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You're 40 00:01:58,840 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: at the volume heavy. 41 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: Weds there everybody, hope all you guys are having a 42 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: great week. As promised, we're hitting film from the Lakers 43 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: Timberwolves series as well as the Bucks Pacers series. Today, 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: I as as I figured I would after Game two, 45 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: Especially after the rewatch of Game two, I feel like 46 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 2: I have a much better feel for this Lakers Wolves 47 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: series after what was really complicated in after game one, 48 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 2: and I feel the same way about that Bucks Pacer 49 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: series after they upped their intensity. It's just easier to 50 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 2: tell when the team kind of meets the moment a 51 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: little bit and you can start to see the real 52 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 2: problems that both teams have on both sides of the floor. 53 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: Lots of interesting stuff to get into, and Lakers Wolves 54 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: will lead off there. You guys know the joll before 55 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: we get started. Subscribe to the Hoops and Not YouTube 56 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: channel so you don't miss any more of our videos. 57 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 2: Follow me on Twitter at Underscore JCNLT so you guys 58 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 2: dont miss you announcements. Don't forget about a podcast feed 59 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: where you get your podcast on our Hoops Tonight. 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So 67 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 2: let's get I was trying to decide whether or not 68 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,119 Speaker 2: I wanted to work through just Minnesota's offense or work 69 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 2: through the game, and I decided to work through the game. 70 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 2: But I did have a specific focus on Minnesota on offense, 71 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: and I have a bunch of specific examples. I'll show 72 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: you guys on stuff that I think works well, and 73 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: then different problems that they'll be contending with, and then 74 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: I'll kind of like summarize my thoughts when we get 75 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: towards the end. 76 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: But this first clip here a lot of. 77 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: Ruby Hachimura defending in ISO, and I actually thought he 78 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: held up pretty well throughout the game. But he did 79 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: lose a few battles to Julius Randall, but he won 80 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: more battles against Julius Randall than he did in the past. 81 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: And here's an example of him holding up well, sliding 82 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: his feet, absorbing contact, forcing him into a tough jump shot. 83 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: And then on this next clip, we're going to see 84 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: an example of where it worked for Julius. So the 85 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 2: big thing that I noticed with Julius Randall on his 86 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: drives is they tended to work best when he was 87 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 2: in specific spacing situations where he was driving into shooting. 88 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: So for example, in this specific clip, we're going to 89 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: set up with Randall against Ruey. But notice we have 90 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: a very good shooter in the strong side corner in 91 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: Mike Conley. There was an early screen in the possession. 92 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 2: If you guys look back here, believe a Lebron screen 93 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 2: right here boom with Ruey with Rudy that ended up 94 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: getting Jackson Hayes onto Mike Conley. So that pulls Jackson 95 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 2: Hayes away from the Rudy Gobert assignment so that he's 96 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 2: not parked right underneath the rim. And so now if 97 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 2: you look at the setup, have they run this little 98 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: interchange here a couple times? But if you look at 99 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: the setup, we have Ruy guarding Julius, but we have 100 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 2: Jackson removed from the paint, contending with the shooter in 101 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 2: the strong side corner, and Lebron's worried about Rudy on 102 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 2: a box out and so that actually gives Julius the 103 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: space to not have to worry about this guy digging 104 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: down from the corner and a shorter player at the 105 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: rim in Lebron, plenty of room for Rudy to get 106 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: it Ruy for Julius to get in there and get 107 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 2: a bucket. I thought the Lakers brought a much much 108 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 2: better level of intensity right out the gates in this game. 109 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: Look at the difference in defensive competitiveness from Austin here. 110 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: I thought. 111 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: One of the things I noticed too, the possessions where 112 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 2: the Lakers let Julius get comfortable with his rhythm, like 113 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 2: backing off instead of pressuring him. He looked more comfortable. 114 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 2: Notice how Austin just attacking the basketball and disrupting Julius's 115 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 2: rhythm caused him to give up the ball, So then 116 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: Julius bails on it. Then it turns into an iso 117 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 2: with Jaden and Austin, and look at the physicality from 118 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: Austin bumping getting up underneath him. That's great defense from 119 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves. Now look at the difference in the spacing here. 120 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 2: As you can see, this is Jaden McDaniels in the 121 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: corner as opposed to a more knockdown shooter. And so 122 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: look at who's more willing to help Luca Lucas in 123 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 2: the paint. This is a shot that they're more willing 124 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: to give up, but very nice kickout pass from aunt 125 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: Jaden just missed the shot. And again is a guy 126 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: that can knock down shots, as we know, but he's 127 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 2: not the guy that's gonna go three for three every 128 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 2: single night. He went three for three in Game one 129 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 2: struggle to knock down the threes. In Game two, I 130 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 2: liked this attack from Luca against Jadan McDaniels off of 131 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 2: the right wing, and this is an example of the 132 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: spacing concept that I talked about before the series. The 133 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: Lakers are in their five out group right, so Jackson 134 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 2: Hayes is off the floor, Dorian Finney Smith is in 135 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: the game. When I talked earlier in the series about 136 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 2: Rudy having to make decisions, I should say before the series, 137 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: I talked about Rudy having to make decisions about whether 138 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 2: or not to help at the rim or to stay. 139 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: With a shooter. 140 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 2: And as you could see, Luca gets into the basket 141 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: here and Ruy, Rudy is actually sliding back out towards 142 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 2: Ruey in the left corner. 