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And then a crazy offensive run 41 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: in the second half from the Clippers comes back from 42 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: behind to steal that one. In Golden State, we're gonna 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: talk heat sixers and a little bit about Miami's leaning 44 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: into zone defense this season. And then after that Lakers Jazz. 45 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: Lakers finish off the stretch before the All Star Break 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: with a big couple of wins in a back to 47 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: back going into Utah. Utah is a tough team to 48 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: beat at home without Lebron James, they go in there 49 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: and get a big win. The offense looks great again. 50 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk a little bit early returns from the 51 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: Spencer Dinwiddie buy out signing and how that is panned out. 52 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: And then lastly, tonight, we're gonna talk a little bit 53 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: about the report that came out this morning that the 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: Warriors tried to pay Lebron James with Steph Curry on 55 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: the Warriors in the middle of this trade deadline cycle, 56 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: I guess, in the final twenty hours before the deadline. 57 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: So we're gonna talk a little bit about that at 58 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: the end of the show. Unlike what we did last time, 59 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: instead of doing a mail bag at the end of 60 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: the show, I really really want to dive into a 61 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: game I did not get to see tonight, which was 62 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: King's Nuggets. 63 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: Says the King's got another win over Denver. 64 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: They're second in a row, and I just kind of 65 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: want to dive into that film at some point before 66 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: before we go off for the All Star break. So 67 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, I'm gonna do just a breakdown of King's Nuggets, 68 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna do the mail bag at the 69 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: tail end of that show before we do the Nerd 70 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: Sash guys on Friday. So drop mailbag questions in the 71 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,839 Speaker 1: YouTube comments of this video and we will hit them 72 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: at the tail end of tomorrow morning's show. You guys 73 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: know the Joe before we get started. Subscribe to our 74 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: brand new YouTube channel. I mean a lot to me 75 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second to scroll down 76 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: and hit that subscribe button. 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Kwhi Leonard out. And 87 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: you know, one of the big things that stood out 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: to me is it reminded me a lot of what happened, 89 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: especially that offensive run that they went on there down 90 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,679 Speaker 1: the stretch where they were just consistently generating these good 91 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: looks for good three point shooters in the corner. It 92 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: reminded me of the stretch that the Clippers went on 93 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one after Kawhi Leonard went down, when 94 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: Paul George and Reggie Jackson kind of led a similar 95 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: type of run where they were just able to consistently 96 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: either beat their man off the dribble and get all 97 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: the way to the basket, or draw in that help 98 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: defender and make the kickout passes that would lead to 99 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: the driving kick basketball that would lead to a wide 100 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: open op opportunity for a high level spot up player. 101 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: And like, this is where I want to talk about 102 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: the upside of building a system versus relying solely on talent. 103 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: This is where we got to give some credit to 104 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: tyl Lou. You know, when we talk about the best 105 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: coaches in the league, we typically talk about Eric Spolstra, 106 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: We typically talk about Steve Kerr. But to me, ty 107 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: Lou is pretty close to those guys. And one of 108 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: the things that I've consistently talked about with ty Lou 109 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: in his time in the NBA is I think he 110 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: has some of the best spacing principles in the league. 111 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: He knows the best way to put his stars in 112 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: a position where they can play easy basketball, where they're 113 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: either on an island having an opportunity to take advantage 114 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: of their great gifts, or the same types of kickout 115 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: opportunities are there throughout the season. Everything is so well 116 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: established that it almost becomes second nature to these guys. 117 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: And again that's what happens. You lose Kawhi Leonard in 118 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: the middle of a playoff series against the Jazz, and 119 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: Paul George and Reggie Jackson are able to lead them 120 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 1: through anyway. And then they even got within two wins 121 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: of the NBA Finals And what did they lose a 122 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: close game on? Didn't they lose a close game on 123 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: like a deandreton lob at one point in that in 124 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: that series, Like that series was really close. They were 125 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: that close to being a team that made it to 126 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals without Kawhi Leonard, and that that to me, 127 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: it's a credit to Tylu. This is a team that 128 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: has a certain brand of basketball that they play night 129 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: in and night out, regardless if it was in the lineup. 130 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: This is one of the upsides by the way of 131 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: having a plethora of shot creation, one of the upsides 132 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: of bringing a James Harden into the equation if everything 133 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: is slotted differently, like, for instance, not a lot of 134 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: Russ on the ball at the end of the game. 135 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 1: He did have a big offensive rebound crashing along the baseline, 136 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: and he had a big driving kick driving kick play 137 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,799 Speaker 1: where he hit a mere coffee in the right corner 138 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: for a three. So like he had a couple of 139 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: possessions where he impacted winning down the stretch, but like 140 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: he didn't have to do a ton with the ball 141 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: in his hands. If James Harden is not in the equation, 142 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: maybe Russ is getting a lot of those possessions. Maybe 143 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: it goes differently, right, like bringing in James Harden just 144 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: gives you another layer of a It's an example of 145 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: where redundancy can be a good thing, because then when 146 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: one of those stars has to miss, it's like, hey, Paul, George, 147 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: James Harden, we need you guys to consistently break down 148 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: the defense possession after possession after possession. They can do that. 149 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: That is not asking them to do too much. A 150 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: lot of times in the league, when you see a 151 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: star go down, all of a sudden, everyone has to 152 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: step into a role that they're not qualified for, and 153 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: then you can start to see a lot of downturn. 154 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: You start to see role players struggle even at role 155 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: player things as they are asked to do more offensively. 156 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: And that's kind of the upside of adding James Harden too. 157 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: This system. 