Peyton Pritchard way out above 118 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: the kind of like the top of the key area, 119 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: and Drew Holliday was wide open on the left wing 120 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: and he peeled off of Peyton Pritchard somehow blocked Drew 121 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: Holliday's three point attempt and saved it in bounds, Like 122 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: it was just an unbelievable defensive play. But I want 123 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: to zoom in on the offensive end of the floor 124 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: because he has a remarkable ability to be a threat 125 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: considering he can't shoot the basketball from the perimeter. We 126 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: talked to a little bit about this in yesterday's show, 127 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: but you know, he did hit a corner three in 128 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: this game. That's not his game. He's not a perimeter 129 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: shot maker, but he maintains an incredibly high level of 130 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: offensive impact because he's basically great at everything else on offense. Like, yeah, 131 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,799 Speaker 1: he's a bad perimeter shooter, but he's an excellent close 132 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,239 Speaker 1: range shooter. I talked a lot yesterday about his ability 133 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: to get to spots in the short range, kind of 134 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: in the middle of the floor, usually in the paint, 135 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: just outside that restricted area, and when he gets in there, 136 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: he just has like a bunch of spins and euros 137 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: and hop steps and different things where he can just 138 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: kind of get to a spot and pop up off 139 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: the ground and elevate over somebody and shoot a little floater, 140 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: a little hook shot or a very short jump shot, 141 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: and he's got excellent touch on those shots. After last 142 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: night's game, he's up to forty seven percent on shots 143 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: that are in the paint but outside of the restricted area. 144 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: In his last ten games, he's shooting fifty three percent 145 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: on those shots during your period of time where a 146 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: men's averaging nineteen points per game. That's where he can 147 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: be a shot maker within this offense, and it's extremely 148 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: difficult to guard, specifically because of his athleticism. His athleticism 149 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: and his ability to pop off the ground. I talked 150 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: about the play against Evan Mobley where he in the 151 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: Cavs game where he drives baseline and then just pulls 152 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: into a hard spin move and sinks a floater in 153 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: the lane, or the shot that he hit against Jalen 154 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: Brown to win the game, which was very similar to 155 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: a eurostep shot he hit during the thirteen to oho 156 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: run against Cornette and a drop coverage. It's very Jah 157 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: Morant esque the way he can just pop off the 158 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: ground in that little you know, kind of eight to 159 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: twelve feet from the rim, in the front of the 160 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: rim area, and then he just has such great touch 161 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: in that area and that short range shot making came 162 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: up time and time again in the fourth quarter of 163 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: this one. Like I talked about during the thirteen oh run, 164 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: catches a pocket pass and a ball screen with Jalen 165 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: Green euros into a floater right in front of Luke Cornett. 166 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: He hit a short fadeaway jump shot off of a 167 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: shngoon post up where he kind of fed it to 168 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: him right up the right block and he had to 169 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: turn over his right shoulder and shoot a fade away 170 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: over Porzingis. But once again it was in that like 171 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: eight nine feet from the basket range where he can 172 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: be deadly. He knocked down the shot and then of 173 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: course the game winner drawn up for him to attack 174 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: against Jalen Brown just hits a hard jab step to 175 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: the left, gets downhill euro steps and gets to that floater. 176 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: It just makes him a again, like when you really 177 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: get down to it, it's not all self creation. And 178 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: this is where his versatility comes into the equation again. 179 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: He's not a good perimeter jump shooter, but he is 180 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: great at everything else on offense, great short range shot maker, 181 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: a legit screen and roll threat. He has an excellent 182 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: feel for cutting. His vertical spacing is as good as 183 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: any center that's in this leagu We're gonna talk about 184 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: these individuals in a second. He's the best non center 185 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: offensive rebounder in the entire NBA. And then, as we 186 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, he's got legit on ball pop, which we 187 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: are just barely starting to scratch the surface up. So 188 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: if you have like a list of like a list 189 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: of different things you need to have to be good 190 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: on offense, yeah, there's a big X next to three 191 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: point shot making, but there's a bunch of green check 192 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: marks next to every single other trait that a player 193 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: needs to be good on the offensive end of the floor. 