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We're 36 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: gonna talk about Denver getting revenge for their night beat 37 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: down at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder last 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: night in a super entertaining game with an awesome defensive 39 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: run late a couple of the big plays being made 40 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: by the young players that Denver fans have been so 41 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: desperate to get contributions from. And then Russell Westbrook had 42 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: one of his best games of the season, and that 43 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: one as well. After that, the Phoenix Suns continue their 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: dominant start to the season with yet another come from 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: behind victory against the Miami Heat, where once again Kevin 46 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: Durant was incredible on both ends of the floor. I 47 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about Kevin Durant, I 48 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: want to talk about the late game offense that Phoenix 49 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: was running, and then we're going to talk a little 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: bit about the Miami Heat and some of their early 51 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: season struggles. And then at the tail end of the 52 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: show to I rewatched the Celtics Warriors game this morning. 53 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: I just wanted to go through some specific notes on 54 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: some of the ways that they had success trapping now 55 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: that I've had a better chance to look things back 56 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: over on film. And then at the very end, we 57 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: have another version of Timp's tape where I have I 58 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: think twenty four clips that we're going to go through 59 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: from all those games to just get a little bit 60 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: of a visual representation for the things that I'm talking about. 61 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: You guys, are the job Before we get started. 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We're gonna 69 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: be releasing some more content like reels and shorts and 70 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: stuff like that on those accounts, and then last min 71 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: at least, keep dropping mail back questions in the YouTube 72 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: comments so we can keep hitting them in our Friday 73 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: mail bags. My staff is out of town, so we 74 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,119 Speaker 1: already recorded the Friday mail bag for tomorrow. That's why 75 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: I recorded it yesterday. That's why the week is a 76 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: little bit funky this week, but usually I'll be recording 77 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: it on Friday. So keep dropping those mail back questions 78 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: in the YouTube comments and we'll get to him throughout 79 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: the remainder of the season. All right, let's talk some basketball. 80 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: So Denver be Oklahoma City with a ridiculous defensive run 81 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: in the second half. So the way they kind of 82 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: configured things. They had Peyton Watson on chet Holmgrin right. 83 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: This is a I talk a lot about how the 84 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: game is a copycat league, right, And we saw Boston 85 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: just regularly throughout the season last year just put Tatum 86 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: on centers and put their center on the weakest above 87 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: the break shooter. For the other team in here, Rio Denver, 88 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: as with many other teams that we've seen around the 89 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: league this year, are copying that strategy. They would put 90 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: Jokic on the weakest above the break shooter in this case, 91 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: either Lou Dort or Alex Caruso, and then you put 92 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: Peyton Watson on chet Holmgren. Then they put their best 93 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: on ball defender on Shay. In this case it was 94 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: either Christian Brown or Peyton Watson. So then they're pressuring 95 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: the ball. You have Jokic kind of consistently hanging around 96 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: the basket and help and in defensive rebounding situations, Peyton 97 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: Watson's ability to switch ball screens should they need to it, 98 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: especially since Christian Brown is big and strong enough and 99 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook are big and strong enough to switch onto 100 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: onto a forward or center like chet Holmgren. Right, And 101 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: it just gave them like a good defensive foundation to 102 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: work on, and they were incredible defensively in the second 103 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: half of this game against Oklahoma City. I wanted to 104 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: spend some time talking about Peyton Watson in helpside because 105 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: you know, I talk about do you remember when Sam 106 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: Massini came on the show right after the NBA Finals 107 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: last year and we talked about the most important thing 108 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: that we learned about the NBA last season, And one 109 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: of the things that Sam Massini talked about was the 110 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: idea of ground coverage. And essentially, if you think of it, 111 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: like NBA offenses are so damn good that and they're 112 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: the star players are so damn good that you're constantly 113 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: having to be aggressive in your defensive coverages. Right, Like 114 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: you're pressuring the ball, chasing over the top and ball screens, 115 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: you're bringing the guy up, your screen defender up to 116 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: the level of the screen, you're digging down off the ball. 117 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: It's a lot of like shrinking the floor on the star, 118 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: which creates opportunities for you know, skip passes, swing passes, 119 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: drop off passes to cutters, things along those lines, right, 120 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: And so your help side defense, the ability to have 121 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: a player in this case, a guy like Peyton Watson 122 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: who can feasibly cover so much ground that even when 123 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: it looks like there are openings, there aren't actually openings. 124 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: That is the hallmark of a truly great defense. There 125 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: were multiple situations in this game where Peyton Watson was 126 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: like playing the middle ground between a guy rolling to 127 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: the basket and a skip pass for three, and they 128 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: both look kind of open, right, and it's like, I'm 129 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: gonna hit the cutter here and it's you know, Alex 130 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: Kruser right under the basket, and Peyton Watson just shoots 131 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: over and swallows the shot up right. Or it's like, oh, 132 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: I make you know, I'm gonna make this swing pass. 133 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,559 Speaker 1: Peyton's digging pretty far down into the elbow. I'm gonna 134 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: make this swing pass to the shooter above the break. Nope, 135 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: Peyton's shooting out there on a closeout and it's just 136 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: completely gone right Like that is what makes the truly 137 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: elite defenses so great is even when they appear to 138 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: give openings, they aren't really openings, and that comes down 139 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: to athleticism and helpside in the ability to cover ground. 140 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 1: Peyton Watson was unbelievable in help in this game. And 141 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: then once again down the stretch, biggest play of the game. Okay, 142 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: see cuts it to two, right, Russell Westbrook picks up 143 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: Shake Gilders Alexander all the way out, like way out 144 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: past the three point line, and again. 145 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 2: Like he got beat off the dribble. 146 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: But it's one of those things where like when you're 147 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: going against the best of the best, like this isn't RJ. Barrett, Okay, 148 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: this is one of the top five players. 