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Speaker 1: mail bags over the course of the postseason. So here's
Speaker 1: the deal. We're gonna start with Heat Celtics. Really quick
Speaker 1: thoughts there, because that series is by far the most lopside.
Speaker 1: I did a series that we have in the first
Speaker 1: round after that, Pelican's Thunder, and I have seven clips
Speaker 1: that will go through just a quick again, nowhere near
Speaker 1: as much detail as the other ones, but I just
Speaker 1: want to give you some clips that I that I
Speaker 1: saw from my film session this morning. I did look
Speaker 1: at a little bit of film be between those two teams.
Speaker 1: So well again Heat Celtics, then we'll go Pelicans Thunder,
Speaker 1: and then a little bit of film. So on the
Speaker 1: Heat Celtics series. The Celtics won the season series three
Speaker 1: games to zero. They had a one thirty offensive rating
Speaker 1: and a one to fifteen defensive ratings, so they completely
Speaker 1: dominated the matchup. Dominated the glass as well. They grabbed
Speaker 1: fifty five point two percent of available rebounds. The gambling
Speaker 1: odds are insane. According to DraftKings right now, the Celtics
Speaker 1: are minus three thousand favorites, so that is by far
Speaker 1: the largest favorite that we have in the first round.
Speaker 1: It was a big talent mismatch before Terry Rozier and
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler got hurt. Now it's just a complete disaster.
Speaker 1: Miami just doesn't have the horses to hang in this series.
Speaker 1: Come really isn't in question. The Celtics are gonna win.
Speaker 1: The question is what value can be gained from either team.
Speaker 1: So I just want to kind of give you guys
Speaker 1: my two cents on that. First of all, starting with Boston,
Speaker 1: you got to win the games within the game, And
Speaker 1: what I mean by that is we know Eric Spolstra
Speaker 1: regardless of what I just said is going to tell
Speaker 1: his team that he believes they can win, and so
Speaker 1: they're going to prepare as though they're going to win.
Speaker 1: And I expect the classic Eric Spolser defensive game plan.
Speaker 1: I expect to see a lot of zone in the
Speaker 1: half court. I expect to see some man demand full
Speaker 1: court pressure. I expect to see some zone full court
Speaker 1: pressure that drops back into his zone. I expect a
Speaker 1: bunch of different coverages. I expect Eric Spolstra to try
Speaker 1: to like basically make the series as janky as possible
Speaker 1: in hopes of giving his team a chance to keep
Speaker 1: these games competitive. So, as the Celtics, you got to
Speaker 1: take that as a challenge, meaning like, regardless of what
Speaker 1: the results of these games are, because you can piss
Speaker 1: down your leg against Spoe's zone and still win the series.
Speaker 1: But take that as the challenge, meaning like, win those
Speaker 1: games within the game, be able to respond quickly and
Speaker 1: effectively to the adjustments that Eric exposed from makes. Secondly,
Speaker 1: establishing championship habits. The Celtics will have one of the
Speaker 1: easiest paths to the Conference finals that you could ever
Speaker 1: hope to expect in this era of NBA basketball. With
Speaker 1: how much talent there is. Even with my criticisms of
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference, I do think there are five pretty
Speaker 1: damn good teams in the conference. I think Boston's good,
Speaker 1: I think Milwaukee's good, I think Inyana is good, I
Speaker 1: think Philly's good, and I think New York is good.
Speaker 1: Those are good teams, but all four that are not
Speaker 1: Boston are stacked up on the opposite side of the bracket. Orlando, Cleveland,
Speaker 1: and Miami are by far the three worst teams in
Speaker 1: that Eastern Conference playoff field, and so as a result,
Speaker 1: the Celtics are going to go basically the first month
Speaker 1: of the postseason without facing a real team. But when
Speaker 1: they get to the Eastern Conference Finals, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: one of Indye, Milwaukee, New York, or Philly, probably the
Speaker 1: best team in that group. And then if you make
Speaker 1: it to the NBA Finals, you're gonna face either Denver,
Speaker 1: the defending champion, who I think is the best team
Speaker 1: in the league, or the team that beat Denver and
Speaker 1: survived that ridiculous gauntlet of Western Conference teams. And even
Speaker 1: those other four teams out East Indiana, Milwaukee, and New
Speaker 1: York and Philly. I think all of the top seven
Speaker 1: teams in the Western Conference, so the Lakers, the MAVs,
Speaker 1: the Suns, the Clippers, the thunder, the Timberwolves, and the Nuggets.