194 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: And so that is what allows him to be a 195 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: deeply impactful offensive player, despite the fact that he has 196 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: what many people consider to be a crippling weakness when 197 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: they're evaluating talent, and maybe something that we need to reevaluate, 198 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: especially when we're talking about some of the best athletes 199 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: that come up through the draft. But I want to 200 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: kind of go through some of these individuals. So as 201 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: a screen and roll threat, we talked about that eurostep 202 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: floater he hit against Luke Cornette, but it's also as 203 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: a processor, He's a lightning fast processor. He makes great 204 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: reads in that short roll area in four on threes. 205 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: He also makes great reads out of the middle of 206 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: his own defense. We talked about that in the Cavs game. 207 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: He also makes great reads when he catches as a 208 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: cutter along the baseline and the defense turns and accounts 209 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: for him. He just a lightning fast processor that makes 210 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: him a very good screen and roll threat. He has 211 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: an excellent feel for cutting. He capped off that thirteen 212 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: to zero run with a great cut off of Jalen 213 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: Brown is like one oh one to one hundred, and 214 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: he makes a post entry pass to Shanggoon around the 215 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: right block, and Jalen Brown just bails off of a 216 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: Men Thompson to double Shanggoon to try to go get 217 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: a steal. A kind of a reckless defensive play, but 218 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: a Men Thompson it just immediately triggers the response from him. 219 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: He cuts right down through the middle of the lane, 220 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: gets it back from Shangoon, makes a layup on the 221 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: left side of the basket. He has excellent feel for 222 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: cutting to the basket, and then, like I talked about earlier, 223 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: his vertical spacing is every bit as good as any 224 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: of the vertical spacing centers that we have in this league. 225 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: There are twenty seven NBA players who have logged at 226 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: least seventy five shot attempts on cuts to the basket 227 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: this year, and it's twenty five bigs Amn Thompson and 228 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: Mikhale Bridges. That's how rare it is to see a 229 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: non center be that effective as a cutter, and he's 230 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: seventeenth on that list inefficiency, so he's middle of the 231 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: pack among a bunch of seven footers. He's ahead of 232 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: guys like Anthony Davis, Yakapertal, Miles Turner. He is a 233 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: bona fide legit dunker spot threat, which is insane for 234 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: a perimeter player. And then, as I mentioned earlier, is 235 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: the best non center offensive rebounder in the league. He 236 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: averages two point eight offensive rebounds per game that ranks 237 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: twenty third in the league. But everybody above him is 238 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: a center, except for Zion Williamson, who's only played in 239 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: twelve games this year. There is a play that he 240 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: had in the first half where the ball once goes 241 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: off the top of the top of the backboard, there's 242 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: like three Celtics in front of him, and he just 243 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: goes ripping and swimming through him and just elevates over everybody, 244 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: grabs it and then dunks it in Jaln Brown's face. 245 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: It's like he is an absolute wrecking ball as an 246 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: athlete in this league. And then lastly, as we talked about, 247 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: he has a ton of on ball potential in the 248 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: big picture. He can relatively easily get downhill because he's 249 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: got a good handle and top tier like a plus 250 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: plus plus athletic traits, and then he's got the short 251 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: range shot making and the playmaking to be great there, 252 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: just like John Morantis. I almost like John Morant to me, 253 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: even though John Rant plays a very different position. Is 254 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: kind of a comp for what a men Thompson could 255 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: be as a ceiling on the offensive end of the floor, 256 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: a guy that you give to the give the ball 257 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 1: to top of the key, and he can attack and 258 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: straight io or ball screens, get downhill, play make and 259 