1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: The Volume. All right, welcome to Hoops Tonight here at 2 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: the Volume. Happy Saturday, everybody. I hope all of you 3 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: guys had a great week Round two coverage of the 4 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: NBA Playoffs. Here at Hoops Tonight is brought to you 5 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: by Chase Freedom Unlimited. How do you cash back? All right? 6 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: We have three shows today. This morning, I'm gona be 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: breaking down both of the games from last night, the 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: Sun's taking Game three from the Nuggets and the Celtics 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: stealing Game three on the road in Philly. 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Under Hoops Tonight, all right, 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: let's talk some basketball. So in Sun's Nuggets not a 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: whole lot of a lot in the way of adjustments 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: that I noticed. I know that they made Yokic playing 23 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: much more of a crowd, definitely set more extra defenders 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: at him, gapped him a little bit more than they 25 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: did in Game two. Jokics was obviously amazing as he 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: usually is. I think he has seventeen assists in the game, 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: but they did force him into six turnovers, got out 28 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 1: into transition a lot more. The Suns had twenty eight 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: points in transition in this game. I thought that was 30 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: a big part of how they got loose offensively. Devin 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: Booker himself had twelve points in transition. The second big 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: adjustment I noticed is they went with a lot more 33 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: Jacques Landale over DeAndre Ayton. I talked a lot about 34 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: after Game one. I believe, if I remember correctly, that 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: the short role was going to be one of the 36 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: most important areas of this series, and the main reason 37 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: why is because the Nuggets are bringing Nikola Jokic out 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: really high. In these screen and roll coverages with Devin 39 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: Booker and Kevin Durant, we've been talking about a similar 40 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: thing when it comes to the Lakers Warriors series and 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis coming out really high and the Warriors picking 42 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: them to pieces in the short role with Draymond Green, 43 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: and if you guys remember in that show, I talk 44 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: to you guys about how it's uniquely a Golden State 45 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: problem that that coverages such a bad idea, because I said, 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: if you guys remember, it's okay to bring the big 47 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: up above the level of the screen against most players 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: because usually the short role guy's not as good or 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: they don't have the bang bang pass sequences down in 50 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: the spacing down to make teams pay out of the 51 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: short role. And so you can blitz or hedge or 52 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: come up high out of your drop and usually have 53 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: success rotating on the back end out of that, whereas 54 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: against Golden State it's like a huge pain because it's 55 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: just Draymond Green down the lane, and if you commit 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: to him, he's gonna kick it to the corner, and 57 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: if you don't, he's gonna go to the rim hard 58 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: and make a layup or dunk it. And it's just 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: Golden Stay a rippy to shreds like that. But you're 60 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: seeing in this series the importance of having competency out 61 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: of that short role. DeAndre Ayton had a Nightmare game 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: in the short role. In this game, there are two 63 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: plays in particular that really hurt where yok is coming 64 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: out high. They hit eight and on the roll. There 65 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: was one where like he had a clear lane to 66 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: go up with two hands and dunk the basketball and 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: went up with a soft finger roll layup over Michael 68 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 1: Porter Junior that he left short. There was another one 69 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: where so we call this tagging the roller. Right, So 70 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: I'm guarding the guy in the weakside corner and the 71 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: rollman comes down the lane, and our screen defender came 72 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: up high above the level of the screen or up 73 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: above the free throw line to contain the rollman is 74 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: coming directly to the rim unimpeded. Right, But the job 75 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: of the weak side corner that defender, his job is 76 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: to tag the roller, which means to get into the 77 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: lane and at least try to do something to make 78 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: it difficult for that big man to finish at the basket. 79 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: But usually it's an undersized defender. There was another play 80 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: I believe in the second half of this game where 81 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray tagged the roller on DeAndre Ayton rolling to 82 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: the rim, and like that's a matchup in the NBA 83 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: playoffs that you have to win. DeAndre Ayden catching on 84 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: the role under the rim against Jamal Murray has to 85 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: be a bucket, and it wasn't. He missed that layup too, 86 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: and it just becomes a problem because what you're doing 87 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: is you're allowing the Denver Nuggets to throw multiple bodies 88 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: at your superstars without experiencing any sort of drop off 89 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: on the defensive back line, and that's a problem. Jack 90 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: Landale much better finishing out of the short role in 91 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: this one, just going with power dribbles and more force 92 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: towards the basket to finish, and I thought that was 93 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: a big part of why he ended up playing as 94 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: many minutes as they did. Jack Landel ended it played 95 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: about half of this game, So again, keep that, keep 96 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: an eye on that in the long run. I mean, 97 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: the way I see it, Deandreten's going to have to 98 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: be dominant in the short role for the Suns