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Speaker 2: After that, just some brief clips from the Detroit Pistons

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Speaker 2: So just real quick upfront, just the surface level stuff

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Speaker 2: Rudy Gobert is defending both the ball handler and the roller.

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Speaker 2: A lot of that from ant where he's just like

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Speaker 2: good reps on Ant in this game. This was not

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Speaker 2: When he breaks you down, that that significantly. You have

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Speaker 2: in front of him. So he's just driving at Rui, right,

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Speaker 2: But look at where Gabe is. Gabe is at the nail. Right,

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Speaker 2: Gabe's at the nail. He drives as Nas cuts through.

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Speaker 2: Look where Luca is, And I thought Luca made a

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Speaker 2: You can see the difference between that and the way

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Speaker 2: I will say, even though I didn't think the Austin

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Speaker 1: That was working.

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Speaker 2: Here's another example of Ruy just lacking that playoff intensity.

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Speaker 2: Dorian Phinney Smith. He's already pointing. Ruey's pointing for everybody

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Speaker 1: That's like that.

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Speaker 2: This is a this isn't this is an important playoff game.

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Speaker 2: Ruey Hachamura, this is just not ready for playoff basketball.

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Speaker 2: That's unseerious and like that. That's that happened to Ruey

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Speaker 2: Ruey just needs to wake up. He needs to figure

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Speaker 2: This is a really tough shot. Austin might hit that

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Speaker 2: This is Lebron in a switch against Gobert on the

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Speaker 1: They're not.

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Speaker 2: You're not gonna You're not gonna beat the Timberwolves taking

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Speaker 1: Over Rudy Gobert.

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Speaker 2: Look at this screen form ruiy Ha Chamura. He goes

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Speaker 2: not actually helping get his man open. He's got to

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Speaker 2: He's got to hit Jaden that The only way you're

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Speaker 2: The Keel Alexander Walker this year is shooting forty six

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Speaker 2: if you're locked in mentally, you know you're guarding a

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Speaker 2: Mike Conley and naseried on Jared Vanderbilt actions that involved

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Speaker 2: at least not switching readily. They were switching after the fact,

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Speaker 2: peel Off switching like hesitantly switching right, and the Wolves

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Speaker 2: One of the big adjustments I have for the Lakers

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Speaker 2: nas Reed misses a three, but it's the same type

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Speaker 2: is open. He just happens to miss that. They again,

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Speaker 2: that's a peel off switch, says. You can see the

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Speaker 2: So Gabe went over the screen and then was like,

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Speaker 2: Like if this is a clean switch, then Vanda will

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Speaker 1: He's pointing.

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Speaker 2: He's like, he's like, oh shit, switch and it just

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Speaker 2: This was an example of the Lakers. I talked last

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Speaker 2: Julius is on Lebron right, Lebron can guard Julius Randall.

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Speaker 2: So that is like a very simple game plan piece

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Speaker 2: As a game plan adjustment for Game two. You can't

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Speaker 2: to burn you if you do that. In this series,

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Speaker 2: this was a very clean look for Lebron and pick

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Speaker 2: to hit in this matchup, simple ball screen. Conley's chasing

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Speaker 2: get on Vando because it's like, Vando, the reason why

433
00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,919
Speaker 2: you're out here, literally, the weird reason why you're on

434
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,320
Speaker 2: the court is what you can do defensively, and on

435
00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,000
Speaker 2: the glass, shot is in the air. Jaden and Jared

436
00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,280
Speaker 2: are more or less in the same position, like Jayden

437
00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,680
Speaker 2: and Vanda are both in position to get this rebound.

438
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,479
Speaker 2: The difference is Jaden fought for position and went for it.

439
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,439
Speaker 2: Vando did it until it was too late, and Jaden

440
00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,520
Speaker 2: got an easy put back.

441
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,800
Speaker 1: That's really over and over again.

442
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,960
Speaker 2: You'll see in these examples there's just a level of

443
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,800
Speaker 2: playoff intensity that Minnesota was bringing that the Lakers were

444
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,040
Speaker 2: not matching. I thought, Lebron, you know, just instead of

445
00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:45,000
Speaker 2: just measured and slowly and methodically attacking Smalls, He's got

446
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,920
Speaker 2: seven seconds here against Nikaile Alexander Walker, slow the fuck down,

447
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,040
Speaker 2: back him down, get to one of your right shoulder

448
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,800
Speaker 2: fades at like seven feet. Instead, he just drives in

449
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,840
Speaker 2: panics and throws a jump pass to Jackson, who's not

450
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,800
Speaker 2: really that open, like nas Reed is there, and so

451
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,600
Speaker 2: it ends up being kind of a tough angle and

452
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,960
Speaker 2: once again Jackson Hayes not really providing any vertical spacing.

453
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,600
Speaker 2: Here's another example of the Laker's not wanting to switch

454
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,520
Speaker 2: with their fours, like we talked about, so we got

455
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:17,960
Speaker 2: a ball screen not switching, which allows Jaden McDaniels to

456
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 2: take a drop coverage mid ranger. But look at how

457
00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,280
Speaker 2: every Laker just stands around and watches Jaden McDaniels go

458
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:28,199
Speaker 2: get his own rebound, Like, like, what's Lebron doing there? Like,

459
00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,600
Speaker 2: if you're gonna be in a drop, you got to

460
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,920
Speaker 2: get the rebound. But everyone's just standing around and watching

461
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,720
Speaker 2: Jada McDaniels get it. Look at Ruie, Look at Rui's intensity.

462
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:40,760
Speaker 2: Jaden just beats him.

463
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:41,040
Speaker 1: To the ball.

464
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 2: Like it almost just looked like the Lakers just were

465
00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,320
Speaker 2: a step slow to everything in the entire game with

466
00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,560
Speaker 2: their intensity. Here's another like example of that lack of intensity.

