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We're gonna be bouncing around the league. 41 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Talk a little Boston Celtic, some Grizzlies, some Timberwolves, some Lakers, 42 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: and some Cleveland Cavaliers. You guys know the joke before 43 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: we get started. To subscribe to the Hoops and O 44 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: YouTube channels. You don't miss any more of our videos. 45 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: Follow me on Twitter at underscore json lt so you 46 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 1: guys don't miss announcements. Don't forget about a podcast few 47 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcast on our Hoops Tonight. It's 48 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: also super helpfulf you leave a rating and a review 49 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: on that front, and then keep dropping mail back questions 50 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: in the YouTube comments so that we can hit them 51 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: in our Friday videos throughout the remainder of the year. 52 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball. So Number one, the 53 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: pathway for the Boston Celtics to get out of their 54 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: mid season slump is through not settling. The Celtics absolutely 55 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: smashed the Golden State Warriors. Ain't oracle yesterday. It was 56 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: ugly right away, right when Steph Curry went to the bench. 57 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: That offense has enough trouble scoring even with Steph on 58 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: the floor, but when Steph goes off the floor, it's 59 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: an absolute catastrophe. There was a Buddy Heeled and Dennis 60 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: Schroeder led unit that completely fell apart, and then when 61 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: Steph came back, they couldn't regain controle. The Celtics defense 62 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: was super sharp all night with their game playing discipline, 63 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: did a great job, unstaff did a great job in 64 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: everybody else, and really, the Warriors without Jonathan Kaminga are 65 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: just utterly devoid of offensive talent and the Celtics just 66 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: took care of them. The Celtics also shot the ball well. 67 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: They were fifteen for thirty six on catch and shoot 68 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: jump shots for one point twenty five points per attempt, 69 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: and they just utterly dominated the game. But I want 70 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: to zoom in specifically on the concept of settling because, 71 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: as we know, the Celtics have been in a little 72 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: bit of a funk right They are eight and seven 73 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: in their last fifteen games. That's about a month's sample 74 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: where you're playing about five hundred basketball Now. It's difficult 75 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: because they're still top five in offense and defense in 76 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: that span, because in their wins they've been so damn good. 77 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: It's just they've had these ugly losses. But what has 78 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: happened in the losses in those seven losses in that 79 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: fifteen game span. Their defense has actually been pretty good. 80 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: It's a one oh four point nine offensive rating that 81 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: is doing them in in those situations. Their offense has 82 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: really stalled out at times. Right, so we need to 83 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: zoom in on this offense. And you know with the 84 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: Celtics again, their matchup attacking offense they are did. They 85 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: refer to it as a killer whale offense, especially against 86 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: teams that are doing a lot of perimeter switching. It's 87 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of like Jalen Brown and Jason 88 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: Tatum attacking these matchups out of the post or in 89 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: ISO situations. In ISO situations, they pretty standardly turn into 90 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: wing ISOs with the floor spaced out, usually you know, 91 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: occupied corners, guy in the weak side wing and usually 92 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: like something like a guard in the dunker spot with 93 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: some off ball movement. Right in those situations, one of 94 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: two things usually happens. Either Jason Tatum or Jalen Brown 95 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: will be physically aggressive downhill to start a drive and 96 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: kick possession, or they will settle. 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 2: For some sort of off the dribble jump shot. 98 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: Okay, now, to be clear, settling is it reminds me 99 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: of when when I was young when people analysts used 100 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: to be like, why doesn't Lebron James drive to the 101 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: basket every time? And it's completely unrealistic because for those 102 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: of you guys who have played basketball as a downhill 103 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: type of player, it's exhausting to beat people off the 104 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: dribble every single time down the floor, especially as you 105 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: get older, right, And so settling is a part of 106 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: basketball in the sense that like, if you can find 107 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: a way to create a shot for yourself that is 108 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: reasonably efficient, but that isn't going to take a ton 109 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: of energy, that's a great thing for you to supplement 110 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: your offense with in a way that's going to prevent 111 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: you from getting worn down over the course of the game. 112 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: And as we enter into this discussion, I want to 113 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: be clear, I don't think Jason Tatum should never take 114 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: iso jump shots. He absolutely should. He's gotten a lot 115 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: better at him. He's having his best season shooting them 116 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: since the twenty twenty year, right, So, like you want 117 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: Tatum taking them on occasion, I think there's a time 118 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: and a place, Like I like when he gets centers 119 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: on switches and centers are playing back on their heels, 120 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: that's a great time to go to that little like 121 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: in and out type jump shot there. When he gets 122 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: smaller players on him though, and they're press him up 123 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: a little bit more, I almost prefer him trying to 124 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: be physically aggressive downhill towards the rim. There's kind of 125 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: like a time in a place for that sort of thing, right. 