158 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: Down the stretch, he's able to break Brandon Pitzemski off 159 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: with the crossover and get the defense in rotation that 160 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: generates a wide open Norman pal three. And then the 161 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: second half of it. And again, like we talk about 162 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: all the three phases of offense, when it comes to 163 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: like advantage creation, there's the initial advantage, then there's extending 164 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: the advantage, and then there's play finishing The initial advantage 165 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: is getting the defense into rotation. That can be done 166 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: by either running pick and roll in a way that's 167 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: successful enough that you have to bring a third defender over. 168 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: It could be running a post up where you bring 169 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: a second defender over, or double team. 170 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 2: It could be a face up or an. 171 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: ISO where you have guys digging down really hard and 172 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: you're able to make a swing passer generate a spot 173 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: up opportunity. Don't really matter how you do it, but 174 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: that first step is getting the defense into rotation. What 175 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: that means is somebody's got to leave their man to 176 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: guard a different man, and now everybody's running around. Everybody 177 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: is basically in this like chaos form of defense, and 178 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, they're really good defenses in the league can 179 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: still have some success defensively in rotation. But even the 180 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: best defenses in the league are not as good in 181 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: rotation as they are when they're actually able to stay 182 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: on an island and stay with their man. And so 183 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: step one is getting that defense into rotation. Step two 184 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: is the vantage extension, which is basically getting the ball 185 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: to the finishing play. That means if you don't have 186 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: an open three, if you don't have a wide open 187 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: driving layup, it's your job to extend the advantage by 188 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: ripping through and getting into the lane and drawing another 189 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: defender in so that you can maybe get a higher 190 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: quality spot up opportunity. But that last piece is arguably 191 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: the most important one. It's the play finishing piece. You 192 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: gotta have people, whether it's a vertical spacer that can 193 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: dunk a lob above the rim, whether it's a guy 194 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 1: that can beat a specific matchup because a team you 195 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: know in rotation ended up with a small guard on 196 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: a big player and he has an opportunity to go 197 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: one on one around the basket, or it's an elite shooter, 198 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: you gotta have a guy that can finish that playoff right. 199 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: This has been a huge part of what's made the 200 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets so successful over the years. It's not just 201 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: the Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic two man game or their 202 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: ability as individuals to beat switches in one on one coverages. 203 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: It's their ability to when those extra defenders come into 204 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: the equation, to get the ball to players that can 205 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: convert those spot up opportunities at an incredibly high rate. 206 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: That's what creates the real pick your poison type of 207 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: problems that the elite offenses in the league can cause. 208 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 2: Norman Powell is the very. 209 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: Best spot up player in the league this year. Among 210 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: forty eight qualifying players who have had at least two 211 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: hundred spot up opportunities, he's number one. He's converting them 212 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: at one point four points per possession. That's insane. That's 213 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: like off the charts good. Michael Porter Junior was the 214 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: guy who's basically the best in the league at it. 215 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: Last year he was about one point three, so he's 216 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: another level even above that ten percent rough a little 217 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: bit less than ten percent. That's a significant that's a 218 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: significant weapon to have on the weak side. A mere 219 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: coffee hits that corner three out of the right corner 220 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: on the Russell Westbrook kickout. He's at one point two 221 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: to three points per possession in spot up situations this year. 222 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: That's really really good. That's what the Clippers do best. 223 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: They convert those opportunities. But there's the two phases to it. 224 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: You've seen it before SOT against Minnesota when they don't 225 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: have good advantage creation games, the spot up opportunities aren't 226 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: a high quality and those numbers can take a hit 227 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: but if they can get those, if they can get 228 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: guys like Paul George and James Harden to get the 229 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: defense in rotation, they don't have just guys who can 230 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: make plays on the weak side. They have absolutely deadly 231 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: you cannot afford to leave this guy open type of guys. 232 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: That's the problem that Denver presents for teams. And now 233 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: you're seeing the Clippers do the same thing. I mean, 234 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: those last two threes that Norman Powell hit, look at 235 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 1: the close out. There was one from Brandon Pitzemski in 236 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: the left corner and one from Draymond Green in the 237 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: right corner, where literally they were flying into the play 238 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: because they knew if I don't chase him off the line, 239 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: he is going to make it. And he had to 240 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: where withal the somehow like pump bait and then like lean. 241 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: Forward and make those shots. 242 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: It's just again, that's the that's the kind of combination, 243 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: that's the secret sauce there for the Clippers. Elite advantage creators, 244 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: the total aggregate ball handling on the floor to extend advantages, 245 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: and then top tier play finishers that can convert those 246 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: the end of that sequence at an incredibly high rate. 247 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 1: And head coach that puts them all in the right positions. 248 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: And I mean, hell, half the time, when Kawhi Leonards 249 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: out there and they're all healthy, a lot of those 250 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: spot up opportunities are coming to James Harden, to Paul George, 251 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: to Kawhi himself, and that's what makes this team so special. 252 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: And then there was one other key stretch in this 253 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: game that I wanted to talk about. It was right 254 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: at the end of the first half. Lawyers won up 255 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: fifteen and James Harden led a little mini like eight 256 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: to zero run that completely changed the dynamic of the game. 257 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: Had a setup and pick and roll for Zubox that 258 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: got him to free throws. He actually blocked Steph Curry 259 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: on a step back three, and then he himself hit 260 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: his step back three. Turned a fifteen point game into 261 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: an eight point or into a seven point game going 262 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: into halftime. Completely changed the dynamic. Made a couple plays 263 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: early in the third quarter. I think Paul George got 264 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: an and one at the start third quarter. Next thing 265 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's kind of a dog fight, and 266 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: I know the Warriors made their run, and like here's 267 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: the thing, Like there's a there's a harsh reality when 268 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: it comes to winning these types of games. I think 269 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: a lot of fans in particular, have a certain expectation, like, hey, 270 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: we're better, why don't we just go in there and 271 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: kick their ass? But that's just not how it works. 272 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: The Clippers have one of the best records in basketball 273 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: this year. They basically have been the best team since 274 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: the zero to six stretch after the hard In trade, 275 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: and so they can't afford to lose in Golden State tonight. 