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Impressive second half Lebron James doing 39 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: a nice job picking apart that Miami heat zone. We're 40 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: gonna break that game down. Then in the second half 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: of the show, the Golden State Warriors get a huge, 42 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: important win for them on the road in Minnesota. Steph 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: Curry's fantastic, interesting couple of sequences at the tail end 44 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: of the game that we're gonna get into. We'll break 45 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: that game down from the perspective of both teams. You 46 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: guys are the drill before we get started. Subscribed to 47 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: Hoops to Night YouTube channel so you don't miss any 48 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: more of our videos. 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I've been talking 63 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: about this with the Lakers, like, I'm a huge believer 64 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: in him being like kind of a rock solid NBA 65 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: role player for a long time. I think he's got 66 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: enough off the dribble and shooting polish that he's going 67 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: to be a pretty decent offensive player in a few 68 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: years too. And he's just got good physical tools, good quickness, 69 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: commitment to the defensive end. So I'm a believer in Max. 70 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: But as I keep saying, he's just a young player, 71 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: makes a lot of mistakes and there's an inconsistency with him, 72 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: which is super normal for young basketball players. And he 73 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: was kind of the culprit of a lot of the 74 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: Laker defensive breakdowns in the first quarter, like bam Adebayo's 75 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: posting up ad you like that matchup. He doesn't need 76 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: help down there, He's just fine. You're guarding Tyler Harrow, 77 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: the guy who's been one of the most lights out 78 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: shooters in the league this year, instead of just kind 79 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: of staying home. He ends up kind of lingering down 80 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: in the paint, leaves Tyler Harrow wide open. Bam just 81 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: throws a simple kickout pass. Tyler Harrow knocks down the three. 82 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: A couple possessions later, him and Austin. Remember Austin's guarding Terry, 83 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: He's guarding Tyler. There's a simple interchange between the two 84 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 1: that just needs to be a switched easy basketball right. 85 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: Austin thinks it's a switch, so he stops chasing Terry Rozier. 86 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: Max is not paying attention, and Terry Rozier just drives 87 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: right by. Max gets into the basket and makes a layup, 88 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: goes you get switched on, Terry Rozier. A couple possessions later, 89 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: they run a ball screen on the left side of 90 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: the floor. He goes under the ball screen. And when 91 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: you go under the ball screen, the whole point of 92 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: going under is to contain the ball. If you go over, 93 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: you're taking away the pull up jump shot. If you 94 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: go under, you're containing the drive. Right, That's what drop 95 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: coverage is. If you go over the top, you have 96 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: your big there to help you on the drive. If 97 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: you go under, you can actually cut off the drive 98 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: yourself and you don't require any help. But he goes 99 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: under and he takes a really bad angle, doesn't actually 100 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: cut Terry Rozier off. He just goes right around him, 101 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: drives right in. Lebron has to hard help easy kick 102 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: out to he would Highsmith in the right corner. He 103 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: knocks it out. He had a bad knocks it down. 104 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: He had a bad close out against Tyler Harrow right 105 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: on the right wing where Tyler just went right around him. 106 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: He got a driving layup. He just wasn't It was 107 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: a lot of like hectic movement without a lot of 108 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: like really baseline understanding of fundamental defense, and it caused 109 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 1: some issues for the Laker defense in the first half. 110 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: Miami also shot the ball extremely well. They took twenty 111 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: two jump shots in the first half and got one 112 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: point six to eight points per attempt. That's like crazy. 113 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow just continues all year to hit shots. And 114 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: like I'm gonna say the same thing about Tyler Harrow 115 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: that I've said about the Cleveland Cavaliers and a lot 116 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: of these other teams around the league, Like when you 117 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: see a guy who's shooting really, really well, when historically 118 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: he shoots at a lesser level. If you see a 119 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: team that's sho shooting really well when some of their 120 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: guys historically don't shoot as well, yeah we can sit 121 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: here and talk about like, oh, well they won't make 122 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: shots when it matters, but yeah they also might. So 123 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: like my thing with that, when it comes to like 124 