126 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: But I thought it was interesting because as as you 127 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: just look in at the film in that game last night, 128 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: through the first three quarters, because the Warriors put all 129 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: their starters, their good players on the bench in the 130 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. In the first three quarters, the Celtics spran 131 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: sixteen ISOs, and on nine of those sixteen ISOs they 132 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: settled for ISO jump shots. In seven of them they 133 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: attempted to get downhill. On the nine settles, both Tatum 134 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: and Brown each hit like a tough fade away. Jalen 135 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: Brown hit like a tough left over left shoulder fade 136 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: over Kavan Looney, and then Tatum hit like a little 137 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: right shoulder fade in some traffic, and then Jalen Brown 138 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: hit a really tough bank shot kind of around like 139 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: the lane line on the left side of the floor. 140 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: In the second half, those are their only three bucks 141 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: in nine possessions, so six points and nine possessions or 142 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: zero points sixty seven points per possession on the set 143 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: n possessions, or they attempted to drive downhill in those switches. 144 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: They made two easy catch and shoot threes on kickouts, 145 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: They made two easy layups on drop off passes, and 146 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: then Jalen Brown hit kind of like a tough step 147 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: through floater against Buddy. Healed very pump faked, and then 148 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: went towards the rim and made a floater. So they 149 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: got twelve points on seven possessions, or one point seven 150 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: to one points per possession, or almost three times as efficient. Now, 151 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: again that's a small sample. I'm not going to sit 152 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: here and pretend like you won't have games where Tatum 153 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: and Brown are hitting those off the dribble jump shots 154 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: and guys are missing some of the catch and suit 155 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: kickouts that will happen in the playoffs sometimes when things 156 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: get tight again. This is not meant to be some 157 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: sort of like sweeping declaration that they should never take 158 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: a pull up jump shot. It's just about an order 159 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: of operations. There's this clear evidence in these seven losses 160 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: that you're not scoring the basketball right and that your 161 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: offense has some tendency to cool off in those situations. 162 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 2: The best way to revert to that. 163 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: Again, we are talking about how to get back to 164 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,559 Speaker 1: the point where the Celtics are playing championship basketball, which 165 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: they have on occasion not consistently enough over the last month. 166 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: In order for them to get back on track, they've 167 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: got to get back to the identity that won them 168 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: the title. It's a simple philosophy, right, It's the philosophy 169 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: that changed from the year that they went to the 170 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: finals in twenty twenty two and the year they won 171 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: it two years later, which was the relentless pursuit of 172 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: great shots. Meaning if there's a certain situation, you're tired 173 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: on this specific possession, you just need to get an 174 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: easier look, or it's a late clock situation, you need 175 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: to create something out of nothing. By all means lean 176 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: on your greatness as an individual shot maker. But if 177 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: the Celtics are going to be good enough to beat 178 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers and be good enough to beat the 179 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City Thunder, they are going to have to get 180 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: back to the identity that carried them last year, which 181 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: was Tatum and Brown being physically aggressive on switches trying 182 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: to get downhill so that they can draw multiple defenders 183 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: and break down the defense where they're aggregate talent can 184 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: be in advantage again the Celtics. What makes the Celtics 185 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: as dominant as they were last year isn't just Jalen 186 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: and Jason, they are the original hunters at the head 187 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: of these offensive possessions, but it is the aggregate talent, 188 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: the ability to pop the ball around. The fact that 189 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: all eight guys in their core playoff rotation are good shooters, 190 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: close out attackers, decision makers, ball handlers, passers, that is 191 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: what ties it all together. And the more they settle, 192 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: the more they rely on their own individual greatness, the 193 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: more that they play downhill aggressive, they rely on the 194 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: strengths of the roster. One last note on this front. 195 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: In the fourteen post ups against the Warriors last night, 196 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: the Celtics scored on nine of them, a pretty clear 197 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: indicator to me that like when you bake in physical aggression, 198 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: it's more aggressive, it's more effective as well, and so 199 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: I think that's going to be the key for the 200 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: Celtics moving forward as they try to dig out of 201 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: this little rut that they're in the middle of the season, 202 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: not settling downhill. Physical generate higher quality catch and shoot 203 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: looks that will help your shooters get out of slumps. Again, 204 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: every single Celtic except for Peyton Pritchard is down year 205 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: over year as a three point shooter. That means you 206 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: got to get these guys out of slumps. And the 207 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: only way you're gonna get them out of slumps is 208 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: by generating them. 209 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 2: Higher quality looks. 