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All right, welcome to hoops tonight here 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: at the volume. 48 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 3: Heavy Tuesday, everybody. 49 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: If all of you guys are having a great start 50 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: to your week, we have a film session this morning. 51 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: I want to focus on a couple of different concepts. 52 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 2: One the specific ways that the New York Knicks managed 53 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: to take a three to one lead over the Boston Celtics. 54 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: I want to focus on some of the realities of 55 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: living with the results of switching. I also want to 56 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: focus on the offensive flow that they generated in the 57 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: fourth quarter and the really delicate job that Jalen Brunson 58 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: did when he came back into the game of not 59 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 2: taking control of the offense, but rather letting things continue 60 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 2: to flow the way that they had been flowing in 61 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: the early fourth quarter, while then asserting himself when needed 62 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: a little bit later in the fourth quarter. I thought 63 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 2: the Knicks played their best offensive quarter of the series 64 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: in that fourth quarter against the Celtics, and it got 65 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: them a three to one lead. And then in the 66 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: tail end of the show, I really want to zoom 67 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: in on the way that Anthony Edwards got to his 68 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: points yesterday against the Golden State Warriors, specifically all the 69 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: work that he was. 70 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: Doing on the catch. 71 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: It had me thinking a lot after seeing his success 72 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: not just in this series but in the Lakers series 73 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: in off ball situations, about whether or not that might 74 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: be the future of Anthony Edwards as a super high 75 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: level player in this league, a player that maybe doesn't 76 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: have as much in the way of on ball responsibility, 77 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: but that has a ton of responsibility as an off 78 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: ball scorer who looks to be super aggressive off the catch, 79 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: kind of deployed more in the mold of the old 80 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: Michael Jordan archetype rather than as kind of like a 81 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 2: James Harden spread pick and roll type of shot creator, 82 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 2: which puts more of a kind of pressure on his 83 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: playmaking ability. So I want to just kind of use 84 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: last night's game as an example of what that looks 85 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: like in terms of attacking off the catch. You guys 86 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: are the job. Before we get started. Subscribe to Hoops 87 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 2: and I YouTube channels. You don't miss any more of 88 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: our videos. Follow me on Twitter and underscore json LTC guys, 89 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: don't miss announcements. Don't forget about podcast feed, where we 90 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 2: get your podcast on our hoops tonight. It's also super 91 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: helpful if you leave a rating and a review on 92 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: that front. And then don't forget about our social media 93 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: feeds on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, where Jackson's making great 94 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 2: content throughout the rest of the year. All right, let's 95 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 2: get into the film. So, as I mentioned last night 96 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 2: in the show, the first thing that shoot out to 97 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: me was the decision from Tom Thibodeau to go away 98 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: from Jalen Bronson and go to Douce McBride to start 99 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, essentially forcing the Knicks to run offense 100 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: through their other players. It essentially puts them in a spot. 101 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 2: I think part of it is the score, them being 102 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: up by three instead of down by twelve or down 103 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 2: by eight, you know, kind of where they were in 104 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 2: game one. In game two, it's just like a spot 105 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 2: where you can afford to even potentially lose a little 106 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 2: bit of ground if you have to. But it's a 107 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: gamble based on we need Jalen Brunson to make shots 108 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 2: late in the game, so we need his legs and 109 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: then two maybe we might be able to catch some 110 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: rhythm here. And so what they went to offensively to 111 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: start the fourth quarter was the steady diet of just 112 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: high ball screen attack against Luke Cornett. Luke Cornette is 113 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 2: in a drop coverage. What this means is Mikale Bridges 114 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 2: doesn't have to straight up iso Derek White. He can 115 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 2: attack what they built in advantage. That built in advantage 116 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 2: being Derek's going to chase over the top of the screen. 