Speaker 1: I think all seven of those teams are as good
Speaker 1: or better than that tier of teams that is in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference. So you're gonna face somebody that's really
Speaker 1: good in the conference finals, in someone that's amazing in
Speaker 1: the NBA Finals, right, So what that means is you're
Speaker 1: gonna go from two pretty easy series to two really
Speaker 1: tough series. And what that means is you have to
Speaker 1: be ready when you get to that point. Whoever comes
Speaker 1: out of that gauntlet on the opposite side of the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference bracket is going to be coming off of
Speaker 1: four straight weeks of high intensity, high leverage basketball, while
Speaker 1: you're going to be playing primarily unthreatened basketball. So what
Speaker 1: that means is, in order to avoid falling into an
Speaker 1: early hole in the conference finals, or if you do
Speaker 1: happen to do well there, to fall into an early
Speaker 1: hole in the NBA Finals, you have to start establishing
Speaker 1: habits right now. Do not play down to the competition
Speaker 1: approach things with the requisite urgency and professionalism that appropriate
Speaker 1: fear so to speak, so that when you get to
Speaker 1: the really good opponents that you'll face late later on
Speaker 1: in your playoff run, you're ready for that challenge. That's
Speaker 1: going to be a big thing I'm looking for from
Speaker 1: Boston on the Miami front. To me, this is more
Speaker 1: of just a learning experience about their shot creators. Tyler
Speaker 1: Harrow is going to be your primary perimeter initiator in
Speaker 1: this series for a legit playoff series against an elite defense.
Speaker 1: That's the first time he's ever going to get that challenge,
Speaker 1: and we're going to get to learn a lot about
Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow in that kind of context. Right Specifically, Boston
Speaker 1: has a tendency they'll run drop with Porzingis, but they
Speaker 1: have lineups that they'll go to and they may do
Speaker 1: more switching over the course of the series. And Tyler
Speaker 1: Harrow's biggest weakness right now is he kind of needs
Speaker 1: a screen to get to his spots, and so that's
Speaker 1: going to be an interesting challenge for Tyler Harrow in
Speaker 1: this series. And then bam Adebayo as well, like, this
Speaker 1: is a guy that the head have spent a long
Speaker 1: time trying to develop into a higher level offensive player
Speaker 1: and he's continued to run into kind of hiccups along
Speaker 1: the way. This is a series where he can try
Speaker 1: to demonstrate a higher level offensive output, But the truth
Speaker 1: is this is just a complete and total talent mismatch.
Speaker 1: So I expect the Celtics to sweep the Miami Heat.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, the odds for a sweep on
Speaker 1: DraftKings are plus one zh five, which is nearly even
Speaker 1: odds to get a sweep from the Celtics. It feels
Speaker 1: like the most likely scenario now, moving on Pelicans Thunder.
Speaker 1: As I told Pelicans fans after the Lakers kicked the
Speaker 1: shed out of him on Sunday, I said that the
Speaker 1: perfect set of circumstances for you guys would be to
Speaker 1: lose to the Lake again on Tuesday, because you would
Speaker 1: run into a series of matchups that would be favorable
Speaker 1: to you. Even if Golden State had managed to beat Sacramento,
Speaker 1: which they didn't, Golden State's another team that kind of
Speaker 1: runs into the strengths that New Orleans brings to the
Speaker 1: table again. New Orleans' strength is perimeter defense. They have
Speaker 1: a lot of length and quickness on the perimeter. They
Speaker 1: get aggressive, they apply ball pressure, they force turnovers, they
Speaker 1: run out in transition. They're actually a very similar type
Speaker 1: of defense to the Oklahoma City Thunder, just with a
Speaker 1: little bit more length as opposed to strength. But the
Speaker 1: primary kind of matchup thing there was both the Kings
Speaker 1: and the Warriors are primarily initiated by perimeter finesse guards, right,
Speaker 1: and so as a result of that, you know, the
Speaker 1: Pelicans are able to contain their offense right of all
Speaker 1: of the matchups. And here's the thing, the Thunder are
Speaker 1: the better team. They're the better basketball team than the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Pelicans. They deserve to be favored, but they
Speaker 1: do fit into the archetype of team that the Pelicans
Speaker 1: have had some against, So I view this as the
Speaker 1: best possible outcome for them. I think they would have
Speaker 1: just gotten steamrolled by the Denver Nuggets, but I do
Speaker 1: think they have a chance to beat the Oklahoma City
Speaker 1: Thunder as as a matter of fact, like they're eight
Speaker 1: and one against the Warriors and the Kings this year.