210 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: And the only way you're going to generate higher quality 211 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: looks for them is through physical aggression at the point 212 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: of attack when you're in those matchup hunting situations. Number two, 213 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: Jaron Jackson has become one of the most underrated players 214 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: in the NBA. I think part of it is the 215 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: fact that he plays with John Morant, who is one 216 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: of the biggest and most you know, kind of like 217 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: famous and kind of resident young American stars in the league, 218 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: right And I think part of it is the way 219 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: that Jaren came into the league. 220 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 2: Came into the league is more of like a shot 221 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 2: blocking prospect. 222 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: You guys might remember a few years ago when the 223 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: Grizzlies were first starting to kind of get a notoriety. 224 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: You'd have these crazy five six block games from Jaron Jackson. 225 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: That was kind of like his original stamp that he 226 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: put on this league. 227 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 2: Right. 228 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: He also has kind of like an ugly looking jump shot. 229 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: As he leans really far forward, it almost looks like 230 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: a more set version of his floater, And I think 231 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: that's part of why people kind of underrate him a 232 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: little bit. But he has become an absolute monster to 233 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: deal with on the offensive end of the flour Memphis 234 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: got a very impressive come from behind victory against the 235 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday. Their offense stalled out several times early 236 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: on as the Wolves kind of controlled things, but Jared 237 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: Jackson completely dominated the fourth quarter of this game, and 238 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: he did it by absolutely frying one of his peers 239 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: at his position. And Julius Randall started the fourth quarter 240 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: just repeatedly going right at him. He posted him up 241 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: on the right block, spun off of him, got right 242 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: to the bucket, he caught like a little cross screen 243 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: in the lane, got him into trail position, finished a 244 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: little and one right at the front of the basket 245 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: semi transition. In a kind of a transition push. When 246 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: the defense is and set, he just drives right at 247 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: Julius Randall out of the left slot, bumps him off 248 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 1: and makes a little floater in the lane. Did the 249 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: same thing to him in the half court on a 250 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 1: play where he chained multiple counter moves together. That really 251 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: is the thing that makes Jaron Jackson so difficult to 252 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: guard as a downhill player. So he's very big and 253 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: strong and has a good first step going both ways. 254 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: But when you slide over and you cut him off, 255 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: you have to absorb contact right and a lot of 256 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 1: guys on that first bit of contact are going to 257 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: gets so badly dislodged that Jaren can just go right 258 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: back up to the basket, by the way, on that 259 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: transition kind of that like semi transition drive on the 260 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: left wing. That's literally what happened to Julius Randall. Hit 261 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: the Jets got him good with that shoulder, bumped him off, 262 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: and he went so far back that Jaren was just 263 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: basically able to step through and shoot a little floater 264 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: around like seven eight feet. That was pretty uncontested. But 265 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: let's say that you actually side over and you absorbed 266 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: that contact well, like Julius Randall did on the half 267 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: court slot drive off the left end in the fourth quarter, 268 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: where he did absorb that contact. Well, Jaren's gotten really 269 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: good at chaining together counter moves and just go in 270 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: the opposite direction. It actually reminds me a little bit 271 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: of Shake Kilders Alexander the way that he can do it, 272 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: where it's like he'll probe one way, get cut off, 273 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: counter move, probe the other way, get cut off counter move, 274 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: probe the opposite way. And basically every time with Jaron Jackson, 275 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: he's bumping you with that shoulder every single time that 276 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: he gets makes that dribble move, and he's hitting you 277 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: and dislodging you, and eventually he's just gonna get either 278 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: close enough to the basket to shoot, or he'll dislodge 279 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: you so much that he can get to a shot 280 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: earlier in the possession. But it's all about his ability 281 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: to spin over both shoulders while controlling the basketball and 282 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: hit behind the back moves. Because again, if you're facing 283 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: this way and I'm leading with my right shoulder and 284 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: I need to get back the opposite way. In contact situations, 285 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: I can't dribble in front of me. If I dribble 286 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: in front of me, I'm probably just gonna turn it over. 287 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: Someone's gonna hit my arm. I'm not gonna be able 288 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: to dribble in that kind of traffic. I need to 289 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: get to my opposite shoulder while protecting the basketball, and 290 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: the only two ways to do that are to spin 291 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: over that left shoulder or to go behind the back 292 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: and then lead with your oppice shoulder right. And so 293 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: it's one of those things where like he's just literally 294 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: just hitting you like a battering ram, just changing direction 295 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: each time as you cut him off. And then he's 296 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: got the floater to tie it all together. He's taken 297 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty nine hooks and floaters this year 298 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: that he's hitting at fifty four percent. So it just 299 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: is has made him into a very very difficult player 300 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: to deal with as just a downhill matchup attacking forward. 