117 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: He can get him into trail position. So now he's 118 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,799 Speaker 2: in trail position. So now it opens up a classic 119 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: drop coverage situation. He needs to find a spot somewhere 120 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 2: along this lane line where he's comfortable pulling up. And 121 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 2: this is very well defended by the by Luke Cornette 122 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: and by Derek White. But as we know, Mikal Bridges 123 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: kind of like exaggerates his lift and his fade on 124 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 2: even catching shoot shots times. And so this is a 125 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: spot where he can be comfortable and he just kind 126 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 2: of gets into that short range and knocks down that 127 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: little fade away in the middle of the floor. And again, 128 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,239 Speaker 2: like the baked in advantage is he's able to actually 129 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: get Derek White behind him, which allows him to then 130 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: sell that upfake to get that easy separation in the 131 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 2: middle of the floor. 132 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 3: Same thing. 133 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 2: On the next possession, we're gonna fast forward here, Bridges 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: up top, same ballscreen. This time Derek White takes away 135 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 2: that inside shoulders so he can't work back towards the 136 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 2: middle of the floor. This is also really well defended, 137 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 2: tough fade away, but again, as we know, that's what 138 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 2: McHale Bridges can do, and now he's in rhythm, and 139 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 2: so gamble is paid off for Tom Thibodeaux because now 140 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: he has a secondary ball handler that's feeling really good 141 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: in this spot. I talked to last night a lot 142 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: about the idea of being willing to live with the 143 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 2: results with Carl Anthony Town's ISOs, the ISOs against Carl 144 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: Anthony Town. So this is just a classic transition cross match. 145 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 2: Carltown started on Jalen Brown on this possession, but there 146 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 2: are a lot of examples where they hunt it just 147 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 2: with a basic screening action. But again, Jalen Brown is 148 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: able to get a bucket here, but watch the other 149 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: four defenders. They're not gonna help. They stay home. They're 150 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: taking away those catch and shoot opportunities and they're letting 151 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 2: cat get cooked, so to speak, at the expense of 152 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: the flow of the Celtics offense. I thought this was 153 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: a really smart read from Ojan and Obi against the 154 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 2: possession of stack pick and roll from the Celtics. So 155 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: sideline at a bounds stack pick and roll, all it 156 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: is is just a ball screen with the shooter coming 157 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: up from behind backscreening the screen defender. And on this play, 158 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: as you can see, the great read here from Ojan 159 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: and Obi is he anticipates Pritchard making this pass back 160 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: to Jalen Brown, and he baits him into making it 161 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 2: by lingering for just a second. If you watch Og, 162 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 2: he lingers, but he knows this is the read, and 163 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 2: you can actually see him already. Pritchard's still dribbling, isn't 164 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 2: even thrown the pass yet, but OG's already planted that 165 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: right foot to prepare to jump the passing lane. Prichard 166 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 2: goes to throw it, OG's right in the passing lane, 167 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: and this is just understanding the play. This is just 168 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 2: being you know, we talked a lot about IQ last 169 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 2: night as one of the things that translates to the 170 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 2: postseason as it pertains to solving puzzles. This is an 171 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: action that every team in the NBA runs, and you 172 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: have to know what the reds are. He knows that 173 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: Deuce is in a good position to handle it drive. 174 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: He doesn't need to overhelp. He bates him into it 175 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 2: and then jumps the passing lane. Really nice work from 176 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: og In and Obi's. 177 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: Fast forward here a little bit okay. 178 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 2: So now McHale Bridges has just beat drop coverage two 179 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 2: times in a row to start the quarter, right, So 180 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 2: the natural adjustment from Boston is to switch. So mcale 181 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: Bridges comes off the screen. Horford switches the action. Bridges 182 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: dribbles it out. But we get our post mismatch with Karl, 183 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 2: Anthony Towns and Derek White. And again this mismatch is 184 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 2: driven directly from the drop covered shot making from Michale Bridges. 185 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 2: He drops it off to Cat Kat just simple right 186 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: shoulder turnaround. Floater gets good penetration close to the lane, 187 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: two doesn't fade. Excellent move from Cat. Here we go 188 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: ball screen to get Tatum onto Cat once again, living 189 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 2: with the results here Tatum on an island against Cat 190 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 2: Tatum series of moves. Cat does defend as well as 191 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: he can. They're shrinking the floor a little bit, but 192 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 2: they're not leaving shooters. They're not making clear kickout reads, 193 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: even Mitch. Like if you look at Mitch, Mitch's stunting, 194 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: but he's not committing. OG's staying home to deal with 195 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 2: Horford on the glass. They're living with this one on 196 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: one result, counting on the fact that Boston will just 197 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 2: play a bunch of one on one. 198 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 3: Nice shot. 199 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: It requires a certain patience, a certain willingness to sit 200 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 2: there and watch Cat get his face fried off in 201 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: order for that sort of thing to work. Here's another 202 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 2: Michale Bridges jumper. So now this is what I was 203 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 2: talking about with in terms of just the excellent point 204 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 2: guard work from Jalen Brunson. So Jalen Brunson's just checked 205 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 2: back into the game. The score is ninety four to 206 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 2: ninety three, so it's not like they've gained any ground. 