467
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:57,159
Speaker 2: So here's a post entry against Jaden McDaniels. But like,

468
00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,840
Speaker 2: look at how lazy Austin is on this pass. Look

469
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,359
Speaker 2: at this pass from Austin. He just turns and tries

470
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,639
Speaker 2: to throw it and it gets deflected by that's Jaden McDaniels.

471
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 2: You're gonna have to make a pass fake and you're

472
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 2: gonna have to like find an angle to make a

473
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:14,080
Speaker 2: post entry. Instead it gets deflected, and now Lebron's attacking

474
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,480
Speaker 2: to kill further out Now, for example, This is the

475
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 2: exact same play that I just showed you. Seven seconds left,

476
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:25,119
Speaker 2: Nikkeiel Alexander Walker. Lebron finally turns his back and just

477
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,880
Speaker 2: backs him down, gets to that easy right shoulder fade

478
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 2: for eight feed, fucking knocks it down and gets the

479
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,600
Speaker 2: foul like this. This is basic execution stuff to improve

480
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:39,400
Speaker 2: your chances of winning in this matchup, like Austin pass fake,

481
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 2: make a post entry. You have to be very disciplined

482
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,600
Speaker 2: against this length that Minnesota has. Lebron, your advantage is

483
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,120
Speaker 2: your size and strength. It is not over the top shooting.

484
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 2: It is not trying to use your speed against Biggs.

485
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 2: You are too big for these little dudes. That's your advantage.

486
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,879
Speaker 2: Playoff intensity. Watch the shot go up, watching Nikil al

487
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,880
Speaker 2: Xander Walker. All these Lakers are in here right, Lebron's

488
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 2: down here, Luka Doncic is in here. Nikhil Alexander Walker

489
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 2: is going to lead a runout fast break for an

490
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 2: easy bucket while Lebron and Luke are completely uninvolved. Watch

491
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:19,879
Speaker 2: this look at that. That's not playing playoff basketball. Nikhil

492
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 2: Alexander Walker is just outworking every single one of you guys.

493
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 2: Once again, Austin Reeves setting a screen on Dante DiVincenzo.

494
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 2: If you're playing playoff basketball, you are hitting Dante DiVincenzo

495
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,399
Speaker 2: and you are creating separation for Luca. You tell me

496
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 2: what happens here. Dante hit Austin and Austin didn't hold

497
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 2: his ground. That is lacking playoff intensity. As a result,

498
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 2: Dante's able to stay attached throughout the ball screen and

499
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,199
Speaker 2: he's able to strip Luca before he can go up

500
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 2: into the shot. That is on Austin for not setting

501
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 2: a good screen. And by the way, look at Lebron

502
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 2: makes an effort in transition. What happens. He was in

503
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 2: the corner. Look he's in the deep corner, and he's

504
00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 2: able to get back into this play because he's making

505
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 2: an ef F in transition. Now, am I asking Lebron

506
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,399
Speaker 2: to make seventeen chase down blocks a game? No, But

507
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 2: if the team makes the efforts in transition, you can

508
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,919
Speaker 2: keep them under control in the transition game. Minnesota won

509
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 2: the transition game twenty three to ten. In this game,

510
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 2: that's not gonna cut it. This is where the wheels

511
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 2: really started to come off for the Lakers in the

512
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 2: second Tell me what you guys notice here we have

513
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 2: Ruby Achimura standing wide open at the top of the

514
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,120
Speaker 2: key with an opportunity to take a wide open trailer

515
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 2: three in transition, which is a three he's practiced a

516
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 2: million times, and instead he goes, I'm gonna try to

517
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 2: dunk on Rudy Gobert, and that goes about exactly as

518
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 2: you would have expected it. All right, This was an

519
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,719
Speaker 2: example I talked last night about Luca losing some basic

520
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 2: defensive rebound battles. So like, Luca is ignoring nas Reid here,

521
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 2: which once again, like we talked about in the game plan,

522
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,200
Speaker 2: is silly. But as he's ignoring nas Reid, Anthony Edwards

523
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 2: takes one of his like forced shots in the game,

524
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 2: which he didn't take too many of, but he took

525
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 2: a few. You got to get this rebound, then, Luca, like,

526
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 2: if you're gonna ignore nas read down here, you gotta

527
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 2: get this rebound instead. As it came off, Luca didn't

528
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 2: go get the ball, so Ant got it. Look at

529
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 2: where the ball fell. The ball fell right to where

530
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,320
Speaker 2: Luca should have got it, but he didn't. So now

531
00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 2: you've left Nasrid open, failed to get the defensive rebound,

532
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 2: and now Nasried is open. On the offensive rebound kick

533
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,119
Speaker 2: out for three. Like, that's a huge momentum play in

534
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 2: this game. You get a stop there, you go the

535
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,640
Speaker 2: other way. He scores a three point game instead, Now

536
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,359
Speaker 2: you're down by eight because you're just not matching the

537
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 2: intensity of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Lebron just attacking bigs. Okay,

538
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,159
Speaker 2: you got Nazrie, this is not your matchup. There's a

539
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 2: small right there you can attack. There's a small right

540
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:35,639
Speaker 2: there you can attack. There are two guys on the

541
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 2: floor that you can easily get to the post and

542
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 2: get an easy bucket against. Instead, he tries to go

543
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 2: at Naserie, doesn't turn the corner on him and gets blocked.

544
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 2: That leads to run out the other way. The Timberwolves

545
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,880
Speaker 2: get a layup. Okay, go down to the other end.

546
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 2: Exact same thing, except for this time it's Rudy. So

547
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 2: once again we're they're pre switching to get Nikhil Alexander

548
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 2: Walker up into the action. This is what's crazy, So

549
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,440
Speaker 2: like they're deliberately intention only.

