1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, Well, go to Hoopsini. You're at 2 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: the volume heavy Wednesday, everybody. Hope all you guys are 3 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: having a great week so far. Got a quick show 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: for you guys today. We're just gonna quickly touch on 5 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: three games from last night. The two teams that I 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: have in the top tier of championship contenders, the Denver 7 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, both cruise to wins 8 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: last night. 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We're gonna be 34 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: breaking the game down as it goes along. Anthony Orwin 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: is going to be joining us in the first quarter 36 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: to hang out for a little bit. We'll also be 37 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: taking some callers later on. The show should be a 38 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: fun one, so make sure you guys come and hang 39 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: out for that game. All right, let's talk some basketball, 40 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: So Nuggets, King this is where we're going to start today. 41 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: The King's hung tough for three quarters in this one. 42 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: They did a lot of damage in transition, shot the 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: ball well, especially through the first three quarters of the game. 44 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: Russ didn't shoot the ball well in this game, although 45 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: he shot the ball well off the catch this season, 46 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: but he did a lot of damage in this game 47 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: with his rim pressure and his playmaking. I thought Sacramento's 48 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: kings played well ex kings. Sacramento's biggs played well in 49 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: like that kind of short range, little release valvearia, making 50 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: little hook shots and push shots and floaters and things 51 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: along those lines. So the Bonus did a lot of 52 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: damage there early in the game. I thought the Bonus 53 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 1: in general kind of anchored Sacramento early in this game 54 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: with his passing and with his finishing around the basket. 55 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: But they just got absolutely demolished by Nicola Jokic. They 56 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: opted for a lot of single coverage with him with 57 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: their bigs, and every single time that sort of thing 58 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: happens with Jokic, he just kind of flips a switch 59 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: into scorer mode, and those dudes like he just bullied 60 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: every single one of them for not just buckets but 61 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: easy buckets right at the front of the rim. He 62 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: did it to Sabonis, he did it to Precious Sachua, 63 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: he did it to Drew Ubanks. He was sixteen for 64 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: nineteen from the field for thirty five points, fifteen rebounds, 65 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: five of which were offensive rebounds. A lot of damage 66 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: done on the offensive glass in this game for Denver 67 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: and seven assists for Yokics. By the way, remember Jokic's 68 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: kind of like slow start relative to the other top 69 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: tier superstars in the league. Wall came out guns blazing well. 70 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: In Jokic's last five games. He's averaging thirty two points, 71 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: twelve rebounds, and twelve assists on seventy three percent from 72 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: the field, forty eight percent from three, and eighty five 73 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: percent from the line. Just completely outrageous. He's been very 74 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: active defensively in this span, two point six stocks per game. Again, 75 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: this is for the second best defense in the league. 76 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: Here in the early going, and then continuing a season 77 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: long trend where the bench when Jokic is off the 78 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: floor hasn't been nearly as bad as they were in 79 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: previous years, the Nuggets bench really blew the game open, 80 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: especially in the early fourth quarter. There's a lineup that 81 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: they've been using that's mostly been bad to start the 82 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: season that finally got going last night. It's a lineup 83 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: that I kind of like the structure on paper. It's 84 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: got these big, physical athletes on the front line, right, 85 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: It's got Yonas Valancunas, Peyton Watson, and Bruce Brown. A 86 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: bunch of guys that can do damage on the offensive 87 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: glass guys that you know, obviously between Bruce and Peyton, 88 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: that can do damage defensively flying around. Yonas brings like 89 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: that traditional schematic anchor on both ends of the floor 90 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: is the guy who can run drop coverage, but also 91 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: as a guy that can set screens and be your 92 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: passing volcrum also play out of the post on the 93 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: offensive end of the floor. But for any spacing concerns 94 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: you have with that group, you have your two best 95 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: over the top, kind of like super aggressive shot makers 96 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: in the backcourt, Tim Hardaway Junior and Jamal Murray. Jamal 97 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: Murray and Tim Hardaway, they both excel at making contested shots, 98 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: which is something they're gonna have to in a lineup 99 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: that has guys like Bruce Brown, Peyton Watson, and Yonas 100 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: Valanciunis on it. That's a unit that should be able 101 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: to do a lot of damage, but for whatever reason, 102 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: to this point in the season, it's been a lot 103 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: of things. They haven't been very good defensively, They weirdly 104 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: haven't been good on the defensive