1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, welcod to Hoops Tonight. You're at 2 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: the volume heavy Tuesday, everybody. Hope all you guys are 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: having a great week. Just a quick show today, we're 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: gonna hit both of the peacock games from last night. 5 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: So the Denver Nuggets got another win over the Houston 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: Rockets at one point, scoring seven consecutive times in crunch 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: time against that Houston defense to get a big win. 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:34,919 Speaker 1: And then in the tail end of the show, we're 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: going to talk about Kay Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: winning their fourteenth clutch game of the season. Against the 11 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: Detroit Pistons, I'm gonna be really zooming in on their 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: defense though, which has been driving a lot of their 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: success this season. You guys are the job. Before we 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: get started, subscribed to the Hoops Tonight YouTube channel, scroll 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: down and like this video. It really helps us if 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: you take a second, hit that like button. And then 17 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 1: if you want to get mail bag questions in, I'm 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: gonna be recording the mail bag on Thursday this week, 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: so make sure you guys get your questions in before Thursday. 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: All Right, let's talk some basketball. So another instant classic 21 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: in Denver between the Rockets and the Nuggets and what's 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: been a very entertaining regular season in the NBA. I 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: talked about yesterday in our power ranking segment. If you 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: guys remember about how much I was really enjoying the 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: Rockets clutch offense. I just think they get really good 26 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: shots for a team that doesn't have your traditional point 27 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: guard or your traditional super high level playmaker, like high 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: level passing talent right and their top ten in clutch 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: offensive rating this season, and they had a one to 30 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: nineteen clutch offensive rating against Denver last night. And then 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: you have the Nuggets, who haven't been great statistically in 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: the clutch. The season is kind of an outlier for them, 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: but they have the best half court offense in the 34 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: entire NBA by a pretty decent margin right now, and 35 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: they've historically been one of the most reliable clutch kind 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: of like half court slowdown offenses that we've seen. And 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: so a matchup basically between two very high level clutch 38 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: offenses and that did not disappoint. We had an epic 39 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: show down a high level offense down the stretch and 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: otherworldly shot making. All four stars showed up. I want 41 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: to talk about that a little bit later on in 42 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: the show, but it was a very very interesting battle 43 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: down the stretch, and both teams, essentially with the way 44 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: they were attacking on offense, were trying to put the 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: opposing big in action. Everything that both teams were doing 46 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor, there were a handful 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: of like little mix ups, like Jamal Murray had a 48 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: possession where he randomly posted up Reed Shepherd to hit 49 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: a little right shoulder fad Kevin Durant had a possession 50 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: where he randomly tried to attack Spencer Jones in the 51 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: middle of the floor, missed a little right shoulder fade 52 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: away around the left elbow. But other than that, it 53 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: was a steady diet of attacking for Denver attacking Shangoon 54 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: in pick and roll and for Houston attacking Jokic in 55 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: pick and roll. And the reason why is because neither 56 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: team wanted to switch the action. Denver actually tried switching 57 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: it twice the play where Shangun hit what could have 58 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: been the game winner if it wasn't for the late 59 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: free throw from Jamal Murray. What happened on that play 60 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: two man game with Kadie and Shangoon, they switch it. 61 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: That leaves Spencer Jones on Alpern Shangoon in the middle 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: of the floor. He powered through him, got to that 63 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: little right shoulder hook, that lefty hook that put the 64 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: rockets up one and then there was another one. It 65 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: was a little bit earlier in the game where it 66 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: was like a little less than two minutes left in regulation. 67 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: Whereas a reed Shepherd Shangun pick and roll, they also 68 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: switched it more of like a peel switch. So Tim 69 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: Hardaway Junior ends up peeling off and Jokic ends up 70 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: following reed shepherd out to the right corner. They try 71 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: to interchange back and while Yokic just closing out to 72 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: Shangoon right there around the high like the charge circle area, 73 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant hits, Shangun hits a little easy too, and 74 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: so when they tried switching it, they gave up a 75 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: couple of easy buckets. So they were trying really hard 76 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: not to switch it. And on the other end of 77 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: the floor, same exact thing. They weren't gonna switch Shangoon 78 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: onto Jamal Murray. And so as a result, there were 79 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: all sorts of these little like you know, classic pick 80 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: and roll sequences that we saw down the tail end 81 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: of this game against drop coverage looks. So the guard 82 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: was chasing over the top and the big was coming 83 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: pretty up close to the level, and both teams are 84 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: getting good looks out of it. Like we had pocket 85 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: passes that led to four on threes that led to 86 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: open corner three. Spencer Jones got two wide open corner 87 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: threes in the right corner off of tags of Jokic 88 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: on the roll. Shane Gouon got tagged on a roll 89 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: that led to a wide open three for Jabari Smith 90 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: in the left corner. A lot of those like classic sequences, right, 91 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: What are other classic drop covered sequences, pull up jump shots. 