301 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: And again that's not even a mismatch. He's doing that 302 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: to Julius randall Right, a guy who's one of the 303 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: other bully ball players in the league at his position. 304 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: He was great down the stretch too. He had this 305 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: ridiculous move in transition in like a bunch of traffic 306 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: and like just a straight runout situation where he did 307 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: a behind the back move and like made a floater 308 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: in traffic, and then he iced the game with one 309 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: of the biggest buckets in crunch time, another post up 310 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: against Julius Randall on the right block where he just 311 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: turned over his left shoulder and hit a little right 312 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: handed hook shot. He finished with fifteen points in the 313 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, including three rebounds, a block, and a steal. 314 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: The Wolves have this tendency where their offense can really 315 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: fall apart at the end of games. We're we're talking 316 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: about it in a minute, but one of the things 317 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: that happens is like so many guys are getting ignored 318 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: that it turns into like this kind of like onslaught 319 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: at the rim where it's like, well, or Julius will 320 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: drive into traffic and shoot like through six people and 321 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: miss a shot, but like Rudy Gobert will come flying 322 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: in and slap out the basketball, and then Jada McDaniels 323 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: will come flying in and he's trying to grab an 324 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: offensive rebound, and like they try to make up for 325 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: not being guarded by just crashing the glass like absolutely crazy. 326 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: And when they do that, it can be a lot 327 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: to deal with athletically as a team, and you have 328 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: to have waves of athleticism to deal with that. Jaron 329 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: Jackson was great in those scrums at the end of 330 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: the game. That's also part of why Memphis went with 331 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: some two big looks. You know, goes with so many 332 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: two big looks and Zachi d he had a lot 333 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: of success in this game just setting good screens. And 334 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: he's doing the thing too that like the Gortat thing 335 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: where he rolls into the lane and kind of clears 336 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: out space for his ball handlers to get into the paint. 337 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: Brandon Clark, we saw this in years past before Brandon 338 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: Clark got injured. But the Brandon Clark Jaron Jackson combo 339 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: together has that layers of athleticism around the rim that 340 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: allowed them to fight in those contested rebound situations. One 341 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: last Guy wanted the one last guy. I wanted to 342 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: shout out there to that Joam Morant who just at 343 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: the end of these games continues to just find ways 344 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: to create offense. He hit like this crazy and one 345 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: driving to the right where he had dug down on 346 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: nasried and made a wild floater, and then hit a 347 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: pretty tough little like one of his little patented step 348 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: back eurostep one legged floaters along the left lane line. 349 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: And again Memphis' offense has been tricky in certain spots 350 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: this year, especially in crunch time, and a big part 351 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: of it is going to come down to the shot 352 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: making of guys like Jaron Jackson, guys like Desmond Baine, 353 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: Guys like John Moran. Right, and like Desmond Bain hit 354 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: a big movement three on a play where Jada McDaniels 355 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: was trailing him at the top of the key. It 356 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: was a big part of their comeback in that second half. 357 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: That's the kind of shot making that you need against 358 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: these elite defenses that can really make things difficult in 359 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: the paint for your driving kick attack. 360 00:16:59,480 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: Right. 361 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: So just something to keep an eye on as we 362 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: move forward from Memphis number three. We are close to 363 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: the deadline now, and I think we can all agree 364 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: that the Julius Randall experiment has been a massive failure. 365 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:13,239 Speaker 1: If you guys remember what I said at the time 366 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: of the deal, it had an obvious financial upside, and 367 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 1: that was kind of the political kind of like description 368 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: of in house of what they did, like, oh, we're 369 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: doing this because we need to have long term flexibility. 370 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: And it had some basketball upside, right, Like Julius Randall 371 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: is in theory a better on ball type of player 372 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: than Karl Anthony Towns, and they don't really have a 373 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: good on ball option off of Anthony Edwards. So it's like, oh, 374 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: maybe this will work out, but it obviously came with 375 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: a ton of risk in that the cat fit was 376 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: just so much better as a shooting threat between Rudy. 377 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 2: Gobert and Jaden McDaniels. 