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I appreciate you all coming to hang 36 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: out after an incredible NBA Finals game, the best game 37 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: of this series by far. No calling coward tonight, but 38 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: we will both be back on Monday. Night. For those 39 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: of you guys who have been liking the film deep 40 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: Dives that I've been doing on the day after the finals, 41 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: I still will do one of those tomorrow. I will 42 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: get into the tape either later tonight or tomorrow morning 43 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: and get something out to you. Won't be as long 44 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: and detailed as those other ones, worse since I can 45 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: get into a lot of stuff tonight, but I will 46 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: do one of those tomorrow as well, really quickly. Before 47 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: we get started. 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Steph doesn't have as much talent anymore. 61 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: Like I bet you he's sitting there doing the cheers 62 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: with this buddy's about it, and I'm not going to 63 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: get into that kind of stuff. You guys know how 64 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,119 Speaker 1: I feel about, you know, the taky type of analysis 65 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: when it comes to basketball. I tend to think that 66 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: everyone is kind of unfair on that front. You know, 67 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: all the Warriors fans were unfair to Lebron those years, 68 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: and all the Lebron fans be unfair to staph in 69 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: recent years. It just doesn't interest me. But you know 70 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: what did interest me when I heard that is, you know, 71 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: one of the things I didn't like about when Katie 72 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: went to the Warriors was there was no real adversity, 73 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: you know, like like the closest thing was then being 74 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: down three two to the Rockets, and and then Chris 75 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: Paul went down and so then they had a massive 76 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: talent advantage in the last two games, and so it 77 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: just it just didn't you know, I never really saw 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: anybody on Golden States roster have to really tap into anything. 79 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: And what I've always appreciated about the game of basketball 80 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: is the way that an individual player can have such 81 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: a monumental impact on winning. That's why star powers so valuable, 82 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: valuable in the NBA, and it's one of the things 83 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: that that makes the framework of NBA history and it's 84 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: why we all love the game so much. And for 85 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: every player, every great player that I've seen in NBA history, 86 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: it's when the it's when they're not at an advantage, 87 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: when the deck is stacked against them, that you see 88 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: these individual players tap into a level of greatness that 89 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: is above and beyond even what I think they thought 90 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: they were capable of. You know, like the game to 91 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: Lebron in two thousand twelve, or game excuse me, Game 92 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: six Lebron in two thousand twelve going into Boston and 93 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: scoring thirty points in the first half to save his 94 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: team from a humiliating loss to the Boston Celtics. You 95 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: think you know? Kevin Durant last year against the Milwaukee 96 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: Bucks at a massive talented a disadvantage, tapping into a 97 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: level of basketball that we've barely seen throughout NBA history. 98 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: Jana's Antenna Gumpo this year without Chris Middleton at a 99 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: massive talent disadvantage against the Boston Celtics put on a 100 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: performance in the Eastern Conference semifinals that was as good 101 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: of a performance and a losing effort as I've ever seen. 102 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: And then night on the road in Boston in a 103 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: bad matchup for the Golden State Warriors against the team 104 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: that I believe has a little bit more to a talent. 105 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: In a situation where he's not getting consistent help from anybody, 106 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: Steph Curry rose to the occasion and tapped into something 107 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: that amounted to a legendary performance. That's why I'm a 108 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: fan of parody. That's why I don't like it when 109 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: I see teams like the two thousand seventeen two thousand 110 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: eighteen Warriors that are so incredibly talented that they can 111 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: bring an eight percent effort and win a title. You know, 112 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: Like in two thousand seventeen, they tried and literally won 113 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: fifteen consecutive playoff games like that's insane, right, And it 114 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: took like one threes from the Calves in Game four 115 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: of the finals just to extend that series to an 116 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: inevitable loss in Game five, right, And then in two 117 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: thousand eighteen, they brought trash effort, like a significantly lower 118 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: effort than they did the previous year and still won 119 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: the title, and I and I I just I've always 120 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: I've always thought that that was just a little bit cheap, 121 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: Like it just doesn't it just doesn't have that same 122 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: you know, adversity is what makes it so that when 123 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: you get the trophy, it's that much more special. And 124 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: you know, they can say whatever they want. I promise you, 125 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: if Steph gets this one, it will feel sweeter than 126 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: any of them, because he knows that the deck was 127 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: stacked against him in this series, and he knows that 128 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: he had to tap into a level of basketball that 129 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: he had never played before in this at this stage 130 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: and with this talent situation, and he was able to 131 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: do it to extend this series. Series is not over. 132 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm still picking Golden State in seven like I did 133 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: since the beginning, because I kind of saw a lot 134 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: of these things that Boston did tonight coming. But I 135 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: just wanted to give a shout out to Steph. That's 136 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: my favorite thing about the game of basketball, seeing an 137 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: all time great, pantheon level player, with his back against 138 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: the wall at a disadvantage, tap into a level of 139 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: greatness that carries his team to the victory. That to 140 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: me is is what that That to me is the 141 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: nuts and bolts of NBA history, and we're very fortunate 142 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: to have like four of those guys, like four solid 143 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: Pantheon guys and Katie, Stephan, Lebron, and Janice all in 144 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: the league at the same time. But to get to 145 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: see Steph do that tonight, it was a pleasure to watch. 146 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: It was incredible. I I I just I just sat 147 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: back and then I enjoyed it. You know, one of 148 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: the interesting phenomenon that's going on in this series is 149 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: this drop coverage that Boston is playing, and you know, 150 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: there's pros and cons to it. You know, you guys 151 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: have heard me go over this in my in my 152 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: film studies, and there's a bunch of different ways that 153 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: it's impacting the Warriors negatively, right, Like, I'm gonna get 154 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: into Draymond later in the show, because Draymond had a 155 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: pretty bad offensive night again for the second consecutive game. 156 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: Really for the whole series, he's been ineffective offensively. A 157 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: huge part of that is because Boston is running such 158 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: a deep drop coverage. You know, Boston is essentially saying 159 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: we are not going to give Draymond the four on 160 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: three opportunities and well, we'll get more into that later 161 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: in the show, but that's one negative impact on Golden 162 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: State from the drop coverage. Right. The other thing, too, 163 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: is it's forcing Steph and Jordan Pool and a lot 164 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: of these guys to take and make tough shots that 165 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: they have to create for themselves. Tonight, the Warriors made 166 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: forty shots, only twenty of them were assisted, so that's half. 167 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: This is a team in the Warriors that lad the 168 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: league in assist percentage this year. Six of their field 169 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: goals this year were assisted. One of the ways that 170 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: Boston's coverage is throwing Golden State off is it's getting 171 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: them out of their system where there where the balls 172 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: popping around and everyone's touching it and there's lots of 173 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: driving and cutting and lay ups and dunks and all 174 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: those different things. The coverage that Boston is going with 175 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: is taking Golden State out of that system. They're forcing 176 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: Golden State to play a style of basketball that they 177 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: don't want to play. But there was a huge potential 178 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: downside to that, and I went over this on the 179 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: show a couple of times over the course of the 180 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: series and before the series. If you let the two 181 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: best shooters to ever touch a basketball, come free and 182 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: clear off of ball screens and pin downs where the 183 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: only pressure is behind. They're going to make you pay. 184 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: And they have. One of the huge downsides of them 185 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: going to that coverage in this series is they allowed 186 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: Staph in his on ball situations to be very comfortable. 187 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: I've talked about this before with you guys, but if 188 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: you're a great shooter, a contest doesn't matter if it's late, 189 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: a contest from behind, a contest from the front, and 190 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: contest from the side, if it's late, it does not matter. 191 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: There is one thing that bothers a good shooter, and 192 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: that is getting in their airspace. You absolutely must stay 193 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: persistently connected to a good shooter so that even when 194 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: he's going into his gather to pull the ball up 195 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: into the shooting pocket, he's worried about where your hands are, 196 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: or he's fumbling the basketball, or he's in his own 197 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: head about just getting to his release. But if you 198 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 1: let them get to their release, Stephen Clay will make 199 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: you pay every single time. And we have back to 200 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: back games where you're getting, you know, almost sixty points 201 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: out of Stephen Clay, and you know, I I've been 202 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: super critical if emad Udoka throughout the whole series, and 203 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: I'm sure, I'm sure, I'm sure those things I mentioned 204 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: earlier are exactly what he's telling his team. Hey guys, 205 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: I know Steps making shots, but hey, Draymond is in 206 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: his head not playing well. Hey guys, and no steps 207 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: making shots, but they only have you know, they're only 208 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: getting assists on half of their baskets. I'm sure that's 209 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 1: the stuff he's saying. But to me, like the idea 210 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: of let guys, Steph Curry has seen a draft coverage 211 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: like twice in the playoffs in the last decade. It 212 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: was like against the two thousand eighteen or two thousand 213 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: nineteen Blazers when they had Enis Canter who was just 214 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: physically incapable of sitting up at the level of the screen, 215 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: and then the two thousand thirteen Spurs who had Duncan 216 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: sitting way back like that, Like, no one does this. 217 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: What you're seeing Boston due to Golden State defensively is 218 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: something nobody does and it's super interesting. And you know, 219 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: I I'm sure em Judoka is more concerned about the 220 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: offensive end, and we're gonna get into that here in 221 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: a few minutes, and he's probably right to a certain extent. 