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You're being guarded by the best guard 74 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: defender in the league who did a really nice job 75 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: on Steff throughout the game, who also drew holiday in 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: the final minute. Hit a tough contest at three on 77 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: the right wing, so you're basically dugg in an eleven 78 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: point hole effectively there and Steph goes four for four 79 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: on ridiculous shot difficulty to send the game to ot 80 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: Clay gets gets going, and ot hits two shots to 81 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: build a little bit of a margin, and then Steph 82 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: closes the deal with a ridiculous three on the left 83 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: wing and a driving layup. And Draymond also was magnificent 84 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: defensively down the stretch, got a kist stop on brook 85 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: Lopez in the post, had a really nice close out 86 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: on a brook Lopez three in the right corner. Hit 87 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: a pretty nasty ankle injury earlier in the game and 88 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: battled through it. He was a plus twenty two in 89 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 1: this game. It was a vintage Warriors win, and that's 90 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: why they've won some n games. They just understand all 91 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: those little things that you gotta do at the end 92 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: of the games. This was a you know, it's been 93 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: a tough execution year for the Warriors on a bunch 94 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: of different levels, a lot of different factors at play, 95 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: and you know, there was some bad intel that came 96 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: out from the Andrew Wiggins thing. I think it was 97 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: Anthony Slayter, if I remember correctly. I hope I'm right 98 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: about that, but he had mentioned that there's a suspicion 99 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: that Andrew hasn't even touched a basketball court in several weeks. 100 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: Jonathan Cominga. He's day to day with the ankle injury, 101 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: but he's missing multiple games here. Gary Payton still hasn't 102 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: played so like especially going into a matchup like this 103 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: against a Bucks team that is pretty damn good without Yannis. 104 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: They were nine and five coming into the night when 105 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: Jannis sits out. Even without Jannis, there's still an unbelievable 106 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: defensive team. They've got still Brook Lopez, who's you know, 107 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: every bit of the defensive Player of the Year candidate 108 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: that he's always been. Drew Holliday, one of the best 109 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: guard defenders in the league. Like we mentioned earlier, this 110 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: was a tough game to win, even for the Warriors 111 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: at home. And you know what was interesting is Golden 112 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: State came in with a really good game plan. I thought, 113 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: you know, one of the interesting things about the Bucks 114 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: is with Yannis, they run the floor in transition like 115 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: crazy on almost twenty percent of their possessions, and they're 116 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: really effective there because of what Jannis can do in 117 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: the open floor. But without Yannis, they are much more 118 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: of a half court team. They're not a very athletic 119 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: team once you get Yannis off the floor, and they're 120 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: not a team that looks to run very often. And 121 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: you know, one of the kind of balances that takes 122 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: place in a basketball game is how much are you 123 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: willing to crash the offensive glass versus getting back in 124 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: transition to contain a team that likes to get back. 125 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: For instance, if you're playing against the Bucks with Yannis, 126 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: like you need to get back and you need to 127 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: build a wall, so you might not be able to 128 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: be as aggressive to the offensive glass. I thought it 129 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: was intentional. I would imagine it was part of the 130 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: game plan, but Golden State was recklessly attacking the offensive glass. 131 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: And I thought it was smart because when Yannis is 132 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: off the floor, the percentage of possessions that Milwaukee looks 133 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: to run in transition plummets down to like thirteen percent 134 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: according to Cleaning the Glass, and they're way less effective 135 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: on a points per possession basis when they run. They're 136 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: just not a very good transition team without Giannis, And 137 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: so I thought it was a really smart game plan 138 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: they had. I think they had like eighteen or nineteen 139 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds on this game, which is absolutely insane. It 140 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: was the way they wanted ot with all the extra 141 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: chances that they got it. They had a good game plan, 142 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, they were still 143 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: down one o eight to one hundred with less than 144 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: two minutes left because once again against that Bucks team, 145 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: which is so big and so good defensively. I've talked 146 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: about this a lot about you know, because you guys 147 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: know how much I believe in Steph Curry and Draymond Green. 