207 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: In fact, they've lost two points worth the ground on 208 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 2: the scoreboard. But in this particular spot, he doesn't want to. 209 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 2: He actually has the ability here to turn the corner 210 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 2: on Porzingis. Porzingis is flat footed, He's got the speed advantage. 211 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 2: I mean, he literally does turn the corner, but all 212 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 2: he does is instead of turning and attacking into this gap, 213 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 2: he just goes, hey, McHale Bridges is in a nice 214 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: rhythm right now. 215 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna pitch it to him. 216 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 2: Go ahead, and Michale's able to turn the corner and 217 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: get into that little. 218 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 3: Mid range again. 219 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 2: That's just like, that's the kind of stuff when we 220 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 2: talk about like floor game or like under standing the 221 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 2: flow of a game that's so underrated from that point 222 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 2: guard spot, feeling out where the offense is as a 223 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 2: group and what the offense needs in that spot. And 224 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 2: there's still so much time left in this game. Brunson 225 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 2: didn't need to go in there and start just trying 226 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: to force the issue with eight and a half minutes left. 227 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: He trusted a teammate that was in flow and got 228 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 2: him another opportunity, and he got another bucket. This is 229 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 2: one of those half court ball screens we saw a 230 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 2: lot down the stretch of Game two, if you guys remember, 231 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 2: so they catch Og back at half court. This allows 232 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: Tatum to get ahead of Steam, crosses over Kat loses 233 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: control of the basketball, which is what stopped him from 234 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 2: getting all the way to the rim, but look at 235 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 2: where Cat had to recover to all the way down 236 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: to the charge circle. Tatum's able to pull back out 237 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: and hits another jumper in his face. But again this 238 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 2: is again living with the results, like allowing Cat to 239 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: get fried in hopes that the Celtics won't have any 240 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: other additional offensive rhythm down the stretch, and it doesn't work. 241 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 2: Yet it works right when they get to that one 242 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 2: ninety nine to ninety eight spot. It's like right in 243 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: that range where things start to go off the rails 244 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 2: for the Celtics offense. It was about the long game. 245 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 2: Wal Tatum was hot, the game plan wasn't working, but 246 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: eventually Tatum started to get tired. He started settling for shots. 247 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 2: You'll see how it goes over the course of the game. 248 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 2: This is an interesting action that the Knicks ran that 249 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 2: got an easy bucket for Mitchell Robinson. It kind of 250 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 2: looks like Stack, but it's not Stack technically because in 251 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: Stack you want this guy typically to be a shooter. 252 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 2: But it kind of just looks like it in the 253 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: sense that they're setting a ball screen and Mitch's running 254 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 2: up to backscreen for Cat's man. In the action, Jalen 255 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 2: Brunson draws too, he pitches it back to Cat. Porzingis 256 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 2: has to step up. Everyone in the Celtics Jersey switches. 257 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: So Horford's now on Brunson, Drew Hollidays now on Mitch. 258 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 2: Porzingis is now on Cat. But Mitchell Robinson has inside position. 259 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 2: So what does he do? He just rolled Drew Holiday 260 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 2: lingers as Cat beats Porzingis on that pump. 261 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 3: Fake. 262 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: Now, all of a sudden, there's an easy lobreed in 263 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 2: front of the basket. Just an example of bringing a 264 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 2: third man into the action to confuse things. So like, 265 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 2: if it's just these two, they pitch it back to 266 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 2: Cat and Drew Holiday rotates, but because there's that third defender, 267 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: it causes a series of switches, and then there's the 268 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 2: mistake as they leave Mitch Robinson wide open on the roll. 269 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 2: But you guys can probably see at this point a 270 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 2: tangible difference in the types of shots that the Knicks 271 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: are getting. The Knicks are getting buckets from a variety 272 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 2: of different guys. Cat's attacking post mismatches, Mikhale Bridges is 273 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 2: hitting mid range jump shots, Mitchell Robinson is getting a 274 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 2: catch on