1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, welcome to hoops tonight. You're at 2 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: the volume heavy Tuesday, everybody. Hope all of you guys 3 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: are having a great start to your week. Got a 4 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: jam pack show for you guys today. Off the top, 5 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: we had a showdown between the second and third seed 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference, albeit marred by some injuries, especially 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: on the Cavs front as they were on the tail 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: end of a back to back down four of their 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: top six players, but the Toronto Raptors got a big win, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: winning their eighth consecutive game. I want to talk about 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: the dynamic that Brandon Ingram brings to the team as 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: an over the top shooter, as well as the varied 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: different types of ways that the Raptors can break down 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: your defense. After that, I want to get into some 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: shout outs from some individual performances last night, starting with 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: the Men Thompson. With Kevin Durant out with dealing with 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: a personal matter, and Men Thompson stepped into a bigger 18 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: role on the ball on the road in Phoenix, the 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: Rockets held the Suns to just ninety two points and 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: a Men Thompson goes for twenty eight, seven and eight. 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: I want to talk about some of the unique ways 22 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: that he did that and how it kind of projects 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: forward for him as an offensive player. We had Tyler 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: Harrow's debut in the brand new Miami Heat system, and 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: the question was going to be will he go back 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: to you know, will Eric Spolstra attempt to try to 27 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: incorporate some of the old stuff that Tyler and Bam 28 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: used to do in their two man game, or will 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: they kind of try to stick with their driving kick system. 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: And that answer was answered in a resounding fashion as 31 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: we didn't get a single Tyler Harrowbam at a bio 32 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: pick and roll last night, and yet he still gets 33 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: twenty four points without making a single three or a 34 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 1: single free throw. Some really interesting stuff from a big 35 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: Miami Heat win against the Dallas Mavericks. And then very 36 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: briefly at the tail end of the show, I want 37 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about the blown leads by 38 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves, who once again blew a game that they 39 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: should have won against Sacramento last night. It's pretty quick 40 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: show today, you guys know the joke before we get 41 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: started to subscribe to the Hoops Tonight YouTube channels. You 42 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: don't miss any more of our videos. Follow me on 43 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: Twitter at Underscore JCNLTS. 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Also, if you want just an instant reaction 59 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: to the game, just come after the game to YouTube. 60 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: Will still be going for about fifteen minutes at that point. 61 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball. So a matchup of 62 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: the second and third seeds out in the Eastern Conference 63 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: marred by injuries. Welcome to the NBA regular season. Cleveland, 64 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: on the tail end of a back to back, was 65 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: essentially down for their top six players, with DeAndre Hunter, 66 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: Darius Garland, Maxtrus, and Jared Allen all out of the lineup. 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: Toronto obviously down RJ. Barrett, but an advantage for Toronto 68 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: in that specific situation in terms of how much of 69 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: their top end talent was available. I thought Cleveland actually 70 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: played pretty well early. The Raptors were swarming Donovan Mitchell 71 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: on his drives for obvious reasons, and he was making 72 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: really good kickout passes and generating some clean looks. Evan 73 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: Mobley and Nikwon Tomlin went four to four from three 74 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: in the first half. Between the two of them, Lonzo 75 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: hit a couple of threes. The Cavs actually led by 76 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: eight at one point in the second quarter, and the 77 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: game really turned in the late second quarter, starting with 78 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: Toronto's guards. Actually, we're going to talk a lot about 79 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: brandon Ingram today was incredible, obviously, but Toronto's guards actually 80 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: started that run that flipped the game. Emmanuel Quickly and 81 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: Jamal shed both started getting consistent dribble penetration in the 82 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: half court and in transition. And it's just a casual 83 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: reminder that like this Raptors team has a lot of 84 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: ways to break that first layer of your defense. Like 85 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: Scottie Barnes obviously rim pressure and playmaking. RJ. Barrett kind 86 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: of brings a similar dynamic obviously when he's healthy. Obviously 87 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram, he'll do so much scoring around the elbows 88 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: that all of a sudden you'll start throwing that extra defender. 