276 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: And it's not a big deal. You drop that game, 277 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 1: you go home, You're like, hey, we gave them a 278 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: good fight. You know, we had that little run there 279 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: at the middle of the game where we kind of 280 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: made it close. They they got us at the end 281 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: of the third quarter. Whatever, Like, it is what it is, right, 282 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: get Kawi land or was out. We live to fight 283 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: another day. The Warriors needed this game, like they they 284 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: are trying to claw out of the ten seed and 285 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: so like, and you're on the road, so like, it's 286 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: unrealistic to expect a Clippers team to just walk in 287 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: there and to just dominate. You have to do what 288 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: really good teams do in these situations, which is weather runs, 289 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: stay invested, emotionally and physically in the game so that 290 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: when you see your opportunities, you could take advantage. Kawhi 291 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: is the force multiplier that makes you a champion. But 292 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: like that, that level of commitment from the top down, 293 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: whether it's the perimeter defense, whether it's the the Kawhi 294 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: and or excuse me, Paul Georgian and James Harden, just 295 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: staying emotionally invested even when they're down double digits on 296 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: the road in Golden State. Even just the emotion you 297 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: saw from the coaching staff or from Mason Plumley in 298 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: this game. Like, those are the kinds of things that 299 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: I think are really important benchmarks for championship contenders. 300 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 301 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: I talked about this when we talked about the Clippers 302 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: in the past, but like generally speaking in NBA history, 303 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: there are these check marks that you want to see 304 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: for a team that has a real chance to win 305 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: a championship. It's like, can they really defend? Yeah, it's 306 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: a big one. Do they have versatile shot creation, meaning 307 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: like they don't rely on one kind of shot creation, 308 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: like where if that starts to fail, they fall apart. 309 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: You want versatile shot creation, You want multiple high level 310 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: role players, that are good at the little things they 311 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: have that too, you want to coach is great with 312 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: adjustments and with setting your players up to succeed and 313 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: can bring the best out of that roster. That's great too. 314 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: But one of the big check marks is are they 315 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: attacking the regular season on a night in a night 316 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: out basis, even on nights where it seems like it's 317 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: okay to kind of let go of the rope a 318 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: little bit. And again, like I just I just think 319 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: that the Clippers keep passing these tests with flying colors, 320 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be really interesting to see if they 321 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: can actually put it all together this year when they 322 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: get to the postseason. All the Warriors front, you know, 323 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: one of the biggest driving forces of their recent success 324 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: has been their defense, and a big part of that 325 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: has been, like I've been talking about, wave after wave 326 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: of perimeter athleticism, whether it's a guy like Brandon Pizemski 327 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: is pretty good guard defender for a young player, right, 328 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: or even all these wing athletes that they have, guys 329 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: like Jonathan Kaminga, guys like Andrew Wiggins, guys like Moses 330 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: Moody bringing Gary Payton into the equation. When you Combine 331 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: that with the ability that Draymond Green has to be 332 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: a back line anchor for you, you can be an 333 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: excellent defense, and we've seen that consistently from the Warriors. 334 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: But in this game, they just completely lost control of 335 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: the of the point of attack and they were just 336 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: constantly in rotation, just breakdown after breakdown, and it's just 337 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: I don't care how hard you're rotating. I saw Brandon 338 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: Pazemski and Draymond Green make just ferocious rotations to try 339 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: to chase Norman Palel off the line, but they're just 340 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: too out of position, and they're out of position because 341 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: they're having breakdowns at the point of attack. And like, again, 342 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,359 Speaker 1: like it's hard to be too critical because that's specifically 343 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: been a thing they've been good at as of late. Again, 344 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: like that's part of the thing is it's one thing 345 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: to do it against the lower level competition, You've got 346 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: to do it against the best teams in the league. 347 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: And in a big way, the Warriors perimeter defense kind 348 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: of failed to test today. But like the question is, 349 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: do you think Andrew Wiggins and Gary Payton and Jonathan 350 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: Kaminga and Moses Moody and Brandon Pitzemski, Do you think 351 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: these guys are capable of defending well enough on the 352 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: perimeter to succeed at the highest levels. I think they are. 353 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: I don't think the Warriors are going to lose this 354 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: year in the playoffs because of perimeter defense. I think 355 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: if they do, it'll probably be because offensive creation after 356 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 1: Steph Curry. That like drop off whenever Steph isn't making 357 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 1: everything is pretty significant for this team, and I think 358 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,479 Speaker 1: that will end up if they end up losing at 359 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: some point this season, that will be what ends up 360 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: doing it. And so in a lot of ways, like 361 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: you kind of just have to cross it off as 362 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: a bad day, but it certainly is disappointing when you 363 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: have a test like this, and not only that, you 364 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: build yourself a significant margin and you have an opportunity 365 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: to put them away with your textbook Warriors third quarter 366 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: run and you can't do it. So definitely a discouraging day. 367 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: They'll live to fight another day. Obviously, the Jazz lost today, 368 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: so it's not like they're in some sort of troubling 369 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: position in the standings, but like it's just it's just 370 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: it's definitely discouraging. But I don't think perimeter defense is 371 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: going to be a big issue for this Warriors team 372 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: in the long run, and there was there was some 373 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: encouraging stuff in there as well, Like I I really 374 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: do see upside in the athleticism that the Warriors have. 375 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: Like how many threes did Steph Curry hit tonight that 376 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: were off of these like chaotic plays where like Andrew 377 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: Wiggins or Poziemski or Jonathan Mingo would get a deflection 378 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the ball would just be 379 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: rolling around on the floor and guys are diving on 380 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: the floor and next thing you know, Steph has a 381 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: wide open three. And Steph is like the best player 382 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: in the world at converting chaos into into offensive success. 