to 99 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: have any chance to win the series. They got away 100 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,119 Speaker 1: with one in this game where he didn't play particularly well, 101 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: but Game four is gonna be a really tight one 102 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: and they're gonna need Deandreten to play better. Kevin Durant 103 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna get to Devin Booker because obviously he's 104 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: the hero of the night, but I want to take 105 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: my time there, so I wanted to get through some 106 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: of the other kind of smaller things first, Katie, I was. 107 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: I thought that was a very very impressive Kevin Durant performance, 108 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: and mainly because nothing was working for him. And I 109 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: always think that that's when we learned the most about 110 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: our competitors. I've talked to I've talked a lot about 111 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: this in the past, but I've one of the things 112 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: that I love about real stakes, and like the parody 113 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: in the NBA, is it brings out the best in 114 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: our stars because they have to be amazing in order 115 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: for their team to win. Like I'm a huge Kevin 116 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: Durant fan, but one of the things I didn't enjoy 117 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: about him being on the Warriors is they were just 118 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: so damn good that he never really had to dig 119 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: that deep for them to win. He had big games 120 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: like that game that game ceiling shot that he hit 121 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: over Lebron James in the NBA Finals in twenty seventeen, 122 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: Like super impressive shot, not trying to undersell it at all. 123 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: That was their fifteenth consecutive playoff victory, like there were 124 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: no real stakes there. They were the most unstoppable team 125 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: in NBA history. If Kevin Durant could have missed that 126 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: shot and it had no bearing on whether or not 127 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: they were going to get the trophy. Right. What I 128 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: like about seeing more parody and more even the stuff 129 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: across the board is like Steph's gonna have to be 130 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: incredible to beat the Lakers this year. He's gonna have 131 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: to dig deep, Like Lebron James and Anthony Davis are 132 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: gonna have to be incredible to beat the Warriors this year. 133 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: They're gonna have to dig deep. Kevin Durant is going 134 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: to have to dig so deep to beat this Nuggets team, 135 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: and he did last night. And what was so impressive 136 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: about it is, even in that context, his go to 137 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: move for his entire career, the pull up jump shot 138 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: failed him. This is a guy who I talked about 139 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: this year fifty five percent on pull up jump shots. 140 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: That is unheard of. That's the best pull up jump 141 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: shooting season I can ever remember witnessing as a basketball fan. 142 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: And he went five for seventeen on pull up jump 143 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: shots in Game three, five for seventeen. I think he 144 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,679 Speaker 1: started what one for nine from the field. So imagine 145 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: in a must win game, down two to Zho at 146 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: home and the thing you've worked your entire life for 147 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: fails you on that stage. And what did Kdie do? 148 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: He said, Hell, no, I'm not losing this game, even 149 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: though this is not working. I have all of these 150 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: other things that I can bring to the table as 151 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: a basketball player, and he made those things happen. The 152 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: big thing I noticed was playing with downhill force and 153 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: actually trying to get to the rim again. When you 154 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: really dive in on Kevin Durant as a basketball player, 155 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: there are no weaknesses anywhere, except for sometimes it could 156 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: be a little reticent to attack the basket. He's incredible 157 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: pull up jump shooting at every single level. He could 158 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: score on pick and roll, he could score in isolation, 159 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: he could score in the post. He's got every single 160 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,239 Speaker 1: conceivable shot type. Fadeaway's over both shoulders, one like fadeaway, 161 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: pull up, going right, pull up, going left, step backs, floaters, 162 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: you know, pushots in a lane. He's got everything right. 163 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: He's an excellent passer, a highly underrated part of his game. Here. 164 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: In the last half of his career, he'd assists with 165 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: zero turnovers last night. That Kevin Durant has all of 166 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: these things tied up perfectly in his skill set. He's 167 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: a perfect basketball player, except for sometimes he can be 168 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: a little reticent to go to the rim. Not in 169 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: this game. Eleven points at the rim, another two on 170 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: a floater. He attempted fourteen free throws. And again, when 171 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: you play with force, you will get the whistle. It's 172 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: kind of counterintuitive because you think, like the guy who's 173 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: being super physically aggressive is gonna get called for fouls. 174 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: But I've talked about this on the show all the time. 175 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: If you play with real physical force, the refs will 176 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: usually err on the side of giving you the whistle. 177 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: They reward force. And like Katie turned what could have 178 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: been a disaster night into thirty nine to nine and 179 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: eight because all of those other areas of his game 180 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: showed to the surface when his core talent failed him. 181 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: He was amazing defensively in this game. On the back line, 182 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: he took care of the basketball and made plays for 183 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: his teammates. He generated offense by playing with Downhill four 184 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: worse and they got the win. And so to me, 185 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: that's like one of Katie's more impressive playoff performances, because again, 186 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: five or seventeen on pull up jumpers, that's not like 187 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: a a that's not like something he's in control of. 188 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: I mean, he's taking the same shots he's worked on 189 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: his entire career. He was getting good separation on a 190 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: lot of them. They're just not going in, which, as 191 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: I've said so many times on the show, is something 192 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: that can absolutely happen to a pull up jump shooter. 