143 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: If you look. 144 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: He's hesitant to really commit to the help because he 145 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: knows that Ruey is a legitimate spacing threat there and 146 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 2: that gives Luca the space to work one on one 147 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: against McDaniels and get to a short range shot making. 148 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,799 Speaker 2: That was the concept that I was talking about before 149 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: the series, that the Lakers need to bear out to 150 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 2: neutralize Rudy. One of the things I notice about We're 151 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 2: gonna be talking a lot about ISOs against Rudy Gobert today. 152 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: So there was a stat flying around last night that 153 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: the Lakers were five for twelve against Rudy in ISO 154 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: so far through the first two games, which paints it 155 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 2: in the light that it's like, Okay, that's below forty 156 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: two percent. 157 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: That's not good. 158 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 2: But Luca was actually successfully able to draw several fouls 159 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: on Rudy, like this one right here, And if you 160 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: factor in fouls, the Lakers actually got one point zero 161 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 2: seven points per possession when shooting against Rudy in ISOs, 162 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 2: which doesn't seem like an insanely high number, but if 163 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 2: you factor in the way this series is gonna look 164 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: with all the games most likely being relatively low scoring, 165 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: a one oh seven offensive rating on a possession is 166 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: actually really good in a series like this. Now, in 167 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: a regular season, not necessarily, but then when you start 168 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: factoring in passes. I'll show you guys examples when we 169 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 2: get to the tail end of the film session. But 170 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,679 Speaker 2: Luca also in the second half started drawing additional help 171 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: on his ISOs against Rudy. Any Gen rated a couple 172 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 2: of wide open threes on kickouts from those Rudy ISOs. 173 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 2: So like specifically Luca attacking Rudy and ISO, that one 174 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: point zero seven points per possession number I quoted. That 175 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 2: also includes Austin and Lebron's ISOs against Rudy. Now, Austin 176 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 2: did get two buckets against Rudy and ISO last night, 177 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: so that influences those numbers a little bit. But if 178 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 2: you take all of the Lebron and Austin ISOs out 179 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: against Rudy, the efficient efficiency goes up even higher. So 180 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: I actually I did not feel this way before the series. 181 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: I've been impressed by Luca. Luca's work against Rudy, specifically 182 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 2: in ISO, is actually a very worthwhile play type for 183 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: the Lakers to keep her scoring, keep attacking throughout the series. 184 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 2: It's just the Lebron and Austin ISOs that I think 185 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 2: are really difficult, and even Austin's bucket against Rudy that 186 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 2: he had in the second half. He had like it 187 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 2: was like an insane step through a move that like 188 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: he just flipped up this crazy spinning finish off the glass. 189 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: Like it was extremely highly difficult shot. So like I 190 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: like specifically Luca attacking Rudy and ISOs just about anybody else, 191 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 2: it gets really tricky. We did get to see Luca 192 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 2: attacking Jaden McDaniels in the post a couple times in 193 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: this game, and this is a time where it worked 194 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: out really well for them getting a quality shot. There 195 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: was one in the second half Whereluca's spacing was poor, 196 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: but as you can see, he draws multiple defenders, drops 197 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: it off to Dorian swing swing. We get a good 198 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: look for Austin out of that post up for Luca. 199 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 2: One of the things that I talked about a little 200 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 2: bit last night was that it was less about any 201 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 2: sort of schematic adjustment for the Lakers, although they were 202 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: more attentive to Minnesota's better shooters over the course of 203 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 2: the game, which was definitely a little bit of a 204 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: game plan adjustment, but most of it was just like 205 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: what JJ said in the third end of the third 206 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: quarter interview in game one, which is not about schematics, 207 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 2: it's about intensity. The Lakers were more or less running 208 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: the exact same scheme on most of these Anthony Edwards possessions. 209 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 2: As you can see, they're funneling him towards the sideline. 210 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 2: They have this guy effectively in a strong side zone, 211 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 2: ignoring and sliding over in help, and they're pinching off 212 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 2: the corner, and so Ant is actually contending with three 213 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 2: defenders on basically every single one of these drives, the 214 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 2: guy at the point of the attack, the guy pinching down, 215 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 2: and the guy in help. And as you can see, 216 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: Aunt actually makes the right read here trying to kick 217 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 2: to McDaniels. The pass just gets deflected. But look at 218 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 2: the difference in intensity. Look at how much more aggressive 219 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: they are on the ball with those hands to get 220 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 2: those deflections. It was the same exact scheme. It just 221 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: worked more effectively because the Lakers played with the appropriate 222 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: force and intensity and discipline. I've really liked the work 223 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 2: that Ant's done off the catch in this series, and 224 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: this is one of the main things that I'm looking 225 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: at as an opportunity for the Wolves to improve on offense, 226 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: especially off of Julius post ups. So like when they 227 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 2: give the ball to Julius, they start pinching down. As 228 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 2: you can see like Dorian finney Smith here. This creates 229 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 2: easy kind of like King of the Court style, quick 230 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 2: catching ISO opportunities, quick catch and attack off the dribble 231 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 2: opportunities for Aunt. Here's an example off the catch, he's 232 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 2: able to with the close out, get Dorian Phinneysmith out 233 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: of position with a pump fake and get himself a 234 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 2: really clean look from three. That's something I would explore 235 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 2: more is just on those Julius post ups, set up 236 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 2: ant one pass away and just get him some easy 237 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 2: opportunities to attack closeouts. There were about three, two from 238 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 2: Julius Randall one from nasried early shot clock pull up 239 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 2: threes against the Lakers. This is just a bad shot. 240 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 2: There's sixteen on the shot clock when he takes that. 241 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: There's nobody in to get on the offensive glass. And 242 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 2: the biggest thing here is if you take that shot, 243 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 2: you're making it so that the Lakers don't have to 244 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 2: contend with your physicality at all. On drives, you are 245 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: literally bailing the Lakers out. I'm not saying you don't 246 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 2: take that shot. I'm just saying take that shot. Later 247 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 2: in the clock after you've made some sort of attempt 248 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 2: to get into the paint. 