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Speaker 1: things where it's like, let Cam step in for like,

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Speaker 1: got out of their droz and hits that big shot,

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Speaker 1: plus the falas of Bonus gets a huge offensive rebound,

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Speaker 1: another play where he kind of was engaged with Bam

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Speaker 1: and just hit it with a little swim move, get

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Speaker 1: a little bit of separation, got that ball, just hit

437
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Speaker 1: that little pop shot and stole a game in Miami

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Speaker 1: against the heat. The Kings are starting to play a

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Speaker 1: little bit better. We'll be interested to see if they

440
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Speaker 1: can get some momentum here. Number eight, Steph Curry still

441
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Speaker 1: really good at basketball. I've got a fun stretch for you,

442
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Speaker 1: got Warriors fans in the in the film session where

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Speaker 1: a late third quarter stretch where Steph just started spamming

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Speaker 1: split action and other screening actions with Looney while he

445
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Speaker 1: was being guarded by Jordan Poole, and he generated points

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Speaker 1: on five out of six possessions by just making the

447
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Speaker 1: right read every single time. I'm gonna show you guys

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Speaker 1: in the film session the way that he does it.

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Speaker 1: But like, the Warriors team has got such a high floor.

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Speaker 1: They're so good on defense, they're flying around, they've got

451
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Speaker 1: so much speed, they're so good in training, and now

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Speaker 1: you're adding Steph Curry to the equation as a guy

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Speaker 1: that can really methodically run half court offense. Really really

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Speaker 1: excited to see how the Warriors perform against their next

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Speaker 1: four opponents, which are all pretty tough. I think it's Celtics,

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Speaker 1: I think the Calves are in there. I want to

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Speaker 1: say it's the Knicks two, and then it's the MAVs.

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Speaker 1: So they got four really really tough games coming up.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to learn a lot about the Golden State Warriors.

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Speaker 1: Number nine, Jason Tatum's pull up jumper is on fire.

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Speaker 1: You've got a crazy hot streak against the Atlanta Hawks

462
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Speaker 1: last night, just picking them apart with step back threes

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Speaker 1: and good playmaking and attacking in the post port Dyson

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Speaker 1: Daniels is too small for him. Really big game from

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Speaker 1: him last night. But last year, Jason Tatum was getting

466
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Speaker 1: zero point nine to six points per pull up jump

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Speaker 1: shot off the dribble. This year, he's up to one

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Speaker 1: point zero eight, a really positive trend for the Boston Celtics.

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Speaker 1: And then finally number ten, Jalen Green's shooting makes him

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Speaker 1: into a very interesting prospect once again. Last night hit

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Speaker 1: a really nice movement three coming up to the top

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Speaker 1: of the key out of action in the half court.

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Speaker 1: That movement three piece is going to be really exciting

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Speaker 1: for him because he's such a good athlete that if

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Speaker 1: he can get really consistent with that shot, he's going

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Speaker 1: to become very difficult to guard. Remember that's something that

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Speaker 1: Tyres Maxie added to his game, where it's like, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna start in the right corner and just sprint up

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Speaker 1: off of a double screen catch at the top of

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Speaker 1: the key and just rise and fire. I don't have

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Speaker 1: to deal with ball pressure, I don't have to deal

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Speaker 1: with as much physicality. I can just run up and

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Speaker 1: get to basketball and shoot. And he's a good enough

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Speaker 1: athlete and he's vertical enough that he has such a

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Speaker 1: high release point that it's a really difficult shot to guard.

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Speaker 1: And then just like you get it did against the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks after they cut the game down to three,

488
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Speaker 1: hits a massive pull up three on the right wing.

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Speaker 1: That ice is the game, puts the Knicks away. Big

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Speaker 1: win for the Uston Rockets last night. A lot of

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Speaker 1: teams in my power rankings lost last night, but the

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Speaker 1: Uston Rockets did avail themselves well as they got a

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Speaker 1: big win over a good team in the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, let's get into our film session. All right,

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Speaker 1: So our first clip, this is the Russell Westbrook defense clip.

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Speaker 1: So once again, I want you guys to watch as

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Speaker 1: Russ comes up on RJ. Bhar Watch how quickly he

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Speaker 1: starts attacking the pocket to try to make RJ feel

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Speaker 1: uncomfortable and disrupt his rhythm. You're gonna see it almost immediately.

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Speaker 1: So in mound clear space, watch Russ. It's reach one, boom,

501
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: poke at it, poke at it again. Let's poke at

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Speaker 1: it again. Here it comes boom. Just try to make

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Speaker 1: him feel uncomfortable, messing up with his footwork. Then here

504
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Speaker 1: comes the bump, right hard drive. Watch him beat the

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Speaker 1: beat him to the spot and bump him. Now he's

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Speaker 1: off rhythm once again. So all he's done to this

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Speaker 1: point is focus on attacking RJ.