193 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: But everything else came to the surface and they got 194 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: the win. But let's move to the real hero of 195 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: the game, Devin Booker. That was one of the greatest 196 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: scoring performances I've ever seen. Forty seven points just two 197 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: free throws, the exact opposite of the pull up jump 198 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: shooting spectrum. Thirteen for seventeen on pull up jumpers, ten 199 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: points at the rim, twenty for twenty five from the field. Again, 200 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: there's this funny quote that a tweet that was going 201 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: around last night where kd from a regular season game, 202 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: and I think, if I remember correctly, I have my 203 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: timing right, it was from before Katie went to play 204 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: with the Suns. I think you might have still been 205 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 1: with the Nets at the time. But he said something 206 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: like Devin Booker went twenty for twenty five, and he 207 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: goes like, that's efing ridiculous, you know, basically complimenting Devin 208 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: Booker that was in a regular season game doing it 209 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: against this level of defensive attention with Yolkic coming so 210 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: high out of the screens being guarded by good perimeter 211 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: defenders for the most part, like just unbelievable. And I 212 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: you know, I watched the game live last night. Then 213 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: I went back and watched every single one of his 214 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: scoring possessions again today rewatched the beginning of the game 215 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: to look at defensive coverages and stuff, and the big 216 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: things that stood out to me were one, just the 217 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: ridiculous level of shot making. I mean, he hit these 218 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: like fadeaways from ten to twelve feet that were smothered 219 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: that he made. Even some of his transition baskets were 220 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: completely smothered. But he did supplement it with a lot 221 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: of what I would consider to be non stagnant isolation, 222 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: which is something that I think is not talked about enough. 223 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: And we're gonna talk about it a little bit more 224 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: when we get to James Harden here in a few minutes. 225 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: But when you are stagnant isolating. It's a lot harder 226 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: to get separation. Your defender is keyed in on you, 227 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: the back line is set up ready to help. It's 228 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: just a lot harder. But what Devin Booker does a 229 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: lot is he finds opportunities to attack with an advantage. 230 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: I'll give you an example. So he'd pull up three 231 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: on KCP on the left wing in the first half, 232 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: and like on the play, he kind of flashes over 233 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: to the to the wing and he catches the ball 234 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: and instead of like turning and facing and slowing down 235 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: to face KCP, which which he did on some other possessions, 236 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: but he supplemented it with stuff like this, he just 237 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: does a hard jab step to his left, takes a 238 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: dribble to his right, and elevates up and shoots. But 239 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: the reason why it generates separation on KCP is he 240 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 1: did that on the catch. So kcp's in a closeout again, 241 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: like something silly, Like a close out improves your chances 242 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: of gaining separation from the defender by like fifty percent, Right, 243 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna get It's just a lot harder defensively to 244 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: do that immediately when you're not even really keyed in 245 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: and set yet versus when everything is kind of a 246 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: static situation, right, so like or like you'll see him 247 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: hunt transition opportunities like I was talking about, like, don't 248 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 1: always attack against that set half court environment if you 249 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: see an opportunity to get out and transition and cook, 250 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: get out and transition and cook the pull up three's 251 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: in transition just like walking into those shots. Right, The 252 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: shot making and pick and roll, it was all there. 253 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: But I thought it was a very good balance of 254 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: post work attacking the basket, like there's a post up 255 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: against KCP on the left block or on the right 256 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: block in the first half, where he didn't fade over 257 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: either shoulder. He just bam, bam, two hard power dribbles 258 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: like caved in kcp's chest, reverse pivot drop step back 259 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: towards the baseline, and easy bank shot off the glass. 