the roll. We're about to see og In and 275 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: ob get involved. For the Celtics, it's just a steady 276 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 2: diet of Tatum right now. On this plaint the Knicks 277 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 2: don't get matched up in transition and they lose control 278 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: of Tatum. This happened actually a bunch in the especially 279 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 2: in the first half of this game, but you can 280 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 2: see them trying to communicate, but it gets botched. Bridges 281 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 2: is actually pointing over to get someone else to guard Horford, 282 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: but then he realizes nobody's gonna do it, so he 283 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 2: runs over. But og doesn't realize it because he clearly 284 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 2: didn't hear the communication from Bridges, so they both go over. 285 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 2: This generates this wide open closeout opportunity for Tatum. Watch 286 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: how he beats it with just a really basic jab 287 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 2: step to the right, boom step over pull up three. 288 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 2: This is a move, by the way, that every young 289 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: basketball player needs to have in their bag because it's 290 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 2: such an easy way to get a clean look from 291 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 2: three in any sort of nail help or any sort 292 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 2: of like situation where the defender is on your left 293 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 2: shoulder by a wide margin. If you have this type 294 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: of margin, this guy's gonna be closing out really hard. 295 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 2: Towards your right hand, because he's gonna expect you to 296 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 2: rack the ball to the right, and so if you 297 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: can on that catch, just throw a quick jab and 298 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: sell it. This guy's going to lose his balance moving 299 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: towards your right hand, then you just easy slide over 300 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 2: to your left. Then there's an easy rise in fire three. 301 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: That's a shot that every young basketball player needs to 302 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 2: add to his bag to attack closeouts. But this was 303 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 2: the point in the game where I thought it was interesting. 304 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: So Boston's up ninety nine to ninety eight, they're up 305 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 2: by one point, and it was at this point in 306 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 2: the game where I felt pretty strongly that the Knicks 307 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 2: were going to win because they just had so much 308 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 2: more going for them than just Tatum. And it's not 309 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: necessarily Tatum's fault. It's just kind of the reality of 310 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: the way the Knicks were guarding by switching. If it 311 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: would have just required Tatum to pitch the ball to 312 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 2: someone else to go one on one, and that's just 313 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 2: the coverage that the Knicks were running. As you guys 314 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 2: have seen, the Knicks were able to get players in 315 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 2: rhythm by attacking and drop coverage, and the drop coverage 316 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: just builds. These like kind of baked in advantages to 317 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 2: where Brunson can pitch the ball to Bridges and not 318 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 2: have to worry about Bridges having to iso Derek White 319 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: at like straight up as a defender loaded up. You 320 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: can get Bridges clean looks just based on the coverage. 321 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 2: The Knicks coverage was baiting the Celtics into isoball and 322 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 2: Tatum was the only player in rhythm. The Celtics were 323 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 2: running more high drop. As a result, they were able 324 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 2: to or low drop. Actually with McHale Bridges, they were 325 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 2: running more drop coverage and so as a result they 326 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 2: were able to get a different player into rhythm. There's 327 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 2: a classic example right here. Notice Bridges is just running away. 328 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 2: They're actually running this play for McHale Bridge. Excuse me, 329 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 2: Brunson's running away. They're actually running this play from McHale 330 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: Bridges in the middle of the floor ballscreen drop coverage. 331 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 2: There's that gap in the drop coverage. We always talked 332 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 2: about the gap in the drop coverage. It's the gap 333 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 2: between the back pressure and the drop coverage. Big Porzingis's 334 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: weight is clearly shifted backwards. Derek White is a few 335 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 2: feet behind. He can rise and fire into that spot. 336 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 2: It's a baked in opening in the coverage, and now 337 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 2: he's in great rhythm. This is one of the plays 338 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 2: that I talked about last night where I thought Christaps 339 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 2: Porzingis looked like he just didn't have very good lift 340 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 2: on his rolls to the rim. Watches Porzingis gets that 341 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 2: inside position on this role. How he just loses all 342 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 2: his momentum once he runs into a defender at the 343 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 2: front of the rim. Like, this is a completely manageable 344 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 2: situation for Porzingis. He's got the ball, he's reading, his 345 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 2: eyes are up, he's seeing the floor. But you could 346 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 2: just literally see he doesn't have the lift. He doesn't 347 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 2: even get off the ground there. Probably missed a kick 348 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 2: out read to Derek White