550
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,119
Speaker 1: Going after the bigs.

551
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 2: Look at this, They pre switched Nikhil Alexander Walker on

552
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 2: too Ruy to save Rudy Gobert from having to defend

553
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 2: on the switch, saying, Lebron, if you want to attack Nikkeiel,

554
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 2: go ahead, and instead they're like, oh shit, it's not

555
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 2: there anymore. So Dorian Finney Smith runs up Ruby gets

556
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,880
Speaker 2: out that way they can run the two man games

557
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 2: to get Lebron switched on to Rudy. He gets Lebron

558
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 2: switched on to Rudy, and this is going to go

559
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,400
Speaker 2: exactly like it does every other time. Lebron is going

560
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 2: to drive into the person not be able to turn

561
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 2: the corner and get blocked at the rim. This, by

562
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 2: the way, led to another runout for another wide open

563
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 2: corner three for Nazrid that went in so like multiple

564
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 2: repeated foolish attacks with a stupid game plan that just

565
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,760
Speaker 2: played right into Minnesota's hands, like literally played right into

566
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 2: Minnesota's hands, giving them easy transition runouts because you're just

567
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 2: playing stupid basketball on offense. And this is I want

568
00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:00,159
Speaker 2: to blame this on Lebron specifically because I've heard I've

569
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:04,479
Speaker 2: heard JJ talk about how he wants them to attack

570
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 2: smalls in tight spaces, not bigs in space. He's fine

571
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 2: with Luca doing it. Lebron and Austin that that's not

572
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 2: their game. They don't need to be attacking Rudy Gobaer

573
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 2: in space. That's not an arrangement that's gonna work for them.

574
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 2: There's another example of a defensive rebound that Luca just

575
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 2: should have got, but he just didn't go get the basketball,

576
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 2: seat goes up, Luca's got inside position and everything just

577
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 2: doesn't make any contact, and Nazrie comes in and bats

578
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 2: it out.

579
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: Ball stays with Minnesota.

580
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 2: Here's another example of Julius Randall defending Luka Doncic really well,

581
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,440
Speaker 2: so we get a switch. Julius Randall did really well

582
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,200
Speaker 2: on these switches. Man, this is really good defense. Look

583
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 2: at him sliding the feet. Look another thing too, Look

584
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 2: at how he's stabbing at the basketball. This is how

585
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,919
Speaker 2: you can disrupt rhythm. Look at how often he's like

586
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,880
Speaker 2: stabbing at the basketball, just like reaching, stabbing, reaching, stabbing,

587
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,919
Speaker 2: just making sure to disrupt the rhythm as best as

588
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 2: he can. That's really quality individual defense from Julius Randall.

589
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 2: Here's another example of the Lakers over helping off of Naserie.

590
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,679
Speaker 2: So you get a screen action that gets the switch.

591
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 2: Look at how many bodies already in the paint. So

592
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 2: Julius is driving at Luka Doncic, Lebron's in position to help,

593
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,879
Speaker 2: gave Vincent's there. This is the strong side corner. You

594
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,959
Speaker 2: do not help here, and the game plan has consistently

595
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 2: been Gabe is the guy that's hopping across the lane

596
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 2: line and meeting you here. This is really fucking bad defense.

597
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 2: You just allowed Julius Randall to make the easiest passing

598
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 2: read in the history of mankind because you vacated the

599
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 2: strongside corner to help on a situation that didn't need help.

600
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 2: That like, that's just really fucking terrible defense. Luca just

601
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 2: giving up a simple backcut to Anthony Edwards. A lot

602
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 2: of Luca leaving his feet in this game and getting

603
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 2: out of position, like jumping at ball fakes and stuff

604
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 2: like that, just undisciplined. Here's Lebron again, attacking a big

605
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 2: in space. He makes this one, but it's like, this

606
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 2: is what you're gonna get. You're gonna get these like

607
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 2: semi contested mid range jump shots. He's just not gonna

608
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 2: make enough of those for that to be a worthwhile

609
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 2: method for them to attack. Here's an example of the

610
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 2: Wolf was just beating every Laker to the ball again,

611
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 2: so the ball shot goes up.

612
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: Let's see we got all. If you looked at this.

613
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 2: Situation, you would think the Lakers are in an advantageous

614
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 2: position for rebounding Rui's inside position on Jaden Lebron's inside

615
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 2: position on Nas Durians and the paint. All these three

616
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 2: wolves are way out here. Watch how much quicker the

617
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 2: wolves are to the ball. That's just that's not fighting.

618
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 2: You think you're gonna get the trophy by not like

619
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 2: fighting and competing, You're you're never going to get the

620
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 2: trophy without fighting or competing.

621
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: Look at Gabe.

622
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 2: Watch Gabe when the rebound goes up, still hasn't moved,

623
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 2: still walking. These guys are already shooting towards the ball.

624
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 2: That's like everybody needs to be swarming the way that

625
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 2: the wolves are swarming. Then your skill advantages can take place.

626
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 2: But they're not gonna take place if you get so

627
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 2: badly outworked like that. Remember when I said Austin wasn't

628
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 2: setting good fucking screens.

629
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: Watch this one. Watch the difference Boom.