260 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: Like again, you want to supplement your top, your tough 261 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: shot making with easier shots. That was a big part 262 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: of what allowed him to be so efficient in a 263 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: huge physical playoff environment in the must win game. Literally 264 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: one of the best scoring performances I've ever seen. And 265 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: you know, I've been talking about this all year this year, 266 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: but I consider Devin Booker to be every bit as 267 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: good as that long list of players that we talked 268 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: about at the top of the league. You know, we 269 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: have Steph Lebron Kadi, Jannis Jokic, and b Tatum Kawhi 270 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: and I'm probably forgetting a guy or two, But like 271 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: Devin Booker is straight up on that list. Like he's 272 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: just on that list. He's an unbelievable playmaker compared to 273 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: where he was early in his career, one of the 274 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: most efficient scorers in the league, can do it from 275 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: all levels, translates to the playoffs, has turned himself into 276 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: above average defensive player who competes. He's got all the 277 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: stuff that we typically associate with the superstar player, and 278 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: he's been one of the best players in the league 279 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: during this playoff run from any team that's participated. So 280 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: shout out to Devin Booker. Now, will they do it 281 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: three more times? Who knows, but they're certainly capable. It's 282 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: like I've been talking about since the beginning of the series, 283 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: the Suns are just going to have to get heroic 284 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: scoring performances from Katie and Devin Booker to have a 285 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: chance on the dever front. Nothing really to overreact to. 286 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: I thought effort was a huge part of their issues 287 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: in this game, especially in transition. They were just really 288 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: sloppy getting back and getting matched up. I think their 289 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: coverages are still working again as I go back and 290 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: look at the footage. With exception of those transition opportunities, 291 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: I thought they forced Devin Booker into a lot of 292 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: tough shots and forced kd And into a lot of 293 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: tough shots. There are just two amazing players who took 294 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: advantage of the easier opportunities in the margins when the 295 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: effort wasn't quite there. And I tend to think that 296 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: if Denver plays with that same process, with a little 297 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: bit better effort, they're gonna have a good chance to 298 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: win Game four. I mean, heck, they took a three 299 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: point lead late in the third quarter of this one. 300 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: But I'm glad the Sons are making that a series 301 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: because that I think that one's gonna be interesting down 302 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: the stretch. All right, six of Celtics. You know, it's 303 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: funny when I watched Game one and everyone was focusing 304 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: on the Hardened thing, and Hardened was incredible. I'm not 305 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: trying to undersell it. And when I went back, I 306 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: watched the film. Everyone everyone was talking about Boston and 307 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: some offensive process stuff, and oh why did they post 308 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: up Marcus Smart at the end. And I went back 309 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: and looked at the footage, and I didn't really think 310 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: Boston's offensive process was that bad. Down the stretch of 311 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: that game. I thought it entirely came down to defense. 312 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: They played pick up basketball defense, soft switching, playing off 313 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: of James Harden, letting him feel comfortable as he got 314 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: to his spots, not helping enough off of the non shooters. 315 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: They let him get too comfortable and he made a 316 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: ton of shots and beat them right in game one. 317 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: But they just had a much better defensive effort starting 318 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: in Game two, and it continued into Game three. I 319 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: thought they did a great job guarding Harden and MBA, 320 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: and I want to dive a little bit into the 321 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: schematics of the way they did it, so specifically guarding Harden. 322 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: Jylen Brown in ball pressure. He started this in game two, 323 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: but it continued in game three. You see, it's like 324 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: Joel Andbie wins the tip, tossed it back to James Harden. 325 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: There's Jalen Brown right at half court, just like stunting 326 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: and getting into James Harden just to make him not 327 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: feel comfortable. Again, Like I talk about this all the time, 328 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: but when you set a tone early to make a 329 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: star feel uncomfortable, it's far more likely that they'll have 330 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: a poor shoot versus when you allow them to feel 331 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: comfortable at the beginning of the game. They might make 332 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: a couple of shots now they're feeling great, and even 333 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: if you do turn up the defensive intensity at that point, 334 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: it might not matter. Right, Like, even that shot that 335 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: James Harden hit over al Horford at the end of 336 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: Game one, like that was probably their best defensive possession 337 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: of that sequence. I mean, Al Horford smothered that shot, 338 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: took away the drive. It was great defense. But at 339 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: that point, James Harden is so comfortable and in so 340 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: much of a groove that it's just not going to 341 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: affect him anymore at that point. But Jalen Brown applying 342 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: ball pressure forcing him to his right hand, that's important 343 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: because James Harden just is not as effective getting downhill 344 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: towards the rim as he goes that way and then 345 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: back pressure. So in his ball screen situations, like I'll 346 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: give you an example, there's play where he runs pick 347 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: and roll, gets downhill, actually gets to his left hand, 348 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: and Al Horford's at the rim and James Harden just 349 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: does that classic thing that he tries to do, or 350 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: he just drops his shoulder into the big man's chest 351 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: and then tries to take like a hard step to 352 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: try to dislodge him and then kind of lean back 353 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: and take like a little floater off the glass. But 354 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown, when he gets caught on the screen, he's 355 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: behind James Harden Harden's downhill, but he doesn't give up 356 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: on the play. He goes to his next responsibility, which 357 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: is back pressure, right, and so he comes sprinting in 358 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 1: from behind and just flies in and blocks it with 359 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: one arm. And we talked about this with Jared Vanderbilt 360 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: in the Warriors Lakers series. But longer defenders in back 361 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: pressure actually can be really valuable in a sense that 362 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 1: like when you're putting a guard on a guard in 363 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: pick and roll, once they get caught on the screen, 364 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: they're just not gonna bother anybody. But if it's a 365 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: wing on a guard in pick and roll, they can 366 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: actually use their length to bother people from behind. I 367 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: thought Jayleen Brown did a good job that with that 368 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: they also did a really nice job of gapping into 369 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: driving lanes and playing off of the weekside corner in 370 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: the lane. There was a big play where James Harden 371 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: got all the way to the rim on the right 372 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 1: side of the floor went for a right handed layup 373 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: and James Harden wasn't making good reads in this game. 374 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: But Robert Williams ended up on de Anthony Melton on 375 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: this play. The Anthony Milton was on the left wing 376 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: wide open, Robert Williams just ignores him and comes over 377 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: and blocks James Harden at the rim. So they were 378 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: just sending tons of bodies that hardened him bead throughout 379 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 1: the game. And I didn't think either of them did 380 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,239 Speaker 1: really a good enough job of spraying the ball out 381 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: to shooters to actually soften up the defense over the 382 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: course of the game. But excellent defensive game plan from 383 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: Boston on Harden, and I'm the even bead front. The 384 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: big thing that I noticed was really trying to stop 385 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: him from those catches at the elbow. So Joel embiid 386 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: like when he's posting on the block for whatever reason, 387 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: and a lot of big struggle with this. Anthony Davis 388 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: struggles with this a lot too, But like when you 389 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: post him on the block, he really struggles to make 390 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: the kill pass, like the pass that beats the double team, 391 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: not the pass that escapes the double team, but the 392 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: pass that beats the double team. It's usually a cross 393 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: court pass. It's usually to a three point shooter, and 394 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: you hit a couple of those, and then it kind 395 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: of softens things up in the paint right well. Jolanbid 396 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: struggles with those specific passes. So one of the things 397 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 1: they've been doing is instead of posting him, trying to 398 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: get him the ball in a face situation at the elbow, 399 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: because now he doesn't have to worry about anything going 400 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: on behind him. He's facing the entire floor. If they 401 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: double from this side, it's an easy kick to the corner. 402 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: If they double from this side, he can kind of 403 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: rip through and then pass to the other corner. It's 404 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: just a much easier set of reads for him to make. 405 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: So one of the things that Boston was doing is 406 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: just trying to stop him from ever actually getting catches there. 407 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: So what they were doing is doing a three quarter front. 408 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: So usually Philly will set up and essentially like a 409 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: like a like a pistol set right. So if there's 410 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: one big at the elbow, guard in each corner, guards 411 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: on the wings, and the guard on the wing will 412 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: try to make a post entry, essentially like a high 413 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: post entry. Two Joel Embiid at the elbow. But what 414 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: Boston was doing was a three quarter front, So the 415 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: guy who's defending Embiid has their left foot behind embad, 416 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: so he can't just cut back door. He'd run into him. 417 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: But then he's reaching around the front right, so it's 418 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: forcing them to throw an extended pass a little bit 419 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: further off the spot, which serves two purpose One, It 420 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: forces it so that if he does get a catch, 421 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: he's catching it further away, so instead of catching it 422 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: at seventeen to eighteen feet, he's gonna catch it at 423 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two feet, maybe even out at the three 424 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: point line. Also, then from the other wing, they're basically 425 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: completely ignoring that guy and sending that guard to right 426 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 1: behind Embiid and trying to bait them into throwing that 427 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: high post entry so that guard can just come in 428 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: and knock the pass away. And the Sixers just in 429 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: general throughout the game did not do a good enough job. 430 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: I thought of reversing the ball, because when a guy's 431 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: in three quarter front, he's already submitting himself to Embiid 432 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: to flip position on him and get a seal this way, right, 433 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: So all you have to do is throw that skip 434 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: pass over the top to the other guard and Embiid 435 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: can just reverse. Now he has excellent position in the 436 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: middle of the floor with the defender pinned on his backside. 