149 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: In the NBA. 150 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: You're going to get beat one way or another. You're 151 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: either gonna get beat with a pull up jump shot 152 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: or you're gonna get beat off the dribble. Right, But 153 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: if it's a pull up jump shot, you give Shay 154 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: an opportunity to get comfortable, right, you're playing off of him. 155 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: Maybe he can get comfortable and he can get to 156 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: a look right. But if you press him and you 157 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: make him drive, you can plan for that in help 158 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: side defense. And I thought that was really interesting. Again, 159 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: a guy like RJ. Barrett, you can trust Russ to 160 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: kind of cover both bases by himself, but with the 161 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: matchup against a guy like Shae Gilders Alexander, I thought 162 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: it was smart picked him up far out like he 163 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: was well outside the three point line, forced to shade 164 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: to drive, and he drove right into the teeth of 165 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: the defense where Peyton Watson was able to meet him 166 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: with verticality and get a big time block. Unbelievable defensive 167 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: possession at the end of that game. Unbelievable defense throughout 168 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: the entire second and half. Forty Denver Nuggets Russell Westbrook 169 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: twenty nine points, six rebound, six assists, tons of rim 170 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: pressure and playmaking, and one of those games where everything 171 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,559 Speaker 1: was really clicking for him. He had three threes as well, 172 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: made several huge defensive plays. We talked about the play 173 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: on Shae. He also stripped Shay in the second half 174 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: on a drive along the right side close to the baseline. 175 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: As I talked about before the season, there was a 176 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: lot of Russell Westbrook's floor at the start of the 177 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: season right like really really ugly games and even throughout that, 178 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: what did I consistently tell you guys, like this is 179 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: the Russell Westbrook experience. His floor is substantially lower than 180 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson's, but his ceiling is substantially higher than Reggie Jackson's. 181 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: And there have been a few games this year where 182 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: he's put it all together and it's like, holy shit, 183 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: you got another star last night. How many players in 184 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: the NBA can realistically put up twenty nine, six and 185 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: six even once, right, Like, there's maybe thirty, forty, maybe 186 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: fifty guys in the entire NBA who are capable of 187 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: putting together that stat line. And you got that last 188 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: night from a really discounted contract off of your bench. 189 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: And so again, that's the Russell Westbrook experience. There's going 190 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: to be games where it's really ugly, but there's also 191 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: going to be games where he's able to do things 192 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: that very few players in the league can do. And 193 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: on a game like last night with Jamal Murray out, 194 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: you win that game because of Russell Westbrook, and you 195 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: don't if he's not there, right, you lose that game 196 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: with Reggie Jackson. And so that's part of the upside 197 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: of the Russell Westbrook experience. Christian Brown, this is something 198 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,599 Speaker 1: that you know, again, part of the deal with this 199 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: show is I'm right about a lot of stuff some 200 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: of the time, and then I'm wrong about a lot 201 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: of stuff some of the time. 202 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: Right, So it's like it's part of. 203 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: The deal and one of the things that I've been 204 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: really keyed in on since the start of this since 205 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: this offseason, is like, I think Christian Brown is a 206 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: great fit with the starters. He's very different from kcp's 207 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: fundamentally different archetype of play. Right on the defensive end, 208 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: Christian Brown is a bigger, stronger athlete who's a little 209 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: more versatile, but maybe not quite as quick at the 210 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: point of attack. Right then, but I think he's more 211 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: versatile because he can switch and can guard bigger athletes, like, 212 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: for instance, he can match up with Anthony Edwards in 213 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: a way kN tavi's coubble Pope never can. 214 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 2: Right. 215 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: But they're different types of players, Right, you go to 216 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: the other end of the floor on offense and it's like, no, 217 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: he's not the shooter that CACP is. No, he's not 218 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: the guy that can come off of a dribble handoff 219 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: and rise up from fifteen feet and knock down the 220 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: jumper the way that KCP can. 221 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: No, he can't run in. 222 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: Transition to the corner and knock down a corner three 223 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: off the move as well as KCP can. But what 224 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: he can do is he can screen, and he can cut, 225 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: and he can just bring waves of athleticism to the 226 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: offensive end of the floor, and he has consistently been 227 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: a plus offensive player in this lineup just with his 228 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: athletic activity, not just taking catch and shoot threes, but 229 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: driving closeouts and getting all the way to the rim. 230 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: One of the things that they spammed at the end 231 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: of this game, the Nuggets basically closed this game by 232 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: just spamming Yokic's post ups against Chet, getting the double 233 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: team and playing out of it. And one of the 234 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: things Christian Brown did consistently is when they would rotate 235 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: so like basically it'd be post entry to yokicch and 236 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: sometimes okay as he would botch it where they would 237 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: just help one pass away like they did that once 238 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: late with Michael Porter Junior and Michael Porter Junior hit 239 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: a three. But when they had their windshield wiper rotations down, 240 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: meaning like what they would do is it would be 241 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior throws the post entry, there's a double team, 242 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: the next guy slides over, the next guy slides over. 243 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: As soon as Christian Brown's man would would slide over, 244 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: Christian Brown would slash to the front of the rim, 245 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: and then after it was usually like it was usually 246 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: like Strawther, who was like cutting through. As Strather would 247 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: cut through, he would replace up to the wing where 248 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: Christian Brown just was. And like as Christian Brown cut, 249 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: he'd either get open and finish, which he did, or 250 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: he would drag multiple defenders on his cut because cutting 251 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: is a form of rim pressure. If you're a good 252 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: cutter who can finish and you just run hard to 253 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: the front of the rim, help defenders will come with 254 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: you and then they would have openings in the skip 255 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: pass situations. Right But like they it was just like 256 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: Christian Brown throughout this entire season has demonstrated among again, 257 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: it's not been a perfect stretch for the Nuggets front office, 258 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: right Like they've lost some depth on their bench, It's 259 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: been a lot of trust in young players. There's been 260 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: a disconnect with the coaching staff about how to use 261 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: those young players. It has not been perfect. But I 262 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: do think letting Kntavius Colwell Pope go and Christian Brown 263 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: kind of sliding into that starting spot and being a 264 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: feasible starter, that was a gamble for a front office 265 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: on a financial level that I thought made some sense 266 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 1: and it worked, and Christian Brown is playing really really 267 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: good basketball right now. But again everyone hit big shots 268 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 1: off of those jokic shubble teams. Like I talked about, 269 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior hit a big three one pass away, 270 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: Peyton Watson hit a big three. Julian Strather has been 271 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: actually hitting some big shots for this team. He had 272 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: like a massive lead changing layup against the Toronto Raptors 273 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: in like a tough defense situation late game that was 274 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: a big shot. Hit a big three in the late 275 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: third quarter of this game to cut the lead down 276 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: to three, and then just he brings another wave of 277 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: athleticism too. He had a tip slam in transition where 278 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: he was just trailing a play. Really really impressive win 279 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: for the Denver Nuggets to get one back from that 280 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City team that dominated them on opening night on 281 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: the Oklahoma City front. I thought they settled for a 282 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: lot of tough pullup jumpers in the second half. They 283 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: were actually twelve for thirty three from two in the 284 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: second half of this game, so a lot of like tough, 285 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: difficult shots in the short to mid range, took a 286 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: lot of step back jump shots with a lot of 287 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: time on the shot clock. That had seven turnovers. They 288 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: gave up nine offensive rebounds but it's their first lot 289 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: of loss of the season, so I don't think it's 290 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: worth really overreacting to. And again they you know, Shakos 291 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: as Alexander has a shot to tie the game late, right, 292 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: So no reason for panic in Oklahoma City town. But 293 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: one of the things I wanted to talk about that 294 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: I thought was interesting in this game, and this is 295 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: something I've seen kind of periodically throughout the season, but 296 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: the Thunder are doing something really interesting on offense that 297 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: I don't that I haven't seen around the league actually yet. 298 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: And it's kind of like, so we talk about like 299 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: Spain or stack pick and roll. Spain or stack pick 300 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: and roll is where you have you know, Shay running 301 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: a ball screen. Let's call it with Chet or really 302 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: let's just say any team. 303 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 2: So let's say it's. 304 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray with Chet or Jamal Murray with Jokic, and 305 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: there's the ball screen and as Jokic is rolling or 306 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: they usually all do it with like a more athletic 307 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: a type of rim runner. But as the screen the 308 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: screener is rolling to the basket, you have a shooter 309 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: underneath the rim who's either just replacing to the top 310 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: of the key, meaning he's just running to the top 311 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: of the key, or is backscreening for Jokic as he's 312 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: going to the top of the key. You'll also see 313 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: variations of it where the rollman actually screens for the 314 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: shooter coming up. But it's basically a three man interchange, right, 315 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: that's all Stack or Spain is, right, It's just ball handler, 316 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: ball screen, shooter, and then the screener and the shooter 317 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: replace as the ball handler is working downhill. 318 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: Well, one of the. 319 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: Things that The Thunder we're doing a lot last night, 320 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: and something they've been doing a lot this season that 321 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: I think is super fascinating is they're running Spain or 322 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: Stack or like kind of that three man interchange where 323 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: there's a ball screen and a shooter and they're just 324 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: replacing as they're rolling. They're running that with all three 325 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: guards while they're forwards are in the corners. What I 326 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: think is really fascinating about this is most teams run 327 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: out of guard defenders, right, So most teams don't have 328 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: three really good guys to guard guards, and so what 329 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: they're doing is they're putting you. They're putting you in 330 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: a predicament where you have to navigate a bunch of switches, 331 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: and one you might just make a mistake where somebody 332 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: botches the switch and someone gets wide open. 333 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: Or two, somewhere in. 334 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: That scrum, that weakest defender is going to be slightly 335 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: out of position. You can swing to whatever he's on 336 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: and that guy can quickly look to attack. But it's 337 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: kind of a really fascinating approach to modern basketball. One 338 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: of the things I talk about with running action, running 339 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: action is just about just is just as much about 340 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: trying to get a defense to make a mistake as 341 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: it is to kind of like get into the flow 342 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: of your offense. Like a lot of times you just 343 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: run the three man interchange just to see if they 344 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: fuck up, and if they fuck up, then you get 345 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: that really big initial advantager, maybe a great look early 346 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: in the possession. But like I thought, it was kind 347 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: of an interesting offensive approach from Oklahoma City and something 348 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be keeping an eye on, not just for them, 349 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: but around the rest of the league. Here in the 350 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: early part of the season, Miami Phoenix Kevin Durantz playing 351 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: like an MVP. He's averaging twenty eight point seven rebounds 352 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: and three assists on sixty six percent true shooting. He's 353 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: hit ten clutch shots. That's when the game is within 354 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: five with less than five minutes left. That is the 355 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: most in the entire NBA on only fifteen attempts. So 356 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: he's ten for fifteen from the field in the clutch, 357 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: he's got three clutch blocks. He's straight up stolen games. 358 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: Dominated another game down the stretch last night, the Suns 359 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: were spamming ball screens with Tyas Jones Kevin Durant to 360 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: try to get Tyler Harrow switched on to KD and 361 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: he was just hitting shots over the top. And then 362 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: one of the things too, is like Miami's a really 363 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: well coached team and they had two possessions late in 364 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: this game where they perfectly executed their defensive strategy and 365 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: KD still burned them. There was one where Kade got 366 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: hair on the switch and right as they were dumping 367 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: it to KD, Harrow runs out and high. 368 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 2: Smith sprints in. 369 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: So they call that a scram switch, meaning like you 370 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: get a post mismatch, you're going to throw the post entry, 371 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: and basically while the balls in the air while they're 372 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: trying to get the post entry, you just quick execute 373 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: a switch back and basically capitalize while the ball's in 374 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: the air as an opportunity to get your defenders reconfigured, and. 375 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 2: Hei Smith sprints there. 376 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: He's right there on the catch when KDE catches, but 377 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: he just turns over his right shoulder and he's seven 378 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 1: feet tall and he knocks the jump shot him. And 379 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: then the next time both of these possessions, by the way, 380 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: we're in a two point game. Late next time down 381 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: the floor they run it again the ghosts or the 382 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: ball screen with Tys Jones and Kevin Durant and they 383 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: just defend it really well. Tyler Harrow gets through the screen, 384 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: Hayward high Smith kind of stays attached to KD, forces 385 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: KD to catch a triple threat twenty two feet away 386 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: from the rim above the top of the key, Like 387 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: that's as good as you can do in that action. 388 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: Not give up the switch and force KD to catch 389 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: in long two territory and KD just turns faces, rises 390 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: up and knocks down the twenty two foot or off 391 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: the jab step like like what do you do? 392 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 2: What do you do? 393 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: There's nothing you can do. And that's really been the 394 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: story of the Suns this season is they get into 395 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: these close games, they're in close games almost every time 396 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: down the floor. They've been in six of them already. 