92 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant hits a pull up three over NICOLEA Jokic 93 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: in a drop coverage on the right wing. Towards the 94 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: end of regulation, Reed Shepherd hit a pull up three 95 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: on the left wing against the drop coverage look in 96 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: crunch time, I was actually amazed at how often Houston 97 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: was running their ball screen action through Reed Shephard down 98 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: the stretch. And you know, to his credit, most of 99 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: his reps were good reps. There weren't really any reps 100 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: in there where I was like, oh, Reid didn't make 101 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: the right decision or he took a bad shot. As 102 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, he pretty much did the right 103 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: thing on every single one of those reps. But it 104 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: was just kind of strange that they ran through him 105 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: as much as they did when Kevin Durant wasn't quite 106 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: as involved in the offense. Yokic hit a couple of threes. 107 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: Those were classic kind of pick and pop style actions. 108 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: I talk about this all the time, but the pick 109 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: and pop is like the antidote to any sort of 110 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: drop coverage because the drop coverage essentially leaves the big 111 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: sagging back against the ball handler, maybe a little closer 112 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: to the level, but dealing with the ball handler any 113 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: of the guard chasing over the top. So if the 114 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: big doesn't roll into the drop coverage but instead pops 115 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: out to the three point line, he's going to be 116 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: wide open every single time. And both threes that he 117 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: hit were essentially picking pops. Won a very traditional pick 118 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: and pop with Jamal Murray where he set the screen, 119 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: popped out to the top of the key, Jamal pitched 120 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: it back he hit a three. The other one, Jamal 121 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 1: is actually cutting in an off ball action off of Joki. 122 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: Jokic is just holding the ball out up top. This 123 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: is the one that was just over a minute left 124 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: in regulation, and Jamal comes off of a little screen 125 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: from Tim Hardaway Junior and then curls around Jokic. And 126 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: what happens, Shang Gun has to drop back to help 127 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: on Jamal cutting, which leaves Jokic open. He just rises 128 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: up and knocks it down. So even though Jokic had 129 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: the ball that whole time, it's still fundamentally as a 130 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: coverage works the same way as a pick and pop 131 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: against drop because the big is dropping the on ball 132 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: guy that in this case, Jokic is popping out and 133 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: he just hits that three over the top. And so 134 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: as a result, like both teams just could not get 135 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: a stop down the stretch of this game because of 136 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: the simple fact that they were unable to deal with 137 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: their uh to get stops with their bigs in these 138 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: pick and roll actions. Jamal Murray I thought did a 139 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: masterful job of managing the ball screens the entirety of 140 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: crunch time generated a ton of advantages just by getting 141 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: the ball to Jokic in the pocket. He had one 142 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: where one of the consistent things that Denver was doing 143 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: down the stretch of this game is they were trying 144 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: to get Amen Thompson off of Jamal Murray. So the 145 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: easy way to do that is just to have Tim 146 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: Hardaway Junior come over and set an early screen. You 147 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: set that early screen to get read Shepherd switched on 148 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: to Jamal, then you run whatever action you want to run. 149 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: But they had to play with Jamal just rejected the 150 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: screen on Tim Hardaway Junior and toasted him and Thompson 151 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: off the dribble. Shane Gun had to fly back in 152 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: rotation easy little pocket past to Jokic, swing to the corner, 153 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: wide open spencer Jones three another one where he got 154 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: Read Shepherd in a switch early screen from Tim Hardaway 155 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: gets red Shepherd switched on to him, then he runs 156 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: the ball screen with Jokic. He easily gets read Shepherd 157 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: caught on the screen. That forces Shangun to step up 158 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: easy pocket past the Jokic. Kevin Durant taggs another wide 159 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: open corner three for Shanegun. So what's the natural progression there? 