437 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: And so that's a calendar that I'd like to see 438 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: from Philly going into Game four. But really nice job 439 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: from Boston of just preventing James Harden and Joel Embiid 440 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: from doing what they like to do. And again, that's 441 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: playoff basketball, is forcing teams to do things that they're 442 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,439 Speaker 1: uncomfortable with and hoping to four stars into bad games, 443 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I thought Robert Williams was 444 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: excellent on the back line. He had three blocks. Offensively, 445 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: I thought Boston. You know, I've always been really impressed 446 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: by Boston's highs offensively because they're kind of the quintessential 447 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: modern version of driving kick basketball, and they find a 448 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: bunch of different ways to generate dribble penetration, which is cool. 449 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: So they'll do it in transition. They'll do it off 450 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: the dribble. They'll do it and pick and roll for sure. 451 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: But one of the biggest ways that they do it 452 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: is by slipping screens. So a lot of teams like 453 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: to switch guard guard screens, right, So like if Jason 454 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: Tatum and Marcus Smart set a screen, rather than trying 455 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: to navigate that with a traditional screen and roll coverage, 456 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 1: they'll just have the two guards switch, right. So now 457 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: you have a wing on whoever the guard is for 458 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: Boston and a guard on the wing for Boston. But 459 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: you're not super worried about that compared to a traditional 460 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: post mismatch, right. So in those switching situations, often the 461 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: defenders will get confused or have a little delay before 462 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: they guard who they're gonna guard, and so slipping is open. 463 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: And so one of the things they've done, especially with Tatum, 464 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: because Tatum is so good at finishing at the rim 465 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: and making that kickout pass. But they'll have Tatum come 466 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: set of guard to guard screen and then just slip 467 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: to the rim and like Marcus Marter or Derek White 468 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: or whatever, we'll just kind of throw that little float 469 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: pass over the top, and then Tatum is now barreling 470 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: downhill because the two switching defenders are still up high. 471 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: Tatum is now downhill. And it's the same concept that 472 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: we've been talking about with all of these short roles 473 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 1: with Deandreyton and Jacu Landale or with Draymond Green with 474 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: the Warriors. Now it's Jason Tatum barreling down the rim 475 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: and the low man having to make a decision do 476 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: I stop Tatum at the rim or do I stay 477 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: with my shooter in the corner. And Boston has extremely 478 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,360 Speaker 1: good spacing. That's one of their best abilities offensively. Everything 479 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: is constantly in a typical four out or five out 480 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: spacing system, so there's always shooters in the corners, there's 481 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: always shooters on the wing. If they're in five out, 482 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: they'll be spread out a little bit further. If they're 483 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: in a four out situation, there will be a guy 484 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: in the dunker spot. But they have very, very consistent spacing, 485 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: and so these raids are super easy. So Tatum will 486 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: set the screen, he'll slip to the ram, they'll throw 487 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: that little pass over the top. He'll then throw a 488 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: touch pass to Al Horford in the corner, who will 489 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: throw that extra pass to Derek White, because Derek White's 490 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: defender rotates down to Al Horford and now Derek Whit's 491 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: shooting in wide open three. And again, like driving kick, 492 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: basketball is more about what happens after the initial compromising 493 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: offensive play, not the beginning. Like I would argue that 494 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: dribbling the ball down the floor and just trying to 495 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 1: beat somebody off the dribble is sometimes the hardest way 496 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: to do it, especially against the set elite NBA playoff defense, 497 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: So finding other ways to generate that rotation situation, like 498 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: slipping screens, going into the post, you know, like literally 499 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: anything pushing in transition, anything that gets a defender to 500 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 1: leave his man to offer help, which gets you into 501 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: that driving kick situation. And what makes Boston so deadly 502 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: and driving kick is everybody's an offensive threat. I've talked 503 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: about this before, but their aggregate offensive skill is probably 504 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: the best in the league. Because you got fifty points 505 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: from the two j's in this game, which is basically 506 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 1: becoming a guarantee these days. And then you get the 507 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: three guard course, you have Marcus Smart, Derek White, and 508 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: Malcolm Brogden, which is like one of the most underrated 509 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 1: guard corps in the league. Like Malcolm Brogden completely dominates 510 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: Game two right off the bench, and then in this 511 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: game you get twenty eight from Derek White and Marcus 512 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: Smart combined. Right, So, like you just have so much 513 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: offensive skill on the floor that when they start doing 514 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: the driving kick thing, everybody who has the basketball is 515 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 1: a great passer, a great shooter, and a guy that 516 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: can attack the rim if needed. Right. I mean we 517 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: even saw Al Horford drive and dunk on Giannis, you know, 518 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: in the in the conference semifinals last year. Like he's 519 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: another guy that can legit play, drive and kick from 520 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: the center position. That's a huge asset. And then at 521 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: the end of the game, it was Jason Tatum shot making. 