383 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: He's like, he's like he like turns chaos into lemonade 384 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,479 Speaker 1: or whatever the hell the basketball version of that expression is, like, 385 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of upside there. There's a lot 386 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: of good tonight, But you gotta close the deal. Got 387 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: to play off forty eight minutes, especially against the best 388 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: teams in the league, and they let go of the 389 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: rope at the worst possible time, and they just could 390 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: never regain control of it. After that run to start 391 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, all right, So we're gonna hit on 392 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 1: two additional games from tonight. We're gonna hit he hit 393 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: the Heat Sixers and Lakers Jazz So Heat Sixers. I 394 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: wanted to zoom in on the zone defense. This is 395 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: a big zone game for the Miami Heat. They ran 396 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: thirty seven possessions of zone, holding the Sixers to just 397 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: twenty seven points on those possessions, which is zero point 398 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: seven to three points per possession. But one of the 399 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: things that Eric Spolser will do because they run zone 400 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: I believe I was looking it up earlier tonight. I 401 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: think they've run it. They run it about eleven times 402 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: per game on average, and they've leaned into zone a 403 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: lot more this year. Miami Heat teams under Eric Spolser 404 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: have typically used a lot of zone. It's been a 405 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: big part of Eric Spolser's kind of coaching strategy of 406 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: keeping teams off balance. And we're gonna talk more about 407 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: that in a minute, but like one of the things 408 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: that specific specifically has led the Heat to lean so 409 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,959 Speaker 1: much into his zone. This year's personnel, you know, like 410 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: you they're playing a lot of guys between guys like 411 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Love and Tyler Harrow and Duncan Robinson, guys that 412 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: don't necessarily have a ton of defensive talent, right, and 413 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 1: so putting them in a position where they have a 414 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: more achievable role within a zone scheme where you're kind 415 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: of counting a lot on the intellectual side disrupting the offense, 416 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: like you can kind of get some good results there. 417 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: And to give you an idea, the Heat of runs 418 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: six hundred and twenty five possessions of zone this year. 419 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: Only the Jazz have run more seven hundred and twenty 420 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: six And obviously the Jazz have a very kind of 421 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: different team as well in terms of the amount of 422 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: guards that they play, and they're kind of in a 423 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: similar predicament with defensive personnel. But to give you an idea, 424 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: the third most frequent zone team is the Philadelphia seventy 425 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: six ers at three hundred and forty possessions, which is 426 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 1: about half what the Heat run. And for them, similar 427 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: type of thing. They're trying to keep em beat at 428 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: the rim and their two to three and they're dealing 429 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: with some difficult, you know, perimeter personnel that they're trying 430 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: to get stops with. But like especially now with Jimmy 431 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: Butler out with Terry Rozier out, hopefully his knees okay. 432 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: With Josh Richardson out, like most of your perimeter defense 433 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: talent is unavailable, and so leaning into that is is 434 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: kind of a necessity and one of the things that 435 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: Spolster will do too. And I learned this firsthand in 436 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: the Lakers game a few weeks ago. But like when 437 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: he smells blood in the water, like when he goes like, oh, 438 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: these guys can't handle this, like when he identifies like 439 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: they don't know how to score against the zone, because 440 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: Philly scored just fine against Miami's man demand defense tonight. 441 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 2: They were up over up over a point per. 442 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 1: Possession in the half court, which is, you know, not 443 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: a great number for a defense, but in the half 444 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: court with their zone base, they did a really good job. 445 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: And he ran look what is it, twenty two possessions 446 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: of zone in the second half, which is like a 447 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 1: crazy frequency, and and just. 448 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 2: It held the Sixers to just forty two. 449 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: Points in that period. It was like a now Sposer's 450 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: run a bunch of different types of zone this year. 451 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: He's run some odd band fronts, he's run some even 452 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: man fronts, a lot of two three in this particular game, 453 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: but the way he was doing it, which I thought 454 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: was interesting, is he was really active out of the corners, 455 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: so it almost like takes on like a four to 456 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: one type of look where they're trying to keep Bam 457 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: at the basket no matter what, and even when the 458 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: ball would go to the high post, they would keep 459 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: Bam back in a lot of cases, and if they 460 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: did rotate to the middle of the floor, they would 461 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: do it out of the corners, which just kind of 462 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: allowed them to help them rebound because Bam was closer 463 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: to the basket, and in general, it just kind of 464 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: disrupted Philly's flow because they didn't really know how to 465 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: attack it from there without active they were being out 466 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: of the corners. Even when they tried to screen the 467 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: top man of the zone, instead of getting into an 468 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 1: open space in the middle, they were running into one 469 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: of the lower guys, and I thought it was really interesting. 470 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: And you know, from there they just made enough shots. 471 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow hit a couple of huge pull up two 472 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 1: point shots going to his right hand side. Duncan Robinson 473 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: hit a couple of massive threes. Jimi haw Kez had 474 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: this really smart offensive re down where he was in 475 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: the dunker spot on the right side of the floor, 476 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: and Kelly Eubray had his back turn and he just 477 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: kind of snuck right around the backside and went on 478 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: the other side of the room. He's basically playing the 479 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: odds there. It's like, well, Kelly'll get the ball if 480 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: it goes to the right, but if it goes to 481 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: the left, it'll go to me. And the miss came 482 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: to the left, it fell right into his hands and 483 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: he popped it right into the basket and put him 484 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: up one h three ninety seven. It was a huge 485 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: play in this game because no one could score the 486 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: damn basketball. And like in this Rock Fight game where 487 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: Philly struggling to score against the zone, and you know, 488 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: obviously Miami has some shot creation issues without Terry Rogier 489 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: and Jimmy Jimmy Butler, you know, it's a lot of 490 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow and Duncan Robinson just flying around screens and 491 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: getting into the lay, running into better athletes and having 492 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: to make kickout passes. 