glass for having as 105 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: many kind of scrappy rebounders as they've had, and they 106 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: haven't been very good on offense. But last night they 107 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: finally got it going, did a bunch of damage on 108 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: the offensive glass, and their first shift in the first 109 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: half that was a big thing that stood out to 110 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: me just kind of watching them physically, Like in that 111 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: first half, Bruce Brown gets an offensive rebound put back, 112 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 1: Jonas Valenciunas gets an offensive rebound put back. That lineup, 113 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: by the way, grabbed a third of their own misses 114 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: in last night's games. Jonas actually in the fourth quarter, 115 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: Run got a big offensive rebound where he just went 116 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: up and dunked it in traffic as well. But they 117 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: were able to score as a unit. That was really 118 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: the big thing that was different from some of their 119 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: previous shifts that they've had as a unit. Jamal was great, 120 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: especially in that fourth quarter. Run was hitting his pull 121 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: up jump shot, was getting to the basket on Keon 122 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: Ellis and drawing fouls. He was just doing a bunch 123 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: of one on one damage to ke On Ellis, who's 124 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: just way too small for him. Bruce Brown had a 125 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: pick six layup with the deflection, chase it down, got 126 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: all the way down to the other end for a layup. 127 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: He hit a big three off of the right wing 128 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: on a skip pass. They were able to score the ball, 129 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: and then on the other end of the floor they 130 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: executed their game plan. It was for the Kings, it 131 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: was a Demart Rosen Russell Westbrook led unit and with DeRozan. 132 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: Basically the game plan was they were trying to essentially 133 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: remove Demarta Rosen from the equation and force them to 134 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: be a Russell Westbrook team. And so with Damar, they 135 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: were fronting any of his catches and then if he 136 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: did happen to catch, they were strong side zoning, So 137 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: they're bringing the big all the way over to the 138 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: opposite side and essentially having the on ball player just 139 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: play towards the middle, so that it essentially funnels Damar 140 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: right into where your strong side zone is. And then 141 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: obviously you're throwing kickout passes to guys that are not 142 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: necessarily very reputable shooters, and so they were just executing 143 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: their defensive game plan. They were shagging off of Russ 144 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: on his drives. They got a bunch of stops, and 145 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: they blew that game open. I think they were up 146 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: seventeen before Jokic even had to re enter the game. 147 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: And so really nice run from that Denver bench group 148 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: and an encouraging sign for a lineup that Denver needs 149 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: to be good. And again it makes some sense on paper, 150 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: it just needs to come together and work. A couple 151 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: other notes on the Denver front. Cam Johnson, I get 152 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: only five points and he's still, you know, struggling a bit, 153 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: But I do like how much more of an effort 154 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: David Adelman's making to get him involved, especially early in 155 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: the game. But there was a lot more two man 156 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: game reps with Jokic and Cam Johnson where Cam's coming 157 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: off of the screen and looking to get downhill in 158 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: the lane or to be active hitting Nikole Jokic in 159 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: the pocket, even when Jamal Murray was on the floor. 160 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: And I just think that's smart. They're making an investment there. Cam, 161 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,119 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, didn't come into the season ready above 162 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: and beyond anything having to do with his aggressiveness, above 163 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: and beyond anything having to do with the opportunities he's 164 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: been given. He's also not making shots and missing layups 165 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: and making mistakes, and so a good portion of this 166 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: is Cam's fault for just not coming into the season 167 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: ready to play. But I do believe in him as 168 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: a basketball player when he's in rhythm and inform in 169 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: this system, and so you just got to keep investing 170 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: in him and hope that in the long run it 171 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: comes together into a version of Cam that can make 172 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: this team better than what they were with Michael Porter. 173 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: Junior hasn't been a good start, but I'm still a 174 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: big believer in I think he's still like their third 175 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: best plus minus guy behind Christian Brown and Nicole Jokic 176 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: in terms of on off numbers. So I'm still a 177 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: believer in it. I like the investments they've made and 178 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: to try to get him into a rhythm. It just 179 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: needs to eventually come together, which I believe it will. 180 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: This is a long season. If there's if there's a 181 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 1: league where you can afford to come into camp a 182 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: little out of shape, it's in the NBA. As long 183 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: as you avoid getting hurt and so I far Cam 184 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: has been available, he just needs to play better basketball 185 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: than he's been playing. Denver has won five in a row, 186 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: number two in offense and number two in defense to 187 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: start the year, really strong statistical performance. 