630
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 2: Lays the wood actually hits him, holds his ground, leverage

631
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 2: his body sets a good screen. Now look at what

632
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 2: happens as a result. The entire Wolves defense reacts to

633
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 2: the advantage that Luca created there and it generates a

634
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 2: wide open three for Austin. Now he bricks it because

635
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 2: he's still out of rhythm. And I think Luca missed

636
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 2: the read a little bit there. He should have hit

637
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 2: him earlier. But again, that's that is what happens. When

638
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 2: you meet the intensity of the moment and you set

639
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 2: a good physical screen, you can get openings even against

640
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 2: good defense. And frankly, if you do that every time

641
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 2: down the floor, it'll be much easier for you to

642
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 2: get into a rhythm. First possession of the second half,

643
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 2: Let's see if the Lakers took the adjustment properly at

644
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 2: the just you know, all of the ass chewing that

645
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 2: JJ was delivering at halftime, Let's see if they took

646
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 2: it seriously. First possession, we get a ghost screen, so

647
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 2: this should just be a switch. Instead, it's not. They

648
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 2: fuck it up again and Austin looks confused as to

649
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 2: what's happening. Ruey looks confused, and Ant just drives right downhill,

650
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 2: easy kick out to Jada McDaniels. Why is that not

651
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 2: just a switch? Why isn't Ruy just closing out on Ant?

652
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 2: And Austin closing out to Conley, like like that's a

653
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 2: way to shut down these easy driving lanes that are appearing.

654
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 2: All right, just a few more from this game. Look

655
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 2: at Ruey hatch Mura's defense on Anthony Edwards. Here we

656
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 2: get another couple switches. Now what look at how on

657
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 2: the switch you've got you you're guarding Anthony Edwards on

658
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 2: a switch and you're not in a defensive stance. You're

659
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 2: standing completely upright, and so you can probably guess what's

660
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 2: gonna happen next, and it goes right around him. Like

661
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 2: that's not basketball, that's not playoff intensity, that's not basketball.

662
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 2: But you are standing upright, not even in a defensive

663
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 2: stance on Anthony fucking Edwards, Like are you kidding me?

664
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: Right now?

665
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 2: As I told you guys, this is gonna be an

666
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 2: angry like er fan film session. And then Lebron, like

667
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 2: Lebron on this possession. If you're not going to be

668
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 2: in there like helping on the drive or rebounding, then

669
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: you can't be leaving you Uleius Randall open, so he's

670
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: just standing around, doesn't get the rebound, and it gets

671
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 2: his own rebound, and there's Julius Randall wide open, that

672
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 2: three goes in, guys, that three goes in on a

673
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 2: possession where Lebron did the exact same thing Luca did

674
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 2: on the nas Reid three in the first half, where

675
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 2: you're standing in no man's land in the paint, not defending,

676
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 2: not rebounding, conceding a wide open three.

677
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: I did think these.

678
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,719
Speaker 2: Luca post ups of Jaden McDaniels worked pretty well. This

679
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 2: is a look I think the Lakers can continue to

680
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 2: go through go to throughout the series. Jaden McDaniels talked

681
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 2: about last night how when Jackson Hayes was off the floor,

682
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 2: it just felt like there were easier opportunities for him

683
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 2: to get to the rim. This is an example of

684
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 2: excellent weak side scoring from a forward. So we have

685
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 2: the close out the closeouts there right, so the three

686
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 2: is taken away. Jaden's move his read here is to

687
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 2: rack baseline and try to get all the way to

688
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 2: the rim, and he does. That's not Jackson Hayes, it's

689
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 2: Luka Dancaje at the rim and he's able to finish

690
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 2: him over him easily. Here's another example of Austin just

691
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 2: making like a sloppy post entry pass and turning it

692
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 2: over like these are just like so many unforced errors

693
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 2: because the Lakers just weren't ready for the intensity of

694
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: the moment. Laker's still not switching, so that creating just

695
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 2: easy openings. Once again, why is that not a switch?

696
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 2: As a result, there's an easy corner for Dante DiVincenzo

697
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 2: to turn. Look as he's coming around Van Doo's in

698
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 2: a drop, Austin's chasing, so there's this easy driving lane

699
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 2: causing Luca to sink into the paint. Also make Dante

700
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 2: Devincenzo and Rudy Gobert connect on the lob here. This

701
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 2: is another example of Luca over helping off of nasried

702
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 2: and then I just thought this was a really, really

703
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 2: impressive pass from Anthony Edwards. So Anthony Edwards had just

704
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 2: seen as the team out of the off ball screen,

705
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 2: just generated a look for Nazrid that he made, so

706
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 2: he knows nazrij just made a shot. So we're gonna

707
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 2: get a ball screen here with Nas and he's gonna

708
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 2: attack Luca in the switch. And as he attacks Luca,

709
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: look at how he reads Jared. He sees Van Dog

710
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 2: ignoring Nas once again, the Lakers ignoring Nas to help,

711
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 2: just not the right guy for them to be ignoring.

712
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 2: Jared needs to just either signal to Dorian Finney Smith

713
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 2: to stay with Nas and then him sit in the paint,

714
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 2: or all these other guys need to be helping. It

715
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 2: can't be Nas and then as a result to be

716
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 2: a Vando helping at the rim, in Ant makes just

717
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 2: a really nice feed to Nazria in the corner and

718
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 2: knocks it down.

719
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: So again, like I want to be clear, the Wolves

720
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: kick their ass, and the Wolves.

721
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 2: Demonstrated that they have some advantages in this series, but

722
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 2: I also thought there were just like dozens of obvious

723
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 2: examples of the Lakers just looking like they were unprepared

724
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 2: for playoff basketball. The Bucks in the Lakers were the

725
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 2: two teams I watched yesterday that looked utterly blindsided by

726
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,320
Speaker 2: the intensity of the moment.

727
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: And so here's the thing.

728
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 2: The Wolves might just be better than the Lakers, and

729
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,800
Speaker 2: that might bear out over the course of the series,

730
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 2: but in Game two, I think we'll get a better

731
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 2: feel of just how big that gap is one way

732
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 2: or the other when the Lakers bring the appropriate intensity,

733
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 2: because there's just a level that they have to get

734
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 2: to that they were just completely unready for in this game.