160 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: If Jamal Murray's torching you in the pocket, Shangun's gonna 161 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: be hesitant to leave the pocket, right, So that first 162 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: layup that Jamal gets in overtime. What happens there, He's 163 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: driving off the left side in a ball screen with Joki, 164 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: which Shangun doesn't want to help because he's getting killed 165 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: in the pocket. So Jamal is able to go right 166 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: by Shangoun and get a wide open layup. And then 167 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: we continued to see Jamal hunt Reed Shepherd. The first 168 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: bucket he got in ot was that little right shoulder fade. 169 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: He got Reed Shepherd on a switch, walked him down 170 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: to the right block, backed him down and hit a 171 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: little right shoulder fade again. They scored on seven consecutive 172 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: possessions spanning the tail end of the fourth quarter in 173 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: the start of overtime, and Jamal Murray was masterful running 174 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: those ball screens in that sequence. And really where it 175 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: all turned around where the Nuggets were able to take 176 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: an advantage is they got three straight stops to start overtime. 177 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: And one of the things that they did in order 178 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: to try to force Houston into making a mistake is 179 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: they were bringing Jokic up high to the level. They 180 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: ended up hitting Shangun on a short real pass on 181 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: the first play of overtime, and he missed Jabari Smith 182 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: wide open under the basket because he missed him. The 183 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: play kind of broke down. It ended up in a tough, 184 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: contested mid range pull up from Reed Shephard on their 185 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: second possession of overtime. I thought Kevin Durank kind of 186 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: rushed an ISO on Spencer Jones just dribbled right up 187 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: into a tough, little left elbow jumper that he left 188 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: short on the rim. And then we finally got to 189 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: see a switch work for Denver as they switched Cam 190 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: Johnson onto Shangoon and Shangun missed a left shoulder hook 191 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: over Cam Johnson. And so three straight misses from Houston 192 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: to start overtime, three straight makes from Denver to start overtime. 193 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: We had a seven point lead. They were unable to 194 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: recover from that, even with Jokic fouling out of the game. 195 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: And that's really the crux of the problem when it 196 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: comes to guarding the Denver Nuggets in a close game. 197 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: They've gone through again if you look at those sequences, right. 198 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: So both teams were struggling to guard the pick and roll, 199 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: but there was a read that got missed on a 200 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: Houston ball screen. To start overtime, they hit a short 201 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: role to Jabari Smith or to Shanguon and Jabari Smith 202 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: was wide open in the dunker spot on the right side, 203 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: Jabari alpurn misses him, whereas on the other end of 204 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: the floor, whenever they got their four on threes, Jokch 205 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,359 Speaker 1: is on time, on target, making the right read immediately 206 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: every single time. And that's the thing. Like these guys, 207 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: like Denver fans have been celebrating this thing. They're calling 208 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: it yok miss and I believe I'm if I'm reading 209 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 1: the tea leaves here correctly, they're just celebrating that. Around 210 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: Christmas in twenty sixteen was when Nikola Jokic entered the 211 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: starting lineup for them, and it was like essentially the 212 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: beginning of the Nikola Jokic era. And it's crazy because 213 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: you go back and you watch footage for back then 214 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: and it's like there's Jokich Murray two man game taking 215 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: place damn near ten years ago. Guys, like that's the 216 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: crazy thing about this, Like there's no good answer for 217 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: them because they've been seeing all of this shit for 218 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: ten years. If you run a traditional drop, they're gonna 219 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: kill you with Jokic popping to the top of the 220 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: key or Jamal Murray Hitt and pull up jumpers. If 221 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: you key in on Jokic on the roll, Jamal's just 222 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: gonna drive right by you for a layup like he 223 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: did to start overtime. Right Like, if you defend the 224 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: action three on two, yo Kich is so good at 225 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: making that skip to the corner immediately on time on 226 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: target that it becomes an extremely difficult rotation for the 227 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: defense to make. Those were wide open looks for Spencer Jones, 228 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: like wide, wide open looks. And then if you do switch, 229 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: which Houston didn't really try down the stretch of this game, 230 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: But if you do switch, that's two of the very 231 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: best one on one players in the league. And maybe 232 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: Houston probably should have tried that, but I'm not sure 233 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: it would have mattered because again Yo kich is probably 234 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: going right to the post and he's getting either a 235 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: great shot for himself or drawing that second defender and 236 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: causing the same issue again. Like that was really the 237 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: gist of the battle there, that both a crunch time 238 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: offenses were scoring at will, but Denver was able to 239 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: get a kill a sequence of three straight stops to 240 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: start overtime