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All right, Warriors Thunder really bad combination 227 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,599 Speaker 1: for a blowout in the sense that you have the 228 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: champs playing some of their best basketball right now, and 229 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: then you have a Warriors team that's been in kind 230 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: of like a weeks long funk that's been fueled by 231 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: a brutal schedule with a lot of back to backs, 232 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: an illness that took Steph Curry out of the lineup 233 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: for a while, and a team wide inability to win 234 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: on the road. And the Warriors hung around early mainly 235 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: because they were turning Oka See over and they were 236 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: getting out in transition off of it. But Oka See 237 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 1: grabbed the lead late in the first quarter and basically 238 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 1: just ran away with that game. It was never even 239 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: really competitive. Anybody who was watching that game would have 240 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: seen pretty quickly the gigantic chasm and shot quality between 241 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: the two teams. Like ultimately, Shae was just doing a 242 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: better job of breaking down Golden State's defense than Steph 243 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: was doing of breaking down Oklahoma City's defense, and that 244 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: ultimately was the dynamic that was kind of trickling down 245 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: to every other part of the game. I thought Shaye 246 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: was doing a fantastic job of penetrating the first line 247 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: of Golden State's defense a lot of like rejecting ball 248 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: screens and so that he could avoid Draymond and get downhill. 249 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: He was making very good kickouts. I thought it was 250 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: a great floor game type of night from Shaye. I 251 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: think he had eleven assists, which was the second double 252 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: digit assist game of the season. Oklahoma City got fifteen 253 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: unguarded catch and shoot jump shot looks compared to just 254 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: ten for Golden States, so a pretty significant gap in 255 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: shot quality. And Shaye was also scoring in all sorts 256 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: of the usual Shaye ways, Like he was hitting step 257 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: back threes early in the game against some soft coverage 258 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: that Thunder were doing a lot of attacking Quinton Post 259 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: early in the game through Shae and also through Chet 260 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: in one on ones, and Shay ended up hitting a 261 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: little step back three against Quinton Posts on the left wing. 262 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: He was also getting all the way into the paint 263 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: he's hitting his little midrange looks all just the classic 264 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: shade stuff. Twenty eight points in just twenty eight minutes 265 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: of action last night, and again I thought he had 266 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,479 Speaker 1: a very good floor game. He looked very in control 267 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: all night against a great Warriors defense and was just 268 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: consistently compromising them, making quick decisions breaking that defense down 269 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: so that his role players could capitalize on that attention. 270 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: And then on the other side, I just Steph just 271 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: wasn't very good last night at all. And I was 272 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: worried about him in this game because he'd been out 273 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: for a little while with his illness, and so much 274 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: of his game is predicated on conditioning, the conditioning to 275 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: consistently have his speed as he's running around to the 276 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: conditioning so that he gets that he gets good lift 277 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: on his jump shot after dribble combinations. And obviously your 278 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: conditioning is going to be affected when you have a break, 279 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: and it's going to be exacerbated when you've been ill, 280 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: right when you have an upper respiratory infection the way 281 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: that he did. And then you combine that with the 282 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: fact that Oklahoma City is just such a difficult defense 283 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: to score on under any circumstances. And to kind of 284 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: like put it all together, it's a bad matchup for 285 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: the Warriors. I've talked about this with Steph and the 286 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: Warriors for a little while, but like he can cause 287 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: real problems for big and slow teams because of his 288 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: movement and his ability to pull bigs out to the 289 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: level of screens. It just puts defenses into rotation and 290 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: then you're a faster team. And so if you're ahead 291 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: of them already in rotation and you've got a speed 292 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: advantage and you've got to read and react playmaking advantage, 293 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: you can really pick teams apart. But this is a very, 294 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: very very different Oklahoma City team. Cason Wallace guarded Steph 295 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: for most of the game and he was basically a 296 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: lockstep with him as a very quick guard that can 297 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: stay with him. Lost him on a couple back cuts 298 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: early in the game, but for the most part was 299 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: able to hang with him, and