735
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 2: All right, I have six clips from the Piston's nixt game.

736
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: Let's get to that real quick.

737
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 2: I talked about how the Piston should have leaned into

738
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 2: Isaiah Stewart more it looks like it was an injury

739
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 2: related thing. As you can see, this was Campaign's first

740
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 2: bucket of the run. Really nice left to right crossover

741
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 2: on Malik Beasley. But watch Isaiah Stewart in his reaction time,

742
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 2: really slow moving fouls him and then watch him limping after.

743
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 2: So Stu just apparently couldn't go physically, So that just

744
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 2: kind of puts you in a tough spot. If he's

745
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 2: not able to go physically, then that means it's going

746
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 2: to be a lot of Duran, and Duran obviously comes

747
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 2: with his own shortcomings. Here's an example of Brunson finding

748
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,919
Speaker 2: the matchup that he liked. So we get a screen

749
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 2: to get us ar Thompson and then you're gonna see

750
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 2: og and Obe come up into the action. Notice how

751
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 2: methodical br Brunson is to get the matchup he wants.

752
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 2: There he goes now he's got his match up with

753
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 2: eight seconds left, uses the double cross to get inside

754
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 2: position on Tobias and knock down the floater. I talked

755
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 2: about how Tim Hardaway Junior missed like a wide open

756
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 2: look during the run, so did Malik Beasley. This is

757
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 2: that miss, but on the transition push, look who Jalen

758
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 2: Brunson sees in front of him, sees Tobias Harris that

759
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 2: little semi transition attack gets by him and draws the

760
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 2: end one. I thought this was one of the really

761
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 2: impressive defensive plays that Cat made down the stretch. So

762
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 2: we have a double ball screen here, double drag that

763
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 2: he gets split, So he has a gets split at

764
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 2: the point of attack and Kay gets all the way

765
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 2: into the paint, but Josh Hart steps up in help,

766
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 2: which forces him to drop the ball off to Jalen Dura.

767
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 2: Look at the effort Cat makes to get back into

768
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 2: the play and disrupt during at the rim and force

769
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 2: the miss. You can make up for a lot of

770
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 2: your shortcomings if you just rotate and then I want

771
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 2: this is where I want you guys to see the

772
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 2: difference in the execution.

773
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: So I just showed you, guys.

774
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 2: An example of Brunson methodically working to the spot against

775
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 2: the player that he wants and getting a good matchup

776
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,280
Speaker 2: and going to work. Here's the difference, six point thirty

777
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,919
Speaker 2: four left one oh three to ninety eight. This game

778
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 2: is very much in the balance. It is thirteen to

779
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 2: oh the Knicks run. You need your ball handler to

780
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 2: make a good decision to get this game back under control.

781
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: What does he do? No?

782
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 2: Nothing, just goes right at oj Ananobe. No attempt to

783
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 2: try to get a favorable matchup, no attempt to try

784
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,439
Speaker 2: to bring Brunson into the action. He just goes down

785
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 2: on Ananobe, turns his back, and then here he's trying

786
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 2: to post up a players bigger than stronger, bigger and

787
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 2: stronger than him, and as he tries to power through

788
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 2: with his right shoulder, og wins the battle and forces

789
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 2: the turnover. And it's like, here's the thing. Is that

790
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 2: technically by the book of foul, sure, but that that

791
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 2: kind of thing gets let go all the time in

792
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 2: the playoffs, And you're not doing yourself any favors by

793
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 2: attacking the Knick's best perimeter defender without any attempt to

794
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 2: try to get him off of you. And that it's fine.

795
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 2: Kate is going to figure that stuff out. My guess

796
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 2: is were watching Kate in the playoffs three years from now.

797
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 2: He's the guy asking for three guard guard screens to

798
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 2: get a matchup he wants in a big spot like this.

799
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 2: But this is part of the growth and this is

800
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 2: why teams like the Pistons don't win the series like

801
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,240
Speaker 2: this in NBA history. And then this was another example

802
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,320
Speaker 2: of Kate just kind of like panicking under the ball pressure.

803
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 2: So Jalen Duran's open on this slip, but look at

804
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 2: this ball pressure from Kat just gets up and pressures

805
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 2: the ball and forces the turnover. Kate had three turnovers

806
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 2: in this run. All right, let's get to Denver Clippers

807
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 2: fun one here. I got about like twenty six clips

808
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 2: twenty seven clips from this game, and then we'll be done.

809
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,800
Speaker 2: So Denver comes out of the time out. This is

810
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 2: the timeout that I talked about where Denver really picked

811
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,280
Speaker 2: up their defensive intensity. So the Clippers get a buckets

812
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 2: fifty one to thirty six. We're halfway through the second quarter.

813
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 2: This is an example of Yokic kind of forcing the

814
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 2: issue like I talked about. So this is a design play,

815
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 2: little cross screen for Yokic coming across from Gordon. But

816
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 2: notice how on the catch he just powers through Zoo

817
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 2: No matter what. This is a I've made up my mind,

818
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 2: I'm going to the rim kind of play. I thought

819
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 2: Yokic did a really nice job of mixing that in

820
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 2: with him taking the easy reads that were available to

821
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,800
Speaker 2: keep the Clippers honest. This is the very first defensive possession. Okay,

822
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 2: so this is out of the time out. Look at

823
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 2: the ball pressure from Yokic and the ball pressure from Gordon.

824
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 2: We're up on the ball, we're pressuring, We're making them uncomfortable.

825
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: Gordon's up on him. This is this is how you

826
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 2: can at least make them a little bit more uncomfortable. Now,

827
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 2: Kawhi still breaks free, but we get a contest. It's

828
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 2: a miss. Just making them uncomfortable is going to make

829
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,760
Speaker 2: them more likely to miss and more likely to make mistakes.