there on the left wing too. 349 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 2: Jalen Brunson again, notice Jalen Brunson is yet to like 350 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 2: really try to himself. He's still just feeling out the 351 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 2: flow of the game. It's a five, it's a four 352 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 2: on five, but the Celtics aren't matched up. Look at 353 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 2: how he identifies. He looks at the situation right here, 354 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 2: he sees the floor. He goes, Okay, I've got four 355 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 2: Celtics all in front of me. He turns and he sees, Okay, 356 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 2: I've got Porzingis trailing the play. Who's trailing Porzingis? Oh, 357 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 2: look at og. OG's going to be running with the 358 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 2: head of steam. Tatum is literally pointing for Porzingis to 359 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: grab him. This is an opportunity for og Anobi to 360 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 2: attack a big, slow footed center on a closeout. Pitches 361 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 2: it to him just a little hesitation fake. You can 362 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 2: see just that eyes on the rim right here. He's 363 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 2: a threat to shoot, and you could see Porzingis's weight 364 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 2: immediately shift forward and now he's dead to rights. Og 365 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 2: hits the gap, gets the left handed layup. Another nasty 366 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 2: move from Jason Tatum here. This was the last bucket 367 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 2: that Tatum got during the run. He's posting up og. I'm' 368 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 2: a fast forward a little bit here, And this is 369 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 2: where these shoulder fakes are so important. So on this play, ideally, 370 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 2: if you're og Anobi, you want to force Tatum into 371 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 2: a fadeaway jump shot right. So Tatum is gonna pound 372 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 2: dribble and fake's shoulder back to his left shoulder. But 373 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 2: then he's gonna turn like he's gonna fade over his 374 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 2: right shoulder. Here right shoulder fake to the left shoulder 375 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 2: fake up. He did double dribble here, but this fake 376 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 2: right here. When he turns, you're thinking right shoulder fade. 377 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 2: That causes Og to step up. Look at OG's hand. 378 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 2: He goes up to contest because he thinks the right 379 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 2: shoulder fad is coming. That's literally why ogn Andobi's jumping 380 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 2: like this because he thinks Tatum's about to elevate and 381 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 2: shoot that right shoulder fade. Then that's when Tatum steps 382 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 2: through and gets the end one. And if you if 383 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 2: you watch like Michael Jordan tape, Kobe Bryant tape, Anthony 384 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 2: Edwards is getting good at this move too. If you 385 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 2: watch those two guards, they turn and they pumpake over 386 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 2: their right shoulder, the defender jumps, that's when they step 387 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 2: through and go all the way to the front of 388 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 2: the rim. More drop coverage attacks this time oj and 389 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: Obie on a skip. I talked about this last night, 390 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: how like Brunson would probe early in possession. So okay, 391 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 2: he's running a drop coverage attack. It's not open, Tatum's 392 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: guarded it. Well, I'm gonna just pitch it back out 393 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 2: and now I'm gonna clear out and then we're gonna 394 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: run it again on the other side, this time for 395 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 2: og And and Obi o g just got a bucket driving 396 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: a close out. Now he's gonna pull to the right 397 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 2: and then step back and knock down the shot in 398 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 2: the switch gap there as Porzingis is coming out. 399 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 3: Everyone's in rhythm for New York. 400 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 2: Really good defense here from Jalen Brunson on a switch 401 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 2: against Jason Tatum. Once again, notice no hedging, no edging 402 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 2: and recovering, no drop coverage with Carl Towns Steady died 403 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 2: of Jalen Brunson and Cat being asked to defend on 404 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 2: an island. This is the game plan. This is literally 405 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,959 Speaker 2: how they played the Celtics into this style of basketball. 406 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 2: Beats him to the spot right there, beats him to 407 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 2: the spot again, causes him to lose the handle. Mitchell 408 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: Robinson just ends up overplaying the jumper on Drew Holliday 409 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 2: and ends up giving up the layup. And Drew and 410 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 2: everyone else was in such a poor rhythm offensively at 411 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: that point shooting the ball that if Mitch would have 412 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: just let him shoot, he probably would have missed it. Now, 413 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 2: Jalen Brunson's looking to be more aggressive. Two on the ball, 414 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 2: hesitation moved to beat Derek White, and you can literally 415 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 2: see right when he goes into the step back here, 416 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 2: so he sells that left foot boom, step back. Watch 417 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: Derek White's feet, they're both back in the lane line. 418 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 2: Now he jumps right here. So this is the beauty 419 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 2: of this sort of fake. Right here, when he jumps, 420 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 2: Derek White's entire body is off the ground. Now he's 421 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: like suspended in mid air. That makes it so that 422 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 2: Jalen Brunson can cover ground and Derek White can't even 423 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 2: look to change direction until he lands, and you can 424 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: literally see by the time he lands and changes direction, 425 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 2: Brunson's past him, and then he's able to find that 426 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: little angle. 