397 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say every time down the floor, every time 398 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: on their schedule, they've been in six of them already. 399 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: In those six games, they have a one thirty two 400 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: offensive rating an eighty one defensive rating, which means they're 401 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: plus fifty one per one hundred possessions. They're grabbing fifty 402 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: nine percent of available rebounds, and they're six to zero. 403 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: So it's the same thing, damn thing every time they 404 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: end up in a close game late, usually trailing, but 405 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: like once they get into these fourth quarters, which is 406 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: like shockingly different than what it was like last year 407 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: under Frank Vogel, they just really lock in on defense 408 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,719 Speaker 1: and start getting stops. And then on the other end 409 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: of the floor, Kevin Durant has been the most comfortable 410 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: superstar in the league in the half court, executing late, 411 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: and he's just picking these teams apart. And again, I'm 412 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: not even doing justice because Kevin Durant is being just 413 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: as impactful on the defensive end to this point in 414 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 1: the season as he's been on the offensive end. You know, 415 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: he's kind of like, you know how like in baseball, 416 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: they talk about like a five tool player, which I 417 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: think is like the ability to it's the ability to 418 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: hit for contact, hit for power, to like speed on 419 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: the base paths, and then it's like the ability to 420 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: field well and the ability to throw from the field well. Right, 421 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: Like that's what makes a five tool player, right, if 422 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: I remember correctly, I've been kind of disconnected from the 423 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: baseball world. They played a lot when I was a kid, 424 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: but it's been a while. In my Arizona Diamondbacks are 425 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: not as consistently good as they used to be. But 426 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant to me, is like the five tool player 427 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: on the defensive end in the basketball world. Like he 428 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: can real realistically guard the ball well. He can play 429 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: off ball defense well, he can protect the rim, he 430 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: can defensive rebound, and he can't what was the fifth 431 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: one that I put down. He can guard the ball, 432 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: he can guard and help. He can cover ground in rotation, 433 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: so like when they're in driving kick situations, he can 434 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: cover ground. Like there's a play where he straight up 435 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: chased Duncan Robinson off the three point line then recovered 436 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: back on the drive to block Duncan Robinson at the rim. 437 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: He was helping on a different player in the lane 438 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: when the kickout passed that Duncan Robinson happened Like that 439 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: is unbelievable to be able to like, Oh, I'm gonna 440 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: put you on Tyler Harrow, and Tyler Harrow wants nothing 441 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: to do with you. He's going to get rid of 442 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: the basketball to be able to in help contain guys 443 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: that are driving into him, but also be able to 444 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: cover ground in rotation back to the perimeter while also 445 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: being able to protect the rim with real vertical length, 446 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: while also being a dominant defensive freebounder. He's the base. 447 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: He's the basketball version of a five too player on 448 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: the defensive end of the floor. I'm gonna show you 449 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: guys some clips when we get in there. But he 450 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: just he's just dominating these games in crunch time. He's 451 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: anchoring it all on both ends of the floor. I 452 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: can't say enough about how good Kevin Duran has been 453 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: to start this year. Usuf Nurkic, here's the thing. Usuf 454 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: Durkich is a lower tier starting center in this league. Right, Like, 455 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: he's definitely one of the lesser guys that's in that 456 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: specific type of role, but he's not as bad as 457 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: he showed in the early part of the season, and 458 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: he finally had his breakout game last night. Twenty points, 459 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: eighteen rebounds, hit a huge bomb three in the second 460 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: half from like thirty feet away. He was diving on 461 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: loose balls. He had two blocks in his steel. Remember, 462 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: like Nurkich when he's at his best, is actually a 463 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: pretty decent active hands kind of like drop coverage big. 464 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: He just hasn't been so to start this season. But 465 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: he's got good instincts, he's got long arms, he's got 466 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 1: good size, he can do some damage down there, and 467 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: he's one of the best rebounders in the league when 468 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: he's really engaged. He was due for a breakout game. 469 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: He finally had one. Phoenix Sun's playing some really damn 470 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: good basketball on the Miami Front, just not enough offensive 471 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: firepower coming from bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler. They had 472 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: twenty seven points on thirty four shots last night. For 473 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: the season, Jimmy Butler is at his lowest points per 474 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: game total since twenty fourteen, over ten years ago, and 475 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: bam Adebayo is on his lowest points per game total. 476 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: Excuse me, j Bride the struggle bus today It's been 477 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: a long week. It's the sixth show of the week. 478 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler is at his lowest points per game total 479 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: since twenty fourteen and his lowest efficiency and true shooting 480 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: percentage since twenty sixteen. Bamitebayo is averaging his lowest points 481 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: per game total since twenty nineteen and on the lowest 482 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: efficiency of his career. And again, Tyler Harrow was great 483 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: last night, but both him and Terry Rogier are really 484 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: inconsistent offensive players. It's just going to be really hard 485 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: for Miami to contend in this league with the lack 486 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: of offensive firepower that they've had to start this year. 487 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: Not sure what to make of this Heat team through 488 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: the early stretch of the season. Really quickly on Golden 489 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 1: State in Boston. Again, we did a breakdown on it 490 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: last night, just kind of like an instant reaction. But 491 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: we're going to talk some more in film. But there 492 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: were two main concepts that I wanted to kind of 493 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: dive a little bit firm they're into now that I've 494 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: had a chance to rewatch the game. So first of all, 495 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 1: the concept in Golden State's traps. So one of the 496 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: things that I talk about a lot on this show, 497 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: is like, in order for a trap to be functional, 498 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: you have to have active hands on the ball, right, 499 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: because as soon as you put two on the ball, 500 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: you're compromised. Behind that there's a full on three guys 501 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: are open, right, That's part of the price you pay 502 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: when you put two on the ball. But if you 503 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 1: pressure the ball with long arms and active hands, you 504 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: can force either one like if my arm is like 505 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 1: this and you have to throw over it, you're either 506 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: going to get a deflection or you're going to force 507 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: a looping kind of like lobbing pass. 508 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 2: Over the top. 509 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: Either way, it's not getting there on a line, which 510 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: is allowing you the time to rotate. If you don't 511 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: have active hands and you put two on the ball 512 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: and you give up an easy pocket pass or an 513 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: easy swing pass, you're screwed because now it's the four 514 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,239 Speaker 1: on three. You have two on the ball, and you 515 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: still have two on the ball while the next player 516 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: already has the basketball ready to attack it. Whereas if 517 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 1: you get that deflection, if you force that being passed, 518 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: you can rotate out of it with your speed and 519 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: you can shut down the advantage. On the back side 520 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: of that. You'll see some examples, but they were getting 521 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: lots of deflections enforcing lots of off target, off time 522 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: passes from Boston, which was allowing them to get away 523 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: with their traps without having to worry about giving up 524 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: easy opportunities on the backside. The second part of it 525 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: was breeding in decisiveness with off ball positioning. There was 526 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: a steal that they had in the first half where 527 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: like they trapped the ball. Draymond is active hands, Andrew 528 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: Wiggins is active hands, and Buddy Healed. He gets inside 529 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: position on Cornett. Luke Cornett's at the top of the key, 530 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: and then there's another Celtic that's across the wing right. 