830
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: I thought this action worked really well.

831
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,360
Speaker 2: There were a lot of opportunities that were there for

832
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 2: the Nuggets because of hardened guarding Gordon, offensive rebounds in

833
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,880
Speaker 2: crunch time, where Gordon was able to take advantage plays

834
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: like this with an inside seal. So notice Gordon's not

835
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,359
Speaker 2: screening Zoo with the intention of getting Yokic downhill because

836
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 2: he knows it's going to be a switch. So what

837
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 2: he's doing is he screens his bottom side and noticees

838
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 2: quickly getting inside position, so that Jokic when he comes off,

839
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,240
Speaker 2: just has to see Harden get on inside of Gordon.

840
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 2: As soon as Harden ends up on the inside of Gordon,

841
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 2: the lob is there. Watch there, boom, Yokic sees it.

842
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 2: Now it's inside position. Easy lobb to Gordon. I think

843
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 2: there's a lot of opportunity for the Nuggets to explore

844
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 2: that Jokic Gordon two man game to attack Harden. Here's

845
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 2: an example of one of the botched sequences that I

846
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 2: was talking about with the Clippers. I talked a lot

847
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 2: last night about how the Clippers would get these like

848
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 2: simple reading and react sequences and just not pay it off.

849
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:06,880
Speaker 1: Here's an example.

850
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 2: So we have a ball screen with Hardin and Zoo

851
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 2: two on the ball, Zoo's on the roll, both low

852
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 2: men react, Zoo actually makes the right read, but it

853
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 2: just gets fumbled.

854
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: And that's the thing.

855
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 2: But look at on the fumble, look at the effort

856
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 2: to get back after the two guys, Tag Brown and

857
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 2: Porter Junior both react and so that little fumble ends

858
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 2: up being enough for these guys to get back into

859
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: the play.

860
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: Same thing.

861
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 2: Zoo ends up catching on the next pass, but they

862
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 2: pressure him and he smokes the layup again. Like the

863
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 2: Clippers will botch some of this stuff if you rush them,

864
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 2: if you make them uncomfortable. But if you don't bring

865
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 2: that requisite level of defensive rotation and activity, they're gonna

866
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 2: pick you apart. Same sort of thing here. Look at

867
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 2: the ball pressure from Jokic at the level. This is

868
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 2: something that Jokicic has been terrible at the tail end

869
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,360
Speaker 2: of the season. But watch the ball pressure. Jokicic just

870
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,760
Speaker 2: attacks Powell and makes contact, which leads to a swing

871
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 2: pass Powell. Instead of trying to compromise the defense, Palell

872
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 2: just got rid of the ball. Why did you just

873
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 2: get rid of the ball because Jokic pressured him. Then

874
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,160
Speaker 2: Kawhi ends up making a mistake throwing into the passing

875
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 2: Liane to Christian Brown, Jokic just literally pressuring the ball

876
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,800
Speaker 2: caused the Clippers to pee down their leg Like That's

877
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 2: what I was trying to talk about last night. I

878
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 2: talk about how there's a bracket in ball screens. You

879
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 2: need to apply pressure from the front and from behind.

880
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,439
Speaker 2: This is a great example of that. Watch Christian Brown

881
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 2: is attached to Norman Powell. Jokic is at the level.

882
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 2: Active with his hands, forces a deflection. When these guys

883
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:36,760
Speaker 2: do this, they raise their defensive floor to being okay

884
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 2: on defense, which is enough for their great offense to

885
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 2: carry them over the top. These are the things they

886
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 2: weren't doing to finish the season. Second half, same sort

887
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 2: of thing. Look at the efforts and pick and roll defense,

888
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 2: pressure in the ball. Yokic is at the level. Yokic

889
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 2: at the level. Again, look at the activity we've pressured

890
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 2: the ball where they're on the catch, We're making the rotations.

891
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 2: Look at the effort that Jokic makes to get back

892
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,439
Speaker 2: into the play. All of a sudden it's gone. Look

893
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 2: at that Clippers botched it. This should be an easy dunk,

894
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,720
Speaker 2: right drop off. This should be such an easy sequence

895
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 2: like drop off done, should get a dunk here. The

896
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 2: Clippers will botch these sequences if you apply the appropriate pressure.

897
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,959
Speaker 2: See that, just again, they're open. The openings are there.

898
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,399
Speaker 2: Harden's able to turn the corner and pick and roll.

899
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 2: But just because the effort, Look, they get back to Jokic,

900
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 2: or they get back to Zubots and just pressure him

901
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 2: a little bit and get him to miss lay up.

902
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 2: You just have to bring that requisite level of defensive intensity.

903
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,400
Speaker 2: Another good pick and roll defense rep for the Nuggets.

904
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 2: Look ball pressure Yokich at the level to the Clippers credit,

905
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 2: they made a really nice play here, but you made

906
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,760
Speaker 2: it more difficult. Look at the tightness of the window

907
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 2: that Harden has to fit this pass through. He just

908
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 2: happens to. They tag the roller really nicely. Zoo just

909
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 2: makes an unbelievable shot. But notice out of all those sequences,

910
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 2: they scored on that one, but they didn't on the

911
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 2: others because you've made it difficult. And so on the

912
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 2: difficult shots. Zoo, who goes one for two instead of

913
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 2: you know, a higher percentage. That's how you can play

914
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 2: them into two worse outcomes Morgan. Pick and roll defense

915
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 2: from Denver here, Boom at the level. Yo Kich is

916
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 2: active with his hands. They're pressuring the ball. These openings

917
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 2: are there, but it's harder to get them. They end

918
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 2: up throwing to Zoo. He's already tagged. Zoo sees Powell

919
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 2: cutting along the baseline, but Murray does just enough to

920
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 2: distract him there, and it ends up the advantage is

921
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 2: completely gone now and they can play it into a tough,

922
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 2: contested corner three like that. That's really good defense. Yo,

923
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 2: kitchen pick and roll gets a steal with activity with

924
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 2: his hands, ball screen active hands steal like It's like

925
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 2: night and day watching Denver's defense down the stretch of

926
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 2: this game. Compared to what it looked like in the

927
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 2: last few months of the season, this bench group for

928
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 2: the Clippers really struggled to create space for Kawhi Leonard.