249 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: This is the war of attrition. 250 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about it when we get it 251 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 2: later in the show. But like, there are these obvious 252 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 2: things that the Wolves can do that have had some 253 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: success in the series offensively, But you know they're not 254 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 2: gonna log a you know, a one to twenty five 255 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 2: offensive rating the rest of the series. I'd be shocked 256 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: if they did. It's going to be a low scoring, 257 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 2: difficult series. Your pathway to victory if your Minnesota is 258 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 2: the war of attrition, it's you got a forty year old, 259 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: you're smaller. We're gonna wear you down, and by game 260 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 2: six and game seven you won't be able to hang 261 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 2: with us anymore. And the only way you're gonna do 262 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: that is by continually inflicting yourself physically on them every 263 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: single possession. 264 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: You're trying to win the war of attrition. 265 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 2: Here's another example of the standard game plan that the 266 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: Lakers really using against Ant. 267 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: So let's take a look at the setup. 268 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 2: So we have Ant, we have Luca funneling him towards 269 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 2: the sideline, we have Jordan Goodwin pinching down, and we 270 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 2: have Dorian Finney Smith ready now once again actually scores 271 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: here on this nice little left handed finish. But look 272 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 2: at how many people he's contending with On every single 273 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,079 Speaker 2: one of his drives. He's contending with the guy the 274 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: point of attack, he's having to gather over the pinch, 275 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 2: and he's having to finish over someone at the rim. 276 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 2: And well, I'll actually skip ahead so I can show 277 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 2: you guys the numbers I pulled earlier. Let's see here 278 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 2: we are Ant is actually shooting just six for fifteen 279 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: on layups. So far in the series, Ant's drives have 280 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: only been worth zero point eighty four points. So like 281 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 2: him trying to finish through three people every single time 282 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 2: actually is working to the benefit of the Lakers in 283 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 2: their defensive scheme. He's getting some makes mixed in there, 284 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: but for the most part, and again, if you actually 285 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 2: look here, there's an open kickout read to Dante DiVincenzo 286 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 2: in the left corner that he's missing to try to 287 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 2: force the action through all these people. And so I'll 288 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: go over. I'll show you guys examples throughout the film session. 289 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 2: But him taking some of these strong side corner reads 290 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: that are available to keep the defense honest, being willing 291 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 2: to throw that pass to Nakil Alexander Walker a few 292 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 2: times per game, him being willing to make this kick 293 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: out past the Dante DiVincenzo to keep the defense honest. 294 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: And then I'll show you some examples later. But when 295 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 2: they do something to occupy one of these two defenders 296 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: in some way, shape or form, like a post up 297 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 2: while he's driving, or a box out sort of thing 298 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: with Rudy Gobert, it neutralizes one of these guys and 299 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: it makes it so Aunt only has to go through 300 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 2: two defenders instead of three, and he has some more 301 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 2: expense success there. You guys will see some examples of 302 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: that here coming up. This was an example of a 303 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 2: double team of Luca that I thought actually worked pretty well, 304 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: gave Vincent scores. Here he hits like a pretty deep 305 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 2: three off of the left break. But this is a 306 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 2: double team. Here he gets Aunt watched the double come 307 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 2: from Nikhil Alexander Walker, just a random double that they 308 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 2: decided to throw. This is a this is like a 309 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 2: mix up the coverage kind of thing. Let's see if 310 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 2: Chris Finch is actually calling it. Yep, there it is. 311 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: He watched. You can actually see Chris Finch put his 312 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 2: hands up to his face and yell double double, double, double, 313 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 2: double double. There comes the double. That's just mixing up 314 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: the coverage. They weren't doing this at any point in 315 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 2: the game. They're just trying to keep Luca off balance. 316 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 2: But this actually works. If you see, Luca makes a 317 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 2: great read. Naz Reid rotates up to the gay part 318 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 2: of this. Jaden McDaniels is kind of splitting the differences 319 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 2: in center field here between Vando and Dorian Finney Smith 320 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 2: really nice close out or really nice close out to 321 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 2: chase Dorian off the line. Dorian drives baseline. Vando's making 322 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: himself completely useless underneath the basket. I just don't Vando's 323 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 2: got to understand. This is spacing one on one when 324 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 2: you're a big man. As soon as the side of 325 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 2: the floor's flips. So as soon as this ball gets 326 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: across the midline, Vandos got to relocate over here. He's 327 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 2: got to get to the opposite dunker spot. That's just 328 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 2: bad space. Like Vando's just playing bad offensive basketball there. 