508
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Speaker 2: Barrett's rhythm.

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Speaker 1: In his bass again, he actually gets a really nice

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Speaker 1: contest here too, like this is a great contest on

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Speaker 1: the shot, excellent contest, but he had a lot of

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Speaker 1: opportunity early in the possession to disrupt the rhythm. Now

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Speaker 1: I want you to not pay attention to Russ at

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Speaker 1: all for a second. Just watch RJ. Barrett and watch

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Speaker 1: his feet and watch how out of sorts he is

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Speaker 1: this whole possession. By the way, great job from Marj Barrett.

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Speaker 1: Still getting a decent look against against really really tough defense.

518
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Speaker 1: But watch how like kind of disheveled this play looks

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Speaker 1: because of Russ attacking early, like, it just looks like

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00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: he's a little bit unorthodox. So shout out to him

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Speaker 1: for almost getting that thing to go in. But I

522
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Speaker 1: thought that was incredible defense from Russell Westbrook. All right,

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Speaker 1: moving on to the Lakers Pistons game, there's an example

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Speaker 1: of the Pistons with their size. So again, they have

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Stewart, who they could put on Jackson Hayes in

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Speaker 1: this lineup, right, But they have Tobias Harris that they

527
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Speaker 1: can put on Lebron and they have Kad Cunningham on

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Speaker 1: Austin Reeves. And because Kate Cunningham is big. They can

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Speaker 1: When the Lakers go to this Lebron Austin two man game,

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Speaker 1: it's just switch, right. So because of the switch, there's

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Speaker 1: no driving lane. That's the whole point. It's all about

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Speaker 1: baked in driving lanes.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: So if Kate's chasing and Tobias steps up, Lebron's gonna

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Speaker 1: roll and he's gonna be wide open. But Kate's not chasing,

536
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Speaker 1: he's switching, and Tobias is just containing. Now they're going

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Speaker 1: to turn back and go to the post. And Kate

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Speaker 1: just did a really nice job all night just forcing

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Speaker 1: Lebron into these right shoulder fades. Another one too, Like

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Speaker 1: you guys saw the play that got overturned. Isaiah Stewart

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Speaker 1: all night long on Lebron post ups, whether it was

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Speaker 1: Jackson Hayes or Anthony Davis, did such a nice job

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Speaker 1: putting himself in position where it's like, hey, if you

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Speaker 1: come this way, I'm going to be there waiting for you.

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Speaker 2: At the rim. He looked like you.

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Speaker 1: Pissed Lebron off in that late third quarter stretch and

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Speaker 1: I was like, this could get ugly. But again, a

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Speaker 1: shout out to the Pistons. They talked a lot of

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Speaker 1: shit last night, and they backed it up. Here's an

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Speaker 1: example of just like when the Lakers get into space

551
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,359
Speaker 1: that can look slow sometimes, this time Jade and Ivy

552
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,480
Speaker 1: just absolutely toast Lebron James off the dribble. So double

553
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Speaker 1: team of Kate in the post. Kate just did a

554
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Speaker 1: wonderful job attacking matchups all night. But the big problem

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Speaker 1: here is Lebron straight up one on one against Ivy,

556
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Speaker 1: and Ivy just goes right by him.

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Speaker 2: To the rim.

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Speaker 1: Here's Kate hunting Austin Reeves, so Ruey starts the possession

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Speaker 1: on him, and he did some work against rue too,

560
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Speaker 1: but it's here comes the screen to get Austin on

561
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Speaker 1: the switch, just goes hard dribbled move to the right,

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Speaker 1: absorbs the contact and just turns the corner on him

563
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Speaker 1: and makes that little easy floater in the lane. This

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Speaker 1: time the Lakers actually, we're able to get a favorable

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Speaker 1: matchup in a switch. And this is where you got

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Speaker 1: to be a little bit more diligent, right, So I

567
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Speaker 1: like how they're using Lebron out of the post to

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Speaker 1: get a switch. So here's the post on this particular possession.

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Speaker 1: They don't have as many of their big bodies out there, right,

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Speaker 1: they just have Kate and they have Stu. So with

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Speaker 1: Kate and Stu, they're going to switch any Lebron AD action.

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Speaker 1: So they want to get Austin into the action so

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Speaker 1: they can force a switch on the handoff. He gets

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Speaker 1: the switch and gets inside positioned on Ivy. Then they're

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Speaker 1: able to kind of throw it to him on that

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Speaker 1: seal and he gets an easy layout. But once again,

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Speaker 1: look at Stewart again, this is a tough bank shot

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Speaker 1: because Stu does a great job coming over and contesting

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Speaker 1: Lebron off of Ad. There's another one of those possessions

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Speaker 1: where Austin just like really struggled at the point of attack.