89 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: Like Brandon Ingram shooting damn near fifty five percent on 90 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: pull up twos inside of seventeen feet. That's almost a 91 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: one ten offensive rating if he gets a look in there. 92 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: So like you end up sending additional defenders that way. 93 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: And Brandon's a very good passer and he can pass 94 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: out of those situations. But it's their guards too, and 95 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: their guards can beat people off the dribble with speed 96 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: and they can make the kickout reads and that gets 97 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: a lot of those sequences started for Toronto, as a 98 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: matter of fact, shed and quickly combined for fourteen assists 99 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: last night. But Brandon Ingram was the story. He had 100 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: his jumper going all night long. He was really targeting 101 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: Cleveland's smaller guards and switches, so a lot of hunting 102 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: like Donovan Mitchell around the elbows, a lot of hunting 103 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: Lonzo Ball around the elbows. He also looks pretty comfortable 104 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: against Jalen Tyson down there because he could just shoot 105 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: over the top. He took a lot of jump shots, 106 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: twenty six of them, to be exact, but I liked 107 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: most of them, Like there were a couple of like 108 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: especially at the very final few possessions of the game. 109 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: There were a couple like, Okay, he's just dribbling out 110 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: the clock and just kind of settling. You don't love those, 111 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: But most of them were like late clock grenade where 112 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: he'd have the ball with five seconds left and they 113 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: needed him to create something, or driving kick sequences where 114 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: they needed someone to confidently step into a pull up 115 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: three or a quality matchup attack, like Okay, he's got 116 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: Lonzo Ball on him, or he's got Donovan Mitchell on him, 117 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: it's makes sense for him to go to a little 118 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: short jump shot. That's been a really high percentage shot 119 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: for us this season, right, And so out of those 120 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: twenty six jump shots that he took, he got twenty 121 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: nine points out of them, and it ended up being 122 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: an efficient play type for Toronto in that game. And 123 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: Brandon's jump shooting has been kind of interesting this year 124 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: because when he's wide open for three, he's hitting them 125 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: like crazy. He's eleven for twenty four on unguarded catch 126 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: and shoot threes this season. That's forty six percent is 127 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: off the dribble. Jump shooting has been excellent. He's fifty 128 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: four percent on pull up twos off the dribble, especially 129 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: efficient when he gets inside of that fifteen foot mark, 130 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: inside of that seventeen foot mark. Excuse me, six for 131 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: seventeen on pull up threes. That's thirty five percent. That's 132 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: eighteen points on seventeen shots. That's not bad. That's solid, 133 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: and he actually ended up hitting one of the biggest 134 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: shots of the games. I Donovan Mitchell went on a 135 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: little run late where he hit a couple of threes 136 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: that cut a ten point lead to four, and similar 137 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: kind of situation. Late clock grenade gets handed to Brandon 138 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: Ingram all of a sudden, it's like he's got to 139 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: create something, just gets a little step back separation, going 140 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: towards his right and barely gets his feet behind the 141 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: three point line and knocks down that like one of 142 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: the toughest shots for a right handed shooter, step back 143 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: three going to your right hits that one that was 144 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: a big shot in this game that essentially like stymied 145 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: the run and helped Toronto close the deal. It's really 146 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: just his contested catch and shoot threes that have been 147 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: an issue dragging down his percentages this year. When he 148 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: shoots a contested catch and shoot three, he's just nine 149 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: for thirty eight or twenty four percent. That's really the 150 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: one thing that's dragging his percentages down. He's actually shooting 151 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: really well on jump shots and basically every other phase 152 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: of the game overall, though, I think what he brings 153 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: is just a very valuable CounterPunch. As you know, if 154 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: you think of the primary source of Toronto's offense as 155 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: like defense to transition, they're one of the best transition 156 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: teams in the league. Rim pressure off of the guards 157 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: like what we talked about, excuse me, like the guards, 158 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: like we talked about Scottie Barnes, like we talked about 159 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: brandon Ingram is a counter to that with his over 160 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: the top shot making. When things break down, he can 161 