then there are no 300 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: weak links for him to attack. If he gets any 301 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: guard in a transition cross match, it's also a good 302 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: defender if he gets any guard switches and with the 303 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: guard guard screen, they're also a great defender. And then 304 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: Chet and Isaiah Hartenstein are both very mobile at the 305 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: center position. They are not big and slow. They are 306 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: big and fast, and so it just caused a lot 307 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: of problems for that Golden State offense. Even when Steph 308 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: managed to draw two to the ball, whether it was 309 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: through classic Steph gravity or if he you know, there 310 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: are several sequences where he'd come off a ball screen 311 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: and they'd come up to the level and basically chase him, 312 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: and he would kind of drag the two defenders with 313 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: him and then try to get rid of the ball. 314 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: I thought Oklahoma City did a wonderful job rotating out 315 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: of that. There was a classic example of it in 316 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: the second half. Early second half. Steph comes off of 317 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: a ball screen on the left side of Quinton Post 318 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: and he gets kind of down to like the left block, 319 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: extended out towards more like the short corner, and he 320 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: brings two guys with him on the play. Quinton Post 321 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: pops to the top of the key. I believe his 322 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: chet was the guy that was on Steph if I 323 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: remember correctly, and Isaiah Hartenstein, they throw the kick out 324 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: past the Quinton Post. Isaiah Hartenstein flies out in rotation, 325 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: chases Quinton Posts off the line, Post drives into the lane. 326 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: Aj Mitchell is guarding a. I think it was Pajemski, 327 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: I can't remember who it was on the on the 328 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: weak side of the form, might have been Kaminga. But 329 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: aj Mitchell ends up rotating out to the corner. After 330 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: Quentin Post makes a kick out passing Bam, the advantage 331 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: is gone. Steph comes off a screen, draws too, makes 332 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: the right read. But okay, see he's just so fast 333 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: in rotation that the advantage has gone, and all of 334 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: a sudden, everything you just did was for nothing. And 335 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: so there was even like a stretch there in the 336 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: second quarter where like you could tell that Steph was 337 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: getting flustered by just the ability for them to rotate 338 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: out of ball screens, and so he started looking to 339 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: attack their guards one on one, and he took like 340 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: three or four pretty questionable, like tough step back jump 341 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: shots in a row in that second quarter and missed 342 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: every single one of them. And you could tell too 343 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: that he wasn't getting great separation. It wasn't getting great 344 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: like lyft, Like it wasn't the textbook Steph like break 345 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: the dude off and get a clean look. Like they 346 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: were pretty tough shots that he was missing, and so 347 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: it's just, you know, it just was a rough night 348 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: for Steph and it was a bad It's a combination 349 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: of circumstances. You've got a team that's not playing well 350 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: in Golden State at large, right, You've got Steph coming 351 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,719 Speaker 1: back from a break which affects his conditioning. He had 352 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: an upper respiratory illness which affects his conditioning even more, 353 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: and you're walking him right back into the damn blender 354 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: that is the Oklahoma City defense, and it just didn't 355 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: it just it just wasn't a good showing for Steph. 356 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: And again, like that was really the fundamental driver of 357 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: the blowout. Shay was consistently breaking down Golden State's defense 358 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 1: and Steph was just not able to break down Oklahoma 359 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: City's defense on the other end of the four. And 360 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: then things were just exacerbated down the roster by a 361 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: lack of support from secondary ball handling. Jimmy had a 362 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: bad night. He was not able to break down Oklahoma 363 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: City's defense in any real way outside of a few 364 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: broken plays where like kind of chaos type of sequences 365 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: where he'd get and ones or fouls. Johnathan coming has 366 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: scored the ball well, but he also had five turnovers, 367 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: and you're starting to see some of that like tunnel 368 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: vision stuff come back. A couple possessions in that third 369 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: quarter run where he just like tried to iso off 370 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: the top of the key and just put his head 371 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: down and either turned the ball over. There was one where, 372 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: like Draymond Green had just hit a three in the 373 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: left corner and he's been statistically one of Golden State's 374 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 1: best three point shooters this year. He's wide open in 375 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: the right corner and Kaminga doesn't see Draymond's man come 376 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: in a double team, and instead of making the easy 377 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: kickout pass to Draymond, he tries to power into his 378 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,719 Speaker 1: spin