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: make shots for his teammates, Like he had this ball 260 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: screen attack in the first half where he came off 261 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: of a screen, drew help and shoveled it to Steven Adams, 262 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: and Steven Adams dunked it and it happened so fast 263 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: that it was one of the easiest shot attempts in 264 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: a game where two elite defenses were not giving up 265 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: many easy shot attempts. And it's just because he comes 266 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: screaming downhill so fast that everyone reacts to it so 267 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: aggressively that the passing rate is easy. Just completely otherworldly 268 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,719 Speaker 1: potential for this kid, and it was on display in 269 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 1: a big way in the win in Boston. Big win 270 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: for Houston. We barely talked about their defense, which I 271 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 1: thought was excellent. They had some issues with Tatum attacking 272 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 1: their centers, but they did a really nice job of 273 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: doubling and rotating out of it down the stretch, which 274 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: allowed them to get enough stops. Started just kind of 275 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: blitzing Tatum and pressuring him really far out to half court, 276 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: and they were able to rotate out of it pretty good. 277 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: What talked about the mn Thompson block where he saved 278 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: it in bounds. They forced fifteen turnovers and scored twenty 279 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: one points off of them. Their transition attacks were sharp. 280 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: They had another transition attack in the first half, one 281 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: where they got Amn Thompson a lob literally looked like 282 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: a drill. The coaches were probably incredibly thrilled, Like just 283 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: defensive rebound kick ahead passed one dribable lob from almost 284 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: half court. It was like a lightning fast three man 285 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: weave that led to a dunk. They had one point 286 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: six to four points per transition possession in this game. 287 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: That's an amazing efficiency stat there. Their late game execution 288 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: was really good. It was just another really impressive win 289 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: for a Rockets team that's kicking everybody's ass right now. 290 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: Really really impressive stuff. On the Celtics front, I was 291 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: particularly interested in this game as an evaluation of their 292 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: ability to attack a physical defense. I can do a 293 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: lot of switching and test their biggest weakness as of late, 294 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: which has been settling right. The Celtics have had a 295 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: ton of issues with Tatum and Brown settling for tough 296 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: shots instead of attacking to get the defense in rotation, 297 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: and I thought this game would be a good challenge 298 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: for them, even though they had guys out of the lineup. Like, 299 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: I'm not so concerned win loss here because obviously it's 300 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: a different game. Val Horford and Derek White play right, 301 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: and I think Sam Houser was out for this one too, 302 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: I can't remember, But when you got guys out of 303 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: the lineup, it's not so much about the win and 304 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: the loss. You had enough talent to win that game, though. 305 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: To me, it's about process. I'm looking at a specific 306 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: weakness that the Celtics have been having and whether or 307 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: not they're trending in the right direction. Specifically with Houston, 308 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: there is a way to attack their defense. They have 309 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: these centers and Steven Adams in alprin Shangun that they 310 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: try really hard not to switch with, and what that 311 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: means is when you run ball screens, they're gonna run 312 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: some sort of like traditional type of coverage, probably a 313 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: high drop, low drop, or they'll blitz or come up 314 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: to the level right. They're gonna try to not switch 315 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: as much as possible, so you can get the ball 316 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: into the pocket against them, meaning the big can show 317 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: and you can hit the role man rolling to the 318 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: bass right. You can get the defense in rotation attacking 319 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: Shangun and Adams in ball screens. Now, Houston is a 320 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: very good team in rotation and they're going to clean 321 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: up a lot of that, and they did clean up 322 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: a lot of that in this game. But no defense 323 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: is nearly as good in rotation as they are when 324 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: they're loaded up that's the way to attack. So what 325 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to see in this game right off the 326 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: bat was a steady diet of Jason Tatum running action 327 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: at the top of the key that involves Houston's bigs, 328 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: and instead, Jason Tatum was almost completely uninvolved. Early they 329 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: were playing almost exclusively through Jalen Brown, which has been 330 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: a really weird trend of late. There's been way less 331 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: Tatum and way more Brown. In the last six games. 