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: if a guy is shooting super well or not, it's 125 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: not really worth getting into. We just will find out. 126 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: We'll find out if this is the new Tyler Harrow, 127 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: and if this is the new Tyler Harrow, then he's 128 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: a star in this league. And if it's just a 129 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: one year hot shooting street a streak, then obviously it's 130 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: a different conversation that Miami needs to have. But whatever 131 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: it is, this year, Tyler Harrow is just shooting the 132 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: damn laces off the basketball, to his credit. But the 133 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: game was actually pretty close in the first quarter. But 134 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: in the second quarter, Spolster just went all in on 135 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: zone defense and the Heat built their first margin of 136 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: the game during netspan. Remember, Miami's the zone defense so 137 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: much better than everyone else in the league's. They invest 138 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: so much more time in practicing it. It's a very 139 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: different type of zone than other zones around the league 140 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: because it's very active. It's very like guys are pressuring 141 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: the ball, jumping, passing lanes. A lot of times, zone 142 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: defenses breed passivity in people because you're only responsible for 143 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: this area, so you think about, like, oh, this guy 144 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: cut out of my area, or the ball's over there, 145 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: there's nothing I need to be doing. Eric Spolstra has 146 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: built a very active zone with the Miami Heat, and 147 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: that causes a lot more disruption and issue for opposing offenses. 148 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: And the Lakers weren't getting terrible looks in the first half, 149 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: but they weren't getting great looks either. It was a 150 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: lot of they were basically just screening the top man 151 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: every single time. So like if you imagine the two 152 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: three zone, there's two guys at the top, there's three 153 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: guys on the baseline. You have your two ball handlers 154 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: up top. But if you bring a Jackson Hayes up 155 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: to screen the top man, and let's say it's Lebron 156 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: on the left side and Austin's on the right side, 157 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: if you screened the top man, Lebron can get into 158 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: the lane and now it's say, basically a two on 159 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: one with him in Austin, and if that guy steps 160 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: over to stop the drive, he can pitch it out 161 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: to Austin. And if he doesn't stop step over to 162 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: stop the drive, Lebron can just keep going into the 163 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: lane and either make a kickout or make something at 164 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: the ram. And it wasn't like that. Again, they weren't 165 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: getting terrible looks, but they weren't getting great looks either. 166 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: Some contested stuff in the paint, and they were missing 167 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: some of their kickout threes in that situation. But the 168 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: main thing that stood out to me is not much 169 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: in the way of variety. They were basically just spamming 170 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: that high screen the top man instead of using more 171 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: ball in player movement to beat the zone. They ran 172 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: twenty possessions of zone in the first half Miami did 173 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: and the Lakers only got zero point eighty five points 174 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: per possession, and so he ended up going into the 175 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: locker room up by twelve. They were the better shot 176 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: makers in the first half, they played better defense than 177 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: the first half. They get a margin as a result. 178 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: But in the second half Lebron just completely dominated that 179 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: game and just eviscerated Miami's zone. There's several things you 180 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: have to do to beat his own right. And we 181 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: talked about it earlier, like you can do things like 182 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: screen the top man, and I'm not saying that you 183 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: shouldn't do that, but there's got to be variety. There's 184 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: gotta be ball in player movement. There's several different things 185 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: you got to get into. One, you need to get 186 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: the ball into the middle of the floor, like around 187 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: the foul line. Why it draws the attention of all 188 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: five guys and that's what opens up the opportunities for 189 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: guys to get open around that. Cutting along the baseline, 190 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: relocating around the above the brake line. You gotta get 191 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: the ball into the middle of the floor. The next 192 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: thing is off ball movement. You have to have guys 193 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: that capitalize on the attention that is drawn. When the 194 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: ball gets to the middle of the floor, everyone turns 195 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: their eyes towards the middle. You've got to be relocating 196 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: to find openings. You got to be cutting along the baseline. 