148 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: It's kind of similar to the way I've talked about 149 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: Lebron and Anthony Davis over the years. I have a 150 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: huge believer in those two. I'm a huge believer in 151 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: Stephan Draymond. But the reality is is one of the 152 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: things that we all can learn about the game of 153 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: basketball is it is a team sport no matter what, 154 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: and there are certain responsibilities that have to be checked 155 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: on the floor. Stephan Draymond are both below average athletes 156 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: for their position, and so you need to surround them 157 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: with a certain level of athleticism. Like even when we 158 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: go back to the Warriors in their absolute prime, whether 159 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: it was Kevin Durant or in his prime Andrea Guadala, 160 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: Harrison Barnes, or playing with Andrew Bogae at center, there 161 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: was a size and athleticism that went beyond their core 162 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: that could help cover those bases, and it's just really hard, 163 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: especially in the modern NBA with how deep these teams 164 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: are with talent, to win when you're as unathletic as 165 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: the Warriors are without Andrew Wiggins, without Gary Payton, without 166 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: Jonathan Cominga. So they were still in a hole there, 167 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: and that's why I said this was snatching the victory 168 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: from the jaws of defeat by Steph Curry. They were 169 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: supposed to lose that game, and Steph simply would not 170 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: let them. The types of shots he was hitting there 171 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: down the stretch, it was putting the ball in the 172 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: basket through sheer force of will. That last three he 173 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: hit to match the one that Drew Holliday hit open 174 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: or no ball screen, no nothing, just took Drew Holiday 175 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: and hit him with the step back. Didn't get that 176 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: much separation, but he got enough and that's enough for 177 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: him to get his shot off and he willed the 178 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: ball into the rim again. Four for four down the 179 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: stretch of that game, with ridiculous shot quality. It was 180 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: almost like Steph Curry just kind of felt the situation 181 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: and went, We're not winning this game unless I just 182 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: catch a heater right here and he tried like hell 183 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: to do so, and he did again. It's gonna be 184 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: really tough. It's gonna get harder for the Warriors here. 185 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: They have a tough matchup with the Suns coming up 186 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: at home, who are playing really good basketball right now, 187 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: even without Kevin Durant, Devin Bookers on a tear, and 188 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: then they go back on the road, I think for 189 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: five games, and you know how the Warriors have struggled 190 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: on the road. Now this is gonna be the thing. 191 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: Is this gonna be the moment that galvanizes this group. 192 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: Are they gonna be able to pull together and get 193 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: some wins on the road? I'd like to think from 194 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: a motivational standpoint, that'll help, But the reality of the 195 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: situation is without the athleticism of Andrew Wiggins, without the 196 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: athleticism of Gary Payton, it's just gonna be really hard 197 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: for them too. I do think Andrew, excuse me, Jonathan 198 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: Comingo will come back sooner than later, and that will 199 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: certainly help things. But this group is going to have 200 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: to be incredibly locked in down the stretch of this 201 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: season to get out of the play in because they 202 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: are at a personnel disadvantage, a athleticism and height disadvantage 203 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: almost every single night, and you know what it might 204 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: require Steph being all world good the way that he 205 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: is in order to float them during the stretch, which 206 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: you know, that's what superstars do, and he's done it 207 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: in the past, and I think he can do it again. 208 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: I will say though, as a basketball fan, that was fun. 209 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: That was a fun end of that game to watch. 210 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: And you know, I will never stop believing in this 211 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: group and what they're capable of when they're fully healthy, 212 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: Because when it comes down to it in a key 213 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: moment and a key playoff series, if I've got Steph 214 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: Curry and Clay Thompson and Draymond Green and Kevon Looney 215 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: and hopefully Andrew Wiggins, you know that it's just gonna 216 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: be really hard to bet again that group. You know, 217 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: as I've kind of settled in, I've had the Bucks 218 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: as my championship favorite for about a month or two now, 219 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: pretty much since the last Steph Curry injury. Not because 220 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: I don't believe in the Warriors when they're healthy, but 221 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: just the reality of their predicament, which we just went 222 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: over and everyone else in the league has massive question marks, 223 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: like you know Denver can't defend nearly as well as Milwaukee, 224 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: and they're kind of on a slide defensively right now. 225 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: Phoenix is missing their best player. The Lakers are missing 226 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: their best player. Philly has no bench, and I have 227 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: some question marks about him Beat and James Harden. When 228 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: we get to the postseason, I think Boston has the 229 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: best chance, but Milwaukee I think is just slightly better 230 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: than them, and I trust them a little bit more. 231 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: And not only that, be honest, is just by far 232 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: the best player in that particular series should they ever 233 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: get to that point. Now, we'll reapproach this when we 234 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,599 Speaker 1: get to April. Like I expect to be able to 235 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: see