427 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: For the float off the glass. 428 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 2: Breaking people off with dribble combinations, for the most part, 429 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 2: comes down to getting them to shift their weight to 430 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 2: where their weight is not on the leg that they 431 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 2: need to push to get to where you're at to 432 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 2: cut you off. Once you get them to shift their 433 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 2: weight off of their most important foot or in this case, 434 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 2: both of their feet, they're basically dead to rights. Tatum 435 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 2: actually beats Mitchell Robinson in the switch here and gets downhill. 436 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: But watch the late stunt from Og and Anobi gets downhill. 437 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,719 Speaker 2: Stunt from Og, Tatum's got him beat. He's going all 438 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 2: the way to the rim. If Og doesn't do this 439 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 2: stunt from Og that forces Tatum to settle for the 440 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: fade away instead. That's just a really tough shot. I mean, 441 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 2: he was going full speed downhill and now he's leaning 442 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 2: backwards from like thirteen feet. This shot misses. Porzingis does 443 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: end up drawing a foul here, but he misses both 444 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 2: free throws. But again it was a stunt too, like 445 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 2: if you watch if you watch Og, as he throws 446 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 2: the stunt, he gets back immediately to Porzingis and boxes out. 447 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 2: He just ends up committing the foul. I absolutely hated 448 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 2: this shot from Derek White one oh seven, one o four. 449 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 2: Brunson misses the layup. You've got a chance here to 450 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 2: get a bucket and restore orders. Four and a half 451 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 2: minutes left, and look at this shot from Derek White, 452 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 2: just a quick, contested corner three with seventeen on the clock. 453 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 2: And again in the flow of the game, Derek White 454 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: hadn't touched the ball like in any sort of meaningful 455 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 2: context in a long time, and he's just jacking up 456 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 2: a three with seventeen on the shot clock on the 457 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: other end of the floor. Fast forward, Brunson attacks Horford 458 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 2: in a ball screen, dribbles out, gets the spacing the 459 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 2: way he wants it, and then just drives into the 460 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 2: gap and hits a little tough step back moving towards 461 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: his left. Notice when Brunson started to assert himself, he's 462 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 2: now looking to assert himself with you know, four and 463 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 2: a half four minutes left, after being more passive and 464 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 2: trusting the flow of his offense. With eight and a 465 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 2: half minutes left, and he's put himself in a position 466 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 2: to win this game. And this is where Tatum starts 467 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 2: to get tired, just settles for a thirty footer way 468 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 2: out above the break, like you could just tell he's tired. 469 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: At this point, he's missed two tough pull up jump 470 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 2: shots in a row. This is the beauty of the 471 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 2: game plan. You paid your dues, you took a bunch 472 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 2: of ISO buckets in the face. It's obviously frustrating in 473 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 2: those moments, but you trust the process and you understand 474 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 2: that eventually heal fatigue because we have a bunch of 475 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 2: guys in rhythm. He's the only guy that's in rhythm. 476 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 2: It was a brilliant game plan from Tom Thibodeau. After 477 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 2: the fade, we go up the floor, brunts and attacks. 478 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 2: Early in the possession, Probes pitches it to Michale Bridges 479 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 2: trusts him like he doesn't need to throw a shot here. 480 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: McHale's in rhythm. Jab same sort of fake by the 481 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 2: way we talked about earlier. 482 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 3: By the way, like the. 483 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 2: Vast majority of high school kids that I talked to 484 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 2: and coach can't even do a jab step without traveling. 485 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 2: That's why I'm emphasizing this as a movie. Y'all need 486 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 2: to practice because it takes a lot of work to 487 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,959 Speaker 2: do without traveling. A lot of guys what they'll do 488 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 2: is they'll slide this left foot on the jab step. 489 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 2: You can actually see Michal Bridge's foot is anchored to 490 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 2: the ground on the jab. It doesn't slip. That's footwork 491 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 2: that you have to work on and takes a lot 492 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 2: of repetition in practice. But once again, you could see 493 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 2: Derek White because he's way on his left shoulder is 494 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 2: guaranteed to close out hard to your right hand because 495 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 2: he thinks that's where you're gonna go. So if you 496 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 2: throw a jab boom, look at where Derek White goes 497 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 2: on the jab boom and it's just done and then 498 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 