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: provide that little extra bit of ceiling raising offense with 162 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: his ability to hit jump shots over the top. The 163 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: Raptors also got going in their transition attack in that 164 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: third quarter. They had thirteen transition points just in the 165 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: third quarter alone, a lot of nice runouts for dunks 166 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: and threes. That was where a couple of brandon Ingram's 167 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: threes came from, again trailing the play in transition, just 168 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,679 Speaker 1: rising up confidently into that shot. The Raptors had seven 169 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: total transition points in the game, which obviously is an 170 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: awesome number. They've now moved up to the third best 171 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: transition offense in the NBA, averaging thirty points per game, 172 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: just two behind Miami and just four behind Chicago's, currently 173 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: the best transition offense. A couple other Raptors show shout outs. 174 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: Jacoby Walter, he obviously didn't have a big box score game, 175 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: but I thought he made some big like momentum plays 176 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: filling in for RJ. Barrett in that starting spot. He 177 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: had a big like pick six steel in the first 178 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: half where Evan Mobley had his back turn, jumped in there, 179 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: took the ball, went down and got it done. He 180 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: had an offensive rebound scrap of possession that they didn't score, 181 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: and he just and Yaka Purtle was not in position 182 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: to get the rebound, but Jacoby just came in there 183 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: and battled and tipped at it and ended up making 184 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: its way over to Yaka Purtle ended up grabbing it 185 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 1: and going up reverse for an and one layup hit 186 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: a big kickout three in the third quarter that pushed 187 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: the lead to eight. All big momentum plays, again trying 188 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: to find a way to impact winning despite not having 189 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: the level of talent that a guy like RJ. Barrett has. 190 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: Sandro mamukelos Villi had a crazy first half run checked 191 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: into the game with the Raptors down twenty three to seventeen, 192 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: and like bang bang Bang, scored eight points, hit a 193 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: couple of corner threes, and an offensive rebound put back 194 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: hit a guy cutting to the basket off of the wing. 195 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: Really nice burst offensively that helped Toronto in that first half, 196 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: and then all night, I thought their defense was really good. 197 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: I know, Cleveland was down most of their offensive talent, 198 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: and you know, obviously that's going to force some guys 199 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: into some larger roles than they would typically be in. 200 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: But you could really tell that Toronto's length was like 201 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: an issue for Cleveland's guards like Donovan Mitchell was six 202 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: for twenty. He had a lot of like, really tough 203 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: shots that he missed. Lonzo Ball was three for fifteen, 204 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: a lot of great contests in there. Toronto's now won 205 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: eight games in a row, their top three in both 206 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: offense and defense in that span. They're sixth in rebounding. 207 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: A couple of nice wins in that streak too, a 208 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: couple against Cleveland and then one against Philly. They should 209 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: push the streak to ten. They got Indiana and Charlotte next, 210 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: so my guess is Toronto pushes the streak to ten, 211 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: But then they have a big showdown with the New 212 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: York Knicks on Sunday in Madison Square Garden, which will 213 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: be their next major test on the Cavs front. Not 214 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: really a whole lot you can take away from a 215 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: game like this. When you're down that much of your offense, 216 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna see you guys get slotted into outsized roles. 217 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: Like Lonzo has never taken more than eight shots in 218 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: a game this year. He took fifteen of them last night. 219 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: We had a lot of like on ball reps for 220 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: Tyres Proctor random possessions where a role player has to 221 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: put the ball on the floor, and then obviously for 222 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: Mobiley and Mitchell, everything gets tougher. Those dudes were getting 223 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: swarmed all over the place. Mobley only got seven shots 224 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: up in this game. Turned the ball over a little 225 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: bit too, because he was just getting swarmed every time 226 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: he got the ball in the middle of the floor. 227 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: And then once you start asking Donovan Mitchell to just 228 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: make a bunch of tough pull up jumpers against a 229 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: team that has the length that Toronto has, it's just 230 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: a really tough ask. There were some bright spots though. 