332 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown is taking almost two more shots per game 333 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: than Jason Tatum is. They opened up this game trying 334 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: to attack Jalen Green in the post with Jalen Brown, 335 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: and again there was some success there. Jalen's too small 336 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: for Jalen Brown and he was able to work against him. 337 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: The problem is that Jalen Brown has been doing a 338 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: mostly awful job of spraying the ball out on his 339 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: post ups. He's mostly playing on an island within himself, 340 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: and I believe personally that playing this much through Jylen 341 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: Brown disrupts the team's rhythm because they don't get into 342 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: their driving kick sequences as often. Now, Tatum got more 343 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: and more involved as the game progressed, but interestingly enough 344 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: Things really took off for the Celtics in that late 345 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: third quarter when Jason Tatum started spamming high ball screens 346 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: that involved Houston centers. He started to get downhill so 347 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: that Houston had to collapse on him. Then they were 348 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: in rotation and they were playing advantage basketball. They started 349 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: getting better shots and more offensive rebounds because Houston wasn't 350 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: matched up for defensive rebounds because they're in rotation, and 351 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: they get their biggest lead to the game to Tatum 352 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: really started that in the late third quarter, and that 353 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: was when the game really turned around. The only thing 354 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: that really caused problems for Boston's offense in the fourth 355 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: quarter was when Houston would double team Jason Tatum because 356 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: they were pressuring him pretty well out to half court, 357 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: and Boston just wasn't really sharp with their decision making. Example, 358 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: like Porzingis caught on a blitz once and there was 359 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: a wide open shooter in the corner. I think it 360 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: was Drew Holliday, but like he just missed the read 361 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: and so when Fred van Vliet came up and pressured him, 362 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: by the time he got it to Drew, it just 363 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: was too late. Like just a couple things that you 364 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: got to flash harder out to the ball and make 365 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: yourself available, and then you got to be quick with 366 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: your decision making out of it to beat those double teams. 367 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: But they just that was the one thing that gave 368 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: them some issues in the in the fourth quarter. But 369 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 1: again Tatum was bringing two to the ball. That's the job. 370 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: You got to figure out a way to score off 371 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: of that. Again, Houston is a really good team and 372 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: Boston is banged up and tired, So it's not even 373 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: about the winner of the loss. I just think the 374 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: largest barrier right now between where Boston is and where 375 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 1: they need to be to repeat his champions is the 376 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: same barrier that stood in their way before they were champions. 377 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: Offensive process, everything they do needs to be viewed through 378 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: the lens of how can we get the defense in rotation, 379 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: not necessarily finding a matchup for Tatum or Brown to 380 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: shoot directly over, because those guys have a habit of 381 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: trying to shoot over the top of people. If you 382 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: look at the offensive process more through the lens of 383 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: where can we attack that will inevitably lead to two 384 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: on the ball or those inside seals that we can 385 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: get those four on threes out of then they will 386 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: be able to get the defense in rotation more and 387 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: play Celtics basketball if they play more through the lens 388 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 1: of let's get the ball somewhere where Jason Tatum or 389 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown can attack a mismatch one on one. I 390 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: think that's where it ends up into more of those 391 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: problematic settling situations. Now here's the thing. It's not all 392 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: going to be about just like finding the team, finding 393 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 1: the guy on the floor that's not gonna switch, you 394 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: will inevitably run into a team at some point in 395 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 1: this process that does a ton of switching. We talked 396 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: about this in the Laker game the other night. Then 397 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: it really will come down to Jaylen Brown and Jason 398 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: Tatum not settling, getting downhill and again, guys like this 399 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: is we've seen this work. When did they blow out 400 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: down When did they gain control of games against Dallas? 