move and then ends up just smoking a layup 379 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: at the rim. And so again like this is the 380 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: thing with Jonathan Kaminga. It's like, you know, played really 381 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: well to start the season, really improving as a read 382 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: and react player, but ultimately he's got to be able 383 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: to sustain it, especially against higher level competition, and this 384 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: was a big test against Oklahoma City. I don't want 385 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: to overdo the cominga stuff though, because again as a team, 386 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: everybody on the Warriors played poorly last night. So I 387 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: don't think it's fair to just like go after Kaminga, 388 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: but it was an elite Oklahoma City defense where Kaminga, 389 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,959 Speaker 1: other than you know, scoring the basketball a little bit 390 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: the way that he did kind of struggled against the 391 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: speed and physicality that it brought to the t. And 392 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: then on the other end of the court, Chet Holmgren 393 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: played damn near a perfect game in support of Shay. 394 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: He gave a couple of one on one buckets to 395 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: Quinton Post early in the game. Nasty little step through, 396 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: remove a little left shoulder fade away right in the 397 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: middle of the lane. He burned Quinton Post in spot 398 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: up situations with threes. He was killing them in the 399 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: dunker spot off drop offs from Shay's drives. Shout out 400 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: to Shay too, really quality interior passes when he would 401 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: get downhill into the lane to Chet, and Chet just 402 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: goes up and dunks everything in that area, which can 403 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: be a problem. Twenty three points for Chet on nine 404 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: for nine shooting, all while being the dominant defensive force 405 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: that he always is, showing up high on steph screens, 406 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,479 Speaker 1: being active with his hands to make the passes out 407 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: of their difficult cleaning up back cuts. He cleaned up 408 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: a steph backcut with the block on the left side 409 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: of the basket in the first half, controlling the defensive glass, 410 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: he had a strong rebounding game. Just Chet's playing really 411 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: damn good basketball. He's slotted very nicely into that second 412 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: best player on the team roll with jaydub Out, and 413 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: he's just been ki an ass. There's no way around it. 414 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: Aj Mitchell scored more points than any Warrior, Isaiah Joe 415 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: scored more points than any Warrior. Just it was outclassing 416 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: literally from the top down in the roster. Isaiah Hartenstein 417 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: dominated the offensive glass in the third quarter to help 418 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: blow the game open. Jalen Williams came in and torched 419 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,959 Speaker 1: the Warriors with his three point shooting. They just dominated them. 420 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: I can't say enough about the job that Shay's doing 421 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: to continue to drive this offense through the injuries. I 422 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: can't say enough about how connected they look on defense. 423 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: I can't say enough about how physically imposing they look 424 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: on defense. They're just off to a great start in 425 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: their title defense. And watch out, because if they beat 426 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 1: the Lakers tonight, their next six games are super soft. 427 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: We'd be looking at an eighteen to one Thunder team 428 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: that is legitimately on pace to make a run at 429 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: seventy plus wins. A couple of notes for tonight's Lakers game, 430 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna be covering it on playback, So six point 431 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: thirty pm Pacific time, come hang out with me on 432 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: we'll be watching UH Lakers Thunder in detail, kind of 433 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: breaking the game down as it goes. A couple of 434 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: things I have my eyes on. I really want to 435 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: see how they guard Luca. I don't know iflu Dort's 436 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: gonna play tonight. He didn't play last night, so I 437 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: have a feeling he's not going to. But if you 438 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: look at the roster, Jay Dubb, Loudort, Nowlex Crusoe, or 439 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: they're really there are only three options of guys that 440 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: can guard Luca, and with Ja Dub and Lou Dort 441 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,239 Speaker 1: presumably out, you know, I think Cason Wallas is too 442 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: small for him, so it's gonna put a lot of 443 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: responsibility on Caruso in the main on ball matchup with 444 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: Luka Doncic, which I'm really curious about. I wouldn't be 445 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: surprised if they switch with their big So we'll get 446 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: to see a lot of reps of Okase, he's bigs 447 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: guarding Luca. That's gonna be a thing I have my 448 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: eye on. And then as a Laker fan, I have 449 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: my on Austin Reeves. He struggled in the past with 450 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: some of these really fast physical teams. Doesn't get any 451 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: more fast and physical than this OKAC team. Should be 452 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: a fun game. Again. We're gonna be watching on playback 453 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: tonight at six point thirty, all the Warriors front really quickly. 