531 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: So the read there for Tatum out of the trap 532 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: is to make the swing pass not to Cornette but 533 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: to the next guy. But Buddy Heal takes inside position 534 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: on Cornette and just sits there waiting for the swing 535 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: pass so he can jump in. So then when the 536 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: pass gets made, there's a little bit of a deflection, 537 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: and so now it turns into a foot between Buddy 538 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: Held and Luke Cornett to get to this loose ball 539 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: that was intended on the swing pass for the next 540 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: guy down the line. But Buddy Heild's faster and he 541 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: had inside position, so he's able to leverage that, get 542 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: out to it and tap out. The basketball forces a turnover. 543 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: They go out the other way. Right, there was another 544 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: one on the weak side. There was a two on one. 545 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: There's I want to say it was Pritchard in the 546 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: right corner and it was Horford on the right wing. Right, 547 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: there's your two on one. Buddy Heeld is there on 548 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: the swing. Pass out of the trap. Buddy Heald does 549 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: a textbook passing lane close out, really smart. The pass 550 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: is on target to Al Horford, but Buddy Heeld closes out, 551 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: not to Al Horford, but in between the two of them. 552 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: So Horford catches thinking Buddy Held is closing out at him. 553 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: So his first read is to turn and look to 554 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: the corner. But when he turns and looks to the corner, 555 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: he sees Buddy Held just standing in the passing lane, 556 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: so he can't actually make that pass. Then he turns 557 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: and he looks at the basket again and Buddy kind 558 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: of stunts at him. So then Horford looks again to 559 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: the corner. It's not open again, and then he has 560 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: no choice but to throw it up. And now it's 561 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: a break rhythm situation. Even though it's a good look, 562 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: he's been second guessing himself for a few seconds before 563 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: that shot. That is the type of defensive positioning that 564 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: forces indecisiveness. Everything about what made that defense work for 565 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: Golden State last night was about pressuring the ball with 566 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: active hands, forcing rushed decisions. And then when there were openings, 567 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: they were splitting the difference with their athleticism and forcing 568 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:33,479 Speaker 1: indecisiveness from Boston, which allowed them to shrink those openings quickly. 569 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: And then the third part of it is just ridiculously 570 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: ridiculous athleticism. Gary Payton, the second is the guy that 571 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: really stood out to me on film last night, where 572 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: it's like there's a loose ball, he's diving on the 573 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: ground and getting it. 574 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 2: Had a huge loose ball that he dove on in 575 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. 576 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: Then the unique ability he has and we've been talking 577 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 1: about this all season, but to dig down into the 578 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: lane but also recover out to a three point shooter. 579 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: There was a play where he hard helped in the lane, 580 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: left Peyton Pritchard wide open on the wing. The swing 581 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: pass was made right to Peyton Pritchard and Gary Payton 582 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: closed out and blocked the damn shot. That goes back 583 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: to what we were talking about with Peyton Watson, where 584 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: it's like when you have defensive players in help that 585 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: can legitimately be in two places at once and cover 586 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: all of that ground, that is what unlocks a level 587 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: of defense that becomes really difficult to overcome, even for 588 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: the best offenses in the league. It was a really, 589 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: really impressive job defensively from Golden State. You're gonna see 590 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: a bunch of examples of that in film. And then Boston. 591 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: The last thing I wanted to talk about before we 592 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: get to the film, Boston's late game execution on defense. 593 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: A lot of mistakes down the stretch. Drew Holliday in particular, 594 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: batched two switches. There was one between him and Tatum 595 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: where there was a miscommunication and Steph got wide open 596 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: for three. That was the one that cut the lead 597 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: down to I think he had the three free throws 598 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: first and then that to cut it to one. So 599 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: like that was the shot that cut it to one, 600 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: and then there was another one. Do you guys remember 601 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 1: when Steph had that wide open back cut for the layup. 602 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: All Steph did was run up like he was going 603 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: to come off the wing and then backcut, and Drew 604 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: Holliday just assumed there was going to be a switch 605 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: and so he got backcut, easy layup for Steph And 606 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: then the first offensive rebound that Al Horford had, Drew 607 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: Holliday had inside position to box him out or not 608 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: al Horford, excuse me. The first offensive rebound that Kevon 609 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: Looney got, Drew Holliday had inside position on Cavan and 610 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: just gave up on the play and Looney went right 611 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 1: around him. He got an offensive rebound. So like three 612 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: pretty significant execution mistakes from Drew Holliday. Late Derek White 613 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: lost Buddy Healed on a corner crash where he just 614 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: kind of drifted into the lane looking for the ball 615 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: while Buddy was sprinting for it, beat him to the ball, 616 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: got an offensive rebound. And then Tatum in addition to 617 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: that kind of like grifty, he'd like tried to take 618 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: a met range jump shot against Looney or Looney did 619 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: not foul him, and he just missed the shot, and 620 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: he like turned and bitched at the refs, jogged back 621 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: on defense and then lost Buddy Healed off the ball 622 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: in a relocation and gave up a three, So like 623 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: a lot of just like sloppy execution mistakes from Boston. Now, 624 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,479 Speaker 1: to be clear, I'm not worried about Boston at all 625 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: in the big picture. I'm just saying last night will 626 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: be a good game for Joe Mizzoula to kind of 627 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: kick them in the ass a little bit and try 628 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: to kind of help use that as an opportunity to 629 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: drive home some of the attention to detail that has 630 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: made this team so good over the course of the 631 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: last year. All right, let's get into some film. First clip. 632 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: This is a really nice defensive possession from Kevin Durant. 