493 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 2: And like, like. 494 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: A small play like that from Hyde Hawkas ends up 495 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: being a gigantic swing in the game and ended up 496 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: being enough for them to win. But like I thought 497 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: it was really interesting because they only ran three possessions 498 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: of zone against the Bucks, but then they ran thirty 499 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: seven against the Sixers. And it's a great example of 500 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: like you know, it's a tool that you can use 501 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: in two different ways. You can use it as a 502 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: method with which to win individual regular season games based 503 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: on matchups, which is smart right now. Not only do 504 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: you get thirty seven reps of practice to get all 505 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: your guys kind of more locked in on the details 506 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: of how to work inside their two three, but you 507 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: also are giving yourself an opportunity to win a regular 508 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: season game against a tough team like the Sixers, especially 509 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: when they're at home, like they got a lot of speed, 510 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: like Buddy Heald and Tyree Smacks. You're flying around shooting shots. 511 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: You know, Paul Reid I had an efficient scoring game 512 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: in this one. Like they have guys. They have guys 513 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: they can cause problems for you if you're not, especially 514 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: in Philly in a regular season setting. And it was 515 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: just a great way to kind of squeeze a win out. 516 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 1: And then the second piece of it is as a 517 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: rhythm breaker, and like you know, Eric Sposter is so 518 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: good at this. He practices the zone again, six and 519 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty five possessions over the of the season, like almost 520 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: a dozen after tonight. I'm sure it's close to a 521 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: dozen possessions per game. Those guys are practicing it so 522 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: much that when they end up in a first round 523 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: series and it's Game one in the middle of the 524 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: fourth quarter and it's you know, eighty two to seventy 525 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: seven and the heat are down, he'll go to zone 526 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,479 Speaker 1: for six possessions and just throw a giant wrench into things, 527 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: disrupt the rhythm. Maybe he can turn a five point 528 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: deficit into do a two point lead. Then he'll switch 529 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: back to man and his team is more engaged and 530 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: has momentum, and he'll ride that home and then randomly 531 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: he'll bring it out out of a timeout and he'll 532 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: disrupt and like that to me is like there's a 533 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: lot of meat on the bone on the coaching side 534 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 1: of things that a lot of coaches around the league 535 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: don't really tap into. And Eric Spolser is just the 536 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: very best in the league when it comes to finding 537 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: all those tiny little advantages that a coach can find 538 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: in a game through through the tactical side of things 539 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: to bring the best out of his rosters or I 540 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: thought it was just a fun, fun example of that 541 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: on the Miami Heat side Jazz so a Laker offense 542 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: came out red hot again in this game. They built 543 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: a pretty significant lead in the first quarter, and then 544 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,479 Speaker 1: in the second quarter they just kind of let go 545 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: of the rope defensively and it turned to this very 546 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: up and down game. But they're able to stay in 547 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: the games because they can score the basketball. They had 548 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: seventy points in the first half of this particular game. 549 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: And like, you know, we talked about this earlier with 550 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: the Clippers, this concept of advantage creation, advantage extension, and 551 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: play finishing. The Lakers, they those guys for them don't 552 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: have a ton of defensive talent the way the Clippers do. 553 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: Like the Clippers are getting that and Paul George is 554 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: an excellent wing defender, and Kawhi Leonard is an excellent 555 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: wing defender, right like, they have wave after wave of 556 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: offensive talent that also can play on both ends of 557 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: the floor. And that's why the Clippers are one of 558 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: the best teams in the league, and that's why the 559 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: Lakers are thirty and twenty six. But like I did think, 560 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: you know, that game was really just this recent stretch 561 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: from the Lakers is an excellent example of just how 562 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: gifted this team is offensively when they have the type 563 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: of rhythm and flow in the in the ball movement 564 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: and player movement that they've had over the course of 565 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 1: this last month. And like you know, uh Ruy and 566 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: Ruey Hachimura in particular was one of the big benefit 567 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: beneficiaries of this time. He had a career high I 568 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: think thirty two. I think his previous career high was thirty. 569 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: But like he kept getting small guards on matchups. You'd 570 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: get Keyante George or Jordan Clarkson on a on a 571 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: post up and the lake like the Lakers would break 572 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: away from their five out stuff to give the ball 573 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: to Rui. They clear the side for him, so he's 574 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 1: working with an empty block so that he doesn't have 575 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: to worry about seeing too much of the floor. That's 576 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: a concept I've talked a lot about with the Celtics 577 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: and and and to to uh Ruy's credit, he didn't settle. 578 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: He's making physically aggressive moves towards the basket, using his 579 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 1: physical advantages to get easy shots at the rim. And 580 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: and you know, in general, I've talked about this before, 581 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: but like for the Laker offense in particular, I've been 582 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: completely blown away by how much things have turned around 583 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: for them over the course of the last month or so, 584 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: because like literally early in the season, when they would 585 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: run their. 586 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 2: Five out stuff, they were so so. 587 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: Bad, and then they kind of leaned more into the 588 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: four out stuff, and they kind of a lot of 589 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: the same stuff they were running last year, right, like 590 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 1: a lot of heavy Lebron James Anthony Davis post up attack, 591 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: a lot of spread pick and roll for Austin Reeves 592 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 1: to get into the middle of the floor and make 593 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: plays like and then suddenly, out of nowhere, they went 594 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: back into this like heavy, heavy five out attack here 595 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,719 Speaker 1: in January, and it's just clicked for whatever reason. And 596 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,239 Speaker 1: like I'm sure continuity plays a part in it. I'm 597 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: sure just like repetition and practices played a part in it, 598 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: but like it's really come around in a big way. 599 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: I think part of it too is at the beginning 600 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: of the season, D'Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves in particulars 601 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: just weren't playing well. And now both guys are just 602 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: playing at a significantly higher level. And like when your 603 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: two skill guards that are on the roster for the 604 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: sole purpose of being skill guards, and they're not giving 605 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: you high level offense. Like, obviously your team is gonna 606 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: be in a position where they underachieved because all of 607 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: a sudden, the thing you're supposed to be good at, 608 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: you're bad at. 609 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 2: Right And like one. 610 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: Of the things I kept saying at the beginning of 611 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: the season, I'm like, there is shooting on this roster, 612 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: Like Torrian Prince can shoot, Austin Reeves can shoot, Danzel 613 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: Russell can shoot, the Riuyhachramura can shoot. These guys can shoot. 