454 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: I'm getting a lot of like sky is falling type 455 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: of energy for Warriors fan, and I get it. I'm 456 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: not going to sit here and pretend like it's a 457 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: good thing that you got your teeth kicked in by 458 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: the thunder. It's certainly not. They proved that they're clearly 459 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: on another level than you right now, and they represent 460 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: the amount of improvement you need to demonstrate between now 461 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: and the end of the season, either internally through just 462 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: internal improvement or through some sort of trade if you 463 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: want to get to the level to compete with this team. 464 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,239 Speaker 1: But I also think they're better than their record looks like. 465 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: I think they succumbed a little bit to the intensity 466 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: of their early season schedule, which I think is especially 467 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: reflected in their road record and some of the bad 468 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: losses they've had toasting off that game against Indiana, dropping 469 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: a game in Milwaukee without Giannis, the back to back 470 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 1: loss importantly, Like some of those losses I think are 471 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: reflected from the just difficulty of the early season schedule. Again, 472 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: you had no business losing that game to Indiana. You're 473 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: up eleven in the middle of the fourth quarter. That's 474 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: a game you got to close out. And then Steph 475 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: goes down with an injury, and it's going to be 476 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: very difficult for this team to win without Steph under 477 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: any circumstances, especially on the road the way that they were. 478 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: And so you drop two more games there on the 479 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: road in Sacramento in Denver that you probably don't lose 480 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: both of if Steph plays right. So like, let's just 481 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: say that you just don't blow the Pacers game and 482 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: Steph doesn't get six, so you beat Sacramento. Now you're 483 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: eight and five. So, like, I don't think they're quite 484 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: as bad as the record looks. I think they're gonna 485 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: beat San Antonio tonight, like they are on the back 486 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: to back, but they barely played last night because they 487 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: got their teeth kicked in right. So like Victor Womnyama 488 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: had a huge game against Chicago because they allowed him 489 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: to work in single coverage versus their bigs. But he 490 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: is still kind of working through the issues with the 491 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: double teaming and the putting a big, bigger athletic forward 492 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: that gets up underneath him and is super physical. I 493 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: think Steve Kerr is going to put together an excellent 494 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: double and swarm game plan tonight. I think Draymond and 495 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: Jimmy are both gonna see some time on Victor Women Yam. 496 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: I think Kamingo will see some time on Victor Women Yama. 497 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: And I think they're gonna get up underneath him. They're 498 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 1: gonna pssure him, and they're gonna be physical with him, 499 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: and they're gonna double team him. They're gonna force some 500 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: of San Antonio's life or shooters to make shots. And 501 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: I think Golden State's gonna get a bounce back win tonight. 502 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: We'll see. San Antonio is a very good team, and 503 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: they're at home, so it's certainly not a guarantee. But 504 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: I still think this Warriors team is good. Like I'm 505 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: not one hundred percent sure what they are, but I'm 506 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: one hundred percent sure they're not bad. They're better than 507 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: they look. I don't think they're a five hundred team. 508 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: They're gonna have something to say at some point here. 509 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: I think they bounce back tonight in San Antonio, all right, 510 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: before we get out of here. Tonight Boston Philly kind 511 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: of a fun little defensive slugfest between two teams that 512 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: have incredible perimeter talent but that have thin front lines. Right, 513 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: Joel Embiide out of the lineup. Obviously, we know all 514 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: the guys that are out for Boston. I was really 515 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: impressed by the sharpness of both teams with their defensive 516 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: rotations on the perimeter and just the overall speed of 517 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: their roster on display. The Celtics did a very good 518 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: job defending Tyrese Maxi. Bunch of guys got reps on him. 519 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: Pritchard got reps on him, Derek White got reps on him. 520 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: Jordan Wall she played a really, really good basketball in 521 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: that second half. Like Josh might not ended up. Joe 522 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: Mizula didn't give us any details, but I think it 523 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: was like a behavior thing, kind of like a in 524 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: the coach's doghouse kind of thing. But Josh Mynott basically 525 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: didn't play after his first shift, so Jordan Walsh ended 526 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: up getting the start in the second half, and he 527 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: was very good did a very good job guarding Tyree 528 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: Smacksy As a team, the Celtics swarmed him and forced 529 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: him into some really tough shots. On the other end 530 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: of the floor, Philly showed some more resilience defensively than 531 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: they've shown over the course of the last few weeks. 