while they continued to score on the other end, 241 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: and that really was the difference in the game. Now, 242 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: as far as the late game officiating goes, Houston fans 243 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: are pissed off this morning because of a couple of 244 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,719 Speaker 1: bad calls at the end of the game, specifically a 245 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: foul and a Jokic spin move. I didn't see. This 246 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: is the one with Kevin Durant kind of raked over 247 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: the top and it looked like he might have blocked 248 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: him clean. I didn't get a good solow motion replay 249 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: of this one, so I couldn't tell you for sure 250 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: whether or not it was a good call, but yeah, 251 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: I could have gone either way, right and like if 252 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: it was a non call in the moment, I don't 253 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: think it would have been too much of an issue. 254 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: And then the foul on a Men Thompson where he 255 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: trips Tim Hardaway Junior kind of flashing up to the 256 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: top of the key at the end of regulation, which 257 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: on replay it did look like a Men Thompson's shin 258 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: hit Tim Hardaway's foot and initiated the trip. But at 259 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: the same time, it's like kind of incidental contact that 260 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: happens all the time in basketball, and so I understand 261 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: why that frustrates Rocket fans. But I'm gonna say the 262 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: same thing that I've said every single time something like 263 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: this comes up. Officiating is a wild card at the 264 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: end of games. It is a variable you have to 265 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: be prepared for. It can go in your favor and 266 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: it can go against you. There's gonna be a half 267 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 1: dozen or so whistles in any crunch time game, and 268 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: you might get four the calls, and then to go 269 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: against you, you might get two of the calls in 270 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: four go against you. That's literally just the nature of 271 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: the way these games go down the stretch, and it 272 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: remains to me an absolute loser thing to focus on. 273 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: Like you were playing against the Nuggets, down three of 274 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,239 Speaker 1: their top six players, and down all of their top athletes, 275 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 1: No Aaron Gordon, no Christian Brown, no Peyton Watson. They 276 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: had zero vertical spacing on the floor. There were multiple 277 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: sequences or Spencer Jones ended up in the dunker spot 278 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: and Yokich either didn't throw it because he's like, he's 279 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to score there against all that size, 280 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: or there was one where they did throw it to 281 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: him and he had a deep sealed against Alpern Shangouni. 282 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: He took like a little left shoulder hook and he 283 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: smoked it off the back of the room because he's 284 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: shooting over a dud who's taller than it. They didn't 285 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: have the oh, I can just throw this lob to 286 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon and he's dunking it, or I can throw 287 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: this lob to Peyton Watson and he's dunking it. You 288 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: had more than enough going in your favor to win 289 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: a game like this. Do you think you lost because 290 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: of a single Jamal Murray free throw off of a 291 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: tripping foul? Or do you think you lost because you 292 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: gave up a one forty four offensive rating to Denver 293 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: in ten minutes of clutch basketball last night? Do you 294 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: think you lost because you allowed them to score on 295 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: seven consecutive possessions spanning the end of the fourth quarter 296 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: in overtime. That's why you lost the game, not because 297 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: of a couple of questionable calls. I just think that's 298 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: a loser way to approach the game. And frankly, it 299 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: wasn't like there was some blatant, obvious screw job going on. Well, 300 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: they were calls that were kind of coin flippy calls 301 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: that went against you, which is literally something we all 302 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: know that can happen in a crunch time basketball game. 303 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: And that's actually the bigger picture thing I want to 304 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: focus on for both of these teams. Both of these 305 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: teams have struggled a little bit in the clutch this year. 306 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: Houston is six and six and clutch games and Denver 307 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: is four and six, And for both of them, it's 308 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: been their clutch defense that's been the problem. And Houston 309 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: six clutch losses, they've logged a one forty defensive rating. 310 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: In Denver's six clutch losses, they've logged a one fifty 311 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: two defensive rating. And for both teams it's the same problem. 312 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: They're bigs get attacked in ball screens and they can't 313 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: get stops, and you just have to find a way, 314 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: like Denver found a way in overtime. They tried putting 315 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: two on the ball and Shanggun missed a Reid in 316 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: the middle of the floor to Jabari Smith in the 317 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: dunker spot, and they tried switching cam Johnson bodied up 318 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: four shang Gun into a hook shot that he actually missed. 