222 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: And if Boston goes into Game five with the same 223 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: game plan but plays better offensively, they might win. But 224 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: I I disagreed with the strategy, and here we are 225 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: through four games of the series and it's too too 226 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: And kudos to Steph for making them pay consistently for 227 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: that coverage. I talked about, you know, uh me into 228 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: tonight's show in my little film session yesterday. I talked 229 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: about how Steph desperately needed some sort of offensive production 230 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 1: elsewhere on the floor because of the fact that Boston 231 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: is making Golden State play self creation basketball. Steph can't 232 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: score a hundred and twenty points in a game or 233 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: a hundred and ten points in a game, so he 234 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: needed production elsewhere and he got it tonight. Andrew Wiggins, 235 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: I thought, was fantastic, just another really solid game. I saw, 236 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: you know, I saw someone on Twitter today talking about 237 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: Jeremy Grant like, oh, what's Jeremy Grant for in the 238 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: this coming this summer? Like what's he worth? And I 239 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: was sitting there thinking, like, man, if you watch Andrew 240 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: Wiggins in this NBA Finals, if you are I don't 241 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: even care if you're inconsistent offensively or if you've got 242 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: a tough shot profile. It's like, if you are a 243 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: six eight to six nine freak athlete with long arms 244 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: that can defend multiple positions and just is okay scoring 245 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: the basketball, you're gonna be a super valuable player in 246 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: these playoffs series. And Andrew Wiggins, I I've said this 247 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: before on the show, but I think he's the second 248 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: best player on this team right now, which is just 249 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 1: an absolutely wild thing to say, given you know where 250 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: this team was a couple of years ago, you know, 251 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: with when Kevin Durant left and they brought back D'Angelo 252 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: Russell and and then they flipped Angelo Russell for Wiggins, 253 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: and you're thinking, oh, maybe we can convert him into 254 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: a two way wing. No, no no, no, he's He's become 255 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: a much better version of what Harrison Barnes was for 256 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: this team. Jordan Poole fantastic and fourteen tonight, ten in 257 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: the first half, huge plays in that second quarter when 258 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: Steph was on the bench to float Golden State, and 259 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: then Clay Thompson had eight team just in general, you know, 260 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: I was talking with a couple of people coming into 261 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: this game, about what Golden State's best chance to win was. 262 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: And as I've consistently said throughout this entire playoff run, 263 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: Boston is just so inconsistent with their decision making. Like 264 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: they've played consecutive good games twice in this playoff run, 265 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: the entire first round against the Brooklyn Nets and the 266 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: game six in Game seven against Milwaukee. Outside of that, 267 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: it has literally been this up and down nature for 268 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: Boston's offense. And so I knew that if Golden State 269 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: could just keep it close, if they could just keep 270 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: it close, Boston would soil themselves, and they did. I 271 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: tweeted out before I put it in my series prey 272 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: view that one of the big indicators of the way 273 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: this series would go is how many close games there are. 274 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: Boston coming into the NBA Finals was a negative net 275 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: rating team in clutch situations when the game is within 276 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: five points with less than five minutes remaining. That that 277 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: they've shown that throughout basically this entire Tatum Brown era, 278 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: and it was shown again in this playoff run. They 279 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: are a bad clutch basketball team coming into this series. 280 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: Golden State. I can't remember the exact number, but it 281 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: was right around plus twelve net rating and clutch situations 282 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: both teams right around thirty minutes for the whole playoff run. 283 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: They are a good clutch basketball team. So I knew 284 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: that if Boston got into a dog fight in any 285 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: one of these games, it would be a massive advantage 286 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: for Golden State. So I had a feeling tonight if 287 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: they could just keep things close. And again, Boston kept 288 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: them at arms length most of the night. They jumped 289 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: up I think eleven to four for the most part. 290 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: You're peeking at the scoreboard, it's a five or six 291 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: point game almost almost two thirds three quarters of the 292 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: way through the game. But they just couldn't blow that 293 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: six point lead to fifteen or sixteen. Right if they 294 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: would have gotten it up to fifteen or sixteen, all 295 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: of a sudden, those clutch situations don't matter anymore. But 296 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: they couldn't get there. They weren't able to deliver the 297 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: killing blow, and so they kept it close. And when 298 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: it comes down to close game is at the end. 299 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: It becomes about