231 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: Nakwon Tomlin, who started the season zero for fourteen from three, 232 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: hit two more threes tonight. He's three or last night, 233 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: I should say three for six from three in his 234 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: last two games. That's like a nice little development. By 235 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: the way, was stepping in confidently into those threes last night. 236 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: Jalen Tyson is showing some of his slashing ability. He 237 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: had some really tough layups in this game, so I 238 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: was digging into his numbers. He's sixty one percent on 239 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: layups this season, nineteen for thirty one. Not a lot 240 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: of role player like three and D guy type of 241 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: players that are that efficient on layups. And then once 242 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: again two for three from three from Tyson last night. 243 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: He's shooting twenty one for thirty nine on unguarded catch 244 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: and shoot threes this year. That's fifty four percent forty 245 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: six percent overall on threes. But ultimately, the Cavs are 246 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: a little banged up. They were on a tail end 247 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: of a back to back. That's a tough one to 248 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: get under any circumstances. Okay, I wanted to go over 249 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: a couple of big individual performances last night, and then 250 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: I just have some quick thoughts on the Minnesota Timberwolves. 251 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: So starting with the men, Thompson slotted into a larger 252 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: offensive role obviously with Kevin Durant out of the lineup 253 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: dealing with the personal matter, and Houston got a nice 254 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: road win over the Suns. Their defense was really the 255 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: story of the game. They held the Suns to just 256 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: ninety two points. Aside from losing control of Dylan Brooks 257 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: for a little bit, they pretty much had the game 258 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: under control in the defensive end. But a men Thompson 259 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: goes for twenty eight points, seven rebounds, and eight assists 260 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: just showcase all the stuff that is super exciting about 261 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: his game. Did some of the usual damage that he 262 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: does as a cutter under the rim. Did a lot 263 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: of work as a connective playmaker in the middle of 264 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: the floor too, like he'd catch the ball cutting along 265 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: the baseline, or he catched the ball in the middle 266 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: of the floor and make the next pass like a 267 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: really nice drop off pass under the rim for Jabari 268 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: Smith dunking, or a kickout to Aaron Holiday up top. 269 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: He ended up generating a couple of those Aaron Holiday threes. 270 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: And by the way, Aaron Holliday's jump shooting as of 271 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: late has been a huge boost to this Houston offense. 272 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: He's been just on fire as of late. I think 273 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: he's averaging twelve points per game over his last five. 274 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: Really nice game last night, obviously, but a men Thompson 275 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: did a lot of work of the usual kind of 276 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: type that we see in this offense, like along the 277 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: baseline in the middle, either scoring with quick little dunks, 278 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: cutting along the baseline, or making that next connective pass. 279 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: But we saw so much more on ball stuff for 280 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: obvious reasons, with kd out a lot of ISOs and 281 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 1: ball screens off the wing, which are becoming a staple 282 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: in a men Thompson's game. We've talked about this before, 283 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: but he has this amazing ability. It's arguably his best 284 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: superstar offensive trait. You know, we think of him as 285 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, but 286 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: he has this, like if you wanted to point to 287 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: a foundational trait that could one day make him an 288 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: all star level offensive player, it's the fact that he 289 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: can consistently beat people off the dribble and get into 290 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: the short range and then from there he can just 291 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: pop back up off the ground like either just elevate 292 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: over the top or he'll lean back, which takes an 293 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: enormous amount of athleticism, and he'll shoot like these little 294 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: five foot seven foot jump shots or floaters, like little 295 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: bits of short range shot making that are basically impossible 296 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: to guard. It's that John Morant type of concept that 297 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: I always talk about, Like, the ability to beat people 298 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: off the dribble is great because that's going to get 299 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: you to the rim a lot, but the ram often 300 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: leads to health defense, right, and so that's where it 301 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: becomes about playmaking and some sort of over the top 302 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: shot making. And it does not necessarily have to be threes, 303 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: although that's a ceiling razer for sure, but if you 304 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: can at least knock down those little short range shots, 305 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: then you have the playmaking ability to balance it out. 306 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: That's a foundational superstar trade on the offensive end of 307 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: the floor. He had three of those last night where 308 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: he just one on one, got into the lane, defended 309 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: really well, dude beats him to the spot, doesn't matter, 310 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: just rises up over the top and hits like that 311 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: little one handed jump shot or a little short jump 312 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: shot right. That's kind of one of his foundational types 313 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: of traits. He had a play where he ran in 314 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: a two man game with Olpriam Shangoon and Dylan Brooks. 