Speaker 1: They're three and one against the Clippers too. So again,
Speaker 1: when you have teams that are initiated by finesse players
Speaker 1: from the perimeter, it plays directly into New Orleans's strengths
Speaker 1: and Oklahoma City is led by a finesse guard and
Speaker 1: Shake Gills with Alexander. Now that said, the season series
Speaker 1: went to the Thunder this year two to one. Their
Speaker 1: last matchup though, was in late March. That was during
Speaker 1: Zion's kind of tear through the league when he was
Speaker 1: doing so much more on the basketball. No Brandon Ingram
Speaker 1: was in that game, but Zion was in obviously. The
Speaker 1: Pels had a late lead in that game and Oklahoma
Speaker 1: City basically stole it on a couple of late threes
Speaker 1: by SHAKEE Gills, Alexander and lou Dort. So Thunder won
Speaker 1: the season series two to one. But that last game
Speaker 1: in particular was super competitive and the Pells could have
Speaker 1: easily won it. They just, you know, a couple shots
Speaker 1: go the different way, so a little more competitive than
Speaker 1: it might seem on the surface. One of the advantages there.
Speaker 1: We have some good crunch time possessions for us to
Speaker 1: look at, which I'll show you guys on film here
Speaker 1: in a little bit. Gambling odds, Oklahoma City is minus
Speaker 1: seven hundred. I think that's crazy, Like Oklahoma City is
Speaker 1: the better team and they deserve to be favored. But
Speaker 1: I think the Pelicans have just as good of a
Speaker 1: chance to beat the Thunder as the Lakers do to
Speaker 1: beat the Nuggets. So like I would have put the
Speaker 1: line more in the minus three hundred minus four hundred
Speaker 1: kind of range. So it's a value bet for the
Speaker 1: Pelicans if you believe in the Pelicans, or less so
Speaker 1: about belief but more so about just betting value. That
Speaker 1: might be a line worth looking at quick. Look at
Speaker 1: the Thunder. On offense, it's gonna be about the Pelicans
Speaker 1: being able to keep excellent point of attack defenders on
Speaker 1: Shay at all times. It's gonna be steady dose of
Speaker 1: Herb Jones at the start. I think Naji Marshall is
Speaker 1: gonna see a good amount of time. Dyson Daniels didn't
Speaker 1: play much in the playing game last night, but he's
Speaker 1: another guy that I could see them potentially going to
Speaker 1: if Shay is getting too comfortable against those primary guys.
Speaker 1: The Pelicans are gonna help really hard off of Lou
Speaker 1: Dort and Josh Kitty. You'll see some examples when we
Speaker 1: get to the film. But they're gonna dig down on
Speaker 1: ball screens from the weak side. They're gonna load up
Speaker 1: on that strong side of the floor and they're gonna
Speaker 1: play a lot of two on one on the back line.
Speaker 1: If they skit that skip pass across, they'll have Trey
Speaker 1: Murphy on the weak side, like close out to the
Speaker 1: passing lane and try to bait on Lou Dort and
Speaker 1: Josh Gitty's kind of indecisiveness that they can have sometimes
Speaker 1: over there. So again, rotation is gonna be key. And
Speaker 1: then as you as you can probably imagine, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: the biggest key of this series for the thunder On
Speaker 1: offense is going to be that weak side shooting of
Speaker 1: Lou Dort and Josh Kitty. If they're hitting shots, things
Speaker 1: are gonna loosen up, everything's gonna be fine. But if
Speaker 1: they're not, and the Pelicans can load up the strong side,
Speaker 1: they're good enough at the point of attack that they
Speaker 1: can probably stag kind of like stall out this Thunder offense.
Speaker 1: So that week side shooting is going to be huge.