execution. And as I've said persistently throughout 300 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 1: this playoff run, the Boston Celtics are a poorly disciplined, 301 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: bad execution team. You know, like I've had all these people, 302 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: mainly Heat fans and and Milwaukee fans, say things like, 303 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: you know, if Boston is a good team, why do 304 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: they keep having these kinds of things happen? And there's 305 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,719 Speaker 1: a lot of truth to that, Like good basketball teams, 306 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 1: you're not. If I could bottle up the best version 307 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: of Boston, then yeah, they look like the best team, 308 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 1: but they don't hit that very often. If you're a 309 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: team that every other night is either great or something 310 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: way less than great, then the reality of who you 311 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: are is right in the middle, right, And so I'm 312 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: not I'm not the least bit surprised that this is 313 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: the way that they decided to come out and play tonight. 314 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: I thought, you know what I was I was talking 315 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: to a friend of mine named Tommy I used to 316 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: do my show with about a year and a half ago, 317 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: and you know when originally we were you know, essentially 318 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: we were talking about what this game would go like. 319 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: And one of the things that I initially what I 320 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: what I was saying to him was initially in the 321 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: first few minutes of the game, like first quarter, if 322 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: Golden State tightened up on defense, if they went heavy 323 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: into hand checking, holding, guys on the perimeter and preventing 324 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: the driving lines. Steve Kurt talked about this a lot 325 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: uh in last game. Their perimeter contained their point of 326 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 1: attack defense. When they're when they give up slashes from 327 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: the perimeter easy driving lanes, they have to help hard. 328 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: When they have to help hard, there's easy kickouts. Then 329 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: Boston gets in their driving kick game. When Golden State 330 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 1: just offers a little bit of resistance on the perimeter, 331 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: suddenly those slashes turned into like banana drives where you're 332 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: you're having to mess around with the basketball more. As 333 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: you try to punch through the hole. There's contact and 334 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: and you're like caught on the shoulder and you're you're 335 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: getting around the guy, but it's like slowly and as 336 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: a result, the defense doesn't have too hard help. They 337 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: can do what Golden State wants to do, which is 338 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: lunge in and recover, you know, stunt and recover and 339 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: try to prey on your indecisiveness. And so I was 340 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: talking to Tommy before the game and I was like, 341 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: if they can defend really well early, they will trigger 342 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: Boston's bad defensive tendencies as a team that likes to 343 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: settle for shots and turn the ball over and do 344 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: all the stupid things that they do. And ironically, I've 345 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: vehemently disagreed with Steve Kerr starting small. He started Auto 346 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: Porter Jr. Over Kevon Looney, and I disagreed with that. 347 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: They were minus eight and eight minutes with Looney and 348 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: Draymond in Game three, but it was a bad game 349 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: on the road, and they were plus nineteen in the 350 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: first two games with that group. But to curse credit, 351 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: he noticed immediately it wasn't working. They were too small, 352 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: boss and one up eleven four, and he took an 353 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: early time out and he got Kevon Looney back into 354 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: the game. They went big. They finally settled in defensively, 355 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: they started getting stops. That perimeter contained from Golden State 356 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: is going to be a huge indicator for us to 357 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: watch over the last three games of this series. How 358 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: good of a job Golden State does. Stopping the slashing 359 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: of Boston is a great indicator of their overall defensive 360 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: ability to handle this team. So I want to give 361 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: a lot of credit to Golden State and the job 362 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: that they did. Um and and that's why I always 363 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: will lead the show that way. But to me, another 364 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: huge story in this game was Boston's offensive approach. And 365 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: I want to start with Jayson Tatum because obviously there's 366 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff I want to get into. Uh. 367 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: But you know, if you guys listen to my film 368 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: session yesterday, at the end, I ripped through my list 369 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: of adjustments and we we sent out a social clip 370 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: today of the Warriors one. But I had a Austin 371 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: won as well. And one of the things that I 372 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: put in that set of adjustments was show Tatum the 373 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: stat that I read earlier in the show, which is 374 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: when Tatum has at least seven assists, the Boston Celtics 375 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: are undefeated in this playoff run and have won fifteen 376 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 1: consecutive games overall and have only lost twice in the 377 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: entire season in games or has at least seven assists. 378 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: Because in the modern n B A your three level 379 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: score gunner type can't be your number one CC Devin Booker, 380 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: you know, like you need your number one to be 381 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: a point forward. Your number one needs to be a 382 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: guy who willingly embraces the role of getting his teammates involved. 383 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: And from the jump tonight, I tweeted it out Tatum 384 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: was flat out gunning and it was a super predictable outcome. 