2: he can get into his little right shoulder fade in 499 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: the middle. Oh, Jana nob really wanted that ball too, 500 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 2: as you can tell. But yeah, so just in general, 501 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: a lot of flow, really high level point guard play 502 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 2: from Jalen Brunson, and the right game plan to beat 503 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 2: the Boston Celtics. This is I have preached this exact 504 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 2: same game plan for years now as it pertains to 505 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 2: Tatum and Brown and just the idea that like if 506 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 2: you let them get into their driving kick attack and 507 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 2: you let them get into their you know, wide open 508 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 2: catch and shoot threes, that they get out of the 509 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 2: flow of their offense, that's when they peak. But if 510 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 2: you force them to just play a bunch of one 511 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,959 Speaker 2: on one basketball, they're good at it, but they're not 512 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 2: you know, Luka don Hitch, you know Nikola Jokic, Lebron 513 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 2: James and his prime that sort of thing. They're not 514 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: that type of shot creator, and you can win that 515 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 2: battle in the long run. Let's talk about Anthony Edwards 516 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: working off the catch a lot of similar concepts to 517 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 2: what we were just talking about with Michale Bridges and 518 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 2: using the. 519 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 3: Jab step simple relocation. 520 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 2: Here Ant's Ant's literally just walking up the floor and 521 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 2: watching the drive, sees Buddy turn his head, sprints to 522 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 2: the corner, ends up getting himself a clean catch and shoot. 523 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 3: Look there, bucket. 524 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,479 Speaker 2: The main thing I want you guys to focus on 525 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 2: is just how easy the flow is for Ant in 526 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 2: these off the catch situations. This is this one in particular, 527 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,959 Speaker 2: is just an on ball iso. But I really liked 528 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 2: him working out of the middle of the floor. He 529 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 2: hit a couple of mid range jump shots in this game, 530 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 2: and this is a shot that I would like to 531 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 2: see him use more as a balance to his three 532 00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 2: point shot making. 533 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna play this full speed. 534 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 2: Watch how easy breezy this jump shot is for it, 535 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 2: Like that's a shot we talked last night with Michael Bridges. 536 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 2: In mid range rhythm. He could catch some real heaters 537 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 2: in that spot on the floor. Here's Ant off the 538 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 2: catch again's fast forward. Okay, so transition situation. Here's this 539 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 2: catch right, Gary Payton's closing out on his right shoulder, 540 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 2: pump fake the pump fake gets him off of his stance. 541 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 2: We talked about that earlier. His weight. Look as soon 542 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 2: as he pump fakes Gary Payton's in mid air, there's 543 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 2: no chance for him to cut Ant off. Now it's over. 544 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 2: Ant beats him off the dribble, gets into the lane, 545 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 2: elevates and finishes around Trace Jackson. Davis a lot more 546 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 2: left handed finishes in this game than he was using 547 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 2: earlier in the series. Watch how badly he breaks off Buddy. 548 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 2: Healed on this move off the catch against the Warrior zone. 549 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 2: So again, off the catch, he jabs. He jabs towards 550 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 2: the corner, which freezes Draymond. You can see Raymond take 551 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 2: that really long step to try to cut that off. 552 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 2: Then he steps up. Draymond recovers. Look at the rhythm 553 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 2: and flow that he's in. Any simple off the catch, 554 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 2: attacks hard off the dribble, jump shot towards his left. 555 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 2: Watch it again in full speed jab to freeze Draymond. 556 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 2: Now I've just got an ISO against Buddy, easy work, boom. 557 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 3: This is just greatness. There's nothing you can do about this. 558 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 2: This is just an off the dribble thirty footer against 559 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 2: the double team. He started yelling some shit about sending 560 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 2: their ass home after that too. Here's an Ant off the 561 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 2: catch again once again. Just watch the rhythm pump, side step, easy, breezy, like, 562 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 2: look at how easy this is for him off the catch, pump, sidestep. 563 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 2: I just would love to see Ant get more of 564 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 2: these opportunities off to catch. Just why I keep thinking 565 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: about him playing with more of an on ball like 566 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 2: setup man. Here is this nasty the lefty euro fake 567 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 2: that he uses to get. 568 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:19,959 Speaker 3: Into the lane. 569 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 2: One of the things I want you guys to focus 570 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 2: on in these next couple of clips is just how 571 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 2: much Ant is slowing down on his drives compared to 572 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 2: the past. I talked a lot about this early in 573 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: the series, with him missing layups, this idea that he 574 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 2: was just kind of like flying down the lane and 575 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 2: trying to make everything happen with downhill force. He's a 576 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 2: little bit more methodical on these next two drives. Let's 577 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 2: watch him. I'll show you guys what I mean. 578 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 3: Little in and out. 579 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 2: Dribble, just a basic in and out dribble completely freezes pods, 580 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 2: gets into the lane. 581 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 3: Trace is there. 