532 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: They held the Celtics below one hundred and ten points, 533 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: which is the first time they've done that to an 534 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: opponent since Brooklyn, which was like a few weeks back. 535 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: So finally got to see some defensive resistance from Philly, 536 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: and you get to see a lot of their guard speed, 537 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: like Tyrae Smacksy doing a better job defending in hedges 538 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: and recovers better job chasing guys off the line in 539 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: their rotations. The game basically swung back and forth on 540 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: two hot streaks. Derek White had a massive third quarter 541 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: run where he started to get going as a sh 542 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: shot maker and just hit a bunch of tough ones 543 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: in a row. Gave the Celtics a nine point lead, 544 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: and then in the fourth quarter and something that's kind 545 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: of been a recurring trend here for the Sixers. I've 546 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: watched several Sixers games this year with Justin Edwards' second 547 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: half shooting ended up playing a big role. He got 548 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: crazy hot from three again. He had three threes in 549 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: a row in that fourth quarter stretch in the middle 550 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter, and he ended up putting the 551 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 1: Sixers back up by one. Kind of degraded down into 552 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 1: super ugly basketball down the stretch, Tyrese couldn't really get 553 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,719 Speaker 1: a good look for himself. The Celtics actually got several 554 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: good looks that they just missed. Peyton Pritchard missed a 555 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: little mid ranger against drop coverage around the foul line. 556 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,719 Speaker 1: That's a really good look for him. In the final minutes, 557 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: Derek White Jalen Brown had a really nice play where 558 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 1: he got vj Edgecomb on a post, backed him down, 559 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: drew a double team out of the strong side corner 560 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: from Derek White's man made to kick out Derek White 561 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,719 Speaker 1: wide open corner three, and he just happened to miss it. 562 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: And in that ugliness, the Sixers just got the last word. 563 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: There was a play where Tyrese Maxey drives down the 564 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: right lane line and Jalen Brown comes over and throws 565 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: kind of an impromptu double team against Maxie that ends 566 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: up leaving Justin Edwards wide open at the top of 567 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: the key. Peyton Pritchard has inside position on Kelly Ubra 568 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 1: and is guarding him, but he has to throw a 569 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: close out at Justin Edwards, so he throws the close 570 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,959 Speaker 1: out at Justin Edwards. Justin Edwards misses the three, but 571 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: that leaves Kelly Ubra standing underneath the basket with inside position. 572 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: He gets a very easy offensive rebound put back. Derek 573 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: White ends up fumbling the ball away on the ensuing 574 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: possession and having to settle for like a forty five 575 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: foot heave. Kenda gets like a decent little opportunity for 576 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: a putback, but it's a really tough play on such 577 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: a long distance three like that, and Philly ends up 578 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: getting out of there with a win and just goes 579 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: to show you on that final possession. Like you know, 580 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: we talk about that ability to be an advantage creator. 581 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: When you bring two to the ball, there's all sorts 582 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: of trickle down effects. Like one of the trickle down 583 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: effects is you generate a wide open three for Justin Edwards. Right. 584 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 1: But the other trickle down effect is you actually brought 585 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: Peyton Pritchard to throw a close out even though he 586 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: didn't really have any chance to get out there, and 587 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: then ended up leaving Kelly Ubray wide open and rebounding position. 588 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: Another trickle down effect of the advantage creation of Tyres 589 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: Maxi in his ability to consistently draw lots of attention 590 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: from Boston's defense. I want to turn the focus to 591 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: Phillis defense for a minute again. It was their first 592 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 1: time holding an opponent under one hundred and ten points 593 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 1: since the Brooklyn game a few weeks back. We talked 594 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: so much about their speed on offense, but I think 595 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: we saw more of its efficacy on the defensive end 596 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: of this game, with Tyras Maxey doing a good job 597 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: being like being active in his hedges and recovers as 598 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: Boston was really looking to attack Tyras Maxey with guard 599 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: guard screens in this game. And then I thought they 600 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: rotated really well. Again, when you're fast, you can do 601 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: a better job rotating around than the team that is slower. 