385 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: I went on with live moods from UH from our 386 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: UH from our company who just gambling stuff for us. 387 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: She's awesome. And we were talking about this before the game, 388 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: and I said, take the over on Tatum. He's gonna 389 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: want finals m v P. Jalen Brown is leading him 390 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: and scoring to this point, He's gonna gun And he did, 391 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: and so guess what He ended up finishing the game, 392 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: I believe, with twenty three shot attempts and only six 393 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: assists to go with six turnovers. And guys like that, 394 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: box score doesn't even tell the story. If you watched 395 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: Tatum tonight, you could tell he cared about one thing primarily, 396 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: and it was getting his offense off and as a result, 397 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: and I'll be I'll be really interested to pull up 398 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: the numbers after the game when NBA dot Com updates 399 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: their stats, because in game one, Tatum only took five 400 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: pull up jump shots, and then in game two he 401 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: took eleven pull up jump shots. My guess is that 402 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: when I look at the numbers, Tatum will have taken 403 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,719 Speaker 1: close to ten, if not more, pull up jump shots, 404 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: which again for a big forward who has got the 405 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 1: best combination of offensive skill set and physical tools on 406 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: the floor to take eleven pull up jump shots in 407 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: an NBA Finals game is one massive case of settling. 408 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: You know Jlen Brown I I he was my long 409 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: shot pick for Finals MVP. I was shotting him out 410 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: before Game three because he was plus seven fifty on 411 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: found on fan duel to win Finals MVP. He's been 412 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: better than Tatum in this series. And one of the 413 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: big reasons why is his job on this team is 414 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: too gun and so like when he gets the ball, 415 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: there's no nonsense, it's he's just slashing into the lane. 416 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: He's a he's a much better you know Tatum. His 417 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: finishing around the rim. Tatum is finishing around the rim 418 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: in this series has been atrocious because he's so he's 419 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: shying away from contact. He's more concerned about like extending 420 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: out and around people rather than going into people. One 421 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: of the things that makes Jalen Brown such a great 422 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: finisher is he's not going to change his slashing lane 423 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: based on you. He's going to the rim. If you're 424 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: in his way, he'll go through you. But there's a 425 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: lot of Tatum like kind of extending around and kind 426 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: of going with these finesse, crafty finishes and when they 427 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: go in they look great. But in a game like 428 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: tonight where he's getting bumped a little bit around the 429 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: ram and they're not calling it, which no no advantage 430 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: to anybody because no one's getting those calls, he started 431 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: smoking all those lay ups and it ended up being 432 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: a problem. And that again, guys, like down the stretch 433 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: of this series, there is one way that Boston wins, 434 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: and it's if Jason Tatum embraces his role on this team, 435 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: which is to be the playmaker. Another huge problem for 436 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: Boston in this game. You know, shot selection obviously was 437 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: an issue, Tatum taking crazy Kobe fadeaways when hey man, 438 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: Kobe is the top five player of all time. Okay, 439 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: Like that's why he's able to rely on a steady 440 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: diet of those kinds of shots. But like, another big 441 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: problem here is over penetration. So I thought that Jeff 442 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: Van Gandhi did a really good job of breaking this 443 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: down for you guys on the broadcast last game in 444 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: Game three. But there there's a difference between making an 445 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 1: early pass and over penetrating. When you get an advantage 446 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: on a on a defender as you start to get 447 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: going downhill towards the rim, the defense begins to collapse 448 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: on you. As they're beginning to collapse, that's the time 449 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: to throw the pass because at that point the defenders, 450 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: all the health defenders, are already stunting into the lane. 451 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: If you hit an on time, on target pass to 452 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 1: a guy on the perimeter, he will catch with the 453 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: defender closing out at him and have a good chance 454 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: to either knock down a shot or extend the advantage. 455 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: But if you take an extra dribble and go deeper 456 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: into the defense, now the defense collapses around you. Now 457 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: you have to make the pass over length. And when 458 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: you're making the pass over length in a crowd, it's 459 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: much harder to hit the guy on time and on target. 460 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: So yes, the defenders are sucked in more, and so 461 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: obviously there's a little bit more of an initial advantage. 