614 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: They're just not playing good offense. And now you're kind 615 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: of seeing it all come together in a lot of ways. 616 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: I thought Spencer Dinwoody's first two games were really, really impressive. 617 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: I didn't like the way that Darvin used him in 618 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: some rotation situations today, which we'll talk about in a minute, 619 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: but the actual basketball fit makes a ton of a 620 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: ton of sense right away. At a couple of lobs 621 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: tonight to Anthony Davis and to Jackson Hayes, he had 622 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: two self created threes. He had a jab step three 623 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: out of the right corner that he hit and then 624 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: in the second half, he had to pull up three 625 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: and pick and roll where he got the defender kind 626 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,719 Speaker 1: of pinned on his backside and rose up right at 627 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: the top of the key and knocked it down. 628 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 2: You're seeing some of. 629 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: That like higher level athlete shot creation, just something that 630 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: like Austin Reeves and D'Angelo Russell are coverage based shot makers. 631 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: What that means is like they can hit shots when 632 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: the coverage dictates it, like they get a defender pinned 633 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: on the screen, they're working in the middle of the floor. 634 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: The team's guarding it two on two instead of three 635 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: on two, So the big man's in a drop coverage 636 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: and he's going back towards the rim to worry about 637 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis and here's this opening in the middle of 638 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: the floor that he can capitalize on, you know. And 639 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: then like Austin Reeves has some grift in him where 640 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: he can get some stuff done in ISO just by 641 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,479 Speaker 1: getting defenders out of position and making plays. But they 642 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: don't really have like a guy that can like get 643 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: to his spots on the perimeter and like rise up 644 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: and knock down shots other than Lebron James and where 645 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: that's where Spencer Dinwoody is like a huge addition. And 646 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: then secondly, he can just beat people off the dribble, 647 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: like the Anthony Davis lob in the first half. That 648 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: was an ISO play where he just kind of powered 649 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: through his man and then got the rim protector to 650 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: step up, got the I think it was Lori markin 651 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: and got the over the top and Ad was able 652 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: to dunk it in. Like that's an element to the 653 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: offense that just hasn't really been there, having a guard 654 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: that can just beat his man off the dribble to 655 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: then draw in that help defender to then make a play, 656 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: and I think in specific situations that'll be really valuable. 657 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: Like we've talked about this a lot last year. Remember 658 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: in the Dallas Mavericks game where Lebron hurt his foot, 659 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: how the Dallas Mavericks were doing a ton of switching 660 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 1: and in the first half Lebron and Ad weren't being 661 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: super physically aggressive, so it wasn't working. But in the 662 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: second half it was like Lebron eighty post ups every 663 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: time down the floor, bullying their. 664 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 2: Way to the rim. 665 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: Like this gives you another option there, Like now in 666 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: the switching scheme, you can use Spencer to help beat switches, 667 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: because again Austin and dil are more they do better 668 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: in screening actions. It's kind of similar thing to like 669 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson and Tyler Harrow. Like Duncan Robinson and Tyler Harrow, 670 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: when they can come off of screens and kind of 671 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: take advantage of the stuff that's baked into. 672 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 2: The coverage, they're really really good. 673 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: But then against a switching scheme where it's more important 674 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: for them to beat people bull off the bounce, they 675 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: can struggle a little bit. Danngela Russell and Austin Reeves 676 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: kind of fall into that same category, and Spencer Dinwiddie 677 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,479 Speaker 1: to me, is just a more physically imposing version of 678 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: that type of guard. Darvin Ham. There's a stretch in 679 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:16,959 Speaker 1: this game where I thought the Lakers were gonna blow it. 680 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: They were a big most of the first half, and 681 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: then in that second quarter stretch they kind of let 682 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: go of the rope defensively, but they were at least 683 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: scoring most of the time down the floor. And one 684 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: of the things that I talked about in the Spencer 685 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: Dinwoody signing video that I did was the idea of 686 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 1: the potential of a three guard lineup, and specifically Austin Reeves, 687 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: d Angela Russell, Spencer, Dinwiddie in combination to Lebron James 688 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis is just a ton of offensive skill. 689 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: But specifically what makes that work is the Lakers don't 690 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: really have a great option at the three because Jerry 691 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt's out right like Torrian Prince is not that good defensively, 692 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: Like there will be Knights where it makes sense to 693 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: play him there, but like there'll be Knights where it doesn't. Right, then, 694 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: Ruby Hachimura certain matchup, especially against switching schemes or teams 695 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: that don't have a ton of perimeter talent on offense, 696 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: where he doesn't have to chase a ton of players 697 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: over to the top of screens, he could be useful there. 698 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 1: But maybe in a different matchup you want Max Christi 699 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: there because maybe you're playing against a team and you 700 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: need someone to chase Steph Curry. 701 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 2: Around all night long. 702 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: Right, Like, that three man is gonna be very matchup dependent, 703 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: but you can get away with a smaller player there 704 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: in certain matchups when you have Lebron James and Anthony 705 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: Davis on the floor. In this particular game, Lakers started 706 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: Ruby at the four, Torrian Prince at the three, and 707 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: then Darvin in the late second quarter, right before the half, 708 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: he tried to go find a reason to get Spencer 709 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: Dinwoodie on the floor in a three guard lineup. Now, 710 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: the obvious solution there is put Spencer in for Torrian Prince. 