Kevin Rant the Sons a little bit more. I 236 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 1: expect the Warriors to hopefully get whole and put together 237 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: some games in April where they look more or less 238 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: like the version of themselves that we're going to see 239 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. I'm really interested to see what the 240 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: Lakers look like if they can get four or five 241 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: games in a row with Lebron James on the court 242 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: with them. There's a lot of stuff that I want 243 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: to see. I want to see how good, how well 244 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: Denver's defending over the course of the last month of 245 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: the season. Their personnel limitations are real on the defensive 246 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: end of the floor, Like in most of their late 247 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: round playoff series, They're not going to have nearly the 248 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: same defensive personnel as their opponent. That doesn't mean that 249 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: they can't win, but that means they have to be 250 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: incredibly sharp in their details like that go beyond athleticism 251 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: in size. They're gonna need to be super sharp in 252 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: their execution defensively. I need to see that from them 253 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: in the time leading up to the postseason. So we'll 254 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: reapproach this when we get to mid April. But as 255 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: of right now, the Bucks are the safest bet. And 256 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, aside from some nightmarish late game 257 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: execution tonight, Drew Holiday inexplicably dribbling into a turnover after 258 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: that Brook Lopez block and then looking off Joe Ingles 259 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: in the corner on that final possession, and Steph Curry 260 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: making a really nice defensive play on him at the rim, 261 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: but in the process Drew leaving time on the clock. Like, 262 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: they made a lot of mistakes down the stretch of 263 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: this game, but they have been a really impressive basketball 264 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: team throughout this season. They seem locked in and ready 265 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: and unless I see some of those other teams get 266 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: it together in a bunch of different ways. As of 267 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: right now, the Bucks are still my favorite. But like 268 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: I said, we'll reapproach that when we get to April. 269 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: All right, let's move on to Blazer sixers. So this 270 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: was an interesting game in the early slate last night. 271 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: The Blazers came out red hot. From three Anphony Simons 272 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: made eight threes. Here's some trivia for you, guys. How 273 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: many players in NBA history have made at least nine 274 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: threes in a game at least five times? Take a 275 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: guess I wish we had. We could insert some trivia 276 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: sound the answers six. Now try to guess who those 277 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: players are. Now, there's gonna be the regular ones you 278 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: would expect, right, Steph Curry, Clay Thompson, Damian Lillard, James Harden, 279 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: the volume guy. But there's two additional guys, j R. 280 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: Smith and an Fonny Simons. Literally, he's made nine threes 281 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: in a game five times. He's actually one of the 282 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: best heat check guys in the league. Although he was 283 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: stuck on eight in that game, and they could have 284 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: used one more out of him under the circumstances. Last 285 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: little bit of trivia, how many times do you think 286 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: Steph has hit at least nine threes in a game? 287 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: Thirty nine times. Thirty nine times. That's as much as 288 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: all of the active guys on that list combined that 289 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: have made at least five. So it's just just another 290 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: stratosphere for the greatest shooter of all time. But down 291 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: the stretch, the Sixers locked in on both ends of 292 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: the floor. They held the Blazers to just five points 293 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: in the final five minutes of the game, and Joel 294 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: Embiid hits the game winner. There was an interesting kind 295 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: of sequence there where he was isolating Nurkics, but the 296 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: spacing wasn't quite right, and Doc Rivers called a time out, 297 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: and I was confused by it in the moment because 298 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, this is just gonna give Chauncey 299 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: Billups the opportunity to double team Joel, and he didn't 300 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: double team Joel left him on an island again, which 301 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: gave Doc Rivers the opportunity to set up better spacing 302 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: on Joel's first attempt, like they were a little bit 303 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: crowded on him on the wings, and on the play 304 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: out of the time out, they cleared the top of 305 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: the floor and gave Joel the entire middle of the 306 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: floor so that when he did that spin back towards 307 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: the middle, he had more space to go. Again, if 308 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: you do that same move and there's a shooter on 309 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: the left wing, that guy can dig down and disrupt 310 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: Joel in a way that he can't if it's vacated. 