197 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: Rui was great at this all night, just cutting out 198 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: of the slot like on the wing, towards that just 199 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: towards the rim. When the ball would get into the 200 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,719 Speaker 1: middle of the floor. Gotta get the ball in the 201 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: middle floor gotta have guys moving around. You gotta hit 202 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: some catch and shoot threes like you got. You have 203 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: to knock down the threes over the top of the 204 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: defense that that zone is designed to give up right. 205 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: And then lastly, you need to be able to score 206 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: in the middle of the floor, meaning if you do 207 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: get the ball to the middle of the floor, and 208 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: the other five members of the zone kind of stay home, 209 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: meaning the center just says I'm going to take away 210 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: the rim and force you to make some sort of 211 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: shot in the middle of the floor. The two wings 212 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: in the corner kind of stay home, and the two 213 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: guys on the top are just tracking shooters. There's space 214 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: there in the middle of the floor, And basically what 215 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: miamis saying in that situation is score, go score there, 216 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: and you need to have guys who are willing to 217 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: score there. Every single player on the Lakers, in different ways, 218 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: stepped into those four roles, like the getting the ball 219 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: into the middle of the middle of the floor, Lebron 220 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: and Austin just making sure that the feeds were there, 221 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: whether it was to Anthony Davis or it was too 222 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: gay Vincent, or it was too Austin and Lebron from 223 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: each other. They got the ball into the middle of 224 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: the floor. The off ball movement, it was really everybody. 225 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Everybody was doing a good job. The off ball movement 226 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: we talked about earlier. Rui's cutting, guys are cutting along 227 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: the baseline, Shooters are relocating, Gabe and Austin. Everyone's doing 228 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: their job in that regard. Hitting the catch and shoot threes. 229 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: Lebron hits a couple big ones right on the left 230 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: wing or on the left corner, and then in the 231 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: right corner. Those are the first two shots that kind 232 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: of shrunk the deficit down. I think it was like 233 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: seventy three to seventy at that point. Miami ended up 234 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: building it back up when Lebron was on the bench 235 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: in the middle of the third quarter. But Lebron hit 236 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: a couple of big catch and shoot threes, gave Vincent 237 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: hit some threes, like Max Christy started hitting threes, Ruts 238 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: Mercer like, everyone just starts hitting shots, which ended up 239 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: loosening up the zone a little bit that way, and 240 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: then the scoring in the middle of the floor is 241 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: mostly Anthony Davis and Gabe Vincent like Ady just hitting 242 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: quick post moves against Bam, like a little left shoulder 243 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: hook or against kelll Ware and then and then Gabe 244 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: Vincent again like he was doing it with those little 245 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: short range fadeaways. Again, like the zone is kind of 246 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: designed to concede a kind of tough contested shot there 247 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: in the middle of the floor, and Gabe was just 248 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: hitting them. Gabe was turning over his right shoulder and 249 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: saw its just shooting a nice soft shot that would 250 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: all in on the rim or swish through. And those 251 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: were just again, in all of those specific areas, guys 252 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: were making plays. But the one guy that I wanted 253 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: to really emphasize here was Lebron in his passing. Like again, 254 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: these openings that are in the zone, they're brief, right, 255 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: like one of the things that happens in his zone. 256 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: Like we talked about earlier, you're only responsible for your area, 257 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: and so as the guy cuts away from you, you 258 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: kind of are passing them off. And so there are 259 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: these like little transitions where you know you're a guy 260 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: is out of the zone of the area of one 261 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: man in the zone, but he's entering into the area 262 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: of another man in the zone, but he might be 263 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: tracking a different player at that point in time, And 264 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: so there are these like little temporary openings where a 265 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: guy can kind of like slip into a gap between 266 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: two zone defenders while one of them is distracted or 267 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: something along those lines. And they're usually tight windows, and 268 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: they're usually tough passes. Like the skip passes, you have 269 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: to hit, like you got to put a certain amount 270 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: of touch on them to get it over the top 271 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: of all the arms, but you also have to get 272 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: it to get there quick enough to where the defense 273 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: can't rotate or the ball that can land into the 274 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: shooting pockets so the guy can make a quick decision. 