711 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: You put Spencer Infentorian Prince. You maintain your size on 712 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: the front line. Ruby Hotcha Mura is a huge forward 713 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: that can help you on the g I can help 714 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: you just in general with your overall physicality, and you 715 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: have Anthony Davis right and against a smaller Jazz team 716 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: that can work. And I mean, here's the thing, the 717 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: Jazz are actually bigger than you'd think because they were 718 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: going massive in the front line with like John Collins, 719 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: Lori Markinen and Walker Kessler in this game and in 720 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: this particular lineup stretch, I think Kessler and Marketing we're 721 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: both on the floor. But what ended up happening is 722 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: instead Darvin goes, no, we're gonna take Ruey out of 723 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: the game, and so we're gonna play this three guard 724 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: lineup with one of the least physically imposing wings in 725 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: the league and Torrian prints at the four. Now you're 726 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: just preposterously small. You have no chance. Torrian had just 727 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 1: finished getting barbecued by Jordan Clarkson in the middle of 728 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,799 Speaker 1: the second quarter. Now he's in this matchup with Lauri 729 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: Markinen where he has absolutely no chance. Laurie gets a 730 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: quick four points and all of a sudden, it's a 731 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: one point game going into halftime. And there was absolutely 732 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: no case for it. Like Torrian was not having a 733 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: good game. He had this weird play where he was 734 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: driving along the right side of the floor in transition 735 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: Spencer Dinwidy was completely unguarded in the right corner, just 736 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: like completely unguarded, and instead he drove through to the 737 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: left side, ignored Spencer and turned the ball up. Uh 738 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 1: either turned it over to threw a bad shot it, 739 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: but like basically no advantage was created. He Uh had 740 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: several other offensive possessions where he made poor reads and 741 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: then on the defense of the end of the floor, 742 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,879 Speaker 1: and he was just not playing well, Like he wasn't 743 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 1: playing well on either end of the floor. There was 744 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: no case at all whatsoever for Torrian to be given 745 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: that opportunity at the four over Ruey, who by the way, 746 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:35,240 Speaker 1: had like it was literally walking around in gulfed in flames. 747 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 1: He was red hot in that first half, career high 748 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: scoring night, and in a stretch to end a half, 749 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 1: Darvin goes like, actually, we're gonna go with Torrian at 750 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,320 Speaker 1: the four when there's no reason he hasn't been playing 751 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 1: well enough to deserve that opportunity. Makes no sense from 752 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: the stand point of lineup construction. You have Lori Markinen 753 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: and Walker Kessler on the floor, You're way too small 754 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: on the front line. It was one of the most 755 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: confounding lineup decisions that I've ever seen. And at one 756 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: point in the second half, the Lakers were up by 757 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: like twelve and Torreon Prince was a minus six, and like, 758 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: one of the reasons why it concerns me is like 759 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 1: Darvin is, and this has been something we talked about 760 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,720 Speaker 1: all season. Darvin very clearly is attached to Torrian Prince. 761 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: Not the most unheard of thing in the world. Every 762 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: coach has like a specific player there that they're very 763 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: invested in. I had Warriors fans telling me on Twitter 764 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: today like it reminded them of Anthony Lamb with the 765 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: Warriors last year, where Steve Kerr would just play him 766 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 1: all the time. And like, so it's not entirely unheard of. 767 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: But the problem is in this particular situation is Torrian's 768 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,840 Speaker 1: consistently playing over way better players and when that happens, 769 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: you're cutting into your margin, and this is not a 770 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: team that has a significant margin for error. One of 771 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: the things to talk about all the time is like 772 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,760 Speaker 1: playoff series swing on tiny sequences that like even a 773 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: five games a gentleman sweep, or a six game series 774 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,880 Speaker 1: can can actually kind of come down to a handful 775 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: of tiny sequences where games swing one way or another 776 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 1: in the tire dynamic of the series changes. That type 777 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,239 Speaker 1: of mistake made against a good team could cost you 778 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: a series, or rather it could cost you a game, 779 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 1: which could in turn cost you a series. And like, 780 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: one of the things that I talked about a lot 781 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,359 Speaker 1: around the trade deadline is like, I don't know, even 782 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: if the Lakers were to make a deal, if Darvin 783 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: wouldn't just play Torrian Prince anyway, He started him more 784 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 1: than twice as many times this year as he did 785 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: in the previous as other teams did in the previous 786 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: three years combined. It's very clear this is an outlier 787 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,879 Speaker 1: type of relationship that we're seeing from these particular two 788 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: and like one of do you guys remember when I 789 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 1: did that rant? God, I can't even remember which team 790 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: I think it was with the Kings, might have been 791 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,919 Speaker 1: this morning, But I was talking about like falling back 792 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: on habits like you have these, like your deeper elements 793 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 1: of your character are what shine through when the shit 794 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 1: hits the fan. It's a big part of why I 795 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 1: talk about habits and discipline in the regular season, because, 796 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 1: in my opinion, if you're a team where your habit 797 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,279 Speaker 1: is to play defense, a certain way to communicate, to 798 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 1: make extra efforts, to play with physical force, when that 799 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,439 Speaker 1: is your habit, then all of a sudden, when it's 800 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,399 Speaker 1: Game three of a one to one series and it's 801 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,800 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, your team gets punched in the 802 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: mouth by a run and you're down by seven in 803 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: the early fourth quarter, when the shit hits the fan, 804 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: you guys will look around at each other and you'll defend, 805 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 1: and you'll lean on those habits. That's why I think 806 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,480 Speaker 1: that stuff matters so much. Those things are what carry 807 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,800 Speaker 1: you when you get into the precarious situations down the line. 808 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: What scares me for the Lakers is Darvin his default. 809 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: When he doesn't know what to do, he goes to Torrian, 810 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: and Torrian is not one of the Lakers' five best players. 811 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: And so that will in some situations on the matchups, 812 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,840 Speaker 1: it'll work, but in a lot of situations it won't, 813 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: and it could cut It could cut into the margin 814 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 1: for air for a Lakers team that is already super thin. 815 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 1: Last note on the Lakers, they've got to find a 816 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 1: way to connect this offensive success they're having with the 817 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: defensive potential we know they need to have. As good 818 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: as this Laker offense has been, it's not as good 819 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,400 Speaker 1: as the Denver Nuggets were last year. And if you're 820 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 1: not gonna be as good as the Denver Nuggets were 821 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 1: last year, By the way, for all to talk about 822 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets defense, they defended pretty damn well when 823 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,399 Speaker 1: they got into the postseason, and they've been an even 824 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,160 Speaker 1: better defense this year than they were last year in 825 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:26,920 Speaker 1: the regular season. 