329 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 2: But as you can see as he drives in the process, 330 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 2: they get a force of contested three and so I 331 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: do think if the wolves ended up in a position 332 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 2: where they were unwilling to accept Rudy Gobert, Rudy Gobert 333 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: ISOs or something along those lines. I do think mixing 334 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 2: in doubles is a good option to try to keep 335 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: him off balance. This is another driving basket from Julius Randall. 336 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 2: I want you guys to look at the spacing. Okay, 337 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: so let's watch the layup first and then we'll dig 338 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 2: in on the spacing. There's Julius left hand. Finish. Look 339 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 2: at who is on the left side of the floor. 340 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: These are the little details that matter when you're setting 341 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: up the floor. It's Mike Conley, who Vanderbilt doesn't want 342 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: to help off of, and it's Gabe Vincent guarding nas Reed, 343 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: who he doesn't want to help off of. Watches Nos 344 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 2: relocates out to this corner. How Gabe follows him. He 345 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 2: sees the drive coming and he follows nos Reid. So again, 346 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: you're getting an easy layup for Julius Randall. Just by 347 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 2: setting up the spacing, you put your weakest shooter, Jad 348 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 2: McDaniels on his weak hand where he's not driving. So 349 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: it's very difficult for Dorian Phinney Smith to help here anyway. Yes, 350 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 2: it's a difficult pass for Julius to make, but it's 351 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 2: very difficult for Dorrian Finney Smith to actually get over 352 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 2: there in time. You set it up properly so that 353 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: Julius is driving into your bed shooters. 354 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: You can create more space for him that way. 355 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 2: I thought this was an interesting example of just the 356 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 2: insane physicality that Jada McDaniels brings. Let's slow it down 357 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 2: a little bit so you guys can see. Watches Jaden 358 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 2: McDaniels sets up his back cut by just hitting Gabe 359 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 2: Vincent hard. 360 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: He's fast forward a little bit here. 361 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 2: Watch how hard Jada McDaniels hits Gabe just bam throws 362 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 2: him off, then cuts back door. That basically creates that 363 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 2: inside seal angle. Austin Reeves is waiting at the rim. 364 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: There's nothing he's gonna do with Jaden, even on the 365 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 2: miss he gets the rebound. Vandals got to get in 366 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 2: there and contend for that, especially with the offensive spacing 367 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 2: issues that he presents. 368 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: All Right, Austin. 369 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 2: Reeves still can't make a three. Him and Lebron were 370 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 2: one for eleven. But I did think Austin started to 371 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 2: show him picking up some of his short range mid 372 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: range rhythm in this game. And here's an example of 373 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: a shot that Austin was missing in game one that 374 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 2: he made in game two. That's little behind the back 375 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 2: move on Connelly. That short to mid range game. That's 376 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 2: an area where Austin can be really dead when he's 377 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: in rhythm. Here's another example of Julius driving towards shooting. 378 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 2: Look at how the floor is set up week at 379 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: shooter is on Julius Randall's we cand that he's never 380 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 2: going to drive to and you have Mike Conley in 381 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 2: the corner, and so as Julius is driving, they relocate 382 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 2: up Nikhil. Alexander Walker is another one of Minnesota's more 383 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: deadly catch and shoot shooters. So notice how Gabe and 384 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 2: Dorian Finney Smith are completely uninterested in helping on this possession, 385 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 2: which allows Julius to really get downhill. And if you 386 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 2: look at Julius getting downhill, he spins here and Lebron's 387 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 2: basically dead to rights and he's got to hack him. 388 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: But I like that idea as a spacing concept. 389 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 2: For the Wolves. Just make sure that Julius is driving 390 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 2: towards Conley, Nikhil, Alexander Walker, Nasri, Dante DiVincenzo. Don't have 391 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 2: him driving towards Jaden McDaniels when he's on the floor. 392 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 2: Here's another like kind of post up that Julius Randall has. 393 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 2: But I want you to look at who is in 394 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: the normal pinch spot. So on as Julius starts going, 395 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: look at how Dorian Finney Smith and Lebron are uncommitted 396 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 2: to helping. Because it's Mike Conley there and it's Anthony 397 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 2: Edwards there. This gives Julius plenty of space here to 398 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 2: work in the middle of the floor. Good defense from 399 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 2: Jordan Goodwin to force him into a tough one there. 400 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 2: So this is why, Like this is another example of 401 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 2: why in the Lakers base scheme it's important for Ant 402 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 2: to function more as a passer. So we have the 403 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 2: exact same sequence, right, we have Rudy funneling towards the sideline. 404 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 2: We have Dorian Finney Smith pinching down off the strong 405 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 2: side corner. We have Austin in the strong side zone. 406 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: Right. 407 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 2: Once again, this is his pass to Conley that Aunt 408 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 2: has to be willing to take at least a couple 409 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 2: times per game. He was basically completely unwilling to make 410 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 2: this pass last night. Just to keep the team honest, 411 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: that's a pass he needs to make. But even with 412 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 2: that being the case, he does make the skip here. 413 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: Watch what happens. The skip is open because Austin is 414 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 2: strong side zoning. Luca has to come off of Jaden 415 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 2: McDaniels and inside seal to keep Julius Randall off the 416 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 2: glass and to take away the lob right. So Ant 417 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 2: makes the skip here that forces this rotation from Goodwin, 418 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 2: which hits Terrence Shannon up here on the wing. He 419 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 2: has a huge runway he gets going downhill and gets 420 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 2: a layup. But again, this is the pass. These two 421 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 2: passes are passes that Ant's going to have to make 422 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: to keep the defense honest. 423 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: In the scheme. 