275 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: These tight space Like there was a pass that Lebron 276 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: hit to Ruy cutting out of the right wing towards 277 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: the basket, and it was like a bounce pass that 278 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: was literally just threaded into that tiny gap between the 279 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: center and the guy that was guarding Ruey up at 280 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: the top of the key. It there's a lot of 281 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: like tight space passing Lebron especially, but Austin as well. 282 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: Austin had a great passing game. He had fourteen assists 283 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: in this game. But those two guys just did a 284 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: great job making the connective passes to put together the 285 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: player movement that was generating openings. Against the zone. In 286 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: the second half, Miami ran twenty nine possessions of zone 287 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: and the Lakers got one point two to one points 288 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: per possession. Lots of Again, everyone contributed, Austin with this passing, 289 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: Lebron with his passing and his shooting, Gabe with his 290 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: mid range shot making, Ruey with his cutting. Rue had 291 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: twenty three points in this game. Anthony Davis hit a 292 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 1: couple of big shots over the top. Just everybody made 293 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: big plays, and at the tail end of the game, 294 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: Lebron's shot making really broad at home that three that 295 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: he hit at the top of the key. Lit'll pull up, 296 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: jump shot and pick and roll with Anthony Davis around 297 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: the left elbow, turn around, right shoulder, fade away. Like 298 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: Lebron's shot making is gonna be key to this team 299 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: accomplishing anything this year. Because again, they're gonna probably make 300 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: a trade here in the next month that is centered 301 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: around more of like a defensive two way guard to 302 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: anchor this team, or a backup center or something like that. 303 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: I don't think the Lakers are gonna make an ultra 304 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: aggressive move for a star. We'll see, We'll see what happens. 305 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: But the I'm gonna talk about that with Yovan when 306 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: we finish up here today. But like there's no doubt 307 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: that there's no doubt that like that that they're not 308 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: gonna get there. It's more likely than not that they're 309 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: not gonna get more offensive firepower at the deadline, which 310 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: is gonna put a certain amount of responsibility on Lebron 311 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 1: for that to make to make those types of shots, right, 312 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: and for Austin to make those types of shots, and 313 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: for Anthony Davis to make those types of shots. The 314 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: last thing I want to hit on the Lakers front 315 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: was the defensive improvement. So I talked a lot about 316 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: the one switching in the last video, right, and again, 317 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: the Lakers switched one through five a lot to start 318 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: the year, and then it looked like in the run 319 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: where they kind of turned things around, that they stopped 320 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: and they did more selective switching and keeping Anthony Davis 321 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: towards the ring more in drop coverage possessions. JJ Redick 322 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: said in the pregame presser that they were going to 323 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: go back to what they were using before and that 324 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: the one to five switching one through five switching was 325 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: match up specific for the Spurs game. Now, what was 326 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: interesting to me about that is they were doing it 327 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: against Dallas as well, and I'm not really sure what 328 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: the case would be for doing it against the Spurs 329 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: with Victor Wembyama versus doing it against the Mavericks with 330 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: Derek Lively and Daniel Gafford, guys that Anthony Davis could 331 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: easily just sag off of and help in the paint. 332 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: So like, again I'm I'm a little confused on that front. 