826 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:28,319 Speaker 2: But like the. 827 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: Lakers, don't even have as much margin for air, don't 828 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 1: even have close to as much margin for era on 829 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: defense as the Nuggets have. They have to be a 830 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: good defense in addition to being a good offense, and 831 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: so post All Star Break really really gonna be zeroing 832 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: in on the defensive end of the four for the 833 00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,320 Speaker 1: Lakers to see if they can make the necessary strides 834 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 1: there before they get to the postseason, all right, before 835 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,360 Speaker 1: we get out of here, so we I think it 836 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,440 Speaker 1: was a Ramota Shelbourne for ESPN reported this morning with 837 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: Adrian Morrisonowski that basically the Warriors had some pretty high 838 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,880 Speaker 1: level conversations to the point where the owners were involved 839 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: about potentially trading Lebron James to the Golden State Warriors. 840 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: Apparently Genie buss Or did the Warriors to Rich Paul, 841 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: Lebron's agent, and apparently Lebron and his team were like no, 842 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,920 Speaker 1: and so it ended up not happening. But I wanted 843 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,800 Speaker 1: to kind of dive into it a little bit because 844 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: obviously I think that Lebron is going to stay with 845 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers, but there is some small chants this summer. 846 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,120 Speaker 1: We don't know what, but there is some small chants 847 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 1: this summer, whether it's through free agency, opting out, you know, 848 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,120 Speaker 1: signing for a mid level exception somewhere, or it's a 849 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: trade or who knows what the dynamic will be, but 850 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:45,080 Speaker 1: there's some small amount of chance that Lebron, if things 851 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,000 Speaker 1: go really south this year for the Lakers, that he 852 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,080 Speaker 1: could decide that he wants to play elsewhere, And the 853 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: Warriors are on the list of teams that would be 854 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: considered there. There are other teams on that list as well, 855 00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: some other teams that might even be more realistic, but 856 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: the Warriors were on that list. So I wanted to 857 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:02,320 Speaker 1: kind of dive into the concept for just a minute 858 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 1: because it's not a lot of people kind of talking 859 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,960 Speaker 1: about it online today, and like, to me, this is 860 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,920 Speaker 1: not something that needs to be overthought. The basketball fit 861 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:17,799 Speaker 1: is very simple. You're taking Steph Curry, who is probably 862 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: like the only player in the league that will consistently 863 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,399 Speaker 1: draw blitz and pick and roll like like, he gets 864 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,239 Speaker 1: two to the basketball every single time. Even down the 865 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,040 Speaker 1: stretch against the Clippers tonight, Draymond Green ball screens, He's 866 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,360 Speaker 1: rolling off to the weak side, both Clippers are running 867 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,840 Speaker 1: With Steph. You are combining a player that consistently draws 868 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,880 Speaker 1: multiple defenders away from the basket with Lebron James, who, 869 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,240 Speaker 1: in my opinion, even at this age, is the best 870 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,360 Speaker 1: combination of downhill force and playmaking that we have in 871 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,280 Speaker 1: the league. There are other great playmakers in the league. 872 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: N Cooleyokich is the best in my opinion, Luka Doncic incredible, 873 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 1: right Trey Young incredible. None of those guys bring like 874 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:02,479 Speaker 1: actual straight line, downhill force the way that Lebron does. 875 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,600 Speaker 1: And so when I envision like an offense centered around 876 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: Lebron James, Steph Curry ball screens, it is frightening to me. 877 00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 1: You can't switch it because anybody who's strong enough to 878 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: stay with Lebron has no help and no hope in 879 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,400 Speaker 1: hell of staying in front of Steph Curry off the dribble. 880 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:22,239 Speaker 1: Anybody who's fast enough to stay in front of Steph 881 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: Curry off the dribble has no hope in hell of 882 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,840 Speaker 1: staying in front of Lebron James posting them up on 883 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: the weak side, you know, like if they kick it 884 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: back around and he posts up right, Like if you 885 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,799 Speaker 1: trap Steph Curry, Lebron James is going to be the 886 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,919 Speaker 1: best short role player that Steph has ever played with. 887 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,400 Speaker 1: And then if you run a traditional coverage, Steph is 888 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:48,440 Speaker 1: gonna pick you apart with pull up shooting. Like I 889 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:52,239 Speaker 1: can't imagine a more devastating two man game than Steph 890 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,759 Speaker 1: Curry and Lebron James except for maybe Steph Curry and 891 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,960 Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic, which literally is just because Lebron's old. But like, 892 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,000 Speaker 1: I don't think we need to galaxy bray in ourselves 893 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:08,520 Speaker 1: around what the obvious basketball fit is, which is nearly perfect. Like, 894 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,439 Speaker 1: the only rub you could put on the basketball fit 895 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:12,479 Speaker 1: is Lebron is old. 896 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,840 Speaker 2: That's it. And here's the reality. 897 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,400 Speaker 1: Even at Lebron's old age, he is still firmly playing 898 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:23,880 Speaker 1: at an all NBA level. Like, we don't need to 899 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,040 Speaker 1: overthink that side of it. The second piece of it, 900 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: to me, you would be combining the two greatest competitors 901 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,239 Speaker 1: of this era. I've talked about this before in the show, 902 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,200 Speaker 1: but I think there's a big difference between loving basketball 903 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:41,400 Speaker 1: and hating losing, and specifically hating losing. I think push 904 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,759 Speaker 1: is a human being to make extra efforts when they're 905 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,160 Speaker 1: completely and utterly exhausted that other people aren't willing to make. 906 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,839 Speaker 1: A Love of basketball might get you in the gym 907 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,520 Speaker 1: a lot, might have you working on your game, might 908 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:59,400 Speaker 1: make a very polished and skilled basketball player. But a 909 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: hatred of losing makes the type of savage competitor that 910 00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:07,080 Speaker 1: is impossible to beat when you get into these situations 911 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,839 Speaker 1: and like, to me, you're taking not just the two 912 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,239 Speaker 1: greatest competitors of this era, but basically the two most 913 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,200 Speaker 1: successful basketball players of this era, and you're putting them together. 914 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,200 Speaker 1: Of course, I'd love to see it. It'd be so 915 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,680 Speaker 1: much fun. And if you're a basketball fan and you're not, like, yeah, 916 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,479 Speaker 1: Lebron James and Steph Curry playing together, that would be fun. 917 00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:28,719 Speaker 1: I can't relate to you. Like and even if there's 918 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:32,799 Speaker 1: some unrealistic element to it, like, it's like, it's really 919 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:33,200 Speaker 1: that's simple. 920 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:33,440 Speaker 2: To me. 921 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:38,319 Speaker 1: The basketball fit is easy, and you're combining the two 922 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: greatest competitors of this era. I have a hard time 923 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,560 Speaker 1: believing that it wouldn't work out for a positive basketball result, 924 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,760 Speaker 1: even with Lebron's old age, even if we can agree 925 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,560 Speaker 1: that it's unlikely at this point. All right, guys, that 926 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,279 Speaker 1: is all I have for tonight. Like I said, tomorrow morning, 927 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,279 Speaker 1: we're gonna hit King's Nuggets and a mailbag. Make sure 928 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,880 Speaker 1: you guys get some mailbag questions into the YouTube comments. 929 00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:26,720 Speaker 1: I will see you guys in the morning. The volume