315 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: Went way under the pick and so he just settled 316 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: into like a little jump shot around the foul line 317 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: and knocked it down. He hit a very similar shot 318 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: like that in the Denver game last week on Friday. 319 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: That's one of those ones where if he starts to 320 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: hit that like the little foul line pull ups, I 321 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: don't know what you do with him. Even hit a 322 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: corner three to wrap things up in the late fourth quarter. 323 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: Just a really really nice game for a men. Thompson. 324 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: He's averaging a career high at eighteen points per game 325 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: this year Andy career high five point two assists per game. 326 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: Really nice work in a larger than usual role last 327 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: night on the road in Phoenix. And once again another 328 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: young Rockets star like we talked about with Shanegon, who's 329 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: barely scratching the surface of his potential and who knows 330 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: what level he can reach and what that means for 331 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: the Rockets in their future. 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I was really interested to see how he 368 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: would look in the new system, like we talked about 369 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: off the top, Like would he come in and play 370 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: in the Heat system, like drive in, kick, generate, drill, 371 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: penetration one on one like everyone else's thriving as a 372 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: scorer in off ball situations off of the chaos generated 373 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: by the other drivers, Or would Spolster go this is 374 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: a great time for us to add a little bit 375 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: more variety and run some more like Tyler Bam two 376 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: man game. And you know, then I see the box 377 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: score from last night and Tyler has twenty four points 378 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: with only two three point attempts, both of which he missed, 379 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: and I was immediately like, Oh, this is gonna be 380 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: super interesting. I was excited to see how like the 381 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: actual process with which they got Tyler Harrow to that 382 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: twenty four point mark. And the answer is, we got 383 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: literally zero reps of the Tyler Bam two man game. 384 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: There's a funny possession in the second half where Tyler 385 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: caught the ball in the left wing and Bam like 386 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: kind of went up like he was gonna set his 387 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: screen and you're like, oh, here we go, and then 388 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: he ended up just cutting through to the other side. 389 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: It's like, Nope, they're not gonna do it now. To 390 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: be clear, I would not be surprised. As a matter 391 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: of fact, I would be shocked if they didn't eventually 392 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: do this. But I do think that over the course 393 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: of the season we'll see little bits and pieces of 394 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: the Tyler Bam two man game, especially in like late 395 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: game situations when they're looking for something to spam. I 396 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna completely abandon it, but last night 397 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: ended up being an opportunity for them to basically just 398 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 1: be like, let's see what it looks like if Tyler 399 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: Harrow just plays within this Miami heat system, and it 400 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: honestly looked amazing like he he We got zero reps 401 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: of the Tyler Bam two man game. We did get 402 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: two off ball pinned downs where he came off of 403 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: action with kelll Ware and he ended up getting in 404 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: that like those off ball pin downs effectively mimic a 405 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: ball screen because they're covered the same way, like the 406 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: defender usually is gonna chase you over the top and 407 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: the big is going to be in some variation of 408 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: a drop coverage. And he ended up facing two deeper 409 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: drop coverage looks in those off ball pinned downs with 410 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: kell al Ware, and he was able to get into 411 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: his drop coverage bag, which is like that little floater 412 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: in the lane right. He missed his first one in 413 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: the first half, and he made his second one that 414 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 1: was actually a huge play in the in the fourth 415 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: quarter as the first of a stretch where Miami scored 416 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 1: on five possessions in a row. But everything else outside 417 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: of those two two man game reps with kell al Ware, 418 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: everything else was like firmly in Miami's driving kick system, 419 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: like he was attacking gaps in transition for quick little 420 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: driving floaters and things along those lines, attacking closeouts with 421 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,239 Speaker 1: just quick drives off of kickouts from heat drives. This 422 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: is actually how he hit the game winner. He you know, 423 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: the Miami gets a stop, there's a little transition pushhead 424 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: Pela Larson's probing kind of along the right lane line 425 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: and Max Christi ends up sinking too deep in help, 426 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: Pela Larson pitches it back to Tyler Harrow on the 427 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: right wing, and Max is closing out hard right on 428 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: his right shoulder right. So that's one of those baked 429 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: in driving lanes we always talk about. Tyler Harrow just 430 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: rips to the left cleanly beats Max. PJ. Washington steps 431 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: up and help, but he just shoots this like sky 432 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: high floater. Really impressive piece of shot making. But that 433 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: ended up being basically the game winner. And that's the 434 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: off ball scoring element that I think Tyler's just gonna 435 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: absolutely feast on. This is something that Norman Pale has 436 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: been doing for the entire start of the season. But 437 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: like when you've got guys like Davion Mitchell that can 438 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: dribble drive and start the advantage process, Jaime Hawkes that 439 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: can dribble drive in post and start the advantage process, 440 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: the transition pushes which can in and of themselves start 441 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: the drive and kick process. Tyler Harrow is going to 442 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: get a lot of opportunities to attack closeouts and he's 443 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: just gonna be insanely good at that because that's you know, 444 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: his combination of ability to hit catch and shoot threes, 445 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: but also to do lots of like kind of countermove 446 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: scoring in the middle of the floor. He's just going 447 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: to be a really high level player attacking closeouts in 448 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: this system. And then every time he caught the ball 449 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: out front, like in a clean one on one where 450 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: the defense wasn't broke down, he just attacked. No ball screens, 451 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: he just attacked one on one. And this is where 452 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: it actually got super interesting to me because in theory, 453 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: this is not a strength of Tyler Harrow's game. He's 454 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: not exactly a slasher, like a guy that's just gonna 455 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 1: just toast people off the dribble one on one, and 456 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: he's only an OK one on one player. Like last 457 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: year's shooting out of ISO, he was forty fifth percentile, 458 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: which is slightly below average. And you can see when 459 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: he was ripping on his drives like it wasn't like 460 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: he was just clean beating Max Christy off the dribble 461 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: on that first attack, although to his credit, he did 462 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: have a big one late against Ryan Nemhard off the 463 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: left wing where Nemhard was squared up with him and 464 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: he just ripped a left and did cleanly beat Ryan 465 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: hit a little bank shot. By the way, Ryan Nedmhard 466 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 1: was like the easy target from Miami down the stretch. 467 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: Davion Mitchell went right through him for an easy layup. 468 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,959 Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow went right through him for an easy layup. 469 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: But other than that play against Ryan Nemhard, like Max 470 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: Christi in particular, he's too quick for Tyler Harrow to 471 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: just cleanly beat off the dribble right and I thought 472 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: Tyler did a really nice job of just making aggressive 473 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: driving moves in a way that at least forced Max 474 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: to take a big backward step before he would try 475 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: to cut him off. And so for the most part 476 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: he would cut off Tyler, but not until he got 477 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: into that short range. And once he got into that 478 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: short range, he was able to get into his short 479 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: range shot making game. And similar to what we were 480 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: talking about with the men Thompson, he would just pop 481 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: up off the ground, hit a little righty float, or 482 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: hit a little left he float, or hit a little 483 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,239 Speaker 1: short jump shot. He hit like a tougher step back 484 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: jump shot along the left baseline in the second half 485 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: on a play where Max cut him off a little 486 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: bit earlier. But you know, honestly, like that's really valuable 487 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: over the top scoring for this Miami team, because again, 488 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: like there will be stretches where they can start cutting 489 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: off these drives, not even just for Tyler, but for 490 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: Daveon and for Hime and for any of these guys 491 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 1: that get their one on one opportunities. But Tyler, like 492 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: in the one on ones, I think he ended up 493 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: running five ISOs last night and getting six points out 494 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: of them if I remember correctly, he got a bunch 495 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: of those like little easy, little short range jump shots 496 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: in his one on ones. And similarly in the quick 497 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: little closeouts he'd attack when he would get cut off, 498 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: he could at least pop up off the ground in 499 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: that short range Like it's really impressive to go for 500 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: what was that twenty four points on eighteen shots with 501 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: no free throws, Really really impressive work from Tyler Harrow 502 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: and kind of like a really nice little taste of 503 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: what it will look like when he's scoring within Miami system. Again, 504 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: I do think over time, Spolsure will incorporate some more 505 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: screening action for him. I think especially in atos too, 506 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: I think we'll see a little bit of that kind 507 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: of stuff and clutch situations. I think we could see 508 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: some more of that kind of stuff, some matchup specific 509 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: stuff like teams that are running more deep drop. I 510 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: think we could see a little bit more of that 511 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: Tyler Bam two man game. But to start, Eric Spolser 512 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: is very much like, Hey, Tyler, let's see how you 513 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: can play in this new system, and Tyler just looked awesome, 514 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: no way or it. And again like only one of 515 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: those buckets, only one of his twelve made buckets came 516 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: in a screening action, that one little curl off of 517 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: kel Aware for the floater in the fourth quarter. Uh, 518 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: It's just crazy how consistently these the heat is just 519 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: breaking down teams one on one, Like they had a 520 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: stretch in the in the Clutch where they scored on 521 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: five consecutive possessions. And the first was that little Tyler 522 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: Harrow dropped coverage rep off of the kelll War two 523 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: man game where he got in the lane off the 524 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: wide pin down hit the floater. But the next four 525 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: we're all just one on once. Davion Mitchell one on 526 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: one through Ryan Demhart, easy too. Jim Hawkins just goes 527 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 1: right at PJ. Washington and draws a foul. Tyler Harrow 528 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: goes right through Ryan Demhart for an easy two. Pella 529 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: Larson like stares down Cooper flag and just rips through 530 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: to the left and beats him cleanly off the tribble 531 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: for a layup. It's crazy how consistently they get into 532 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: the lane on their one on once and the hot 533 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: streak from Miami continues. They've now won five games in 534 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: a row. Their bigs were awesome once again. Kellel continues 535 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: to put up video game numbers. He had twenty in 536 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: eighteen last night. Again. He had been averaging like fifteen 537 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: and fifteen in the previous stretch the last like six 538 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: or seven games a couple weeks before that. Had a 539 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: big lob dunk late too, on similar type of play 540 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: where Daveion Mitchell just beat his man off the dribble 541 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: to the middle, got kell El's man to step up 542 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: just a little bit, just pitched it up in the air, 543 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: boom two handed dunk as he gets behind Daniel Gafford 544 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: there along the baseline. Bam had seventeen and six and 545 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: he made the biggest defensive play of the game. Late. 546 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: There's an inbounds pass, guys open in the corner. Bam 547 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: is kind of like denying a different catch right there, 548 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: right in front, and he closes off the whole passing lane. 549 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: They try to throw it over the top to the corner. 550 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: He just elevates and steals that pass, one of the 551 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: biggest plays of the game. On the defensive end, Head 552 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: are playing some really good fun basketball right now again 553 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: their fifth consecutive win. And then really quickly some thoughts 554 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: on the Timberwolves, and they're blown leads, so many late 555 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: game execution errors, Like there's gonna be a lot to 556 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: talk about their offense, and yeah, it's not great. There 557 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: are some really bad possessions in there. I was like, 558 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 1: there was a possession where like Ant's just dribbling the 559 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: air out of the basketball against Russell Westbrook at the 560 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: top of the key and ends up just taking a 561 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: like ridiculously difficult step back three going to his right. 