462 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: But by the time your lollipop pass gets out there, 463 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: it's really easy for people to recover and in a 464 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: lot of cases get steals, which is what happened a 465 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: lot tonight lollipop passes from Tatum or Brown that got 466 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: picked off and ran the other way. And so that's 467 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 1: why like their their approach has to be I mean 468 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown gunning that works. That's his role on this team. 469 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: But for Tatum in particular, it's hey, man, bring the 470 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: ball up the floor. If you're gonna run a ball screen, fine, 471 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: but once you start to get downhill, move the ball 472 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: and relocate, you're gonna get your offense when the ball 473 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: gets back to you, and then someone will be closing 474 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: out at you, and you, as a top ten player 475 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: in the league, will have an awesome time capitalizing on 476 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: defensive on advantages when the dude's closing out at you. 477 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: That that approach is the is the number one indicator 478 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 1: of how well this team plays, because as soon as 479 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: they start taking bad shots at shots lead to long rebounds. 480 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: Long rebounds lead to transition opportunities in Golden State is 481 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: barbecuing you and transition. Through three games, Boston has been 482 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: a much better half court offense team according to Cleaning 483 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: the Glass, and Golden State has been. But Golden State 484 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: has a massive advantage in transition because Boston is a 485 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: bad transition team, like we've talked about, so lollipop passes 486 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: that get picked off for turnovers where Golden State runs 487 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: down the other way. In scores and bad shots that 488 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 1: go clanking off the rim and sends Golden State running 489 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: the other way. In transition, those allow Golden State to 490 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: get easy shots. Now you're taking the ball out of 491 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: the net and you're walking it back up against Golden 492 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: States set defense. It's a cat scading effect. It makes 493 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: things significantly more difficult, and you know, you know, and 494 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: there were just all these sequences during the game that 495 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: I just didn't understand Tatum. It was in the first half. 496 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: Tatum gets the Elites a on a on a switch 497 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: on the left wing and has all the space in 498 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: the world to attack, but Draymond comes over and zones 499 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: up on the left block. So essentially Raymond bandon his 500 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,439 Speaker 1: man and stood right outside the lane, basically saying, if 501 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: you drive left, I'm right here. But instead of driving 502 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: right and making a kickout pass to somebody, he just 503 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: picked up his dribble, at which point the entire Beeli's 504 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: have pressed up on him and he threw a lazy 505 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 1: cross court skip pass that immediately got stolen. And then 506 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: on the very next possession, he comes down and does 507 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 1: one of those over penetration plays that I'm talking about, 508 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: gets deep into the lane and tries to throw his 509 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: skip pass over two defenders that close in on him, 510 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: and he turns it over again. There's a playlet uh 511 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: in the late second half where Marcus Smart, you guys 512 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: probably remember this one, did that stupid bs pump, fake 513 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: foul drifting, try to draw a foul and Steph Curry 514 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: thing that which never works and certainly isn't gonna work 515 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: in the finals. And then they ran down and Tatum 516 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: on a on a ball that went out of bounds, 517 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: saved the ball under his own basket directly to Gary Payton, 518 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: and Gary Payton gotta lay up. That's two things that 519 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: any basketball coach at any level of basketball will tell 520 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: you not to do. Don't foul grift because you're putting 521 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: the outcome in the whistle which you're probably not gonna get, 522 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: and never save the ball under your own basket. And 523 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: just in general, I thought Boston every time they're in 524 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, Tatum and Brown repeatedly getting be Eliza 525 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: on switches and taking pull up jump shots like difficult 526 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: pull up jump shots against Golden State's worst defender. Now 527 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: credit to be Eliza. He's getting them to settle by 528 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: giving them space and tricking them into thinking their best 529 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: option is to shoot. But that's bad process from Boston, 530 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: so inflammation guys like I was. It was amazing to 531 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: see Steff dig deep and reach the level of basketball 532 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: that we don't see very often, and as a result, 533 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: a Pantheon performance from a guy that if he gets 534 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: this trophy he will have a level of appreciation for 535 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: this one that's different than the others, because here he 536 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: is in the finals as an underdog at full strength 537 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: for the first time maybe since the Toronto Raptors series. Right, 538 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: and and and they got a lot of good help, 539 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: a lot of uh production from Clay and Andrew Wiggins. 540 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: Jordan Poole was great. Um, their defense was much better. 