424 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 2: When he tries to drive through all these guys and 425 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 2: try to take a layup, he's not even getting nine 426 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 2: tenths of a point per possession. That's not a smart play. 427 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 2: But if he just drives and makes these kickout reads, 428 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 2: there's actually some really high quality opportunities for Minnesota. Just 429 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 2: need to see him add that strong side corner in 430 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 2: more and it's just guaranteed rotation basketball like, you can 431 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 2: guarantee an advantage that leads to your guys playing drive 432 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 2: in kick just by Ant making that read. This is 433 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 2: what it looks like when Julius tries to ISO when 434 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: there's not the shooting, the appropriate shooting to space the floor. 435 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 2: So now look look at the setup here. Terrence Shannon 436 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 2: is in the stronghand position for Julius Randalls. So this 437 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 2: is an example of bad spacing that is easy. You 438 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 2: can easily mitigate this. All you need to do is 439 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: have Julius hold the ball for an extra three seconds, 440 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 2: have Terrence Shannon sprint through to where Mike Conley is, 441 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 2: have Mike Conley come through the baseline, have Ant slide 442 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: up so that he's on the wing. All of a sudden, 443 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 2: you have Aunt and Mike Conley in these two spots. 444 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 2: Now Julius can get to his strong hand. But because 445 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: they have it set up with Terrence Shannon and Julius 446 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 2: Randall's strong hand, Jordan Goodwin can really sit down in 447 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 2: that lane. See he's just ignoring it. That's in Conley's 448 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 2: pushing him through to go to this corner. That would 449 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 2: have been another perfect example of an opportunity for Tarance 450 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 2: Shannon just to locate through here and for Mike Conley 451 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 2: to cut through. As a result, Julius just drives Harden 452 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 2: too help Ruey's able to rotate the Ant. They're not 453 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 2: worried about Terrence. Shannon nice clothes out from Rudy from Ruey, 454 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 2: and they end up forcing a miss. Having a Ruey 455 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 2: and a Rudy in this series is a huge pain 456 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: in the ass for content creation. By the way, all right, 457 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 2: let's look at this next one. This is another example 458 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: of Ant just trying to force his way through three 459 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 2: defenders on every single drive. Once again, it's a little 460 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 2: bit different geometry because he's going to his right hand, 461 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 2: but look on the ball pinch at the rim with 462 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 2: Ruey like he makes that one. But this has been 463 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 2: a low percentage play for him in this series, him 464 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 2: trying to drive through three bodies every time to make 465 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 2: a layup. That one goes in. But once again, he's 466 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 2: six for fifteen in the series, just zero point eight 467 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: four points per drive. That's including fouls. By the way, 468 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,959 Speaker 2: I didn't include the pump fakes in this film session 469 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 2: for timesake, but this is an example of a shot 470 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 2: that Ruey can get. 471 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: This is a shot. 472 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 2: Look, Rudy is closing out and he's gonna jump high. 473 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 2: But Ruey does get the shot off. He can take 474 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 2: that shot. He needs to take that shot. He needs 475 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 2: to make that shot. He cannot just pump fake it 476 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 2: every single time and drive into the teeth of the 477 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: defense where the advantage then disappears late in the game. 478 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 2: He pump faked that shot a few times. That's something 479 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 2: he needs to take. And like I said, I would 480 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 2: just have Ruy to spend the next two days shooting 481 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 2: over tall closeouts. Here's an example of what happens when 482 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 2: you take away one of the helpers on an ant drive. 483 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 2: So watch the way that Rudy on this drive engages 484 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: Luca's body. Boom with the seal because he engages Luca's body. 485 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 2: Now as Ruy is playing that stronghand side, we have 486 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: the same setup, right, we have Dorian Finney Smith pinching, 487 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: but Luca is now contending with Rudy under the basket physically. 488 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 2: Because he's contending with Rudy physically, he can't elevate. Because 489 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 2: he can't elevate, Ant's not even having to worry about 490 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: that third defender. So that's an example of a way 491 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 2: to get Aunt a really easy one. Have somebody. There's 492 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 2: another later example. I'll show you where Julius Ryandall's like 493 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: posting up. Do something with those guys that are in 494 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 2: this space physically to at least hold that Laker defender 495 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 2: on the ground so that Ant doesn't have to contend 496 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 2: with another defender in the air when he gets to 497 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 2: the rim. Here's another example of Ant attacking off the 498 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 2: catch from a Julius post up. I think Aunt misses 499 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 2: this one if I remember correctly. So we have Julius 500 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 2: post up look r Luca is Luca doubles, Ant gets 501 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 2: a clean look, drives the close out and dunks Oliver 502 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 2: Jackson a So this was not a miss. But look 503 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 2: at what it comes out of. You got Aunt a 504 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 2: runway to dunk all over Jackson Hayes's face out of 505 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 2: a catch off of a Julius post up. Something to 506 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,719 Speaker 2: explore a little bit more over the course of the series. 507 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 2: This is just an annoying Laker fan moment for me. 508 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 2: I just don't understand why Jackson Hayes is incapable of 509 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,719 Speaker 2: contesting with verticality at the rim. He can't help himself. 510 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 2: He just hacks every damn time off of Julius's drive. 