319 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: Houston literally could not find a way to get a 320 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: stop until Jokic fouled out of the game. That's why 321 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: they lost. If you can't get a stop on seven 322 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: consecutive possessions, you don't get to bitch about the refs. 323 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: And the same goes for Denver. Like if Denver wants 324 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: to flip the script on their clutch issues this year 325 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: and have some sustained success outside of just last night, 326 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: they got to be better on defense. They almost lost 327 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: this game too because they couldn't get a stop at 328 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: the end of regulation. But at least with Denver you 329 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: can look at some reinforcements on the way again, they 330 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: were down their three best athletes. One of the things 331 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: that Denver has done consistently over the years to get 332 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: stops in crunch time is put Yokic up at the 333 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: level and trust their ability to rotate on the back line. 334 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: That's worked for them in the past, but it's built 335 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: on those athletes on the back line, which they don't 336 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: have right now. For the record, I do think that's 337 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: what Houston should do too. I would bring Shandun up higher, 338 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: either in super high drops where he's up at the 339 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: level or just straight up switch and then trust your 340 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: ability to rotate on the back line to help and 341 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: recover behind him if he switches. Those are the kinds 342 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: of things that I think accentuate Houston's strength as a roster, 343 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: which is their athleticism. But all four stars showed out 344 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: in this one. I thought KD was amazing. He didn't 345 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: get many opportunities on offense, but he did capitalize when 346 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: he did, and he was a problem for Denver with 347 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: his defense down the stretch, his rim protection, He's he 348 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: provides an element defensively in terms of that vertical rim 349 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: protection that they haven't had really in this era. And 350 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: it's kind of a force multiplier for this team because 351 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: of how big and strong they are at the center 352 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: position and how athletic they are on the perimeter. KD 353 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: just brings that other layer and he was blocking shots. 354 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 1: He blocked Jokic at the rim, He blocked Jamal Murray 355 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: at the rim. He stripped Nicole Jokic on a double 356 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 1: team on a post up late in this game. He 357 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: was like a defensive wrecking ball. And it's a casual reminder, 358 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: like you know KD in the times that he has 359 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: won championships, namely in Golden State, he was an incredible 360 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: defensive weapon for those teams as well. Shane Gun if 361 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: you remember the last game, the game down in Houston, 362 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: jokichate his lunch. I thought Shanegun had a much better 363 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: showing this time, thirty three to ten, and ten almost 364 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: won the game late beating Spencer Jones on that switch. 365 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,719 Speaker 1: Did a ton of work one on one against Jokich 366 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: in this game. Was attacking him a lot early in 367 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: the game. Hit a class like somber shuffle shot over 368 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: the top of Jokic in the middle of the floor, 369 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: drove by him for a layup, and overtime did a 370 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: lot of damage. I thought he acquitted himself much much 371 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: better this time than he did the last time they 372 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: faced off, but ultimately jokicch and Murray were better. Jokic 373 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: goes for thirty nine, fifteen and ten. Just bullied Houston 374 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: at the basket. He had four putbacks in this game. 375 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: One of the things with Jokic that's so ridiculous is 376 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: when he catches the ball in the middle of the 377 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: floor and he shoots one of his floaters, he just 378 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 1: follows his shot by battering ramming his way to the 379 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: rim and he just gets so many offensive rebounds that way. 380 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: He had four of those where he missed a shot, 381 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: got his own rebound and just put it right back 382 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: up and in we talk about his kickouts in the 383 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: short roll situations. Those were key generating those quality looks 384 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: for Spencer Jones, the five threes that he hit in 385 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: this game, killing the rockets popping out of ball screens. 386 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: And then Jamal Murray thirty five, three and five was 387 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: a maister at the end of the game and pick 388 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: and roll generating advantages. He did a really good job 389 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: getting to the foul line. He had a play where 390 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: he saw Shane gun trying to fight or an inverted 391 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: ball screen and he knew he was like Shaneguon's gonna 392 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: drop his shoulder and run me over. So he basically 393 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: like took a charge so to speak, on a screen, 394 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,479 Speaker 1: got some free throws out of it. Had another one 395 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: where he got Shangon in a switch where he dribbled 396 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: all the way around the floor and then drove on 397 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: him and ended up getting to the foul line. I 398 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: think he had like fourteen or fifteen foul shot attempts 399 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: in this game. Did a good job working his way 400 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: to the line, and then again just making all those 401 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: decisions and pick and roll that ran the Denver offense 402 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: down the stretch, highly entertaining game. 