333 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: But like JJ got away from it and went back 334 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: towards that more picky, more selective switching type of scheme 335 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: with more high drop coverage with Anthony Davis in this 336 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: particular game. But what ends up happening, and this is 337 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: one of the important details that I talk about a 338 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: lot on the show. Like a lot of times I'll 339 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: see people talk about like, oh, like there's this huge 340 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: adjustment this guy's guarding this guy. Oh there's this huge 341 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: adjustment they did this coverage instead, And like, what's so 342 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: funny to me about that is like I don't want 343 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: to pretend like that stuff doesn't matter. It does. But 344 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: I feel like there's this desire to come up with 345 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: a real, tangible, like like obvious solution that I can 346 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: write down on paper, and it's like, this is why 347 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: everything got better. But the truth of the matter is 348 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: basketball games are a shit show. There's so many different 349 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: things that go wrong in various situations. Like who you're 350 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: guarding doesn't matter when twenty percent ish of the possessions 351 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: are transition, and in transition there's cross matches. You're just 352 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: guarding the nearest guy because in transition it's instead of 353 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: guard your man, which is the half court principle, in transition, 354 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: it's stop the ball, protect the basket, spray out to shooters. 355 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: So like everyone ends up in these cross matches and 356 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, whatever matchup you're in doesn't matter. 357 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: The scheme shift and that sort of situation too, Like 358 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna do more switching in situations like that where 359 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: it's scattered, or sometimes the big just sets a really 360 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: good screen. There's a play like this in the first half. 361 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: Sometimes the big just sets a really good screen, and 362 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: when he does, the guard has to switch. They call 363 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: it a peel off switch. You have no choice, Like 364 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: you're originally in your drop, you're chasing over the top, 365 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: but you see that the ball handler is strung The 366 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: big out too, far. You need to now peel off, 367 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: get back to the big and box him out, or 368 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: if they pitch it back, they're gonna post up. Right, 369 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: there was a play like that Max ended up getting 370 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: switched on to BAM and again like this is what 371 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: it's technically a switch, right, the five is switching a 372 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: ball screen, which is technically not the scheme, but it's 373 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: an audible within the scheme, like, oh, it's too good 374 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: of a screen, I have to switch now. They immediately 375 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: went to post BAM on Max. Now we're back in 376 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: the same problem that we always talk about with one 377 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: through five switching, which is mismatch attacking in the post. Right, 378 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: But what did I talk about in that video about 379 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: the Lakers earlier this earlier this week? I can't even 380 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: remember when we did it in that video. If you 381 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: guys remember, one of the things I talked about is like, 382 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: you can't just leave guys on an island, Like if 383 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,719 Speaker 1: you don't have to in switches, just leave yourself compromised 384 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: in one on one situations, it's a five man attack 385 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: on defense. And like there was an early BAM post 386 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 1: up of Austin Lebron double teams and forces him to 387 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: give up the basketball. Max lost another play where Max 388 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: lost Tyler Harrow on the first half, just let one 389 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: pass away. Max is not paying attention to Tyler Harrow 390 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: and he knocks down at three. But if you do 391 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: it right off the ball, you now have supported Austin. 392 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: In the mismatch the play that I was just talking about, 393 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: Max and ad switch, BAM's going to post Max. Ruey 394 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: stunts in from the elbow. You can actually see Anthony 395 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: Davis stunting in two, but it's stunting. What I mean 396 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: by that is like you run in and kind of 397 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: swipe at the ball and then get back. You're not 398 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: actually double teaming. You're just trying to force the offensive 399 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: player to overthink or to rush, or to make a mistake. 400 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: Baman's a pump face on the hook shot when Ruy 401 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: comes in and swipes. Then he has a break rhythm 402 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: hook shot off of the pump fake that he misses 403 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: over the top of Max. You supported Max. You didn't 404 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: leave him on an island. You supported him. And this 405 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: is why I keep talking about the difference between like 406 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: what a scheme can do versus how well they're executed. 407 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: JJ wants to switch because he has a certain view 408 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: of this personnel. This group is capable of it. They're 409 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: capable of switching. The problem is is they just don't. 410 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: They have not been committed to the work necessary for 411 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: it to work. Whether they run this kind of like 412 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: more selective switching scheme, which I think is better. I 413 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: think you want to keep Anthony Davis at the rim 414 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: as much as possible, or if you end up full 415 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: on switching, or in the situations where switches occur out 416 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 1: of necessity, it's just about doing all the right things. 