511 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,959 Speaker 2: Look at the hack, like, just keep your hands down, Jackson, 512 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 2: keep your hands down, jump with verticality and make him 513 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 2: make a damn tough shot over your contest. It's like 514 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: such a basic concept that Jackson struggles with. This was 515 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 2: an example of what I talked about in last night's 516 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 2: show with the random late switches on Rudy Gobert's ISOs. So, 517 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 2: once Luca gets down into this range, they're bringing this 518 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 2: second defender up, and then Rudy will peel off and 519 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 2: go to the guy that Jaden was guarding. See that's 520 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 2: that random late switch that takes away that disadvantage that 521 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 2: Rudy was dealing with there on the floor. Luke ends 522 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 2: up missing the shot. Here's another example from earlier in 523 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 2: the game, but it ended in a foul. Same sort 524 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 2: of thing though. If you watch what right, when Luca 525 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 2: gets into the paint, they just basically peel off switch, 526 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 2: Rudy goes to Jackson, Dante comes up. Dante just ends 527 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 2: up committing a foul. But that was a wrinkle that 528 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 2: we saw from That was a wrinkle that we saw 529 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 2: from Minnesota in this game. Here's a clear tide post 530 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 2: up for Luca where I thought his spacing was poor. 531 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 2: Notice how he was originally way down here, but he 532 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 2: works his way up closer to the elbow. And now 533 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 2: the reason why he wants to do that technically is 534 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 2: to pivot towards the baseline. And I get that, But 535 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 2: what you're doing is you're allowing Rudy Gobaert to pressure 536 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: you relatively easily. If he's down here instead, it's a 537 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: lot easier for this to turn into a kickout three. 538 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 2: But because he's in this spot on the floor, Rudy's 539 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 2: able to get in there and deflect the pass. Austin 540 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 2: actually got Rudy and switches twice late in the game, 541 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 2: like I talked about, like a quick layup off the glass. 542 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,719 Speaker 2: This was the crazy finish that he had though, so 543 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 2: like with like with these, with these ISOs, if it's 544 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 2: not Luca, I think these are beneficial from Minnesota overall. 545 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 2: Like this is an incredibly tough shot from Austin. Ant's 546 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 2: attacking off the catch again, just a basic catch and 547 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 2: shoot three, like I want him like this is a 548 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: great This is a great way to get him going 549 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 2: as a score when he's in his on ball reps 550 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 2: along the slot with them loading up, he needs to 551 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 2: function more as a passer, but off the catch, this 552 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 2: is where he can look to be super aggressive. Here's 553 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 2: that example I talked about earlier about a post up 554 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 2: while Ant's driving. So because Julius is battling Lebron for 555 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 2: post position, it removes Lebron as a rim protector. And 556 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: they actually did this instead of occupying the corner. And 557 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 2: so as a result, when Ant drives, there's no pinch 558 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 2: from the corner and he only has to contend with 559 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 2: one defender at the rim and Rui, and he easily 560 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 2: dances around him. And it's because once again one of 561 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 2: the help defenders is physically engaged while this is all 562 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: going down. 563 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 1: Just something to explore. 564 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 2: This is another reason why I was talking about how 565 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 2: even that one point zero seven number with attacking Rudy 566 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,959 Speaker 2: and ISOs is kind of misleading, because this is this 567 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 2: is a Luca ISO attack that doesn't log as an ISO. 568 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 2: It logs as a spot up, but it does log 569 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: as an ISO including passes. And so if you look 570 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 2: at this, he gets past Rudy, draws Julius Randall into help, 571 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 2: generates this clean catch and shoot. Look for Dorian Finney 572 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 2: Smith that he knocks down once again. Shout out to 573 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 2: Dorian Finny Smith. This is playoff basketball. You're gonna have 574 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 2: to hit shots with guys running out at you, and 575 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: that's what we need from Ruey the rest of this series. 576 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 2: There's another Luca Iso Gobert that ends in a wide 577 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 2: open three, this time from Dorian Finney Smith out of 578 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 2: the left corner ISO double team kick, extra pass Dorian 579 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 2: Finney Smith. So like I think the Luca ISOs against 580 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 2: Gobert have worked really well through two games. Here's another 581 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 2: big time defensive possession from Ruy. Both both Ruey and 582 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 2: Lebron I thought were fantastic defensively last night against Randall. Physicality. 583 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: Look at I was holding his shoulder. This is what 584 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 2: was missing from Ruey with his matchups with Julius Randall 585 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 2: in the past, and this was why Julius used to 586 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 2: kill him. Look At I was holding his ground, being physical, 587 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 2: actually fighting for position back understanding that you can get 588 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 2: away with a lot of contact if they're trying to 589 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 2: play bullyball. 590 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: Julius does get Ruey. 591 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 2: This time, but I want to highlight this spacing a 592 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 2: little bit in the strong side corner your aunt and 593 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 2: Duran Finney Smith is glued up, so that makes it 594 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: so that he has plenty of space to get down here. 595 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 2: And then this is Ruy does defend this well, this 596 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 2: is just a vicious chicken wing from Julius Randa. 597 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: To watch this boom. 598 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 2: That's playoff basketball too, And that was an impressive bit 599 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 2: of physicality from Julius Randall. Here's an example of what 600 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 2: I talked about about trying to play people into missus. 601 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 2: This was a shot that was just uncontested for Naserid 602 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 2: in Game one. Watch the close out from Austin. Bring 603 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 2: me any forces in air like take shot result into 604 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 2: your own hands. Don't leave it to chance. If you 605 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 2: leave it to chance, these pros are gonna knock down shots. 