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I 440 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: do want to deep dive into that concept, specifically that 441 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: defensive end of the floor here in a little bit. 442 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: But we have to start with Kate thirty two points 443 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: and tennis sists in this one ice the game with 444 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: back to back mid range pull ups over Derek White 445 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: and just looked really comfortable in his one on ones 446 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: down the stretch. In this game. It wasn't just Derek 447 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: White and like size mismatchups. He had a little iso 448 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: against Jordan Walsh where he just hit a couple of 449 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: scissor dribbles, got to that kind of left lane line 450 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: and just bumped him off with that right shoulder and 451 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: hit a short, little fade away. Hit it the same 452 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: kind of shot against Derek White, and then that nasty 453 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: spin move in the middle of the floor that ice 454 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: the game. He's again we talked about this last week, 455 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: but he's been the second best clutch player in the 456 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: entire NBA this season behind Shake kild of Alexander. He's 457 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: twenty six for forty eight eight from the field. A 458 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: few more clutch buckets for him last night. He also 459 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: had some big catch and shoot threes in the second half. 460 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: One off of a post up at Tobias Harris and 461 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: then another off of a baseline drive by Tobias Harris. 462 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: And that's encouraging because that's been a random week point 463 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: for kid this season. Like he's been considerably better on 464 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: pull up threes than he was last year. He was 465 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: like thirty two percent last year. He's like thirty six 466 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: and a half percent this year. But his catch and 467 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: shoot shooting has fallen off a cliff. He's been brutally 468 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: bad in catch and shoot three point shot situations. Good 469 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: signed last night him hitting those couple in the second half. 470 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: But the formula for the Pistons is clear. They're a 471 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: good offense, but not a great one in the large sample. 472 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: Nothing super surprising there. They play a lot of defensive 473 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: personnel and they only have one super high level offensive player, 474 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: So they're not the kind of team that's going to 475 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: go hang a one twenty two offensive rating like some 476 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: of these other teams in the league. But they're an 477 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: absolutely dominant team on defense, and they're absolutely dominant on 478 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: the margins. They can keep any game close, and then 479 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: when they get into a close game late, they have 480 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: this devastating combination of being an elite defense. They're the 481 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: best clutch defensive rebounding team in the NBA this year. 482 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 1: And then Caid is just this surgical shot creator when 483 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: they get into the half court, and that just wasn't 484 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: the case last year. Caid was bad in the clutch 485 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: last year. He had as many turnovers as assists. He 486 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: was twenty two for sixty four from the field in 487 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: clutch last year, So he already has four more clutch 488 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: shots made than he did the entirety of last season. 489 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: Their defense wasn't as good last year. Their defensive rebounding team, 490 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: they were like bottom half in the league in clutch 491 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: defensive rebounding and so as a result, last year in 492 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: forty four clutch games, they were twenty one in twenty three. 493 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: They reversed all those trends this year. Now they're fourteen 494 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: to four in clutch games. That's a huge part of 495 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: why they are where they are where they're at in 496 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: the standings. But I want to get back to the defense, 497 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: because that's the thing that makes this sustainable. Sometimes, especially 498 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: in a smaller sample a third of the season, sometimes 499 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: shot making can go in and sometimes it can go cold, 500 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: right like Denver for example. That's a historically great clutch offense, 501 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: and they were great last night, but they've generally been 502 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: down in the clutch this year compared to years past. 503 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes the shots just don't go in, but defense is 504 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: much more consistent night tonight. And this Piston's defense is 505 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: elite by any measure. They're now second in the entire 506 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: NBA in defensive rating, right behind Oklahoma City. Albeit there's 507 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: a gap there because Okay s he's so transcendently great. 508 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: But they're the second best defense in the league and 509 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 1: it's not hard to see why on tape. Similarly to 510 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: ok See, and this is just a formula that works 511 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: in the NBA, the Pistons have like a half dozen 512 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: dudes who sit in a damn stance and get up 513 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: into the basketball and can really guard on the perimeter. 