522 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 1: He was really hunting Tobias Harris. They got it within seven, 523 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: and he hits a post up fade away over Tobias 524 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: Harris and then they get it back to six and 525 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: then he's got d Anthony Melton on him. He sets 526 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: a ball screen to get Tobias Harris switched on him, 527 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: and then he just does like a hard step back 528 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: three on the left wing and knocks it down. Basically 529 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: ice is the game. Really impressive late game shot making 530 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: from Tatum on the Sixers front, Like the James Harden 531 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: thing is this weird, man, you've disengaged from the jump. Well, really, 532 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: the whole Sixers team was disengaged from the jump. They 533 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: gave up two transition threes to Boston in the first 534 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: handful of possessions where they just didn't get matched up. 535 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: Like Marcus mart just walks up and takes a wide 536 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: open three, Jason Tatum just walks up and takes a 537 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: wide open three, because guys just start talking and getting 538 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: matched up. But James Harden in particular, one of the 539 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: biggest things that is frustrating for me with him is 540 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: he's always just a little too loose and relaxed instead 541 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: of like really playing with physical force. It's the NBA playoffs, man, 542 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: You're playing against one of the best defensive teams in 543 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: the league and certainly one of the most talented defensive 544 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: rosters in the league. Like, there is no loosey, goosey 545 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: basketball that's gonna work against that team. You've got to 546 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: be tight with everything. You can't just like dribble the 547 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: ball soft to a spot and then throw like a 548 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: looping pass. No, you've got to get there with force. 549 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: You gotta play with physicality. You gotta apply pressure on 550 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: the rim and really draw defenders in before you throw passes, 551 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: or you're gonna have turnovers. Turn the ball over a lot, 552 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: couldn't make any shots, super indecisive. There was a play 553 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: where he got downhill and it had an easy floater 554 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: in the lane, just didn't take it. You know, he 555 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 1: was I talked earlier about the Robert Williams block where 556 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: he just missed a wide open shooter on the week's 557 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: side because he's just not making the right reads. It 558 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: just was kind of a bizarre James Harden performance. And 559 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: you know what's funny is this is the latest in 560 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 1: a long line of a concerning trend with James Harden 561 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: involving his game faltering over the course of a playoff series. 562 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: I noticed this for the first time in twenty eighteen. 563 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: But you know, I have this theory with James Harden 564 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: that the repetitive nature of his game is what makes 565 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: him easier to guard over time. So you'll see him 566 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: be super dominant in game ones, and then usually over 567 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: the course of the series he kind of falls apart. 568 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: That's when you get those really bad games at the 569 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: end of playoff series, right, So twenty eighteen against Minnesota 570 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: Game one, James Harden has forty four points on fifty 571 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: eight percent shooting, rest of the series, twenty five points 572 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: per game on thirty six percent shooting. Against Utah game one, 573 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: forty one points on forty six percent shooting rest of 574 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: the series, twenty five points per game on thirty nine 575 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: percent shooting Against the Warriors that year, the seven gamer 576 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: forty one points on fifty eight percent shooting in game one, 577 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven points per game on thirty nine percent shooting 578 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: the rest of the series. In twenty twenty in the 579 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: Bubble against Oklahoma City, thirty seven points on fifty five 580 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: percent shooting in game one, twenty nine points on forty 581 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: five percent shooting the rest of the series. Against the 582 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: Lakers thirty six on sixty percent shooting in game one, 583 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: twenty eight on forty seven percent shooting the rest of 584 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: the series. And those aren't as inefficient as some of 585 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: his others, but again you can see the drop off 586 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: from game one over the course of the series. And 587 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: then this year he hit seven threes and scores twenty 588 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: three points in game one against Brooklyn, shoots thirty three 589 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: percent the rest of the series and averages fifteen points 590 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: game one against Boston, forty five points on fifty seven 591 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: percent field goals, fourteen points per game on eighteen percent 592 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 1: field goals in the last two games. So you can 593 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: see this consistent trend of like first time anybody sees 594 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: James Harden, they really struggle to guard him. He gets 595 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: to his spots, he knocks down a bunch of step 596 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: back the through he's he puts up big numbers. Over 597 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: the course of the series, they start to figure it 598 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: out and again, like juxapose it with Devin Booker, who 599 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: is so good at varying his attack, like this time 600 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: I'm attacking in the post, this time, I'm attacking in transition. 601 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: This time, I'm just gonna go on the catch and 602 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: jab step and go to my spot and hit a three. 603 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: This time I'm working in pick and roll, you know. 604 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: This time I'm going to you know, clear out, slow 605 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: down ISO and hit a hard jab step jumper going 606 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: to my left right. Like he's gonna have all these 607 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: different variations of his offensive attack, and so it makes 608 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: him kind of actually gain strength as the series progresses. 