Speaker 1: The Thunder playing Jonas Valancunis off the floor was something
Speaker 1: that I noticed in the March game. You only played
Speaker 1: ten minutes and started the second h with Larry and
Speaker 1: Ants Junior instead, and so again that's gonna be an
Speaker 1: interesting kind of thing. But I wonder if Zion being
Speaker 1: out changes that calculus at all. Moving to Pelicans on
Speaker 1: offense kind of similarly, I think one of the things
Speaker 1: I forgot to mention this in the in the last segment,
Speaker 1: but in the late game situation, there was a lot
Speaker 1: of effort from the Thunder to attack CJ McCollum. They
Speaker 1: kind of view that as the primary entry point, so
Speaker 1: like either Jalen would attack him directly or they get
Speaker 1: use a ball screen to get him switched on to
Speaker 1: Shay and then Shaye would look to attack. But they're
Speaker 1: looking to attack c J McCollum, particularly in ball screens
Speaker 1: with Larry and Ants, trying to get CJ onto the
Speaker 1: primary ball handler then bring Larry and Ants into the
Speaker 1: screen with Chet. Similarly, with the Pelicans on offense, a
Speaker 1: lot of it is about c J McCollum trying to
Speaker 1: hunt Shake Gilds Alexander and Josh Gitty, similar kind of thing.
Speaker 1: He'll try to get Shay switched on to him and
Speaker 1: then they'll bring Giddy into the screen. So it's their
Speaker 1: two what they perceive to be their two worst defenders
Speaker 1: in that unit that they're bringing into the action. Lou
Speaker 1: Dort is probably going to get the brandon Ingram assignment.
Speaker 1: He was guarding Zion a lot in the in the
Speaker 1: March game, but obviously with Zion being out, I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna go that towards dort On Ingram either way. Ironically,
Speaker 1: even if Zion, let's say Zion does make a return
Speaker 1: late in the series. I actually was impressed with how
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City defended him in that fourth quarter in the
Speaker 1: March game. Jalen Williams and lou Dort both spent time
Speaker 1: on him there, and they did a good job just
Speaker 1: kind of flattening out his driving lanes and limiting some
Speaker 1: of his success there. As far as dort On Ingram,
Speaker 1: lou Dort's like a classic fire hydrant kind of guy,
Speaker 1: slides his feet well, absorbs contact and just kind of
Speaker 1: forces guys to shoot over the top. But brandon Ingram's
Speaker 1: a professional over the top shooter, So that's a matchup.
Speaker 1: I think brandon Ingram will be okay. In The question
Speaker 1: is who's gonna guard CJ. McCollum, and my guess is
Speaker 1: it's probably gonna be Jalen Williams. I think we'll see
Speaker 1: some caseon Wallace off the bench in that matchup as well. Really,
Speaker 1: it's this simple to me. If CJ. McCollum and Brandon
Speaker 1: Ingram can consistently get the defense in rotation, the Pels
Speaker 1: have some driving kick talent. Trey Murphy You'll see some
Speaker 1: examples on the film. Trey Murphy's good at pump faking
Speaker 1: and driving closeouts. And obviously, if CJ's starting the play
Speaker 1: or Brandon starting to play the other guys on the
Speaker 1: weak side as well, they have enough driving kick talent
Speaker 1: if they can get the defense in rotation. But that
Speaker 1: playmaking piece is going to be huge, and this is
Speaker 1: where Brandon Ingram comes in. Brandon Ingram's always been one
Speaker 1: of my favorite pick and roll passing wings that we
Speaker 1: have in the league. He's got long arms and he's
Speaker 1: good at reading the low man and making that skip pass,
Speaker 1: which is the key to getting the defense in rotation.
Speaker 1: So I think Brandon Ingram's gonna play a significant role
Speaker 1: in this particular series as a primary shot creator. And ironically,
Speaker 1: you know Brandon Ingram's fit when Zion's role in the
Speaker 1: way that he is. It can be a little clunky sometimes,
Speaker 1: but with Zion being out it kind of plays directly
Speaker 1: into Brandon Ingram's strengths where he could be on the
Speaker 1: ball more. I'm picking the Thunder, but the Pells do
Speaker 1: match up well, and they have a great home crowd,
Speaker 1: and they have more playoff experience. Brandon Ingram and c
Speaker 1: J mccoum have more reps in this type of environment,
Speaker 1: so I do think they're gonna be able to drag
Speaker 1: the series out, but I expect the Thunder to win.
Speaker 1: I'm picking them in six or seven games. All right,
Speaker 1: let's take a look at the film again. I only
Speaker 1: have seven clips to show you, guys. This is gonna
Speaker 1: be pretty quick. This first one is an example of
Speaker 1: how the Pelicans will look to attack Oklahoma City in
Speaker 1: the half court, So watch out. CJ McCollum is gonna
Speaker 1: try because he's got Jaylen Williams on him. CJ mccom's
Speaker 1: gonna try to get Shay Gills Alexander switched on to
Speaker 1: him first, so they're gonna use herb Jones to set
Speaker 1: the first screen and to get Shay switched. Once Jay
Speaker 1: is switched, then they're gonna bring Josh Giddy into the
Speaker 1: action with a ghost screen with Trey Murphy, and you'll
Speaker 1: see Trey Murphy's gonna run up set that ghost screen.