417 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: It's just about like if you swarm with stunting and helping, 418 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: that allows the on ball guy to be more aggressive. 419 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: But if everyone stays home, the on ball guy has 420 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: to play a very positional style of defense where you're 421 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: just forcing him to make a shot over the top, 422 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: and he's probably just going to go right through you 423 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: because he's bigger and stronger, or shoot right over the 424 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: top because he's bigger, So again it's a nice step 425 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: in the right direction. That's an excellent example in that 426 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: second half, ear in that entire game, really of how 427 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: execution matters more than the actual scheme does, because every 428 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: scheme in principle works. Certain schemes fit different personnel groups better, 429 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: but every scream scheme in principle works. It's a nice 430 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: step in the right direction. But again with the Lakers, 431 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: it's all about their day to day commitment, doing it 432 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: night in and night out to get to where they 433 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: want to go. All right on the Warriors' front, So 434 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: the Warriors just completely jump the Minnesota Timberwolves out the gates. 435 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: They go up by twenty four points in the first quarter. 436 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: The Warriors defense was excellent in that stretch, and you 437 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: know when the Warriors defense is at their best, it's 438 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: a very swarming type of attack. Everybody almost looks like 439 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: they're in two places at once. The ball handler always 440 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: feels crowded, like he's like he doesn't have any space 441 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 1: to operate. But it also feels like no one catches 442 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: on the perimeter clean because their closeouts are so sharp 443 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: and their rotations are so sharp, so it just feels 444 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: crowded with nobody open. That's when the Warriors defense is 445 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: at their best. It's very swarming. One of the things 446 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: they did really well in the first quarter of that 447 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: game too, is defending at the rim without found jumping 448 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: arm straight up, absorbing contact, forcing guys to make tough 449 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: over the top playups. They forced a bunch of misses. 450 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: Julius Randall was missing shots, Anthony Edwards was missing shots. 451 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: Tray Jackson Davis did a bunch of damage on the 452 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: offensive glass in the first half two, just beating Rudy 453 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: Golbaar to loose balls, beating Julius Randall to loose balls, 454 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: and then Steph Curry hitting tough shots against the Wolves 455 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: drop coverage, mainly by just doing a good job of 456 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: setting up guys for screens. He saw a steady diet 457 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: of Anthony Edwards and Jada McDaniels. This one with Jaden, 458 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: it's more about setting him up with aunt just as 459 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: struggles tracking shooters and off ball screens or really in 460 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: any sort of screening action. It's something that I've been 461 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: pointing out here for a while. He had some really 462 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: bad reps against Steph Curry in this game, but Steph 463 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: is just really good at setting up his defender for screens. Again, 464 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: like a screen, there's two There's two elements to getting 465 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: good contact on the screen. The screener has to get 466 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: into the right position, hold his ground, be physical, set 467 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: a good screen, but you also need your guard to 468 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: set up the defender to run into the screen. If 469 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: he doesn't do the right work before, the defender is 470 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: just gonna be able to run around the screen too easily. 471 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: And like there's a three he hitd against drop coverage 472 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: on the right block is the deep one he hit 473 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: over go bear. He got Jaden pinned on his left side, stopped, 474 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: waited for the screen, and then exploded forward to get 475 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: the separation to knock down the shot. He had Ant 476 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: on the left wing, same sort of thing, like a 477 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: swim move where he almost like threw Ant into the 478 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: screen and then ran out over the top knocked down. 479 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: The three hit a few threes in that first quarter 480 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: when they jumped out to that early lead. They end 481 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: up going up by twenty four points. Dennis Schroeder hits 482 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: a couple of threes, but heal came in was like 483 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: picking up Nikkeil. Alexander Walker full court, swiped the ball 484 