633 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: So's on. Jimmy Butler gets kind of beat towards the baseline, 634 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: but recovers there's your help side right again. It's okay 635 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: to get beat if you get beat within the scheme. 636 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: In this case, you don't want to give up middle penetration. 637 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: You want to get beat towards the baseline because Plumbley's 638 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: in position to help. Jimmy Butler gets a little drill penetration. 639 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: Watch Kevin Durant's recovery here on the kickout he switches 640 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: down to kill o where underneath the basket we have 641 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: another drive helps shuts it off, forces the skip pass, 642 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: closes out on Duncan, Robinson chases him off the line 643 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: again looks as he shuts down that help shuts down 644 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: the Duncan Robinson play. There's the kickout Duncan Robinson quickly relocates. 645 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: KD gets a little bit lost, but look at his 646 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: ability to cover ground. He gets out to one of 647 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: the best shooters in the league on a close out, 648 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,239 Speaker 1: chases him off the line, then recovers and blocks him 649 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: at the basket. That's just an unbelievable defensive play from 650 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. Another really good one here on Jimmy Butler, 651 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: just using his length to disrupt the pull up a 652 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: pull up three gets a great contest offensive rebound gets 653 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: picked kicked back out to Jimmy. Watch the individual defense 654 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: from KD on Jimmy Butler. So again, already in this sequence, 655 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: you've seen in the last two clips, you've seen him 656 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: guard on the ball. You've seen him guard in help, 657 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: and you've seen him guard in rotation like that. That's 658 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: and you've also seen him protect the rim and like 659 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: the I don't think I have a clip of him 660 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: getting any specific defensive rebounds, but he was really good 661 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: defensive rebound. He's just getting to fifty fifty balls late 662 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: in this game. So this has been Phoenix's go to 663 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: late game action, right. So you're they're trying to get 664 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow on to Ties Jones. So you set this 665 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: screen with Beale to get the switch with Harrow, and 666 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: then they would bring Kevin duran up to set the 667 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: screen to try to get Harro on the switch. Then 668 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: he gets his matchup that he likes. He's got Harrow, 669 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: he's gonna turn over that right shoulder, and Katie's been 670 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: getting doubled on his backside this whole season and it 671 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: just hasn't mattered because he's just shooting right over the top. 672 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: So here's Miami again doing a really nice job do 673 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: scram switching out of it, right, So we get the 674 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: first switch with Harrow onto Ties Jones, come to set 675 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: the second ball screen forces the switch. But so here 676 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: comes the scram right, So high Smith is getting ready, 677 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant's getting to his spot where he wants it. 678 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: Watch right as the pass goes up, there's the pass. 679 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow is now sprinting out of it. Heywood, high 680 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: Smith is switching back, So see how they like basically 681 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: scram Tyler Harrow out of that mismatch. Hey, high Smith 682 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: is there, he gets a contest, but it's Kevin freakin 683 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: Durant and he just turns right over his right shoulder 684 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: and knocks it down. And then this one, this one 685 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: is literally perfect defense. Two point game, thirty three seconds left. 686 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: You get a stop, you get a chance to win 687 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: this game. Bill comes sets the first screen, gets Harrow 688 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: in the switch. Here comes KD. This is really well defended. 689 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: Look so Hi Smith shoves shoves KD a little bit 690 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: to create a gap. That creates a gap. Harro is 691 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: able to recover. He lingers just for a second. Harrow 692 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 1: gets there, kick back to KD. Thinking there's an opportunity 693 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: for an advantage. High Smith is boom there, that is 694 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: as good as you can defend that action. And now 695 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: KD is in an iso twenty two feet from the 696 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: basket and he just turns faces and knocks the shot down. 697 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: Like what the hell do you do with that? There's 698 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: just nothing you can do, like you're just sometimes you 699 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: just get to lose to Kevin Durant. And that's what 700 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: happened to the miam Me heat last night. This is 701 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook at his best from the thunder Oklahoma City. 702 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: The Thunder Nuggets game gets Downhill drives all the help 703 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: in the paint, makes a nice little corner kicked. Christian 704 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: Brown has all day to knock down the three. This 705 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: is a really nice slot cut from Russ. Again, a 706 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: lot of uh spamming the Yokic post up stuff late 707 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: in this game. Watch as the double team goes. This 708 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: is a I was talking about this earlier with Christian Brown, 709 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: but watch as the double team goes. You're gonna see 710 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: Shay go Jalen slide over. As soon as Jalen slides over. 711 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: Instead of just standing here and making this in above 712 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: the break three, Russ just cuts to the rim. Watch 713 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: cut catch. Now he's got a head of steam. He 714 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: draws Chet in help so he can drop it off 715 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: to Yokic, who then just gets like a little easy 716 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: bank shot. See that's how you can create spacing without 717 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: knocking down threes. This is what everyone's been begging Russell 718 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: Westbrook to do since the beginning of time. Another big 719 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 1: time play from Russ. Chet spins on Peyton Watson. Russ 720 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: comes digging in, swipes the ball away from Chet and 721 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: then look at him on the runout trailing. The play 722 00:33:55,280 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: had a steam nice little scoop shot. This is talk 723 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: a lot about how the Yokic hitting threes is less 724 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: about him like actually like getting a bunch of points 725 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: every game from threes, but more adding the close out 726 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: attacking part of his game, which is where he's so deadly. 727 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: The reason why he's so deadly in these situations is 728 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 1: because he's so damn strong that as soon as he 729 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 1: gets a slight angle on you, he can use his 730 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: elbows and shoulders to kind of maintain that angle as 731 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: he lumbers down the lane. Right, But all that stems 732 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: off of he's got to be able to knock this 733 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 1: shot down because Chet's not lunging out like this unless 734 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,800 Speaker 1: he can knock the shot down. Chet lunges out, Jokic 735 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,919 Speaker 1: gets an angle, then he can rumble down the lane 736 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: and once again, look, once he has that angle, watch 737 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: how he uses that right elbow right here on the gather. 738 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: Watch how he uses his elbow clears that space, slows 739 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: himself down for Chet to run by, and the knock 740 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,840 Speaker 1: knocks down the layup. That's such a huge part of 741 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: Yokic's game when he's at his best, and it is 742 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: entirely predicated on his ability to knock down those three 743 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: point shots when they're available. Here's one of those two 744 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: places that once plays from Peyton Watson, right. So I'm 745 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,879 Speaker 1: Jaylen Williams. I'm looking sorry, guys, I'm Jayalen Williams. I'm 746 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: looking for an opening here on the roll right once 747 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:11,800 Speaker 1: again noticing uh, they're running the action with all their guards, 748 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: which I think is fascinating. Crusoe rolls. Here's our opening. 