929
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 2: They were just basically double teaming him and not worrying

930
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 2: about Ben Simmons, and Kawhi just wasn't handling it very well.

931
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 2: Kaui ended up having I think seven turnovers in this game.

932
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 2: Not a great Quhi playmaking game. Like we talked about

933
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 2: before the series, same sort of thing here. As you

934
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 2: can see, we're gonna get to Kawhi Iso against Peyton Watson.

935
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 2: Notice how they're just shading into the driving lanes right,

936
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 2: And because they're shading into the driving lanes, Kawhi doesn't

937
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 2: have the space to really drive, and so he has

938
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,359
Speaker 2: to settle for this contested mid range jump shot that

939
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 2: doesn't go in. It's just tough with Derek Jones and

940
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 2: Ben Simmons out there. They just don't have the shooting

941
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 2: necessary to really create space for Kawhi.

942
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:37,200
Speaker 1: In that lineup. Zubots defended Jokic really well in the post.

943
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 2: We talked a lot about that in the series preview,

944
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 2: about how that was going to be something that the

945
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 2: the Nuggets might not go to very much. And Jokic

946
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 2: actually did try to post up Zoo quite a few

947
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 2: times to not much effect. But in crunch time he

948
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:51,839
Speaker 2: got a good one here. And notice he just methodically

949
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 2: slowly dislodged Zoo and got to a really high quality look.

950
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 2: So he can score against Zoo. He just needs to

951
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 2: be more methodical with it. Settle for that jump shot.

952
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 2: This is where Christian Brown could do damage to James Harden.

953
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,319
Speaker 2: Notice James Harden is guarding Brown, but he's just not

954
00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 2: paying attention. Just a simple backside cut there. Harden's not

955
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 2: doing anything easy lay up for Brown. Here's another great example.

956
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 2: Pick and roll bracket coverage. Right, so we're over the top,

957
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 2: but look at how everyone's attached. Christian Brown was attached

958
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,760
Speaker 2: over the top, which forced Harden to rush his drive.

959
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 2: Jokic meets him at the level Harden ends up fumbling

960
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 2: it out of bounds. Just do enough defensively and the

961
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 2: Clippers will pee down their leg. They're not a great

962
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 2: playmaking team. Here's another example of Kawhi not really handling

963
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 2: the double team. Well, go to Christian Brown, double comes,

964
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 2: the flash is open.

965
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: I'll show you guys.

966
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 2: So here comes the double from Gordon, dribbles away from

967
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 2: the double flashes open right now. All Kawhi has to

968
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 2: do is be aware that that's his read in rifle

969
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 2: a bounce pass right there, and he's created a three

970
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 2: on two where Jamal Murray's gonna have to either take

971
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 2: away a dunk from Zoo or corner three from Batoomb.

972
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 2: But instead Kawhi just does and see the flash and

973
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 2: ends up throwing a swing pass to the corner to

974
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 2: someone who's not open, and but Tom has to try

975
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 2: to basically rescue them with a bailout shot that he misses.

976
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 2: I thought this was just a really impressive physical battle

977
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 2: that Russell Westbrook won against Kawhi.

978
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: Leonard in the.

979
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 2: Down on the block, so he gets inside position on Kawhi,

980
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 2: shot goes up. Watch him just win the battle. Look

981
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 2: at him shove Kawi down. He just shoves Kawhi right

982
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 2: in the middle of his back and then gets offensive

983
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:26,720
Speaker 2: rebound in the put back. He just won the physical

984
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 2: battle there. Not an easy guy to win that battle

985
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 2: against either. Here's another example of the Clippers peeing down

986
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 2: their leg in a short roll sequence. So we get

987
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 2: two on the ball hard and makes a nice speed

988
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 2: The tag is there, but Toom is open. All but

989
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 2: Tom has to do here is take a reverse layup.

990
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,320
Speaker 2: Take a reverse layup here and it's an easy bucket,

991
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 2: but instead he drops it off to Derek Jones and

992
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 2: throws a little bit of a funky pass. Notice the

993
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 2: pass is just a little off target, like down into

994
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 2: Derek Jones's left I talked about this so much on

995
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 2: the show last night, like so many of these sequences

996
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,320
Speaker 2: were just slightly botched by the Clippers because they're just

997
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 2: a little slight in their connective playmaking. Derek Jones ends

998
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 2: up missing that little hook shot. But again to Denver's credit,

999
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 2: I want to show that one more time. Watch Denver's

1000
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 2: defense on the possession. Watch just the level of rotation

1001
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,720
Speaker 2: and how it plays them into that mistake. So, for instance,

1002
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 2: like Russ throws a good hard tag, Gordon does rotate

1003
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 2: that rotation from Gordon and Murray causes Nick Patom to

1004
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 2: panic and make a mistake. You got to play them

1005
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 2: into their mistakes. I thought Russell Westbrook just did a

1006
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 2: really nice job of his off ball spacing in the

1007
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 2: Jokic groups down the stretch. So we have Yokic here

1008
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 2: attacking with a pump fake on Zoo and watch a

1009
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 2: couple things I want you to look at here. This

1010
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 2: is an example of the inverted spacing that you get

1011
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 2: with the Nuggets. So first of all, with the inverted spacing,