311 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: So I thought it was a gamble from Doc because 312 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: I thought he might have set Joel up for a 313 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: double team. But it ended up paying off and Joel 314 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: embiid just a ridiculous high level of skill in that 315 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: spin move. I went on with Mark Ryan with CBS 316 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: Sports Radio this earlier this evening, and we were talking 317 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: a little bit about the Kendrick Perkins thing, and you 318 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: know what was funny is like I think that there 319 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: is actually a little bit of like a European type 320 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: of bias that takes place where basketball fans just assumed 321 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: that European players are more skilled than American players, and 322 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: American players are all players are often characterized by their 323 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: you know, kind of tunnel vision in terms of isolation, 324 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: scoring and a lot of focus on their athleticism, and 325 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: then the European players it's all the passing and the 326 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: skill and the flare, And like, I think that that 327 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: gets a little ridiculous because there's no doubt that in 328 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: Europe there's a lot of players that play really well 329 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: in terms of playmaking and things along those lines. But 330 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: it's a very physical game over there, so isolation scoring 331 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: is a little bit less impactful. The spacing is different, 332 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: and you actually need to move the ball a lot 333 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: a lot more over there. So a lot of it's 334 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: just the way they're play the way that they play 335 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: growing up over there. But I would push back on 336 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: that concept a lot. I think that American players are 337 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: extremely underrated in terms of their skill level, and Joel 338 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: Embiads a great example of that. Like, yes, Joel Embiad's 339 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: level of skill is very different than Nikola yokis because 340 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: it manifests more in scoring skill set, but his scoring 341 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: skill set his miles and miles and miles ahead of 342 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: what Nicola Yokis is is. Nicol Yokich is a very 343 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: efficient score but he does it a lot within the 344 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: flow of the offense, and he's very good at creating 345 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: advantages for himself. But he's not in the same stratosphere 346 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,479 Speaker 1: as a player as Embiid when it comes to that 347 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: staring your man in the face and just getting a 348 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 1: bucket over the top of him. And so I want 349 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: to do a better job, and I'm gonna try to 350 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: work on it on this show and kind of point 351 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: it out when I see it elsewhere. But the skill 352 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: level of American players is insane too. Now. Joel Embid 353 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: obviously has came from overseas originally, but in terms of 354 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: his basketball development, for the most part, it's taken place 355 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: in the United States, and he's thought of in a 356 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: lot of ways as an American player, even though he's not. 357 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: So I want to be clear about that. I just 358 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: think that Joel gets kind of lumped in with that group, 359 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: and Yokis kind of with the other groups. I just 360 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: wanted to kind of differentiate that a little bit, but 361 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: to be clear, like and beads on a damn tear man, 362 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: And about two months ago, I was one of those 363 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: people that thought Yokis was better. And I always have 364 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: been gravitating towards playmakers. You guys know that about me. 365 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 1: I gravitate towards perimeter players, and I gravitate towards playmakers, 366 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: and so even amongst the centers, I gravitated towards Yokich. 367 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,679 Speaker 1: And then there were some specific things that thought mb 368 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: relied really heavily on foal bating, which is not a 369 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: thing that I like a lot. And then obviously he 370 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: hasn't played as well in the postseason as he does 371 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: in the regular season. Those are two things that are 372 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: going to kind of point me in opposite directions. But 373 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: a couple of things. His perimeter jump shot is real. 374 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: This is a huge sample size that's gone extremely well 375 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: for him. He's not relying on the foul bating nearly 376 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: as often lately. He's drawing a lot of free throws 377 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: just by dropping his head and going into the lane 378 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: with a ton of physicality, and it just in generally, 379 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: there's like a demeanor with him that I've been on 380 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: for months now, and James harted a fight, a competitiveness 381 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: that is another level above what I've seen from him 382 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: early in his career. Every single big game of late, 383 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: he has shown up in in a big way, especially 384 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: down the stretch of games. These are a couple of 385 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: crazy numbers for you in clutch situations. So when the 386 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: game is within five points with less than five minutes left. 387 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: He is scoring at a rate of thirty seven points 388 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: per thirty six minutes, So if you extrapolated his scoring 389 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 1: out to a normal thirty six minute game, it's like 390 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: he's averaging thirty seven points per game focused within that 391 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: clutch time situation, shooting fifty percent from the field, thirty 392 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: six percent from three, and eighty six percent from the line. 393 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: The Sixers have a defensive rating of eighty four point 394 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 1: six in clutch situations. With Joe Ellen beat on the floor. 