378 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: And so we looked at it at the time of 379 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: the trade and it's like, this has an obvious potential 380 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: to make them way worse, but it has some potential 381 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: to make them better. And it comes with this financial 382 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: you know, kind of you know back end to it, 383 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: where you gain flexibility by getting off of Karl Anthony 384 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: Towns's deal. Right, So, like that is the case for 385 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: why they did it, but there was an obvious downside, 386 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: and the downside has just come to the service. Two 387 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: realities about Julius Randall on this team have become abundantly 388 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: clear to me through the first half of the season. One, 389 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: there just isn't that much offensive upside with him as 390 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: an on ball player. He's fine on ball player. He's 391 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: getting you know what, nineteen points of games, fifty eight 392 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: ish percent true shooting. He's been a post player that's 393 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: generating about one point two points per post up. It's 394 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: it's not like he's been awful on the offensive end 395 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: of the floor, but like it's not exceptionally high volume 396 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: and it's not exceptionally high efficiency. And so with that 397 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: being the best thing that he provides, it just hasn't 398 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: been the upside that it needed to be for this 399 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: whole thing to work out. If this was going to 400 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: work out, you needed something like twenty five points per 401 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: game from Julius Randall on sixty percent true shooting, and 402 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: that just hasn't been the case. He hasn't been able 403 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: to produce enough or efficiently enough to make that trade off. 404 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: Fourth it and then two, he's just an absolutely brutal 405 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: off ball offensive fit. He's converting spot up possessions at 406 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: just zero point nine points per possession. Among the thirty 407 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: six players in the NBA to log at least one 408 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty spot up possessions this year, Julius Randall's 409 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: zero point nine points per possession ranks thirty fourth, so 410 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: the third worst in the league among reasonable volume in 411 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: spot up possessions, and it's totally compounded by the Rudy 412 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: Gobert thing. Gobert was just a total offensive nightmare against 413 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: Memphis last night. Every time he was left alone and 414 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: given the basketball, he just runs like an awkward deer 415 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: into traffic and throws some bullshit up that has no 416 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: chance of going in. They fed him in the post 417 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: against Jaron Jackson, right under the rim, like a deep 418 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: post catch, and he got smothered and blocked by Jaron Jackson. 419 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: He got blitzed on a late possession fed to Rudy. 420 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: Gobert on a short roll four on three, had a 421 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: wide open kickout read to the right, instead threw a 422 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: terrible pass to a baseline cutter that just went right 423 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: out of bounds. He had this big offensive rebound late 424 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: and instead of getting the ball to somebody, he just 425 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: threw it out of bounds. Like just absolutely brutal on 426 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: the offensive end of the floor from Gobert. And then 427 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: you're putting him next to you have Julius and then 428 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: the guy next to him is Jada McDaniels. Which, by 429 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: the way, that same list of thirty six players who 430 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: have attempted at least one hundred and fifty spot up 431 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: possessions this year, the one that Julius Raynal ranks thirty 432 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: fourth in well Jada McDaniels ranks thirty second in. So 433 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: you have two of the very worst spot up players 434 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: in the league flanking probably the worst offensive starting center 435 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: in the league, and as a result, every Timberwolves game 436 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: at the end devolves into the exact same thing, which 437 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: is Anthony Edwards playing hero ball. And sometimes they still 438 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,239 Speaker 1: win like that because they defend well enough, and you know, 439 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: they've been going with nas Reid a lot in closing 440 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: closing situations. He's been able to make big plays, made 441 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: several big plays down the stretch last night, and maybe 442 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: Aunt hits a couple crazy step back threes like he's 443 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: done from time to time this year, and maybe you 444 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 1: get out of there with the win. But like in 445 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: order to win four playoff rounds, this offense just has 446 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: too much of an ability to grind to a halt 447 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: because your three, four and five are all completely incapable 448 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: of playing off the ball offensively, and two of them 449 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 1: can't play on the ball offensively, and one of them 450 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 1: can play on the ball offensively but as just an 451 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: incredibly mediocre offensive player. So it's untenable, and like, look, 452 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: it's really difficult because you're a second Apron team and 453 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: if you trade Julius Randall for salary that you end 454 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: up keeping, then you undo some of the upside of 455 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: the financial flexibility that you get from the Karl Anthony 456 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: Towns trades. So like, even if I discuss trades, I 457 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: get there are ways, from what I understand, there are ways, 458 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: even as a second Apron team, to jerry rig the 459 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: trade system to where you can still aggregate salaries. And 460 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: even if you like, I'd like, I'd love to see 461 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: what it looks like to turn Julius Randall and Mike 462 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: Conley and you know, maybe one other salary into Zach Lavine. 