749 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: So if you're Jalen Williams, this is the right read, right, 750 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,479 Speaker 1: like Peyton Watson is. If you can't throw this skip pass, 751 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: if you throw that skip pass, Peyton's getting that right. 752 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: So like, this is the right read. There's a two 753 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: on one here and Peyton is kind of sort of 754 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: overplaying the corner, but like, look at how quickly he 755 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: just teleports over there and swipes this shot away. I'm 756 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna put it in full speed because this 757 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:51,400 Speaker 1: really is a crazy play. Watch how quickly Peyton Watson recovers. Like, 758 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 1: what do you do about that? 759 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 2: That? 760 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: That is that is the layering of an elite defense. 761 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: When you have a guy on the backside that can 762 00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: be two places at once. Here's some really nice week 763 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: side rotations from Denver. After the Yoks miss three, watch 764 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: these rotations. Ball screen switch, swing. 765 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 2: Two on the ball. Right. 766 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,720 Speaker 1: So now we have all of this action over here Peyton, 767 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: Watson and Yokic have to deal with. 768 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:22,399 Speaker 2: Right. 769 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: So the way that Olkaoma City looks to attack it, 770 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: lou Dort sets what's called a pin in flair. He 771 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 1: screens the backside of Watson so that Chet can close 772 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: out to the check can go out to the corner 773 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: here right. So that makes it so that in this case, 774 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,399 Speaker 1: Peyton's being kind of occupied by this, which is leaving 775 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:40,839 Speaker 1: Jalen Williams wide open. 776 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 2: Right. 777 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: Once again, just like we talked about on that last 778 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: lowman possession, there is a clear and obvious read here 779 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,920 Speaker 1: that looks open. I'm gonna move this to full speed. 780 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: Watch how fast Peyton Watson closes out. Boom gone Right, 781 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 1: there's your extra pass to Chat in the corner. But 782 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: look at the rotation from Yokic. Is him off the line. 783 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: That is excellent basketball. That is when you can put 784 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 1: two onto Shay but still recover on the backside without 785 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: leaving anybody open, and especially with the guy like Jokic 786 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: moving his feet like that, that is once again the 787 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,919 Speaker 1: level of detail you need on defense to be able 788 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: to guard the best players in the league. Force his 789 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,439 Speaker 1: chat to step out of bounds on the baseline. Really 790 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,320 Speaker 1: nice cut here from Christian Brown off of another Yokic 791 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: post up double. Same sort of concept we were talking 792 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: about earlier with Rus right. So we're gonna throw it in, okay, Now, 793 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: straw The is kind of cutting through right. The double 794 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:50,800 Speaker 1: team comes from Dort. As Dort goes, Strawther relocates, Caruso 795 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 1: takes mpj in Brown. Look at Brown, Brown hard slot 796 00:37:54,520 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 1: cut because he cuts. That brings everybody in here and 797 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:05,239 Speaker 1: leave Strawther wide open. Strawther's wide open. That forces the 798 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: close out from Shae. In that process, Christian Brown finds 799 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 1: himself wide open under the basket. So watch it one 800 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: more time. Brown cuts, brings Isaiah Joe with him, kick 801 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 1: out to Strawther. Both Joe and Shay show out on Strawther. 802 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:27,520 Speaker 1: That leaves Christian Brown wide open. Pass fake to Peyton, 803 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,319 Speaker 1: Watson occupies Joe for a second, and Christian Brown gets 804 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: a lay up once again, like you can create spacing 805 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: without shooting threes. You just have to be a smart 806 00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:37,920 Speaker 1: cutter and you have to bring that real rim pressure 807 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,919 Speaker 1: with the athleticism of your cuts. Another one here, same 808 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: sort of deal, crosscreen, post entry, Strather cuts through again. 809 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 1: This is the same kind of sequence that you keep seeing. Right, 810 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: Strather cuts through. Here comes the double team winshield wipeer rotation. 811 00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:00,479 Speaker 1: As soon as Shay goes, watch Christian Brown down cut 812 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,799 Speaker 1: Shay go's Christian Brown cuts. Jalen Williams tries to meet 813 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 1: him there, but Brown beats him. Now he's got a 814 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: head of steam against a smaller, less athletic player at 815 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: the rim. Christian Brown's able to get a bucket doing 816 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,400 Speaker 1: a really nice job of manufacturing spacing without having to 817 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 1: shoot the basketball. Here's another great health defense possession from 818 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: Peyton Watson. Well you don't see that shot miss from 819 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 1: Yokaus very often, do you. Really nice athletic play from 820 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,680 Speaker 1: Shay to beat Christian Brown off the dribble. Peyton's kind 821 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,240 Speaker 1: of at a position. Watch him wall him up, walls 822 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: him up and forces the miss. Really good health defense 823 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: from Peyton Watson. Transition defense here from Julian Straw There 824 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,239 Speaker 1: It'd be really easy to let Lou Dort go here, 825 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,880 Speaker 1: but instead he just sprints back and jumps up vertically 826 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: and Lou blows a lay up. Lou is foolishly going 827 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:56,800 Speaker 1: for a foul. He should have just stayed on that 828 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 1: left side of the basket laid it up. Instead, he 829 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: tries to go for the foul and doesn't get it. 830 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: But that's the thing did his job. Sprinted back straight verticality, 831 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,200 Speaker 1: forced a miss, got a huge stop late in this game. 832 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: And then here's the biggest play of the game. Peyton 833 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,800 Speaker 1: Watson in help once again. So watch Russ. Russ picks 834 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 1: up Shae like twenty five feet out. This removes the 835 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: pull up jumper from the equation, enforces Shay to drive. 836 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: He's not going to methodically work into a pull up 837 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,839 Speaker 1: jump shot from this faraway from the basket. Now you 838 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,880 Speaker 1: can plan. You can plan for the drive by helping. 839 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,440 Speaker 1: And in this case, yokicch and Peyton Watson are going 840 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 1: to say, the only thing you're taking here is an 841 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:42,760 Speaker 1: Alex Cruso three, and he had just bricked long an 842 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: open three from the right wing earlier in the fourth quarter. 843 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: He's the one you want shooting it. Right, So again, 844 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,360 Speaker 1: watch what happens here. Russ gives up the drive, but 845 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,280 Speaker 1: it's a drive they can plan for lefty drive. Peyton 846 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,960 Speaker 1: Watson leaves Chet to step up, and you're gonna see 847 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: Yokic drop to box out Chet, so that the only 848 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,799 Speaker 1: opening is this corner kicked Ruso. Peyton Watson gets there. 849 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:11,719 Speaker 1: Look at the verticality blocks the shot game over all. Right, 850 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:16,280 Speaker 1: let's move over to that Warrior Celtics game. So again, 851 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,680 Speaker 1: look at the indecisiveness here. So I, uh, this play 852 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,920 Speaker 1: had a transition element, so that's why I clipped it 853 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: at this point, but I think there might have been 854 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: an offensive rebound. 855 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:26,680 Speaker 2: Actually, but here's your blitz of Tatum. Right. 856 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,200 Speaker 1: So now we're trying to breed indecisiveness. So we have 857 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,360 Speaker 1: our week side two on one, which is Horford and Prichard. 