395 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: He made every big play down the stretch as they 396 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,199 Speaker 1: beat the Denver Nuggets in a head to head matchup 397 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: with Yokich on both ends of the four. He made 398 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: every single big play down the stretch in a big 399 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: game against the Milwaukee Bucks, including the eventual game winner 400 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: in that three point shot from the top the key 401 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: and a bunch of monster defensive players in pick and 402 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: roll as a switcher and in drop coverage. Even in 403 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: the Boston game that they lost at the buzzer to Tatum, 404 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: he was magnificent on both ends down the stretch of 405 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: that game, and then once again last night against Portland, 406 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: just incredible on both ends of the floor against a 407 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: red hot shooting Portland team to get the win. I 408 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: am switching my stance. Two months ago, I would have 409 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: told you I thought Yokich is better than Embiid. I 410 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: think Mbiad has proven over the course of the last 411 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: two months that he is a better player. I think 412 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: his ceiling as an impactful shot maker, you know, downhill fource, 413 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: drawing fouls at the rim, a defensive on the defensive 414 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: end of for just another stratosphere ahead. If where Yokich is, 415 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: I think he's the better player right now, So I'm 416 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: flipping that now again. I gravitate towards perimeter players, so 417 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: I'd still take guys like Steph and Kde and Janis 418 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: over Yokichen Embiid. But I think Embead is nipping on 419 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: those guys hills, and I do think he's better than 420 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: Yokis right now. I think he's proved that. All right, 421 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 1: Let's move on to the Raptors and the Lakers. This 422 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: was yet another really impressive win for the Lakers. Toronto 423 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: threw a great punch too. They'd come into the game 424 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: six and five since they traded for Yaka Pearl, their 425 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: first real center that they've had in a long time. 426 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: Nick Nurse played his starters together as much as humanly possible. 427 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: I think they combined to play twenty seven minutes together, 428 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: and that group was excellent, and they performed really well 429 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 1: against the Lakers. Oge and Obi and Scotty Barnes both 430 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: had amazing nights to combine for sixty three points on 431 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 1: thirty three shots. Og and and Obe knocking down every 432 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: single spot up three he took, had some really nice 433 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: isolation plays in the second half. Scotty Barnes was just 434 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: backing down the Laker guards into the lane for easy 435 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: little hook shots and jumpers in the lane. He was awesome. 436 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: It was just a really really good punch from Toronto. 437 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: They were frightening defensively. They locked in there at the 438 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: start of the second half and held the Lakers to 439 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: just five points in the first seven minutes of the 440 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: second half, and then three adjustments from Darvin Ham I 441 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: thought got the Lakers the win. So I wanted to 442 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: kind of dive into the strategy of that for a minute. 443 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: First of all, he went to his zone. This was 444 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: very important because og and Obi, in particular Scotty Barnes 445 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 1: in particular little Pascal Siakom too. All of the big 446 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: Toronto forwards we're bullying the Laker guards inside to take 447 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: little pushhots over the top. Now, Toronto's a weird team 448 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: because the Lakers are big two. Like when the Lakers 449 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: are healthy, when they have Lebron and you go ad 450 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: Lebron Jared Vanderbilt, they're a huge team. But even in 451 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: that case, because of the way Toronto plays eighties on 452 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: Yaka Purdle, Lebron can guard a big forward. Jared Vanderbilt 453 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: can guard a big forward. But that's there's three other 454 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: big forwards out there between Og and Scottie and Pascal, 455 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 1: like one of them is going to end up being 456 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: guarded by Malik Beasley or D'Angelo Russell. So from a 457 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: match up perspective, some of it is just how weird 458 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: Toronto is. They are an uncharacteristically massive team that is 459 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: playing like a three four type of forward at the 460 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 1: two guard position just because that's the way they want 461 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: to play. So some of it's a little unusual. But 462 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: when Darvenham went zone, it helped in a couple of 463 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: different ways. First of all, it allowed Anthony Davis to 464 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: stay around the rim, so that now when you're taking 465 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: those short range little push shots and hook shots and 466 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: turnaround jumpers and stuff, now you're shooting them maybe over 467 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: a smaller guard, but most likely over Anthony Davis and 468 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: a smaller guard or just Anthony Davis. So Anthony Davis 469 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: lingering around the rim was able to help. Also, zone 470 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: defenses require teams to execute at a higher level. There's 471 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: a level of positioning on the floor, moving the ball 472 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: around to get the zone to reverse sides a bunch 473 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: of times, getting that guy to the high post that 474 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: can try to pull Anthony Davis away from the rim 475 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: to open up stuff on the back line. There's a 476 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff within the zone that requires execution. And 477 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: what's the biggest weakness for that Toronto Raptors lineup, Like 478 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: when you've got Fred van vleet, O Gannaobi, Pascal Siakam 479 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 1: and Scottie Barnes and Yaka Purdle, there's just not a 480 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: whole lot of ball hand and shooting in basketball IQ. 481 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: That's not a strength of that group. That is a 482 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: sheer force of size and athleticism type of lineup, and 483 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: so challenging their ability to execute was I thought a 484 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: really smart strategy. It really stagnated that Raptors offense and 485 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: allowed the Lakers to linger around long enough for them 486 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: to break through offensively. So adjustment number one, going to 487 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 1: his own adjustment number two, Darvin ham went with three guards. 