606 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 2: So yeah, that's all I have from that particular game. 607 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 2: My main notes again, Luca Rudy ISOs are good, but 608 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 2: every other Rudy Iso not so much. Ruby and Lebron 609 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 2: on defense were just unbelievable. There was another couple plays 610 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 2: from the film session that I didn't include today, a 611 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 2: huge Ruie rotation at the rim where he went with 612 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 2: the verticality contest and forced to stop, ran out and 613 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 2: got a big layup in transition, that steal that Lebron 614 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 2: had late when the Wolves were driving in transition, where 615 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 2: Lebron just swooped in underneath. Ant got the steal and 616 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 2: drove out the other way for a layup. The two 617 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 2: of them both on the defensive glass, especially Lebron on 618 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 2: the defensive glass. Those guys were incredible, as promised my 619 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 2: notes on Minnesota's offense, those Ant slot drives. He needs 620 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 2: to function more as a passer, but if you're gonna 621 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 2: try to get him opportunities to drive, shedding help defenders 622 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 2: by either stealing the low man or posting up literally 623 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 2: on that strong side of the floor out of the 624 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 2: strong side corner while Ant's looking to drive, so that 625 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 2: he's going one on two instead of one on three, 626 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 2: and then being more willing to take the easy reads 627 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 2: that are there, specifically out of the strong side corner 628 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 2: in that skip pass with Julius, Slot drives into shooting, 629 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 2: making sure that he has strong like on the strong 630 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: side of the floor where he's driving, that he's going 631 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 2: into shooters so guys aren't pinching down, and then looking 632 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 2: for opportunities while he's posting to make kickout passes to 633 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards to attack closeouts. But here's the thing, like 634 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 2: my my feel on that is like you can you 635 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 2: can really tell through two games that the pet actions 636 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 2: that Minnesota wants to run is ant driving into those 637 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 2: triple teams right either as a passer as a score 638 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 2: or attacking off the catch Julius attacking slot drives and 639 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 2: post ups like that's gonna be Minnesota's offense for the 640 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 2: majority of this series. They're little spacing details and little 641 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 2: intricacies they can use. But that's the series for Minnesota. 642 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 2: For Minnesota, it's and and Julia's shot creation, and for 643 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 2: the Lakers on the other end of the floor, it's Lebron, 644 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 2: Luca Austin shot creation. I believe Lebron, Luca and Austin, 645 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 2: as long as they can trap the game in the 646 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 2: half court, the Lakers are going to win that matchup. 647 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 2: I feel strongly that the Lakers are a smarter, more 648 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 2: surgical half court team, but the physicality element is Minnesota's advantage. 649 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 2: It will not stop throughout this whole series. Anytime the 650 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,239 Speaker 2: Lakers lose focus or intensity, Minnesota is going to run 651 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 2: the score up on them. And there's a major wear 652 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 2: and tear factor in this series that I think heavily 653 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 2: favors Minnesota, and so I steel like I'm leaning very 654 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 2: much towards coin flip with this series right now. I'm 655 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 2: not going to change my pick yet with me picking 656 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 2: the Lakers to win, I wouldn't do that unless Minnesota 657 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 2: took a more substantial advantage. But it feels very coin 658 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 2: flippy to me right now, which is, if the Lakers 659 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 2: can stay healthy and hang onto the rope, they are 660 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 2: the better half court team. 661 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: They should win. 662 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 2: If Minnesota can wear them down successfully into either execution 663 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 2: lapses or wear and tear, then they can control things 664 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 2: as the series progresses and get out of here with 665 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 2: the win. And again, for Lakers fans, if you can 666 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 2: somehow survive this series Golden State Oklahoma City, they are 667 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 2: also truly elite defenses, but they do not bring the 668 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 2: physicality element that Minnesota brings. If you can somehow survive 669 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 2: this series, you'll feel like a breath of fresh air 670 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 2: as you extend into the future series, at least relative 671 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 2: to this specific matchup. And so it's all about survival 672 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 2: at this point for the Lakers. Hang onto the rope, 673 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 2: stay disciplined, find ways to survive this series so that 674 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 2: you can find a better matchup down the line. All right, 675 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 2: let's talk a little Bucks Pacers before we get out 676 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 2: of here today. So the main piece that we were 677 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 2: looking at was the switching with the five, specifically with 678 00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 2: brook Lopez, and I want to just show specific how 679 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 2: untenable this is and why Doc Rivers basically just needs 680 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 2: to bail on brook Lopez and either keep his minutes 681 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 2: extremely low or bail on him entirely. I would just 682 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 2: keep his minutes low, but he's just too slow footed 683 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 2: to be able to handle these matchups. As you can 684 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 2: see switch the ball screen. Look at how easily Tyree's 685 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 2: can get around him. All he has to do really 686 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 2: is this right here. If you look, you can kind 687 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 2: of see him. Look up, look at his head right 688 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 2: as he sits in that high hesitation right here right there, 689 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 2: he's threatening the shot. And when he does you can 690 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: actually see Brooks weight shift forward. Watch Brooks weight shift 691 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 2: forward just barely ready boom waight forward? Right is his 692 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 2: weight is forward, Tyrees goes right around him, and you're 693 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 2: going to see that over and over again. Giannis helps 694 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 2: easy kick out to Miles Turner Corner three knock down. 695 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 2: This one was the fancy scoop shot. This was just 696 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: really impressive footwork gets Brooke on the switch. Brook does 697 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 2: a nice job staying disciplined and not leaning forward on 698 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 2: that one, so he ends up actually beating Tyree to 699 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 2: the spot. But on this pivot through, look at once 700 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 2: again Brooks weight shift forward right here. You can see 701 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 2: his way as he's going backwards, waight forward right as 702 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 2: Tyrese is going past him for the layoup. 