Speaker 1: That's gonna trigger the hedge from Giddy. That's gonna buy
Speaker 1: a close out situation for Trey Murphy. And now we
Speaker 1: can actually watch as Trey Murphy beats the clothes out
Speaker 1: to the left with a little pump fake draws Jalen Williams.
Speaker 1: Jaylen Williams, I should say and help drop off past
Speaker 1: the Larry nance for the dunk. That's gonna be the
Speaker 1: most common type of attack that I think we'll see
Speaker 1: in the half court from the Pelicans, whether it's CJ
Speaker 1: or brandon Ingram. I think they're gonna try to keep
Speaker 1: Shay and Check or excuse me, Chay and Josh Getty
Speaker 1: involved in the action as much as possible. Here's an
Speaker 1: example of a defensive possession with her Herb Jones guarding
Speaker 1: Shake gild Alexander. They're also going to set a gohot
Speaker 1: screen with with Jalen Williams. He's gonna come up and
Speaker 1: kind of fake like he's gonna set a screen and
Speaker 1: then slip out to the three point line. Watch Herb Jones,
Speaker 1: though he does a good job sliding his feet meeting
Speaker 1: him at spots, absorbing contact and he has the length
Speaker 1: to get good contests. It's not gonna be an easy
Speaker 1: first type of playoff matchup for Shay or herb Jones
Speaker 1: is a very very good defensive player. He's gonna make
Speaker 1: him work hard for his looks. Here's another late game
Speaker 1: kind of shot making piece from CJ McCollum. This is
Speaker 1: gonna be I think again. Shot making for CJ and
Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram is gonna be key. They're gonna run a
Speaker 1: screening action, but they're gonna get Jalen Williams is gonna
Speaker 1: get through it, and then CJ is gonna go straight
Speaker 1: iso here. So again Larry Nance slips out of the screen.
Speaker 1: There's a dig down which is gonna cause a retreat dribble.
Speaker 1: Once the retreat dribble happens, there's only three point six
Speaker 1: seconds left on the shot clock, so CJ has to
Speaker 1: make a play. But he gets he gets this. Look
Speaker 1: at that. That's a textbook example of elite ball handling.
Speaker 1: Watch Jalen Williams as he jumps up onto the right side.
Speaker 1: As soon as he jumps up, boom jumps up right.
Speaker 1: CJ immediately crosses back over to the right and beats
Speaker 1: him again. That's gonna be a huge piece of this
Speaker 1: series for the Pelicans. All Right, this is a big
Speaker 1: bucket from herb Jones against Shit, or excuse me, from
Speaker 1: Shay against herb Jones. We'll show you that he can
Speaker 1: win that matchup sometimes too. I thought it was interesting
Speaker 1: the way the Pelicans guarded this. So we're essentially going
Speaker 1: to get a ball screen off of this kickout. We're
Speaker 1: gonna get a ball screen with Shay and Chad. Okay,
Speaker 1: what's interesting to me about this configuration is as Cheed
Speaker 1: is setting the ball screen, herb Jones is basically conceding
Speaker 1: the pull up three here, like he's not pressuring the ball.
Speaker 1: He's dropping back obviously, nance is there kind of like
Speaker 1: in a little bit of like a high drop. But
Speaker 1: herb Jones is leaning back, he's on his heels, which
Speaker 1: basically allows this shot from Shay. I wonder if that's
Speaker 1: a game plan thing. I wonder if the Pelicans are
Speaker 1: going to try to turn Shaye into a three point
Speaker 1: shooter in this series, which may or may not work
Speaker 1: for them. We'll see. Here's another ghost screen with Trey Murphy,
Speaker 1: just to show you again how they're going to look
Speaker 1: to attack. So this ghost screen comes from a flare
Speaker 1: screen as well, So as he slips out of the screen,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get a flare from Larry Nants right there.
Speaker 1: As he slips out, there's a baked in driving lane
Speaker 1: to the left right, so he rips left, but he
Speaker 1: sees Shay come over to tag Larry Nance right there.