609 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: But with James Harden, it's kind of the same thing 610 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: every time. It's I'm gonna isolate you, and I'm going 611 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: to kind of get that left foot forward and I'm 612 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: gonna pound those between the leg dribbles until I kind 613 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: of see you leaning one way. And if you're leaning 614 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: on my step back, I'm gonna go left and drive 615 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: hard to the basket. If you're leaning too hard on 616 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: my left hand, I'm gonna do a hard left right 617 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: crossover and try to get back to the right. If 618 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: you're playing too far off of me, I'm gonna do 619 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: a hard step back dribble into that step back jump 620 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: shot going to my right. Like he's gonna to do 621 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: that same kind of sequence of events in every single iso, 622 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: and it's almost always above the break. Then you go 623 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: to the pick and roll situation, same type of thing. 624 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: There's no variation. He doesn't have a hard pull up 625 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: jump shot in pick and roll. His jump shot in 626 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: the mid range is more of a step back that 627 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: he likes to take in isolation situations. So in pick 628 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: and roll, it's like he's gonna go all the way 629 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: to the rim, and so you can kind of funnel 630 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: him properly, and especially if you can send him to 631 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: his right hand. He's not gonna finish at the rim 632 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: very well. So it just in a single game sample size, 633 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: when people aren't familiar with it or not ready for it, 634 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: he can have a lot of success. But like NBA defenders, 635 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: they see that same sequence of moves dozens and dozens 636 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: of times, and by game four they just have it 637 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: figured out. And I mean, this is the same player 638 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: that Boston had no idea what to do with in 639 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: Game one and now he looks, you know, incredibly ineffective 640 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: as we've progressed and we're not even I mean we're 641 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: in game three, series two to one. But it is 642 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: definitely a concerning trend with James Harden. I do think 643 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: think that is the reason why he struggled so much 644 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: in the postseason. Joelbid I thought he competed his ass 645 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: off on both ends. He had thirty and thirteen and 646 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: he had four blocks, but he got ten combined made 647 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: field goals from James Harden, Tyrese Maxey, and Tobias Harris. 648 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: That's just not going to cut it. I Mean, I've 649 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: talked a lot about how that's the most talented top 650 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: four in basketball. But if they're like I've talked about 651 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: this a lot, but sometimes it's more simple than any 652 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: sort of schematic or any sort of complicated concept. It's like, hey, 653 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: did your guys play better than they did the last game, 654 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: because that's going to fix a lot of your problems. 655 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: Like what did I say about the Warriors series inconsistency 656 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: from Lebron James From Lebron James and Anthony Davis is 657 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: their biggest threat. Said to Colin, I was like, if 658 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: they play great consistently, they'll beat the Warriors. If they don't, 659 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: they'll lose Anthony Davis incredible. In game one, they win 660 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis awful. In game two, they lose Steph Curry awful. 661 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: In game one, they lose Steph Curry amazing. In game 662 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: two they win. You kind of get the point here, 663 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: like they need James Harden to play well to have 664 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: any chance to beat the Celtics. It's just a fact 665 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: now from an adjustment standpoint, A couple things I'd like 666 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: to see them do on the hard in front. I'd 667 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: like to see them run more guard guard screens early 668 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: in the possession to get a smaller defender on Harden 669 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: so that he's a little bit more effective in pick 670 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: and roll. Again, a big part of that's gonna be 671 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: pushing with pace so that you have time to run 672 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: multiple actions, and regardless of anything having to do with 673 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: James Harden in general, getting the ball up the four 674 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: floor clicker quicker and flipping sides I think could help 675 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: a lot because Boston is loading up so much on 676 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: the strong side that like just a skip pass could 677 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: go a long way to get any entire defense to rotate. 678 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: You do that once or twice, their shel drill just 679 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: gets a little looser now instead of being completely loaded 680 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: up on the side, they're only kind of loaded up 681 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: on the side, which could go a long way towards 682 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: helping that Joel embiid high post catch or elbow catch right. 683 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: So I'd like to see them get the ball up 684 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: the floor quicker and reverse sides of the floor a 685 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: little bit more. We talked about this earlier with the 686 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: embiid at the elbow stuff, but when they're doing that 687 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: three quarter front with backside help that bracketing embiid before 688 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: the catch at the elbow, that's where you want to 689 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: throw that skip pass so that Joel and Bee can 690 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: reverse pivot and have a good seal at the elbow 691 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: on the other side of the floor. And then just 692 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: in general, they need to play better defense. I didn't 693 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: think their defensive effort was very sharp to start the game. 694 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: They got a little bit more desperate at the end 695 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: of the game, but it just was too late at 696 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: that point. All right, guys, that is all I have 697 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: for this morning. We will be back after heat Nicks 698 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: at about three point thirty four o'clock ish Pacific time, 699 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: and then we'll be going after Warriors Lakers. The volume