463 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: You know, I'd love to see that. I'd love to 464 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: see what it looks like to see Aunt and Zach 465 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: with Jaden and nas Reed with Gobert and just see 466 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: if it can come together. But like, why would any 467 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: of us think that's gonna happen when the entire purpose 468 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: of this destructive trade was for financial flexibility. So I 469 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: just it just kind of seems like a really tough spot, 470 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: and it seems like this is heading for a relatively 471 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: mediocre season with a mediocre finish, and that just feels 472 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: like a step backwards after what. 473 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 2: They accomplished last year. 474 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: Number four, the Lakers look like a team that is 475 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: losing belief. They had a really ugly loss at the 476 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: Clippers on Sunday night, and it looked like so many 477 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: other Lakers games this year where for a certain amount 478 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: of time they're competing. There's a really nice baseline drive 479 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: for Max Christy out of the left corner where he 480 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: goes right at Zubach and goes right around him, athletic 481 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: up high finishes at the rim, gets it to forty 482 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: three forty one with about seven minutes left in the 483 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: second quarter, and over the next ten minutes of game play, 484 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: just ten minutes, they get outscored twenty nine to eleven, 485 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: and they're down by twenty getting blown out by a 486 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: good team once again. And the thing is, so many 487 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: of the same issues that have plagued them all season 488 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: plagued them in that game. Possessions where you're just not 489 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: running action like oh, it's big, big possession, they're on 490 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: a run. We're down thirteen, we need a bucket. We're 491 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: up the floor and into our offense, but like we're 492 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: just going to stand around and we're gonna have a 493 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: ball screen with Austin and Anthony Davis with no off 494 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: ball movement, no action flowing into that ball screen. Just 495 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: the easiest way for defense to defend a ball screen, 496 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: just a static ball screen at the top of the key. 497 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: Or okay, let's try to run some offense, but no 498 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: one knows where to go, and Max Christy and Dalton 499 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 1: connect are meandering around the floor as Anthony Davis is 500 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: losing as cool and jacking up a mid range jumps. 501 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: I video of all these clips, you can go to 502 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: my Twitter feed at underscore Jason LT and I did 503 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: a full film session on this run from the start 504 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: of the run all the way through the finish of 505 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: the run, where I kind of like laid out video 506 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: examples of all these things so you guys can see 507 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: them there again at Underscore Jason LT. But like not 508 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: running offense, Lebron and Austin just throwing the ball away 509 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: because they're not being careful or they're not being patient. 510 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: There's a play where Austin's been running with Ruey pick 511 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: and pop all season. Ruby always pops when he screens 512 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 1: with Austin, and he, like Austin, threw a pass into 513 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: a gap as if Ruy is gonna roll, and it's like, obviously, 514 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: Ruey's gonna pop. He's been popping with you all season. 515 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: Lebron trying to force a pass to a cutter that's 516 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: just not open that then then not getting back in 517 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: defense and giving up a dunk to a mere coffee 518 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: as he's just literally just just hemorrhaging a four point 519 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: swing with sloppy effort in transition on defense and a 520 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: sloppy decision making as a ball handler, giving up precarious 521 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: switches that they don't need to and then not having 522 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: a plan with how to deal with them. There was 523 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: one where Kawhi Leonard gets Gabe Vincent in the post 524 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: on the left block and Ad is hard helping on 525 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: the middle side, and Gabe is overplaying that middle shoulder 526 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 1: from Kawhi, so Kwai just easily spins off of him, 527 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: and there's no baseline help because Ruy's like not paying attention, 528 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: all glued up to Zubas, So it's like, one, you're 529 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: giving up this precarious switch. I think that one was 530 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: a transition cross match, which happens, by the way, like 531 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 1: I don't care what your defensive scheme is, you will 532 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: end up in precarious switches just because how basketball works, 533 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: you have to have a plan for what to deal 534 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: with there. And we've talked about this, like in other games, 535 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: I've seen them. Austin Reeves gets stuck in the post 536 00:25:55,040 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: with god who was it, it was bam Adebayo and 537 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: Ruey and ad are crowding him on both ends and 538 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 1: they're closing out the shooters and they're doing their jobs, 539 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: and then when they don't do that, when they leave 540 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: the guy on the island, he gets beat consistently. They 541 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: have a plan. Okay, Gabe, you have Kawhi Leonard on you. 542 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: We are going to be helping hard from the baseline side. 543 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: So Ruey needs to know Gabe's in this situation. He's 544 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: got to almost like zone up or just be very 545 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: capable and ready to rotate in that position, which means 546 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis maybe as that one pass away guy is 547 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: is big and long enough to crowd and like dig 548 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: down and recover. But then there's going to be a 549 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: week side two on one that you have to count 550 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: for with somebody ready to rotate on the backside. 