541 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: And then textbook Boston up and down offensive approach, a 542 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: great offensive approach in Game three, driving and slashing and kicking, 543 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: and then back to the regular bullshit in Game four. 544 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: And it's just it's just classic stuff. Um. I wanted 545 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: to talk about Draymond Green for a minute. You know, 546 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: I I don't spend nearly as much time getting into 547 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: the arguments with people on Twitter as I used to, 548 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: but I do pay attention and I scrolled through the 549 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: fees just to get a feel for what you guys 550 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: are talking about, to see if there's anything that's worth 551 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: talking about on the show. And you know, Draymond here, 552 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: the podcast thing is just stupid. I don't know what 553 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: to tell you, guys, Like, if you think a Draymond 554 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: hopping on a podcast on the night after games to 555 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: talk about how the game is going or the series 556 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: is going, is somehow affecting his play, I can't help you. 557 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: You're beyond help. You're being completely unreasonable. I don't know 558 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: how to tell you. But there's been a lot of 559 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: criticism of Draymond's play, particularly on the offensive end of 560 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: the floor. Now, here's the deal, Like, Draymond works for us, 561 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: But I've always felt like, as long as I keep 562 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: it to basketball, it's fair game. I know Draymond isn't 563 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: gonna have a problem with me criticizing something that I 564 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: think is happening on the basketball court. Draymond has not 565 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: been good on the offensive end in this series. But 566 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 1: there's a couple of things that I think are relevant here. 567 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,479 Speaker 1: First of all, Draymond hasn't been a great offensive player 568 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: pretty much since two thousand seventeen, maybe not even two 569 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: thousand and sixteen, So like this kind of he's always 570 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 1: been for the better part of a half decade now, 571 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: a guy who's a very inconsistent to flat out unreliable 572 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: perimeter shooter, who struggles to finish around the rim, and 573 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: doesn't have much of a mid range pull up floater game, 574 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: things like that. But that's always been part of who 575 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: he is, and he still is the monumentally impactful basketball 576 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: player that he's always been. Guys, the Warriors have been 577 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: better in this series with Draymond on the floor than 578 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: they've been with him off the floor. So for whatever 579 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: you guys think about him on the offensive end, he's 580 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: still impacting winning. Draymond has never been the guy that 581 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: you look at the box score for. He said that 582 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: on his show the other night, and I agree with it. 583 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: He that you you points, rebounds and assists aren't gonna 584 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: mean anything for Draymond's impact on the game. First of all, 585 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: rebounds have become the fakest stat and all of basketball 586 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: because the guys doing the actual work fighting in box 587 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: outs never get rebounds. It's the wings and guards crashing 588 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: from the perimeter that end up getting all the rebounds 589 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: for the most part. So like like that's irrelevant, and 590 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: then the assist thing. We hinted at this at the 591 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: top of the oh it's a matchup thing. One of 592 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: the reasons why Draymond is top ten all time in 593 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: NBA Finals assists is the fact that almost every team 594 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: that has played against the Golden State Warriors in the 595 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: playoffs has opted to aggressively guard staff and pick and roll. 596 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: As a result, they have a ton of four on 597 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: three opportunities and Draymond Green is one of the better 598 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: passing big men to ever play, and if you let 599 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: him roll down the middle of the floor and four 600 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: on threees, he's a very valuable offensive player. But as 601 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: we talked talked about at the start of the show, 602 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: Boston has taken those opportunities away by playing in their 603 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: drop coverage, which has forced the Warriors to play more 604 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: isolation heavy basketball, which is why they're assist percentages tanked 605 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: in this series. So one of the huge elements of 606 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,719 Speaker 1: Draymond's offensive value, which is short role man, is irrelevant 607 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: in this series. So it's just a matchup thing. The 608 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: extent of what he can bring offensively now is being 609 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: a screener, which is still very good at. By the way, 610 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,839 Speaker 1: a lot of these shots these guys are getting are 611 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: them coming off of screens from Draymond Green and then 612 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: crashing the offensive class, which you got a couple of 613 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: big offensive rebounds in this game as well. But my 614 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: point is it's like, look, Draymond hasn't been good offensively 615 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: in this series. He knows it, he'll be the first 616 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: to tell you, but this isn't the series for him 617 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,240 Speaker 1: to score. If anything, there were a couple of shots 618 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: he took tonight where I just thought they weren't the 619 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: shots that he should have taken. In this particular game. 620 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: With the way Boston is guarding Golden State, Draymond's offensive 621 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 1: value is marginalized. But the flip side of that is 622 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 1: Steph and Clay are getting free and clear looks flying 623 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: off screens. It's all every time you have a defensive 624 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: scheme that you choose, there is a give and there 625 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,400 Speaker 1: is a take. If you opt to throw the kitchen 626 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: sink at the Star, you're probably gonna have a lot 627 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: of role players go off. If you opt to throw 628 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: the chicken, just a home everywhere and let the Star 629 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: get whatever he wants. The Star is gonna put up 630 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,640 Speaker 1: big numbers and other guys will struggle what has happened 631 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,919 Speaker 1: in this series. Steph has had a monumentally amazing statistical 632 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: offensive series, and everyone else on the team has been 633 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: inconsistent too bat except for Andrew Wiggins, so that that 634 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,840 Speaker 1: that's just kind of how the tradeoff works there. But again, 635 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: and this is the thing, this is what I would say, 