514 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: They're super athletic and strong. They get up underneath ball 515 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: handlers that make them uncomfortable. One of the big swing 516 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: portions of this game again, those bench groups and the 517 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 1: end of the third quarter and started the fourth quarter 518 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: where you've got some combination of Jade and Ivy and 519 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: Karis Zavonte Green and Ron Holland out there. Those guys 520 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: had the Celtics guards in Hell. Javonte Green had one 521 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: of the highlights of the season to play where he 522 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: kind of stonewalled a lefty drive from Peyton Pritchard, caused 523 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: him to lose control of the basketball, swiped it from him, 524 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: ran out to the other end, and just jackhammer smashed 525 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: it on the entire Celtics team and ended up bumping 526 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: into the ref and picking up a technical. Unbelievable highlight 527 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: from Javonte Green. They had seventeen points off of Boston 528 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: turnovers in this game, by the way, that came right 529 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: off the heels of him hitting a massive three off 530 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,479 Speaker 1: the right wing to beat some nail help they were 531 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: swarming at the rim. I thought it was one of 532 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: Isaiah Stewart's better defensive games this season, especially in that 533 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: second half of some of his rotations at the rim. 534 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: The Celtics were cold from three all night, but I 535 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: thought the Pistons really played them into that result. Like 536 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: the Celtics attempted thirty nine threes, but Synergi only sified 537 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: nine of them as unguarded catch and shoots, meaning thirty 538 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: of those thirty nine threes were either off the dribble 539 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: or some form of contested catch and shoot, and again, 540 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: there is just a proven formula for winning games in 541 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: the NBA that Detroit's following here defend at an extremely 542 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 1: high level, win the margins like this is crazy. They're 543 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: plus two point three points every single night in the 544 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: fast break, they're plus one point two points every night, 545 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: and second chance points. They're plus three point nine points 546 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: every night in points off of turnovers, and they win 547 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: their bench units. They're plus seven this year per one 548 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: hundred possessions. With Kaid off the floor, they get dribble 549 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: penetration from guys like Ron Holland and Jaden Ivy, just 550 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: hard rips to the basket where they can get easy layups. 551 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: Kris LeVert was a zone buster last night, hit a 552 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: couple of huge threes off the right wing and had 553 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: big driving layup against the zone. All of those guards 554 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: get up into the ball. Non kid lineups again were 555 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: plus five last night. So if you're defending at an 556 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: elite level and you're winning on the margins, that keeps 557 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: you in every game. Then you get into a close 558 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: game light and they have one of the best clutch 559 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: players in the entire NBA, a half court surgeon that 560 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: can beat any coverage in pick and roll and can 561 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: beat mismatches in ISO. You blitz him. He showed early 562 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: this year he's just gonna make the right read every 563 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: time the Pistons find a way to score on the 564 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: four and threes, you run a drop coverage, he just 565 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: methodically Lucas style, works his way into the lane, shields 566 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 1: off the defender, and gets some sort of quality look 567 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: for himself. You switch. He's one of the best ISO 568 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: scorers in the league. He's just a problem in that 569 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: sort of slow down half court environment. Do I think 570 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: the Pistons could use a little bit more offensive firepower? Yeah, 571 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: this is still my favorite Michael Porter junior team. I 572 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: just think he rounds out things perfectly in their best lineups, 573 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: like essentially as a massive upgrade of Tobias Harris. And 574 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: I think it's like a realistic thing. Like you know, 575 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: I'm a Laker fan. I want a guy like Herb 576 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: Jones for the Lakers. It just seems like such a 577 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: long shot. I don't know if they have enough. I 578 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,719 Speaker 1: don't know if the Pelicans want to get rid of him. 579 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: Brooklyn really should flip Michael Porter Junior for another first 580 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 1: round pick so they can say they turned Cam Johnson 581 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: into two first round picks. The Pistons have the means 582 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: with which to make that happen. I think they should 583 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: be front and center in the Michael Porter Junior race. 584 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: And again, he adds another element to their defense too. 585 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: He's not quite as good on the ball as a 586 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: guy like Tobias Harris for obvious reasons. He's not as 587 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,479 Speaker 1: quick and he's not as physical. But he's a very 588 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: good defensive rebounder for a team that's what fourteenth in 589 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: defensive rebounding overall this season. He's a very good secondary 590 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,479 Speaker 1: rim protector, which can help for a couple of undersized centers. 