551 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 2: You have a plan for it. 552 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: But it's also in rebounding situations they gave up a 553 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: bunch of offensive rebounds on switches. That was where they 554 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,719 Speaker 1: were getting brutalized by if you can Zoobach, and it's like, okay, 555 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: if you're gonna end up in a switch. And again, 556 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: by the way, like the Lakers have been trying to 557 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 1: cut back on that, they still do a ton of it. 558 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: Like they were switching just Rui ad action. So as 559 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: soon as they switch any rue Actually, now you've got 560 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: Ruey on Zubach, and Ruey can't handle Zubachi either. But 561 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: like in those situations, like I don't expect Rui to 562 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: be able to box out the biggest center, one of 563 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: the biggest centers in the league, just like I don't 564 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: expect Jason Tatum to do it for the Celtics. The 565 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: Celtics aren't asking Jason Tatum to go one on one 566 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: against opposing centers when he's guarding a center and he's 567 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: in the in. 568 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: The paint rebounding. It is a team effort. 569 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: I saw plays where Rui's fighting for position and Zubac 570 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: has him sealed and a long rebound comes off the 571 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: back of the rim, and the other four Lakers are 572 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: just standing around watching Zubach grab the ball over the top. 573 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: When you end up in those mismatches, you have to 574 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: have a plan for how to deal with it, both 575 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: in your help and recover and in your rebounding situations 576 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: and beyond that plan, it has to be done. I 577 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: know that plan exists. There's been a lot of criticism 578 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: of JJ Reddick, and like, I don't disagree that it's 579 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: been a less than perfect season from him, but a 580 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: lot of this is like he's telling the guys what 581 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: to do. They're talking a big game behind the scenes, 582 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: they're in the pressers saying all these things about how 583 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: they want to do this stuff, and then they go 584 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 1: out there and they don't do it, and it's like 585 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: a prerequisite they are not talented enough to not be 586 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: a good execution team. 587 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 2: I could go on. 588 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: I have so many things on this list, like Austin 589 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: and Max botching switches. They botched one in the second 590 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: half where where Derek Jones Jr. Just slipped out of 591 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: his screen and it's like, Austin and Max, that should 592 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: be a switch. It's been a switch all season, and 593 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: yet they continue to botch these switches and give up 594 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: easy dribble penetration or over the top passes. It was 595 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: an over the top pass to Derek Jones Jr. Easy 596 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: drop off. He missed a floater, but Zubos got in 597 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: there dunk because they had to rotate on the weak side. 598 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: It's just guys not executing. Everybody on defense all game 599 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: just looked lethargic and a step slow. Anthony Davis, he 600 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: had some drop coverage possessions where he's just not protect 601 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: the rim. He was in his own possession where he 602 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: just got absolutely torched by Norman Powell. Like he's just 603 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 1: not playing very good defense this year compared to what 604 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: he's done in the past. The backside rotations. This is 605 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: the play I want to I wanted to kind of 606 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: like use as a final example. So it's a hardened 607 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: zubotch ball screen. Max Christie's on Harden eighties on Zubach, 608 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: Ad comes, Harden comes off the screen. Max is chasing, 609 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: and Harden kind of dribbles along the left lane line 610 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: and slows down for a second. Max chases and follows. 611 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: But instead of Anthony Davis recovering to Zubach when Max 612 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: was right there, Ad calls for a switch, which, by 613 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: the way, probably shouldn't have been a switch. But whatever, 614 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: this used to be your primary defensive scheme. So how 615 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: would you handle this? 616 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 2: Right? Harden dribbles Anthony Davis out towards the left wing. 617 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: Zubach immediately tries to post up Max Christie. Now what 618 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: you do in this situation when you're fronting the post, 619 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: which is what Max is doing. Max tries to front 620 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: the post. In this situation, you want backside help to 621 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: shrink the passing window. Right, So like the way you 622 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: beat a post front is you try to drive that 623 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: elbow into the guy post fronting you to to push 624 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,479 Speaker 1: him down into the ground so we can't jump, and 625 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,719 Speaker 1: you want to create an over the top passing angle. 626 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: But that angle can get shrunk by another defender coming 627 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: in from this side, shrinking that window, and then there's 628 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: a two on one on the weak side. If you 629 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: execute it properly, you can force a really tight space speed, 630 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: make him catch in a double team where he's frantic, 631 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: and then if the other guy rotates, well you can 632 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: take away any sort of easy opportunity out of that. 633 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: But in this case, Austin was the guy who was 634 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: bracketing with Max and Lebron was the guy who was rotating. 635 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: But Austin was a step slow. Max went to front, 636 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: Austin did nothing. The pass was in the air. Suddenly 637 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: Austin goes to rotate. At that point, Lebron's job is 638 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: to rotate to the cutter Austin's man. Lebron was a 639 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: step slow, wasn't paying attention, and then he did finally rotate, 640 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: but he was too late and it ended up in 641 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: a dunk. So again, they know what they're supposed to do. 642 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: They know what they're supposed to do, and they're just 643 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: not doing it. Anthony Davison, Max probably shouldn't have switched 644 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: that screen. But whatever, you end up in a bad switch. 