602 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: In theory, that's something that it should be a strength 603 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: of this particular team. I thought they're on ball. Guys 604 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: did a great job on Boston's guards all game in 605 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: their individual work. Again, Philly's been one of this surprises 606 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: of the early part of the season. But ultimately, if 607 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: they're gonna have any chance to compete in the conference, 608 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to guard, and I thought you saw 609 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: a much better effort from them on that end of 610 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: the floor in this game. On the Celtics front, some 611 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: really good minutes from Jordan Walsh. Again, this is something 612 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: that we've seen, like this high motor kind of do 613 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: everything athletic forward is always popping from Boston, which I 614 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: think is a really strong indicator of just what made 615 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum so valuable to this team. He did all 616 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: of that stuff, the switch ability to guard on the perimeter, 617 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: the excellent defensive rebounding, the athleticism in rim pressure that 618 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: he brings to the table, but then at the same time, 619 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: he also brought superstar level shot creation as part of 620 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: that responsibility, which is what makes him one of the 621 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: best players in the league when he's healthy. But like 622 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: Josh might not, you know, ends up getting into Joe 623 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: Mizula's doghouse, and Jordan Walsh just hooped his ass off. 624 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: He guarded Maxi really well. He was active running the 625 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: floor in transition and as a cutter and as a rebounder. 626 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: He got like a little contact dunk on a transition sequence. 627 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: He hit a corner three out of the left corner. Again. 628 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: I just think it's a reminder of how that high 629 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: motor forward is the clear area of opportunity for this 630 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: season's version of the team while Jason Tatum is out. 631 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: I thought the third quarter was a good sign that 632 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: Derek White is starting to find some rhythm after a 633 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: brutal start to the season. He's still not efficient, but 634 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: he's starting to score at more volume over the course 635 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: of the last three games, and then again that third 636 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: quarter in particular, I just think it's like a sign 637 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: of him kind of building momentum towards being a better 638 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: and more efficient offensive player. But this defensive rebounding thing 639 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: continues to be an issue. They've been the fourth worst 640 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: defensive rebounding team in the league to start the season, 641 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: and it just cost them another game. And I want 642 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: to call some attention to Jalen Brown here, and to 643 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: be clear, it is not just Jalen Brown's fault. I'm 644 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: coming after Jalen Brown here because he's one of the 645 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: guys who has the tools to really help impact this 646 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: flaw that the team is having. So just look at 647 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: the final possession. For instance, if you watch the film, 648 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: after Jalen Brown throws the double team at Maxi and 649 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: the ball gets swung around to Justin Edwards, he actually 650 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: does go back under the basket, but then he just 651 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: kind of stands there and looks up while Kelly Ubre 652 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: gets the ball instead of seeking out Kelly throwing a 653 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: box out or high pointing the ball going and getting 654 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: that thing right, and like, this is the thing, Like 655 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown's averaging his lowest rebounds per game since twenty 656 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: nineteen in this season, and he's capable of being better. 657 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: This is a player who averaged seven rebounds per game 658 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three. He is the guy who is 659 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: most athletically capable of supporting his team on the glass 660 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: for the majority of their lineups. I think Jalen devoting 661 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more of his energy and focus resources 662 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: towards being a ballhawk on the defensive end when the 663 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: shot goes up will go a long way towards helping 664 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: them survive on the glass. The Celtics are right there 665 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: on the precipice of starting to pull some of these 666 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: games out. They've lost five clutch games so far, which 667 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: is the second most in the NBA. They're two to 668 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: five and seven clutch games, and they can clean that up. 669 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: They're giving up an offensive rebound on forty one percent 670 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: of their opponents misses in crunch time this season. They 671 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: can do better than that. They've been missing some clean looks, 672 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: like we talked about with the Derek White and Peyton 673 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: Pritchard shots. If those go in, it gives you a 674 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: better chance to win, right, Like Derek White missed a 675 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: little floater in the lane that like literally hit every 676 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: single part of the rim and barely rolled off with 677 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: like a minute left. That like, just a little bit 678 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: more of that shot making clean up the defensive rebounding. 679 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: They can be a little better defensively than they've been. 680 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: I think they have a one to thirty one off 681 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: defensive rating and crunch time to start. If you can 682 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: start flipping those close games from losses into wins, then 683 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: you're in much better shape in the standings. And they 684 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: have some fixable things that can do there to help 685 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: address that. All right, guys, it's all I have for 686 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: today as always to sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting 687 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: us and supporting the show again. We'll be back tonight 688 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 1: on playback for Lakers Thunder and then tomorrow morning for 689 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: some game reaction. I will see you guys. They h