582 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 2: Watch him slow down, slow, He slows down and does 583 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 2: a very deliberate euro fake into the middle. We'll watch 584 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 2: trace as soon as he does the euro fake. Same 585 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 2: thing we talked about earlier. Both feet off the ground. 586 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 2: Now it's over. He's got both feet off the ground 587 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 2: off the euro fake. His head's not even in the 588 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 2: right place now, it's just an easy, breezy left handed 589 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 2: layup off the glass for Ant. Here's the other kind 590 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: of slow down drive that he had fast forward, once again, 591 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 2: attacking in an off ball situation. Cominga's already trailing. Now 592 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 2: when he drives Kaminga's entrail position, it's kind of like 593 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 2: a drop coverage. Look watch Ant methodically slow down, low 594 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 2: gather switches to his left hand. I'm gonna play this 595 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 2: one in full speed, and just watch how under control 596 00:31:50,800 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 2: he is compared to earlier in the series. Just surgical 597 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 2: there in the lane like it was crazy. Like we 598 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 2: talked so much about whether or not he'd be able 599 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 2: to figure it out over the course of this series, 600 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 2: and I think he's been fantastic. Here's another example of 601 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 2: attacking off the catch. It almost like simplifies his thought 602 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 2: process when he's catching in these spots, he's thinking score. 603 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 2: He's effectively a play finisher in these sorts of spots, 604 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 2: and I almost think that's the best way to use him. 605 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 2: It's not to say you don't ever go to ant 606 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 2: on the ball, of course you do, but I just 607 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 2: I think it just kind of idealizes his specific skill 608 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 2: set and his mentality as like an assassin's score. 609 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 3: This is just nasty. It's a transition step back three. 610 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 2: But I want you to once again focus on how 611 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 2: slow and under control ant is doesn't rush the shot, 612 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 2: even though he knows Jimmy's there. He doesn't rush the shot. 613 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 2: He just settles slowly into that step back and gets 614 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 2: great lift and sit down and lastly, once again another 615 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 2: play finishing sequence and catches in the middle of the 616 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 2: floor here against the zone, against the box and one 617 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 2: and just gets into the middle of the floor knocks 618 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 2: down another one of those easy, brizzy mid range jump shots. 619 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, just something to keep in mind for his 620 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 2: development moving forward. I think it's kind of a fascinating concept. 621 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 2: I don't know who that type of player is yet, 622 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 2: but the idea of being paired one day with a 623 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 2: setup guy, someone who's going to routinely get him into 624 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 2: position to score, and then also building the offense that 625 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 2: way Like if I was Chris Finch, I would look 626 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 2: hard this summer into developing a lot more of like 627 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 2: kind of traditional off guard off ball like kind of 628 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 2: two guard sets where he can come attack off the catch, 629 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 2: or simple actions where he's screening and slipping out and 630 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 2: having the defender trailing and chasing him out of the 631 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 2: screening action to where he can get clean opportunities against 632 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 2: the guy closing out against his strong hand. A lot 633 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 2: of different stuff like that I think can simplify it, 634 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 2: especially against these better defenses. I'm not worried about whether 635 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 2: or not you can slice and dice teams like the 636 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 2: Lakers and the Nuggets, but when they run into these 637 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,760 Speaker 2: like higher tier defenses, I think there's a lot of potential, 638 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 2: a lot of potential there for Aunt to have success 639 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 2: as an off ball score. All right, guys, it's all 640 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 2: I have for this morning. We will be back tonight 641 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 2: after the final buzzer of Nuggets Thunder, I will. 642 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 3: See you guys then. What's up guys? 643 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,279 Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 644 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 2: oops tonight. They would actually be really helpful for us 645 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,839 Speaker 2: if you guys would take a second and leave a 646 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 2: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys 647 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 2: supporting us, but if you could take a minute to 648 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 2: do that, I really appreciate it. 649 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: The volume