401 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: When Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum started getting Luca and 402 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: switches and driving past him rather than trying to shoot 403 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: over the top of him. That's gonna be the main 404 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: thing to keep track on. Joe Mizzoula was talking a 405 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: lot after the game about how it was his fault 406 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: on those final two possessions. The men Thompson shot, I 407 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: don't know what you do. That's probably the best athlete 408 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: you've gotten, Jaylen Brown. You've got to put him on 409 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: a men Thompson, and I mean Dylan Brooks was hitting. 410 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: If you leave a Fred van Vliet open, He's hit 411 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: a bunch of big catch and shoot shots as of late. 412 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: Like if you abandon Shangun, he could score on the 413 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: offensive rebound put back. Like I that one just a 414 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: men Thompson made a freaky athletic play and hit a shot. 415 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: There was not really a ton you can do about that. Now, 416 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: the one before that, the one where Shanguon beat Cornette 417 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: on the slip, that was just bad positioning from Cornette. 418 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: He was so far up he was like literally attached 419 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: to Shangun's body. So he's just able to kind of 420 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: swim around him and get downhill. Cornett's just got to 421 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: give him a little bit more space and realize that 422 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: Shangun catching out at you know, twenty five feet from 423 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 1: the basket is not going to hurt you immediately. It's 424 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,239 Speaker 1: something that you can react to. So I didn't think 425 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: necessarily Missoula did anything too. Now Missoula did go with 426 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: a lot of Drew Holiday on Shangun down the stretch. 427 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: But even if he says that, I don't necessarily think 428 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: that was the answer either. Like Shanggun was doing some 429 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: damage to Drew Holiday, spun off of him and dropped 430 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: it off to a men Thompson for another layup along 431 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: the baseline, drew a foul against him for two free throws, 432 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: came across the lane and dropped it off to a 433 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: men Thompson for that little short fadeaway jump shot that 434 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: was when Drew Holiday. Drew Holliday did get one steal 435 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: on a post up of Shangun, But to my knowledge, 436 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 1: I think of the four times they posted Shanggoon on 437 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: Drew Holiday down the stretch, he scored three of them. 438 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: So I don't think necessarily switching Drew Holliday onto Shangun 439 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: now Drew Holiday probably doesn't get the easy slip dunk. Maybe, 440 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: but like again, Cornett just has to know better in 441 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: that case. But like I think I agree that you 442 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: know that Joe Mizzoula could have just put Drew Holliday 443 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: on Shannghu and all of a sudden all your problems 444 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: go away. Like the rockets made some plays. You gotta 445 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 1: give him some credit, particularly that a Men Thompson won 446 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: moving out to Grizzlies Nicks. This was all about the 447 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 1: Knicks holding up well at the point of attack. As 448 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: we know, Memphis loves to attack with guard dribble penetration. 449 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: A lot of times they won't even call for a 450 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: ball screen. We'll just have Jahn Morant bring the ball 451 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: to the floor, try to drive, Desmond Bain bring the 452 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: ball at the floor, try to drive John Moran or 453 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: excuse me to give the ball to Jaron Jackson in 454 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: a matchup, try to post, and then they just play 455 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,239 Speaker 1: kind of driving kick basketball off of that with some 456 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 1: good off ball rotation and good spacing. Right McHale Bridges 457 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: was doing a great job on Jahn Morant one of 458 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: his first drive. Stonewall then forced him to throw the 459 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 1: ball away and when they were containing the ball, they 460 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: were able to stay home off ball. When they're able 461 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: to stay home off ball, it forces turnovers as guys 462 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: try to throw it away from defenders and the ball 463 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: goes out of bounds or right at the defender. Right, 464 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: John Morant drives mikel Ridges Stone Walls in forces a kickout. 