488 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: And again this is something that Hamm has been criticized 489 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: for a lot, so it was frank last year, but 490 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: I thought it was an interesting adjustment. And what would 491 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: Dlo Austin and Dennis Schroder down the stretch of this game? 492 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: And I thought the main reason why is Toronto's rotations, 493 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: their defensive rotations, flying around the perimeter, especially out of 494 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: their double teams of Anthony Davis, and they just doubled 495 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: the hell out of Anthony Davis every single time he 496 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: even tried to get into a position where he could 497 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: catch the basketball, which is a big part of why 498 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: I think he only had eight points. But because of 499 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: how good Toronto was in their defensive rotations, you weren't 500 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: breaking down Toronto on the first action. They needed multiple 501 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: act as to get that opening to score, extending the advantage, 502 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: that extra little pass here, that extra drop off there, 503 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: that extra cut here, And the only way they were 504 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: going to do that was by increasing the aggregate ball 505 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 1: handling shooting in basketball IQ of that group. And so 506 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: going with a group that had Anthony Davis and Dennis 507 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: Roeder and Austin Reeves and D'angela Russell gave them the 508 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: necessary amount of ball handling for them to be able 509 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: to score. And then lastly, the last adjustment, Darvin Hamm 510 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: started running interchanges into every single pick and roll, like 511 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: a screening action before the pick and roll. So one 512 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: of the defensive adjustments from Nick Nurse in this game 513 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 1: was he put Yaka Peurdle on Jared Vanderbilt. Jared Vanderbilt, 514 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: he made two corner threes in the first half, but 515 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: like I think he was, he's gonna knock down under 516 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 1: forty percent of him typically even though he's standing by 517 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: himself out there completely unguarded. So that allowed Yaka Peurdle 518 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 1: to linger around the basket. Then what he did is 519 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: he put og and and Obi on Anthony Davis and 520 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: basically had him hug up onto him. Right, So, because 521 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: he was hugged up onto Anthony Davis, ad was not 522 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,239 Speaker 1: an option and the rim was not an option, and 523 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: so really the Lakers' best opportunity to score was to 524 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: try to get separation for their guards coming over the 525 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 1: top of the screen to hopefully get some opportunities for 526 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: some pull up jump shots. I thought that was their 527 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: best opportunity to score, and so Darvinham started running some 528 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: interchanges flowing into the pick and roll to help those 529 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: guards get separation. They were back to back possessions where 530 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell hit pull up jumpers, a pull up two 531 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: and then a pull up three where what they did 532 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: is a quick dribble handoff before D'Angelo Russell came over 533 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: the Anthony Davis screen. Here's why that matters because with 534 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: Peartle on Vanderbilt essentially zoning up under the rim, and 535 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: with og and Anobi hugged up on Anthony Davis, they 536 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: were switching all of the screens between the three guards. Now, 537 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: right after you switch, there's like a little bit of 538 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,239 Speaker 1: a delay before you're ready for whatever comes next. Right, 539 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: if i'm guard, you're about to go over a ball screen, 540 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 1: I'm prepped for the ball screen. I see it coming. 541 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: You start heading that way. I can position myself to 542 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: kind of sidle up on top of the screen, or 543 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: to try to fight over the top right, or even 544 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: just lock and trail to apply back pressure. But what 545 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: if I'm guarding the ball handler and they set a 546 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: quick screen. Now I'm not guarding the ball handler, okay, 547 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: because we switched under Toronto scheme. What if I'm guarding 548 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,239 Speaker 1: the guy setting the screen? Well, they like I think 549 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,239 Speaker 1: the two plays that I'm referencing, and I posted these 550 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: clips on my Twitter feed. You guys can find them 551 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: there at underscore Jason LT. But Dennis Shorter comes down 552 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 1: the floor, sets a dribble handoff. Now, all of a sudden, 553 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: Dennis's man is actually guarding D'Angelo Russell. In both cases, 554 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: I think it was Fred van Vleet or it might 555 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: have been Fred van Vleet the first one, then Scotty 556 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: Barnes on the second one. But what ends up happening 557 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: there is in that brief second after the switch, if 558 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: I'm guarding Dennis and I'm switching on to Dilo, Now 559 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,679 Speaker 1: I'm not ready for that ball screen because I was 560 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 1: attention going this way as Dennis was dribbling that way. 561 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: Suddenly I'm guarding Dilo going back this way to a 562 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 1: ball screen. That little interchange in that brief delay, and you, guys, 563 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: again I encourage you to go to my Twitter feed 564 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: and watch the video because you can see it pretty 565 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: clear that little delay bought D'Angelo Russell a ton of 566 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: separation coming over that Anthony Davis screen, and again Oganna 567 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: Noby is hugged up on Anthony Davis so he's not helping. 