703 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: Here's the dunk. Watch the waight forward we get the 704 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: switch right there is the headfake. See it. 705 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,919 Speaker 2: He's looking at the rim ball in his strong hand. 706 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 2: That's him selling the shot. Watch what Brook does. Brook 707 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 2: immediately responds by coming forward. That's when Tyree's goes past him. 708 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 2: You can see that dynamic. It's just the head fake. 709 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 2: Just that little bit of a look at the rim 710 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 2: bites Brook forward and gets in that driving lane. This time, 711 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,279 Speaker 2: Damian Lillar doesn't want to help. Tyree'se gets dunk. Here's 712 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,839 Speaker 2: the drop off to Siakam in the second half, same thing. 713 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 2: Watch right on the catch, look at him. Just look 714 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:50,839 Speaker 2: at the rim on the catch, Look at the rim 715 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 2: in a shot position. Brook immediately starts leaning forward. As 716 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 2: soon as he leans forward, Tyre's goes right around him, 717 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 2: drop off to Siaka easy bucket, and then inevitably there's 718 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 2: going to be something that Brooke does to adjust. This time, 719 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 2: he just decides not to come up, so he sits 720 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,280 Speaker 2: way back and basically just concedes the three. Tyreek knocks 721 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 2: it down. These are those scramswitches I was talking about 722 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 2: last night. I thought these were really impressive examples of 723 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 2: scouting and game plan discipline from from Indie. So, as 724 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,879 Speaker 2: you can see, Dame is on nemhard and he's going 725 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 2: to get screened by Topping. As he gets screened by Topping, 726 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 2: Topping runs down to the block and this is where 727 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,399 Speaker 2: the scram switches. Torian Prince is going to come over 728 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 2: and guard toppin so that Dame can get out and 729 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 2: get Nie Smith. Watch how quickly they identify it. Swing 730 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 2: back to Turner. Turner's immediately reading the play, sees Torrian 731 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 2: prints coming over, sees Dame sprinting through, rifles a pass 732 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 2: to Nie Smith who knocks down the three. Also, this 733 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 2: is an example of how important it is for passes 734 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 2: to be on time, on target. Dame is running over 735 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 2: there that pass hits him right in the shooting pocket though, 736 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,880 Speaker 2: so he can go up immediately. That's a little detail 737 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 2: about passing that makes a huge difference as to whether 738 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 2: or not you can get a clean look. And then 739 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,759 Speaker 2: this was the Obie top and dunk, same sort of thing. 740 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,240 Speaker 2: He gets Miles Turner on a switch and a ball screen. 741 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,800 Speaker 2: They scram him out with Portis. He sprints, Dame Is sprinting, 742 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 2: but right as he sprints, look it out quickly they 743 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 2: identified Nemhart sees the whole thing happening, the whole time, 744 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 2: Top and sees the whole thing happening, immediately cuts baseline, 745 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 2: easy dunk. They were just prepared for everything that Milwaukee 746 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 2: tried to do defensively. And then this was that terrible 747 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 2: defensive possession late in the game where I just didn't 748 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 2: understand how aggressive Portis and Kuzmo were in their help. 749 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 2: So again one fifteen, one thirteen, this is the game 750 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 2: right here. You get a stop, you got all the momentum, 751 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 2: you go down the other end, score, you put all 752 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,880 Speaker 2: the pressure on Indiana. Look at this defense, like Kuzma 753 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,959 Speaker 2: right now is matched up with Nie Smith. We're gonna 754 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 2: get a switch out right, So Dame's gonna go to Turner. 755 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 2: Siakam's gonna set up here on the wing. They scram 756 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 2: Dame out of the mismatch, Dame switches back to Nie Smith. 757 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 2: Watch the way the floor is set up, though Siakim 758 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 2: is standing right here. Kuzma is allowing himself to get 759 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 2: beat by what's called a pinin flair screen here from 760 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 2: Miles Turner. He's screening Kuzmas so he can't close out. 761 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 2: But that's bad defense. Kuzman and Porters are straight up 762 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,240 Speaker 2: not paying attention to a guy in Siakam who's shooting 763 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 2: forty four percent on unguarded catch and shoot threes this year. 764 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 2: Easy kickout like this is just bad defense. And that 765 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 2: doesn't even account for the fact that Indiana missed several 766 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,720 Speaker 2: clean looks during the run. Anyway, and so again, until 767 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 2: Milwaukee finds a way to get stops, and again it's 768 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 2: it's getting Lopez off the floor. He's too slow footed 769 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 2: to be able to handle this matchup. Switching containing the 770 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 2: basketball being inappropriate help defense situations, so you can throw 771 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,279 Speaker 2: a close out at least make Indiana beat you by 772 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 2: making contested threes. These wide open threes are not going 773 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 2: to get you back into this series. All right, guys, 774 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 2: it's all I have for today. As always, a sincerely 775 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,400 Speaker 2: appreciate you guys for supporting me and supporting the show. 776 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 2: Tonight we are live on YouTube after the final buzzer 777 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,800 Speaker 2: of the Rockets Warriors game. I'm also this afternoon recording 778 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,760 Speaker 2: a pod that we're getting back with Two Sons podcast 779 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 2: with the Star Wars and Or series starting up. I 780 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 2: hear in a couple of hours I'm going to be 781 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,200 Speaker 2: recording a reaction to that, So you head over to 782 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 2: Two Sons Podcasts on YouTube. We'll have a reaction if 783 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,400 Speaker 2: you're a Star Wars fan, if you're in the and 784 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,799 Speaker 2: Or but then otherwise. I will see you guys on 785 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 2: YouTube tonight after the final buzzer of the Rockets Warriors game. 786 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: What's so guys? 787 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,279 Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 788 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,920 Speaker 2: OOPS tonight. They would actually be really helpful for us 789 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 2: if you guys would take a second. 790 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,360 Speaker 1: And leave a rating and a review. 791 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us, but if 792 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,240 Speaker 2: you could take a minute to do that, I really 793 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 2: appreciate it. 794 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: The volume