465 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: It goes right to a member of the Knicks. They're running 466 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: out the other way. Josh Hart swipes the ball, swipes 467 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: at the ball when Desmond Bain is driving at him, 468 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: causes a turnover. They get out in transition. Og Ananobi 469 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: was the one guy that they were offering help with 470 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: with Jared Jackson. They kind of did some zoning up 471 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: with Carl Towns off of Zach Edy. But even when 472 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: Zach Edy tried to go to post up Karl Anthony 473 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: Towns cat just pokes the ball away from him and 474 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 1: they get out and transition. And that was really how 475 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: the Knicks game control early in the game. It was 476 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: just holding up on the ball, forcing turnovers, getting out 477 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: in transition, and then hitting shots. Remember I talked yesterday 478 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: about how there's been pretty bad shooting variants for the 479 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: Knicks and wins versus losses, Like they just shoot really 480 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: poorly in their losses and they shoot really well and 481 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: they wins shot well yesterday even when Memphis audibled and 482 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: started shifting to more of a ball screen attack because 483 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: they weren't getting successful penetration in their ISOs. But Keil 484 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: Bridges was doing a really nice job with his back 485 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: pressure on John Morant, had John Morant like looking behind him. 486 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: He had a play early where he forced another bad 487 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: miss in a ball screen. He had to play in 488 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: the second half where he was trailing John Morant and 489 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: blocked him off the glass like his back pressure because 490 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: of his length was causing problems for John Morant. And 491 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: then Quentin Grimes came in and did an awesome job 492 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: on Desmond Bang two quick stops chased over the top 493 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: of a screen and kind of kept him chested up, 494 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 1: kept the ball in front, and then another one where 495 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: he held him up on a drive, just a straight drive, 496 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: not a ball screen, but just held him in front 497 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: on a drive and forced another one of those turnovers 498 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: where he threw the ball out of bounce the guard. 499 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: All the Knicks players, but the guards especially were guarding 500 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: really well and it put the Knicks in control of 501 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: the game early. Now the Knicks, excuse me. The Grizzlies 502 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: did end up making a run, mostly through attacking transition 503 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: cross matches like Brandon Clark got an and one just 504 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: because he got a cross match against Jalen Brunson, drove 505 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: right at him, ran him over and got an and one. 506 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: Layup Jared Jackson got an easy bucket early on a 507 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: cross match against Landry Shape, which, by the way, this 508 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: is kind of an interesting example of the flaw in Memphis. 509 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: Just bringing the ball to the floor and looking to 510 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: attack the primary defender. Some simple work early in the 511 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: possession to get a favorable matchup can go a long 512 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: way from that drive being stonewalled versus that being a 513 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: straight line drive that the defense has to react to. 514 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: It's also a simple example of the value in pushing 515 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: the ball in transition, because when you push the ball 516 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 1: in transition, you can get cross matches as teams are 517 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: struggling to get matched up right. Jared Jackson was the 518 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: main guy keeping Memphis attached in the early you know, 519 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: kind of two two and a half quarters of this game. 520 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: His just ridiculous physical tools give him the ability to 521 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: fight for position closer to the basket, and he just 522 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: has such good touch on that short range shot making. 523 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: It kind of gives him a level of resilience in 524 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: these types of games, like road games against defenses that 525 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: are really playing hard and the Knick Star team that 526 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: have been you know, Jekyll and Hyde on defense, which 527 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about later, but like that comes 528 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: from like when they're competing, they do have the personnel 529 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: to be really problematic and and Jaren Jackson just holds 530 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: up really well in that setting because of his size 531 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: and his short ring shot making. But the Knicks pulled 532 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 1: away for good in the third quarter, and once again 533 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: it was defense to transition. Mckail Bridges blocks John Morant 534 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: at the rim, they attack in semi transition the other way, 535 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: and Karl Anthony Towns gets an and one. By the way, 536 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: semi transition is like when you attack up the floor 537 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: and it's not really like a straight up fast break, 538 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: but there's you know, kind of like a scrambled unset 539 