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: away from him, hits a corner three on the other end. 485 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: Gis atos I thought was good again. He's just big 486 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: plays hard, can knock down an open shot, make basic 487 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: driving kick reads, which is like just useful in the 488 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: modern NBA when things are organized around him and he's 489 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 1: been playing really well as of late. The Warriors build 490 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: a massive lead and then the Wolves just kind of 491 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: slowly battled back the rest of the game, And that's 492 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: what you expect against a good team at home, right 493 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: They get it back to two in the mid fourth quarter, 494 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: but then the Warriors made just enough plays to pull 495 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,239 Speaker 1: it out. Trace Jackson Davis when they got it down 496 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: to two, gets a tap out rebound that leads to 497 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: Moses Moody three that bumps it back up to five. 498 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins hit a big transition three that bumped the 499 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: lead up to six, and then Steph Curry hits two 500 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: incredible shots to ice the game. A week side flair 501 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: off of like a dribble handoff with Kevon Looney where 502 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 1: Ant just wasn't paying a ten t Ant relaxed and 503 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: Steph just cut off of a dribble handoff from Looney 504 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: on the weak side. Wiggins was driving on the right 505 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: side of the floor, and that's where Ant got distracted. 506 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 1: But it's like, dude, you're guarding Steph Curry, You're guarding 507 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: the only guy that you cannot lose track of, and 508 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: Aunt just for a split second stop paying attention Steph 509 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: broke free with the Looney dribble handoff in the left corner. 510 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: He knocks down the three and then the biggest shout 511 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: of the game, nas Reed like like jumps out on 512 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: Steph on the left wing and Steph rifles a bounce pass. 513 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: I think it was Gary Payton in the dunker spot 514 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: on the left side of the floor. Anthony Edwards is 515 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: there on the left corner area. Nas is on Steph. 516 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: They both just turned their backs and stop paying attention 517 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: to Steph. Steph just relocates to the left corner easy 518 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: kickout pass. Nasri panic closes out when he realizes what's happening, 519 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: but it's too late. Steph knocks down the three that 520 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: should have ice to the game, but we ended up 521 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,959 Speaker 1: needing one more big play from the Warriors for them 522 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: to close this one out. In the free throw game, 523 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: Gary Payton ends up missing a free throw that makes 524 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: at a two point game with ten seconds left, and 525 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: it's a loose ball and Kevon Looney just bullies his 526 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 1: way through. Rudy Gobert taps the rebound out kind of 527 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: towards the corner, and then Andrew Wiggins, who is out 528 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: above the break, crashed in and kind of crashed in 529 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: running left, and Wiggins crashed in running right, and it 530 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: was just a lucky bounce and Wiggins ran in there 531 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: and got that loose ball and that ended up saving 532 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: the game. One of the last thing I want to 533 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: say about the Warriors before we get out of here. 534 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I'm a believer in this 535 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: team investing at the deadline is their defense. Even without Draymond, 536 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: this is an incredibly organized team with a good amount 537 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: of foot speed that swarms and is committed. They're well 538 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: coached and committed to the defensive end of the floor. 539 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: I've never felt at any point this year that they 540 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: like let go of the rope in a real way. 541 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: There's just a very specific weakness in shot creation on 542 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: this team that manifests in a way that can kind 543 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: of trickle down. Right. When you have poor shot creation, 544 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: you can have more turnovers and missshots. More turnovers and 545 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: misshots lead to more transition offense opportunities for the opponent. 546 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: More transition offensive opportunities for the opponent means higher offensive 547 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: efficiency because, as we know, every single transition possession is 548 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: worth roughly twenty percent more than a half court possession, right, 549 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: So like they're getting extra efficiency there that forces you 550 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: to continue to attack their set defense, which is going 551 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: to continue to accentuate your lack of shot creation, which 552 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: is going to continue to put you in compromise positions 553 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: on defense. As things get ugly, your team starts to 554 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: lose belief than just that little extra bit of just 555 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: athletically can go away, and you can end up in 556 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: a situation where things spiral. All of these things are 557 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: intricately connected. You have a better shot creator out there 558 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: on the floor with Steph, you score more frequently, You 559 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: stay out of transition defense more frequently. Your team believes 560 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: in what you're doing more, which brings that extra layer 561 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: of intensity and verve, and it can be a snowball 562 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: effect in the pose direction. This is a good defense. 