591 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: He's a guy that is like a dead eye, knockdown, 592 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: catch and shoot shooter that also has the ability to 593 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: drive closeouts and do a little bit of work on 594 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: the ball. He'd be a beautiful transition weapon for those 595 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: kick aheads from Kate Cunningham. I just think in general, 596 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: he's the guy that rounds everything out for them. I 597 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: think he's the guy that they should be lining up for. 598 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: But this is a truly special basketball team. And when 599 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: you can defend like that and you can win on 600 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: the margins like that, you put Kate in position to 601 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: lift you over the top, and I think they're absolutely 602 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: a threat to make it to the NBA Finals this year. 603 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: On the Celtics front, it's just a bad matchup for 604 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: their guards in a lot of ways. Like Derek White 605 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: showed some impressive shot making, like over the top shot 606 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: making in that second half that helped keep them in it, 607 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: but all of their guards, including Derek, struggled to like 608 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: truly break down the Pistons defense, meaning like break them 609 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: down in a way that generates easy shots, not tough 610 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: over the top shots. Like Jalen Brown was really the 611 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: only guy who looked comfortable driving the basketball in this game. 612 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: Jalen was fantastic. He was also a battering ram last night, 613 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: just bullying through guys to the front of the rim 614 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: following his own misses for offensive rebounds. It was super impressive. 615 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: Jalen again like in a physical, blood bath type of game, 616 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: and it's a tough Detroit team. I thought he was 617 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: really really good, but I found myself feeling like this 618 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: is the sort of matchup or a guy like Jason 619 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: Tatum becomes super helpful. I've talked about this concept a 620 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: lot with the Lakers as it pertains to their matchup 621 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: with a team like the thunder Rhetically, the best way 622 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: to counter ball pressure guards is to have big forwards, 623 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: big wings who can overpower them and either score easy 624 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: twos or draw the defense for kickouts. They have the 625 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: strength to counter the pressure, right And you saw that 626 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: just with how comfortable Jaylen Brown was last night. Another 627 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: guy like that in Jason Tatum, that gives you a 628 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: much better chance to score in a game last night 629 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: like last night, Like another layer, another method with which 630 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: to break down the defense. Again, that's the fundamental difference 631 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: between this guy's hitting tough shots and we're generating layups 632 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: and open threes that is gonna come from a player 633 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: that breaks down the defense, and having another guy like 634 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum, especially with how much more of a gifted 635 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: passer Tatum is even than a guy like Jaylen Brown. 636 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: I just think having him back, all I could think 637 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: about last night is I was like, man, this is 638 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: now that it seems like a real possibility, not just 639 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: a real possibility, it seems like a likelihood that Jayson 640 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: Tatum comes back and plays basketball this season. I just 641 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: thought about him as just another layer to help that offense, 642 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: because like, ultimately You're not gonna shoot better unless you 643 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: generate quality shots. Adam Taylor does a great job covering 644 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: the Celtics on an individual level. He was tweeting out 645 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: these stats last night. The Celtics are now three for 646 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: thirteen when shooting under thirty five percent from three. They're 647 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: on pace for thirty nine games this year shooting under 648 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: thirty five percent. That's the worst of the Joe Missoula era, 649 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: and they're winning those games at under a twenty five 650 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: percent clip. The only way to rectify that is generate 651 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: better shots. Last season, they generated the second most unguarded 652 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: catch and shoot three point attempts in the entire league. 653 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: This year they generate the seventh most. It's a modest 654 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: drop off, but it's a dropoff overall. To be clear, 655 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: I still think the Celtics offense is awesome. You can't 656 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: deny it. They're fourth in offensive rating this season. But 657 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: they just aren't quite as resilient as they were with 658 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: Tatum because their shot quality is a little bit worse 659 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: than it was last season. And I think again it's 660 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: that extra layer, that extra help in the form of 661 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: another big shot creator that can help break down ball pressure. 662 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: Teams like the Detroit Pistons. All Right, guys, It's all 663 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: I have for today is always a sincerely appreciate you 664 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: guys for supporting us in supporting the show. Again, I 665 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: mentioned this yesterday, but I have a little bit of 666 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: a scheduling conflict tonight, so I'm not gonna be able 667 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: to go live on YouTube after the n Season Tournament final, 668 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: but we will have a reaction to it first thing 669 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: tomorrow morning. Again, that's all I have for today is 670 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: always a sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us, and 671 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow morning for in season tournament 672 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: finale reaction.