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: defense and you get a close out opportunity out of it. 540 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: And Kat got a close out opportunity where Jaron Jackson 541 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: had to sprint at him at the top of the 542 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: key and he was able to beat him to the 543 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: basket for and and one. On that play, Mikhail Bridges 544 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: hits a three off of a Josh Hart offensive rebound 545 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: that puts him up thirteen, and the New York's defense 546 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: was really flummixing Memphis. There's a possession shortly after that. 547 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: It was very next possession, John Murray has the ball 548 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: on the left wing and iso against Josh Hart, again 549 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: not his primary defender, but a good defender, but not 550 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,719 Speaker 1: his primary defender. And then in the left corners Brandon 551 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: Clark being guarded by Karl Anthony Towns. There's fourteen on 552 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: the shot, and instead of trying to attack Josh Hart, 553 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: John Morant just throws the ball to Brandon Clark in 554 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 1: the left corner, and Brandon Clark's like okay, and he 555 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: drives baseline and Kat like walls him up. Everyone stays 556 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: home off the ball, and Brandon Clark has no choice 557 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: but throw a kickout pass and he throws it right 558 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: to o Jannoby and again it's like that's John Murrant 559 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: being flummixed by the defense to the point where he's like, 560 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna try to attack Josh Hart here, 561 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: Brandon Clark, you do it. And it just was a 562 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: testament to the way that the Knicks were competing on 563 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 1: defense and causing the Grizzlies to implode. They ran out 564 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: and transition and got a lay up for Josh Hart 565 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: on that play. They were up fifteen. Two possessions later, 566 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: a really nice defensive sequence where Jaren Jackson drives on 567 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: oj Nobi Ojannoby walls him up. It gets kicked out 568 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: to the It gets kicked out to the left corner 569 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: to Santi al Doma. Mickael Bridges is on him right 570 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: mckayl Bridges closes out Santi Aldama beats him by ripping 571 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: to the right towards the middle and the middle and 572 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: instead of giving up on the play, mckail bridges sprints 573 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: back in along the baseline and so when Santi goes 574 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: to drop it off to the dunker spot, mckal bridges 575 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,479 Speaker 1: knocks it away, gets a steal, another runout, another Brunson bucket, 576 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: and transition a little floater in the lane. Now they're 577 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: up by seventeen. Very next possession, Desmond Bayne gets Jalen 578 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: Brunson on a switch, tries to attack him in iso, 579 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: he holds up, walls up, forces a miss by Desmond 580 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: bay They run it out the other way and transition 581 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: miss a shot, but Karl Anthony Towns gets a put back. 582 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: Now they're up by nineteen. You guys get the point. 583 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: The Knicks competed on defense. They contained the ball, They 584 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: forced a bunch of misshots and turnovers, and then they 585 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: sprinted their asses up the floor as fast as possible 586 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: to try to score in transition. And this team has 587 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 1: a lot of guys who are really good at attacking 588 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: with an advantage, like Jalen Brunson is a guy that 589 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,719 Speaker 1: is like a surgical half court shot creator. But Mikail 590 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: Bridges at his best attacking his with an advantage. You 591 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: can take that all the way back to his Phoenix days. 592 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Town's always at his best attacking with an advantage. 593 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: Oji at his best attacking with an advantage, Josh Hart 594 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: with an advantage. And one of the easiest ways to 595 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: get advantages to attack with is by pushing the ball 596 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: in transition, and the easiest way to get out in 597 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: transition is to get stops into forced turnovers. The Knicks 598 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: scored a completely absurd forty nine points in transition in 599 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: this game. The k next to me are like a 600 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: better version of the Los Angeles Lakers. They have more 601 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: talent and they've looked a lot better this year against 602 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: the good teams. They have more signature wins. But the 603 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: reason why they remind me of the Lakers is that 604 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: they're a serious team with like real pressure and stakes. 605 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: This year but that have kind of this jeckle and 606 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: hide personality on defense. The Lakers are a bottom ten 607 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: defense this year, but I've seen on so many different 608 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: occasions them sit down in a stance and guard against 609 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: OKC and Boston are my two favorite examples, two teams 610 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: that have a lot of guys that can get dribble penetration. 