568 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: So if you could get over that screen and get 569 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: separation from the on ball guy, there's a wide open 570 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: pull up shot there. Dilo got two wide up and 571 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: pull up shots knocked it down. There was another one 572 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: later in the corner where they ran a similar thing 573 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: involving ad. They had D'Angelo Russell on the inbounds play 574 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: run over and set a hard pick on og Na 575 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: Noby and og didn't want to switch, but he had 576 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: to because of a good pick. Anthony Davis set him 577 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: up well, gave him a little bit of a shove, 578 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis came right off the pick into a 579 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: ball screen with I believe Austin Reeves okay, that all 580 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: of a sudden confused Toronto because it was a three 581 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,479 Speaker 1: man switch, right. I talked about this all the time, 582 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: beating switching schemes with three man actions because now no 583 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: one knows who to guard, right, It's it's way less 584 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: straightforward than I'll guard your man, you guard by man. 585 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 1: Right in the process, after Delo sets that pick, he 586 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: quick pops out to the left wing. Og Ana Nobe 587 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: hesitates for just a second because Austin Reeves is coming 588 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: off that ad screen and he's open, and so og 589 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: lingers in at the top of the at the top 590 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: of the key to contain Austin easy swing pass, a 591 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell knocks down to three again. Toronto was frightening 592 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: defensively at the end of this game. They were playing 593 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: with a really smart scheme, sagging yakapurtle off, ignoring Jared Vanderbilt, 594 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: hugging up on Anthony Davis, doubling him every time on 595 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: the catch, rotating out of it frighteningly well. Their only 596 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: chance was backcourt skill, which they didn't have nearly as 597 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: much of before the trade deadline, and smart actions to 598 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: buy those guards the separation they needed to make shots. 599 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: I thought Darvin hand did a really nice job down 600 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: the stretch of this game. I thought he's down a 601 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: really nice job since the trade deadline, so I want 602 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: to shout out him. Austin Reeves also had his very 603 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: best game as a pro was magnificent in the second 604 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: half of this game. In particular, Man, when he had 605 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: that dunk in that half court set, when he cocked 606 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: it back with two hands and threw it down, you 607 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: could tell he was really feeling himself. It was really 608 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: cool to see. You know, I've always been high on 609 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves as a role player. He has flashed high 610 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: level ball handling this season that I didn't even remotely 611 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: expect watching him last season. I always do he had 612 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of that, like second side action ability 613 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: to make plays off the dribble, but like, this is 614 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: high level stuff against high level defenders that he's doing. 615 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: This is real. I think Austin Reeves is a very, 616 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,959 Speaker 1: very good basketball player. That was his best game as 617 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: a pro. I've said it all before. I'm not going 618 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 1: to get into it again, but the Lakers are really good, 619 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: and all I'm gonna say is, if Lebron can come 620 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: back and look like seventy percent of himself for a 621 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,239 Speaker 1: few games before the playoffs, I'm going to take a 622 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:00,959 Speaker 1: really hard look at them as a team that can 623 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: come out of the West. They just check a whole 624 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: lot of boxes. Like I broke down the other day, 625 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: I really quickly before we get out of here tonight. 626 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm not going to spend more than just a couple 627 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: of minutes on this. But one of the two games, 628 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: one of the three games I watched last night was 629 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets getting a win on the road in 630 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: Minnesota against the Wolves. I've been watching a lot of 631 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: Wolves lately because I'm fascinated by their young core. I 632 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: really liked Anthony Davis, Jade McDaniels, Rudy Gobert pairing as 633 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: long as they can surround them with the right types 634 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: of players. But these were, you know, two mediocre teams 635 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: and Brooklyn gotta win. But I thought it was a 636 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: great example of a small detail in basketball that I 637 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: wanted to touch on. And you know, we talked about 638 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: this in the in the Lakers game, og and Obi 639 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: when he when he overhelped on that Austin Reeves drive 640 