858 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: Watch where Buddy Heel closes out. Yeah here it is okay, 859 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 1: so he actually makes the pass to nimus Quita. But 860 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: watch how quickly, Watch how quickly Gary Payton gets in 861 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 1: there and strips the ball, but the ball get stays 862 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: live and here's your corner kick. Okay, So here's our 863 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: two on one. This is what I was actually trying 864 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:50,640 Speaker 1: to get to So here's our two on one on 865 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,439 Speaker 1: the weekside. Right, Pritchard and Horford watch where Buddy Heel 866 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:59,280 Speaker 1: closes out to the passing lane. He's in the passing lane, 867 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: so watch Horrerford on the catch look to make the 868 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,760 Speaker 1: extra pass, but it's not there because Buddy Heel's playing 869 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 1: the passing lane. Then he looks, hesitates, hesitates, and basically 870 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,080 Speaker 1: has to jack up a break rhythm three, which forces 871 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:17,840 Speaker 1: a bad miss. Here's a classic Steph gravity play. Just 872 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,160 Speaker 1: the textbook forced the big to show and then slip 873 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: out of the screening action. 874 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 2: This time Gary Payton. 875 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 1: Just pitt down two on the ball, easy pass over 876 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,840 Speaker 1: the top dunk. I don't know what Jason Tatum was 877 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,600 Speaker 1: doing here either. There's glued up to Andrew Wiggins. 878 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:32,799 Speaker 2: On the weak side. 879 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:40,600 Speaker 1: Not really important in that situation. So here's the importance 880 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,239 Speaker 1: of active hands on the blitz. And this is that 881 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: play that I was talking about with Buddy Heeld, kind 882 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: of getting the inside seal on Cornett. So Tatum on Wiggins, 883 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:56,040 Speaker 1: here comes the blitz. Okay, so we have active hands 884 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,640 Speaker 1: right on the blitz. Look at how active they are 885 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,319 Speaker 1: with their hands to try to get a deflection. Watch 886 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:06,520 Speaker 1: Buddy healed. Buddy Heel gets inside position on Luke Cornette 887 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,479 Speaker 1: so that even though this swing passes open, he wants 888 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 1: to try to play that passing lane. Pritchard makes the pass, 889 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,239 Speaker 1: Wiggins gets a hand on it. That's everything. If he 890 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,920 Speaker 1: doesn't get a hand on it, it's on a rope 891 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,719 Speaker 1: to Horford. Now it's gonna be a rotation from Gary 892 00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: Payton in a wide open three for Tatum in the corner. 893 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: But instead he gets a hand on it. Now it's 894 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,319 Speaker 1: a loose ball and Buddy held as inside position and 895 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 1: he's able to beat Cornette to it with a deflection. 896 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,520 Speaker 1: And then once again, look at the closing speed from 897 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: Gary Payton on this deflection. Right here, Horford's closer to 898 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,120 Speaker 1: the ball than Gary Payton, but Gary Payton's faster. Gary 899 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: Payton gets on it quicker, forces the deflection. Now we're 900 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 1: running out the other way for the Andrew Wiggins dunk. Actually, 901 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 1: I think I think I think that might have been 902 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins missing the layup, which was maybe the worst 903 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,120 Speaker 1: blown layup I've ever seen in my time watching the NBA. 904 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: Look at the Look at how fast Gary Payton is 905 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,400 Speaker 1: on this roll to the rim. He's gonna play this 906 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,399 Speaker 1: one at full speed. Watch how fast he gets past 907 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:13,520 Speaker 1: Cornett speed speed everywhere on the floor for the Golden 908 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:17,799 Speaker 1: State Warriors. Here's Gary Payton being two places at once. 909 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 1: It's guarding Pritchard digs down right here, watch. 910 00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:25,200 Speaker 2: Dig down. 911 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:28,400 Speaker 1: He's out of position. He's dead to rights right, knockdown 912 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,400 Speaker 1: shooter pass in the shooting pocket. Look at that closing speed. 913 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,279 Speaker 1: That is the layering of an elite defense when you 914 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,720 Speaker 1: can leave an opening but it's not actually an opening. 915 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,160 Speaker 1: I thought this was kind of an underrated to play 916 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,120 Speaker 1: from this game. So that they're down seven, but watch 917 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,960 Speaker 1: this play from Steph Curry pokes the ball away from 918 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:57,520 Speaker 1: behind on Derek White, forces the turnover leak out Andrew 919 00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:01,800 Speaker 1: Wiggins layout basically a P six initiated by Steph Curry 920 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:07,600 Speaker 1: that cut from seven to five like that. Here's an 921 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,840 Speaker 1: example of how the Warriors just constant motion causes you 922 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,719 Speaker 1: to make mistakes. This was one of the mistakes that 923 00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,040 Speaker 1: I talked about Drew Holiday making. 924 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:14,360 Speaker 2: Again. 925 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,120 Speaker 1: All he's gonna do, Steph is he's going to jog 926 00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,200 Speaker 1: up like he's going to interchange with Wiggins and then 927 00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:25,800 Speaker 1: backcut boom, backcut. Drew Holliday's probably thinking switch here because 928 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,520 Speaker 1: Tatum is gonna go out with Steph and he's gonna 929 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,800 Speaker 1: take Wiggans, So he's keening on Wiggins and Steph just 930 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 1: back cuts him and gets an easy layup. Big time 931 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:37,279 Speaker 1: mistake from Drew Holliday in a big moment, though, this 932 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,560 Speaker 1: I thought was just an unbelievable athletic play from Buddy 933 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,520 Speaker 1: Held who just Buddy Heeld just continues to look amazing. 934 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,120 Speaker 1: Look at this lefty finish on the rip over the 935 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:52,439 Speaker 1: top rip move. Really nice finish from Buddy Heeld. Nice 936 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,280 Speaker 1: play from Steph here, Probably not this is a dynamic 937 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,200 Speaker 1: you're not gonna see when you play Boston for real 938 00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:00,279 Speaker 1: in a real series. But gets nimus Quai on a 939 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: switch and just goes right around him, and Boston planned 940 00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:09,640 Speaker 1: for it. I mean you can literally see Horford and 941 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,839 Speaker 1: Derek White, Derek White zoning up on the strong side 942 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,719 Speaker 1: de Horford's basically telling meet him at the rim, and 943 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,160 Speaker 1: he does a great job jumps up with verticality, but 944 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:22,839 Speaker 1: Steph just scoops it in over the top and then 945 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,839 Speaker 1: this These are the two big mistakes from Tatum. Late 946 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,480 Speaker 1: didn't like this shot against loony, just worried about the refs. 947 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,799 Speaker 1: Didn't even get fouled, turning complaining to the refs. Kind 948 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,840 Speaker 1: of a little bit unfocused. Watch this next possession, but 949 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,239 Speaker 1: I miss it. I thought I added that clip that 950 00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,400 Speaker 1: I didn't. But on the very next possession, basically Buddy 951 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,400 Speaker 1: Healed just relocates on Jason Tatum off of the right 952 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:49,040 Speaker 1: wing and Jason Tatum is not paying attention and gives 953 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:52,359 Speaker 1: up the wide open three in the right corner. All right, guys, 954 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,520 Speaker 1: that is always always all I have for today. Man, 955 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,440 Speaker 1: I'm having the hardest time talking today. It's all I 956 00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,480 Speaker 1: have for today is always that. Sincerely appreciate you guys 957 00:46:58,480 --> 00:46:59,759 Speaker 1: for supporting me and supporting the show. 958 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:00,000 Speaker 2: Again. 959 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,440 Speaker 1: I've got a mail back coming up tomorrow that I 960 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,080 Speaker 1: already recorded. On Wednesday, we will be back with our 961 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,680 Speaker 1: usual Monday routine, so maybe a game reaction or two 962 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 1: and then power rankings. 963 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:13,719 Speaker 2: I will see you guys then the volume. What's up guys. 964 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,560 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 965 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,160 Speaker 1: Hoops tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 966 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,080 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 967 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,759 Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys 968 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,400 Speaker 1: supporting us, but if you could take a minute to 969 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,279 Speaker 1: do that, I'd really appreciate it.