611 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: And Austin Reeves and Lebron and all these players that 612 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: have been kind of inconsistent with their defensive effort throughout 613 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: the season are sitting down in a stance and containing 614 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: the damn basketball, fighting for rebounds, doing all of this stuff. 615 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: I talked a lot yesterday about the difference between the 616 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: Knights when Karl Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson compete on 617 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: defense versus when they just concede advantages. Again, there's a 618 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: combination that did different things. You have to do as 619 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: a week link defensively. Sometimes it's hedging, meaning like stopping 620 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: a guy from coming off of a screen with downhill 621 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: speed and then sprinting back to recover to your man. 622 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: Carl Towns and Jalen Brunson both have to do that 623 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: often as teams are attacking them in mismatches. Also, sometimes 624 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna end up in a switch and you just 625 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: got to slide your damn feet and just do a 626 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: better job than you've been doing this season again, and 627 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: it extends up the roster too, Like it's not just 628 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: on Brunson and Cat even their top defenders. There's a 629 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: difference between when they're kind of going through the motions 630 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: and when they're really putting the clamps down on teams. 631 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: Some of the most impressive defensive performances I've seen this 632 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,479 Speaker 1: year have come from mcale Bridges, and some of the 633 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: least impressive defensive performances from a good defender I've seen 634 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: this year have come from mcale Bridges. And so I'm 635 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: gonna say the same thing that I always say about 636 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: the Lakers. The Knicks are more talented than the Lakers, 637 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: but they are not more talented than the Boston Celtics. 638 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: They are not more talented than the Cleveland Cavaliers. They're 639 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: not more talented than the Oklahoma City Thunder. They're going 640 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: to have to beat those teams by being sharper, by 641 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: being the better execution team, by being closer to their 642 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: own defensive ceiling, like reaching more of their potential on 643 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: the defensive end of the floor. And again that starts 644 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,959 Speaker 1: with a daily commitment to the process. You have to 645 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: build out these habits now so that you can rely 646 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: on them in May and June. And what that means is, 647 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: if the Knicks are serious about winning the title over 648 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: the second half of the season, they need a notch 649 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: at least a top fifteen defensive rating, if not a 650 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: top ten defensive rating, and they have the personnel to 651 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: do so. I think this is where their talent advantage 652 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: that they have over a lot of teams in this 653 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: league becomes an issue. I think they know they can score, 654 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: and because they know they can score, they think they 655 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: can just rely on that on a night to night basis, 656 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: and they can't. By the way, they have a great record. 657 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: Don't let the great record fool you. Though the Knicks 658 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: have played the easiest schedule in the NBA this year, 659 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: opponent winning percentage are like forty seven percent. That doesn't 660 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: mean they're bad, It just means it's Getting a good 661 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: record in the Eastern Conference is not much of an accomplishment. 662 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: You need to win playoff rounds in May and June, 663 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: and the only way you're gonna do that is by 664 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: building out your own individual defensive ceiling as a team, 665 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: and it starts with the commitment. What happened last night 666 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: needs to be a step in the direction of you 667 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: continuing to build that out, not not just a blip 668 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: in the big picture. All right, guys, It's all I 669 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: have for today is always a sincerely shit you guys 670 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: for supporting me and supporting the show. We'll be back 671 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: tomorrow with some trade deadline content. I'll see you guys 672 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: then the volume. What's up guys. As always, I appreciate 673 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: you for listening to and supporting Hoops tonight. It would 674 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: actually be really helpful for us if you guys would 675 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: take a second and leave a rating and a review. 676 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us, but if 677 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: you could take a minute to do that, I'd really 678 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: appreciate it.