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: and left Angela Russell open. Austin had a little bit 641 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: of an advantage coming over the screen, but it probably 642 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: would have been a tough shot for him. And I 643 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: think sometimes we obsessed with shot quality and we ignore 644 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: the reality of the Excuse me, we folks focused so 645 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: much on shot value we ignore the quality of shot, 646 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: the realities of shot quality. So, for instance, like a 647 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: lot of teams will be like, oh, like a layup 648 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: is a high percentage shot, high value shot, so we 649 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: should take that away and concede a three, which is 650 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: a lower value shot. Even if it's a higher value 651 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: than a contested to like mid range jump shot, it's 652 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: still a higher value than a rim attempt. Right, But 653 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: even then I think that a contested rim attempt is 654 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: a much lower value shot than a wide open three. 655 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: And so a lot of times when these teams overhelp. 656 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: In Toronto is a classic case of a team that overhelps. 657 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: But when you overhelp, you open up wide open shots 658 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: on the weak side, and those I actually think are 659 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: the kinds of shot that gets a team in, the 660 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: kinds of shots that gets a team into rhythm. And 661 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: so this happened on two key possessions at the end 662 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: of the Minnesota game against the Nets, and this is 663 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: what costs them. They lost by one in OT and 664 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: there were two plays, one at the end of regulation, 665 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: one at the end of OT where we saw this happen. 666 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: The first one at the end of regulation, Rudy Gobert 667 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: is guarding Spencer Dinwoody and kinda has him contained. He 668 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: had got he had went up and under and went 669 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: through with a step through, but Rudy Gobert was right 670 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: on his backside. It was going to be an extremely 671 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: difficult scooping layup with Rudy Gobert there potentially blocking the shot. 672 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards is guarding Royce O'Neil on the left wing, 673 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: and Anthony Edwards, for no reason at all whatsoever, overhelps 674 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: and runs in and stops Spencer Dinwoody from attempting his 675 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: crazy wild scoop shot, but in the process concedes a 676 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: wide open three to spend to Royce O'Neil on the 677 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: left on the right wing, and he knocks it down. 678 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: And it was funny because right after the shot, by 679 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: the way, I tweeted out both of these videos as well, 680 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: so you can find those on my Twitter feed. Right 681 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: after the shot, Rudy Gobert and Kyle Anderson both throw 682 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: their hands up like dude, what are you doing? And 683 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: the funny thing is has happened to Rudy Gobert. In overtime, 684 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: Spencer Dinwoodie is driving on Kyle Anderson. Kyle Anderson has 685 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: him contained Anderson has body position in front of him 686 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: at the rim and has the length and size advantage. 687 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: It was going to be a super difficult contested floater 688 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: and Rudy Gobert abandons I think it was dor and 689 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: Finney Smith out of the left corner to corral Spencer 690 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: Dinwiddie and concedes a wide open three that ends up 691 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: being the shot that beats them. And Kyle Anderson, you've 692 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: I felt bad for him after the game. He just 693 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: throws his hands up and it's like, what are you doing? Man? 694 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 1: And like, you know, so many times we get we 695 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: get caught up on personnel, and we get caught up 696 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: on you know, scheme, and we get caught up on 697 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: a bunch of different things when we're talking about basketball games. 698 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: But so much of it is just execution, not making 699 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: the key mistakes it is. I would imagine that it's 700 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: not in Minnesota's scheme to overhelp uncontained ball handlers driving 701 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: to the rim, But in that moment, if you make 702 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: a poor decision as a help defender, it can literally 703 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: cost you a game. Minnesota has been playing good basketball. 704 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 1: They played well enough to beat Brooklyn, and two execution 705 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: mistakes at the end of the game cost them, and 706 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,720 Speaker 1: I think that's just such an important thing that gets 707 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: lost when we're talking about teams. It's one of the 708 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: big reasons why I've always been such a big believer 709 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,479 Speaker 1: in Golden State. They're one of the best execution teams 710 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,280 Speaker 1: in the league, even though they haven't shown it all 711 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: the time this year. Why do you think the Miami 712 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: Heat or one shot away from the NBA Finals last 713 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: year despite having significantly less talent than many of the 714 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: teams in that conference. It's execution, it's coaching, and it's 715 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: always doing the right thing on the pivotal possessions at 716 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: the end of games. That kind of thing is how 717 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,720 Speaker 1: you win, and way too often we do not factors 718 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: that in enough when we're evaluating teams. All Right, I 719 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: guess that's all I have for tonight. As always, I 720 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate your support and I will see you guys 721 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: next week.