645 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: We have a plan for that. We're fronting the post, 646 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: we're bracketing from behind, we're rotating. Except for Max did 647 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: the fronting the post part. Austin was too late on 648 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: his bracket and Lebron was too late on his rotation. 649 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: That's just basic execution details that are limiting the Lakers' 650 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: ability to be successful. There's just no consistency in their 651 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: effort or in their execution, despite the fact that they've 652 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: been talking that big game and it just continues to 653 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: be the biggest barrier to their success and again, like 654 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: there's personnel weaknesses that need to be addressed, and a 655 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: lot of those things are kind of coming to the 656 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: surface now as Lebron and Ad haven't been playing super 657 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: well and Austin hasn't been playing super well. But the 658 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: reality is they're not doing themselves any favor with just 659 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: basic basketball controllables where they're not doing their jobs all right. Lastly, 660 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: number five, the Cleveland Cavaliers have shown a little bit 661 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: of their dark side the second Oklahoma City game. Oklahoma 662 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: City be the shit out of them. Now, that was 663 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: going to be a difficult game to win, regardless of 664 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: the Isaiah Hartenstein injury. Oklahoma City has way more of 665 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: a perimeter identity. That's where the majority of their talent is. 666 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: And of course they continue to bring out good players. 667 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: Brandon Carlson just steps into that game as a backup 668 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: center and just starts hitting threes. But like, the perimeter 669 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: talent is there, Okayse's always going to be a buzz 670 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: saw at home, especially in a game like that where 671 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: they really really are locked in for even the playoffs. 672 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: It's just that's gonna be a really tough game to win. 673 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: That said, I thought the game fell apart for Cleveland 674 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: because of a concerning approach, something that was completely under 675 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: their control. Oklahoma City completely ran away with that game 676 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: with a run that spanned the late first quarter in 677 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: the early second quarter. It was close, close, coast coast close, 678 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: and then the wheels just completely came off. And in 679 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: that stretch it was a lot of bad offense, losing 680 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: their pace, not getting out in transition, and then settling 681 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: for a lot of pull up threes. There was a 682 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: sequence at one point in the run where Oklahoma City, 683 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: excuse me, where Cleveland, on back to back to back 684 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: possessions just took off the jubil threes early in the clock. 685 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell did it, Karris Lavert did it, even Evan 686 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: Mobley did it. 687 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 2: And it's like those are the kinds of things. 688 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: Where like there's clearly I don't want to call it 689 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: multiple personality because like there I do believe that basketball 690 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: players can change and become better. But like a good 691 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,479 Speaker 1: part of what's happened for Cleveland this year is like 692 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 1: guys embracing roles and playing within what the playing within 693 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: what the team needs them to do right, And Kenny 694 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: Atkinson has implemented a lot of like basic principles that 695 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: weren't there last year in terms of running the floor, 696 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: chasing higher volume three point attack, diversifying their offensive approach, 697 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: to playing through multiple points of entry, all these different 698 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: things to try to make life easier for them. But 699 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like if Donovan Mitchell 700 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: takes a bunch of bad shots in a big playoff game, 701 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: they could lose. If Karris Lavert takes a bunch of 702 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: bad shots in a playoff game, they could lose. If 703 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: there's an ugly side deep down there that has been 704 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: part of these guys' personalities in the past that could 705 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: rear its ugly head, And like that was the one 706 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: thing that was a little concerning to me out of 707 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: that game, other than Donovan Mitchell just really struggling with 708 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: lou Do. Like lou Dort has just done a number 709 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 1: on Donovan Mitchell in these two games, and it's it's 710 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: started to affect him a little bit. But like in general, 711 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 1: I think one of the big things for us to 712 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,399 Speaker 1: watch with Cleveland when they get into the postseason is 713 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: their offense getting stagnant and them not relying on the 714 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: same things that they thrived on in the regular season. 715 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: In terms of pushing pace, moving the ball, and hunting 716 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: great shots. I did think that that was a very 717 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 1: very ugly offensive stretch from Cleveland in. 718 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 2: That blowout loss. All right, guys, that is all I 719 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:32,760 Speaker 2: have for today. 720 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: As always, as sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me 721 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: and supporting the show. We'll be back tomorrow with more breakdowns, 722 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: probably some trade deadline stuff as well. 723 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 2: I will see you guys. 724 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: Then the volume. 725 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 2: What's up guys. 726 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 727 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 728 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 729 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys 730 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: supporting us, but if you could take a minute to 731 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,399 Speaker 1: do that, I'd really appreciate it.