563 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: That's a good defense without Draymon. Draymond makes it an 564 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: elite defense, right. That's a good defense that is capable 565 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: of guarding that has struggled so much with offense at 566 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: times this year that things have unraveled a little bit. 567 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,479 Speaker 1: But bringing in a specific player into an area of 568 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: need as desperate as what they have there on the 569 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: offensive end of the floor can make a huge difference 570 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: in uh in kind of turning this season around for 571 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: this Warrior's team again, like this team has real strengths. 572 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: I think there's a I understand with the recent struggle 573 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: that there's this emphasis on this team almost like being 574 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: dead in the water. And I think this is a 575 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: team with a crippling weakness, and if you address the 576 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: crippling weakness, it will accentuate the strengths of the roster, 577 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: which is the coaching staff, the depth of perimeter speed, 578 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: the talent of Steph Curry. Those things are being ground 579 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: down by this gaping hole in that secondary shot creator 580 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: position that they need to address. Last thing I wanted 581 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: to say, Rudy made some interesting comments after the game 582 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: about rebounding and talking about like the difference between boxing 583 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: out and going to get the basketball. And it's kind 584 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: of an interesting concept because, like in any sort of 585 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: live ball rebound situation at the big guy spot, it 586 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: almost always turns into the defensive big is going to 587 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: turn and box out. The offensive big is gonna try 588 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: like hell to get the offensive rebound, right Like, he's 589 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: not boxing out's unless he has interior position, But for 590 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: the most part, he's just crash it. And then there's 591 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: corner crashes. Right, you have the offensive players crashing out 592 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: of the corners and defensive players crashing out of the corners. 593 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 1: More often than not, it's the pursuit of the basketball 594 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: that leads to rebounds. Box outs are box outs, but 595 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: so many of these jumpers are coming high off of 596 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,239 Speaker 1: the rim towards the middle of the floor, and it 597 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: actually becomes more about ball pursuit than it becomes about 598 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: boxing out. When I talk about corner crashes, I actually 599 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: don't think it's a great idea for the guy in 600 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: the corner to turn and try to box out the 601 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: guy crashing out of the corner. He's at a huge advantage. 602 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: It's like open field tackling. It's an open space. He's 603 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: going to hit a move and try to get around 604 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: you and go get the basketball. You just need to 605 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,479 Speaker 1: turn and get the fucking back Like that's how you rebound. 606 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: You read from the perimeter, it's about crashing, Like, it's 607 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: not as much about boxing out as it is about crashing. Yeah, 608 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: if you happen to go crash and the ball's high 609 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: in the air and you happen to see the guy 610 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: behind you, by all means box out. But like Rudy's 611 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: job is to box out, the other guy's job is 612 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: to go get the basketball. Now to one of the 613 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: things that Rudy talked about was like, oh, I just 614 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: need to disengage and go get the basketball. I don't 615 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: disagree from time to time, but when I was watching that, 616 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: I thought Rudy was missing some box out. So like 617 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 1: that's where it can get a little tricky. But again, 618 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 1: it's a team effort of rebounding, crashing from the perimeter. 619 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: It's literally like it's like that game we used to 620 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: play when we were kids in elementary school where you 621 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: just throw the ball at the air and everyone tries 622 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: to go catch it. It's just a sheer force of 623 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: will combined with athleticism. Who's going to go get the basketball? 624 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: All right, guys, It's all I have for today. Is 625 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: always as sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me and 626 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: supporting the show. 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