Speaker 1: As he sees that, he throws the skip past to
Speaker 1: Herb Jones. It's gonna be a big thing for the
Speaker 1: Thunder as well. How well can they contain these weak
Speaker 1: side close out opportunities from guy like Herb Jones And
Speaker 1: in this case they do a good job and force
Speaker 1: a turnover. Nice job from Shay. There, here's an example
Speaker 1: of those weak side two on ones. I was telling
Speaker 1: you guys about with the Thunder. So Shay's gonna beat
Speaker 1: Shay's gonna beat herb Jones with a with like I
Speaker 1: think he might be going against Trey Murphy here. Let's see. No,
Speaker 1: it is herb Jones, but he beats him with a
Speaker 1: nasty left to right crossover. And when he beats him, boom,
Speaker 1: you could see the Pelicans already loading up Trey Murphy's there.
Speaker 1: Now we've got this weak side situation. These are those
Speaker 1: week side two on ones I'm talking about. So in
Speaker 1: a ball screen, this would be a tag, but in
Speaker 1: this case, it's just a help on a drive. But
Speaker 1: you're gonna see consistently in the series anytime the Thunder
Speaker 1: runs some sort of action or someone gets beat off
Speaker 1: the dribble, they're going to heavy, heavy, heavy help here
Speaker 1: in the paint, and you're gonna see a lot of this.
Speaker 1: You're gonna see Josh Giddy in the corner or lou
Speaker 1: Dort in the corner, the other one on the wing,
Speaker 1: and this this man rotating down from the wing for
Speaker 1: the Pelicans is gonna have to play two on one.
Speaker 1: And in this case you could see pump fake you're
Speaker 1: baiting on the That was a classic passing lane close
Speaker 1: out from Zion Williamson. Right. So Zion Williamson's going to
Speaker 1: close out into the gap between the two of them, right,
Speaker 1: because he's trying to basically take away this pass while
Speaker 1: also preying on his indecisiveness. Loudor drives and kicks. Zion
Speaker 1: Williamson rotates back to Ludore. Notice none of the Pelicans
Speaker 1: are reacting to this. I'm gonna rewind a little bit
Speaker 1: because this is actually kind of crazy. None of the
Speaker 1: other four Pelicans care. They're content to let these two guys.
Speaker 1: Notice Larry Nts is not rotating. He's content, he's digging,
Speaker 1: he's stunting, but he's content to let these guys play
Speaker 1: two on one over here. So obviously it burned him
Speaker 1: and ended up costing him the game, But that is
Speaker 1: a strategy I do think we'll see from the Pelicans
Speaker 1: here in this series. Last one here an example of
Speaker 1: the Thunder picking on CJ McCollum. So Jaylen Williams is
Speaker 1: Zion on him Zion. It was kind of an interesting
Speaker 1: match because Jaye Williams is such a downhill kind of threat.
Speaker 1: They use Zion similar to the way they use him
Speaker 1: on Lebron, where he just kind of beat him to
Speaker 1: spots and use his physicality to kind of close off
Speaker 1: those driving lanes. But obviously, without Lebron or excuse me,
Speaker 1: without Zion available in this series, that's gonna be another
Speaker 1: advantage for Jalen to look at it, He's just going
Speaker 1: to be stronger than most of the perimeter defenders he's
Speaker 1: going against. So we get the Loudorge screen that gets
Speaker 1: CJ switched onto Jalen Williams. Now he comes over the
Speaker 1: ball screen, we're going to reverse the screening angle here,
Speaker 1: and this is just really bad ballscreen defense from Trey Murphy.
Speaker 1: Trey Murphy's on inside position. Excuse me, Trey Murphy's got
Speaker 1: inside position here on the home gren screen. And so
Speaker 1: when CJ goes to chase now, they're just screwed because
Speaker 1: Check can easily screen both of them and he can
Speaker 1: get downhill. But again, that's what happens when you pull
Speaker 1: you two pretty weak defenders into the action at the
Speaker 1: exact same time. You're gonna get an easy shot and
Speaker 1: you end up getting again once he turns the corner there.
Speaker 1: It's just hopeless. And Laryn antswould probably be in better
Speaker 1: help position with this being giddy, but he's not, and
Speaker 1: that ends up icing the game here. So again beyond
Speaker 1: the the lookout for the thunder attacking c J. McCollum
Speaker 1: as well. All right, guys, that is all I have
Speaker 1: for today. For this morning, I should say, as always
Speaker 1: as sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. So
Speaker 1: we got all eight series previews. They're all up on
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Speaker 1: you guys. After the final buzzer of Nuggets Lakers for
Speaker 1: an instint reaction, the volume