636 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,439 Speaker 1: Draymond has still been unbelievable defensively in this series. Yes, 637 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,760 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown has made a bunch of really tough shots 638 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: over the top of him. He made two impossible fadeaways 639 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: over the top of Draymond today and then in the 640 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: in the last game he hit like a tough like 641 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,760 Speaker 1: eurostep floater, and then he had one really nice slashing 642 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: driving lay up with his left hand. But the point 643 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,640 Speaker 1: is is guys like Draymond is part of the reason 644 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: guarding Jaylen Brown that they haven't had that good of 645 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 1: an offensive series. So all I'm saying is like, as 646 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: Draymond played well, no, he's played below his standards. He 647 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: hasn't been good on the offensive end. The Warriors statistically 648 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 1: have still been much better here with him on the 649 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: floor than when he's off the floor. And his impact 650 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: is not something you can measure with the box score, 651 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: So stop looking there. That's not the place to look. 652 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: And here you are in a series against the team 653 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,759 Speaker 1: that has more two way talent than you, and you 654 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 1: are tied at too with home court advantage, So just 655 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 1: count your blessings. This is basically all I'm saying. So 656 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: it looks like Golden State is a three and a 657 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: half point favorite in Game five. If I'm reading that correctly, 658 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: let me check. Yes, Golden State is a three and 659 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: a half point Sorry, tiny font issues. Golden State is 660 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: a three and a half point favorite in Game five. 661 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: I am picking Golden State because I don't trust Boston, 662 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: but make no mistake, Boston is very capable of winning 663 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 1: this series. My thing is two games at home for 664 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,520 Speaker 1: Golden State. Boston's inability to execute at the end of 665 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,160 Speaker 1: basketball games. All Golden State has to do is keep 666 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 1: things close, and they're at a huge advantage. I like. 667 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: I like Golden State in Game five. But if so, 668 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 1: if Boston comes out and Tatum comes out playing the 669 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: role of the playmaker, and Jalen Brown comes out being 670 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: the same aggressive force that he has been, and the 671 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,799 Speaker 1: team overall plays the style of basketball they need to play, 672 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,719 Speaker 1: Boston is very capable of winning this game. And one 673 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: of the note guys Boston has is yet to lose 674 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,359 Speaker 1: consecutive games in this in this entire playoff run, So 675 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,320 Speaker 1: that would be one hell of an accomplishment for Golden 676 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,760 Speaker 1: State if they won Game five, to be the first 677 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: team in this playoff field to beat Boston two times 678 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: in a row. But I mean again, a couple of 679 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: things to look at Tatum's assists. He's got to have 680 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,440 Speaker 1: seven or more assists. It's just a classic indicator of 681 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,600 Speaker 1: his approach to the game. Another thing to watch Tatum's 682 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 1: pull up jump shots. I'm excited to look at the 683 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,839 Speaker 1: stats after uh they get updated on the NBA dot com. 684 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: When Tatum's pull up jumpers are lower, it's an indicator 685 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: of his overall offensive approach. And Then, last, but not least, 686 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: Boston has to just take care of the basketball for 687 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: Golden State. Keep playing big more Looney and Draymond. I 688 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,879 Speaker 1: know it hurts their spacing, but they just play better 689 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 1: on defense with the two of them on the floor. 690 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: Most importantly, when you're giving up the physical mismatches you're 691 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: giving up on the perimeter, you need to make up 692 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: for that elsewhere on the floor. But I mean, this 693 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: is coming into this series, is the last thing I'll say, 694 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: and then we'll call it tonight. Coming into the series, 695 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: I said that my head wanted me to pick Boston, 696 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 1: but my heart wanted me to pick Golden State. And 697 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: the reason why I said that is I genuinely am 698 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,400 Speaker 1: a believer in Boston's roster construction and their two way talent. 699 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: But persistently they've demonstrated they are a poor execution and 700 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: poorly disciplined team. And so what did I say, guys, 701 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,439 Speaker 1: Like they're up to one of the series is not over. 702 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: If they go back to two, you have two games 703 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 1: at home for Golden State, and I'm gonna trust the 704 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: experienced team that's been here before, that has the pain 705 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,399 Speaker 1: of loss, that has the requisite scar tissue, that understands 706 00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 1: that they can't afford to make the kinds of mistakes 707 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,479 Speaker 1: at Boston has willingly stepped into and made all right, guys, 708 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: that is all I have for tonight. Like I said, Uh, 709 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,800 Speaker 1: Colin Coward and I will both be back for Game 710 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: five postgame show on Monday, which should just be another 711 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:17,359 Speaker 1: incredible NBA Finals basketball game. Uh. Sometime in the mid 712 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 1: morning tomorrow, I will have you know twelve fifteen minutes 713 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: of additional film study out on YouTube. To keep an 714 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: eye out for that, subscribe to The Volume's YouTube channel 715 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: if you haven't already, follow me on Twitter at underscore 716 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: Jason lt S. 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