1012
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 2: we have Zoo out on the perimeter guarding Yoki, so

1013
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 2: there's no rim protection, right, but Zoo pump fakes or

1014
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 2: Yoki pump fake. Zoo goes for it. Chris Dunn ends

1015
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 2: up strong side zoning to help. Now Russell Westbrook just

1016
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,320
Speaker 2: flashes right to the middle of the floor where he

1017
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 2: can make himself available and goes right up and gets

1018
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 2: a layup. Really nice work there from Russ And then

1019
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 2: once again no rim protection because of the inverted spacing

1020
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:10,360
Speaker 2: from Jokic. They blitz Murray here, which actually works really well,

1021
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 2: forces it to a Russell Westbrook shot. But the here's

1022
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 2: that rebounding mismatch. Here's Aaron Gordon against James Harden, he

1023
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 2: gets an easy offensive rebound. They get a bunch of

1024
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 2: offensive rebounds on this possession. A lot of success there

1025
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 2: down the stretch, same thing Murray misses, but all the

1026
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 2: athletes are in there. James Harden's not battling, and when

1027
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 2: Christian Brown gets a piece of it, who's the guy

1028
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,280
Speaker 2: that goes and gets the ball? Aaron Gordon. The Clippers

1029
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 2: were doing a lot of defending the Jokic Murray two

1030
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,320
Speaker 2: man game with three players down the stretch. Here was

1031
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,879
Speaker 2: another example of that two man game. Two on the ball,

1032
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,480
Speaker 2: but they're flashing with Dunn that ends up leading to

1033
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 2: the weak side Skipp being open and too. Yokic's credit,

1034
00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 2: Jokic trusted him. Look at this twenty seven seconds left

1035
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,959
Speaker 2: in the game. You're down by one, and Jokic goes,

1036
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 2: Russ has got this, and Russ knocks down the big shot.

1037
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 2: This is another example of Kawhi doing a poor job

1038
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 2: managing a double team. So Kawhi goes here, the double

1039
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 2: team's there. What do you guys see as the opening?

1040
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 2: As Kristun is cutting through Norman Powell is the opening

1041
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 2: because Zoo is engaged with Christian Brown. All Kawhi has

1042
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 2: to do is just throw the over the top pass

1043
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,319
Speaker 2: to Powell, but instead he doesn't actually see the read

1044
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,720
Speaker 2: until right now. At that point, the rotation is already

1045
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 2: there and it's shut off. Like I would just keep

1046
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,359
Speaker 2: doubling Kawai. I just don't think he's particularly good at it,

1047
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 2: at handling the doubles. This was really cool, like a

1048
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 2: two man game in transition. This is just the chemistry

1049
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 2: of Yokich and Murray. Notice Jokic runs and then he

1050
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 2: just sets this brush screen for Murray which creates a

1051
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 2: drop coverage look right at the rim and transition. I

1052
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 2: thought this was interesting once again, the setting up the

1053
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,720
Speaker 2: two man game. They're just straight up, outright double teaming

1054
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 2: Yokich and Murray out at half court, which leads to

1055
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 2: this classic little two on one sequence here, and Russ

1056
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 2: makes a really nice pass to Aaron Gordon who finishes.

1057
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 2: All right, two more and then we're done. Yokic making

1058
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:52,760
Speaker 2: an effort to recover to the role man. So Yokic

1059
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 2: is at the level Zoo gets behind him. Look at

1060
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,080
Speaker 2: the effort from Jokic again, Like, guys, I know Jokic

1061
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 2: is capable of being a good defender, and he just

1062
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 2: wasn't taking that responsibility seriously to start the game or

1063
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,360
Speaker 2: the second half of the season. And then lastly we

1064
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:10,799
Speaker 2: had our dagger from Christian Brown. More backside help here.

1065
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:15,919
Speaker 2: Notice as so if y'oll kitchen the post against Zoo

1066
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,439
Speaker 2: Chris Dunn, we have Powell basically strong side zoning Chris

1067
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 2: Dunn basically digging down unto us Jokics trust Christian Brown

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Speaker 2: who rises up.

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Speaker 1: And knocks down the jump shot.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's not hard to see on tape just

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Speaker 2: how much better the Nuggets are really executing in the

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Speaker 2: half court as long as they can defend. So that's

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Speaker 2: really going to be the key for Denver throughout the

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Speaker 2: series is if they can bring the requisite defensive intensity

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Speaker 2: for the first three quarters to keep these games close.

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Speaker 2: If they can keep these games close and they can

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Speaker 2: get down to the final you know, three five minutes

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Speaker 2: and the game is within three five points, I really

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Speaker 2: like the Nuggets chances to win this series if they

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Speaker 2: can keep things close. As you can see, the Clippers

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Speaker 2: just don't quite have that connective playmaking to consistently break

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Speaker 2: down their defense the way that some of the other

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Speaker 2: higher level offenses around the league can. All right, guys,

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Speaker 2: that's a long film session, eighty six clips later. I

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Speaker 2: hope you guys got a little bit more information about

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Speaker 2: how those matchups look after game one. A little bit

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Speaker 2: of news for tonight, we are going with Colin Cowherd

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Speaker 2: after the Warriors game instead of doing the normal Hoops

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Speaker 2: Tonight show, so just adds up. Make sure you go

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Speaker 2: over to Colin Cowherd's podcast feed to see our reaction

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Speaker 2: to tonight's games. I will see you guys, then what's

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Speaker 2: up guys? As always, I appreciate you for listening to

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Speaker 2: and supporting Hoops tonight. They would actually be really helpful

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Speaker 2: for us if you guys would take a second.

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Speaker 1: And leave a rating and a review. As always, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you guys.

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Speaker 2: Supporting us, but if you could take a minute to

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Speaker 2: do that, I'd really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: The volume