562 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: Just a really bad possession. There's another one where like 563 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: he wants to get into a short range game, but 564 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: he ended up like driving he was starting too far 565 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: on the left wing and then drove left, which there 566 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: just wasn't that much space to operate. I think there's 567 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,719 Speaker 1: a level of deliberateness with that where it's like, if 568 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: you want to turn over your right shoulder for a 569 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: fade away. You got to create more space to turn 570 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: over that right shoulder, so like slide it a little 571 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: bit further up towards the middle, drive closer to the 572 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: elbow so that when you spin, you're not in too 573 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: much traffic there in the corner. There's like a lot 574 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 1: of like those like little tiny details with ant that 575 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: I think are still kind of coming along. But to me, 576 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: that's all secondary to the fact that there are blatant 577 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: execution errs, Like sometimes shots are going to go in 578 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: or they won't. Like for the bad possessions. Aunt also 579 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: missed like a wide open layup right at the rim 580 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: that he left short, a little bank shot on the 581 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: left side. Jade McDaniels had a wide open three at 582 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: the top of the key that he missed in crunch time. 583 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: Like those one of those goes in. Maybe it makes 584 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: up for one of those bad possessions, right, Like to me, 585 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm more focused on, like you gave up too easy 586 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: transition runouts like a dunk from Alik Monk and another 587 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: one for Keegan Murray. It's like that's just your You're 588 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: not getting back the game winner for Sacramento. Another bad 589 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: transition defense, possession in overtime where Keegan Murray's wide open 590 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: on the right wing because you're not running back. There 591 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: are two possessions where you just threw the ball away 592 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: in transition you get a steal and then you run 593 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: a throw a bad kick ahead pass, or you get 594 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: a stop and you throw a bad kick ahead pass. Like, 595 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: there are blatant execution errors where I think that I 596 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: think they can just be better. You know, like there's 597 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:52,479 Speaker 1: a certain element of Minnesota is going to have a 598 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: hot and cold offense by nature of what they do. 599 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: They're very much a rim and three type of team. 600 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: They have a young super star that is still experiencing 601 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: some growing pains in his late game execution. Some of 602 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: that's going to naturally be hot and cold. What you 603 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: can't afford is the controllables going out of your favor. 604 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: You can't afford giving up easy kick ahead dunks because 605 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: you're not running back in transition. You can afford to 606 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: turn the basketball over before you even get into the 607 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: front court. And then again, the Phoenix game was the 608 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: same way to sloppy turnovers and execution errors. So like, 609 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: to me, I don't think this is a talent issue. 610 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: You played well enough to beat Phoenix, and you played 611 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 1: well enough to beat Sacramento. You just gotta cut out 612 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: some of these execution errors at the end of the game. 613 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: You can't afford to make that many mistakes. All right, guys, 614 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: It's all I have for today is always a sincerely 615 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys for supporting us and supporting the show. Again. 616 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: We will be back tonight on playback eight pm Pacific 617 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: time for Lakers Clippers. Our show tomorrow is actually just 618 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: going to be the late game reaction to that, So 619 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: Jackson's going to be trimming that and cutting it and 620 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: running it tomorrow, So if you want to see it, 621 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: it'll be tonight right after the final buzzer of Lakers Clippers. 622 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: Otherwise that will show up on our feeds tomorrow morning, 623 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: and then after that we're taking the holiday off, but 624 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: we will be back on Friday morning with the Nerd Sash. Guys. 625 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: We have our I want to about once a month, 626 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: I want to touch on contenders, so I have a 627 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: couple of tweaks to my contender rankings as well as 628 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: a just like a brief check in with all of 629 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: those teams, talking with the Nerd Sash guys. That's on Friday, 630 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: and then we also have another playback stream on Friday 631 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: night for MAVs Lakers. All right, guys, that's all I have. 632 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: I will see you guys tonight