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Speaker 1: Watch him just die on the screen. There's just nothing there,

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Speaker 1: just no effort on the ball, and he just kind

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Speaker 1: of gives up the hard drive that forces Lebron to

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00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: hard help, which forces Ruy to rotate, draw the foul

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00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: on the.

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00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 2: Ron.

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00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,400
Speaker 1: Holland draws the foul driving at Ad at the basket.

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00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: But like again, like as we go back here, just

589
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,159
Speaker 1: Austin's clearly gassed. Like this big possession, fourth quarter possession,

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00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,439
Speaker 1: He's clearly gassed. He clearly doesn't trust his foot to

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00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 1: move like. I think he needs to take a couple

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Speaker 1: of days off. Here's another play where Jade and Ivy's

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00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,360
Speaker 1: just going right at Austin Reeves doing the same thing

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Speaker 1: that Austin does to people sometimes, where he just kind

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00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 1: of drives in there and gets that contact. When the

596
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: Lakers ran action the other play I don't have in here,

597
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 1: but right after this they ran a horn set again

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Speaker 1: in a ball screen and got the game down to five.

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Speaker 1: This is when the Lakers cut into one oh three

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Speaker 1: ninety eight. But when they ran action against the switching,

601
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Speaker 1: they were having more success, and I'm a little disappointed

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00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: that they didn't stick with this more often down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: But here's an example off of action, We're gonna get

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Speaker 1: ad comes and sets the screen on Tobias inside position,

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Speaker 1: easy over the top pass finish. When they were more

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Speaker 1: diligent about it, they were better again. They ran a

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Speaker 1: ball screen on the very next possession. It was like

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Speaker 1: a double drag, I think, if I remember correctly, out

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Speaker 1: of horns, and they ended up getting a dunk for

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00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. But it was just too much dribbling the

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Speaker 1: ball off the floor, trying to attack against the switch

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Speaker 1: and just not getting good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Out of it.

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Speaker 1: Here's that ridiculous left shoulder fade that Kate Cunningham hit

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00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: over Ruey Hotcha Mura. This is again not even with

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Speaker 1: the size advantage. He's given up weight here, but look

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Speaker 1: at how he bumps Ruey and Ruey's always struggled to

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Speaker 1: hold his ground, but Ruey kind of gives up that

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Speaker 1: angle on that bump there, and really really nice little

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Speaker 1: fade away jump shot from Kid. And then this was

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Speaker 1: inevitably going to start happening. So as the Lakers were

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Speaker 1: getting cooked on these ISOs, it was inevitable that they

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Speaker 1: were going to have to start shading towards the ball

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Speaker 1: more so this time. I believe Kid goes at Austin

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Speaker 1: on this one. Let's see, he's clearing the side so

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Speaker 1: that he can get his ISO. Gets his ISO. Now

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Speaker 1: we're digging down, right, So Kid's been causing problems for Austin.

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00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: We're digging down now. The inevitable counter to that is

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Speaker 1: what if you just get beat by a swing pass

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00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: in a three point shot? And that's what Jade n

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Speaker 1: Ivy does. Big time shot from j and n Ivy.

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Speaker 1: It was awesome all night, all right. Moving on to

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Speaker 1: Pacers MAVs, and this was a nice little split cut

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00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 1: action from the from the Pacers that again playing a

635
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: lot through passcal in the post split cut, two worst

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Speaker 1: defenders on the floor for the MAVs involved in the play.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have Obie Toppin is gonna fake like he's

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Speaker 1: setting a flare screen on Luca. So as you watch

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Speaker 1: as he comes over to set that flare screen on Luca,

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00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: Ben Shepherd's kind of breaking, so he's gonna talk switch right,

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00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: So Luca's gonna be like, hey, Clay, you switch out,

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Speaker 1: I'll take top. And as he comes over, but Toppin's like, wait, wait, wait,

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Speaker 1: Luca's gonna guard me, but he's standing way the hell

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Speaker 1: out here, so he goes, fine, I'm just gonna cut.

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Speaker 1: Luca's not paying attention. Nice pass from Siakam gets a bucket.

646
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 1: Really nice split action there from the Pacers. A little

647
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: bit of Luca hunting that we saw in this game.

648
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: In this case, Ben Matherin going at Luca in space again,

649
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: just he's got his match up clear the side. They

650
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: clear the wing so that there's more space. They interchange,

651
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 1: gets beat off the dribble, It gets the end one.

652
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: Lucas looked pretty slow here in the early part of

653
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: the season. You can tell what that calf injury just

654
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: kind of disrupted his conditioning to.

655
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 2: Start the year.

656
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: Here's another example of that inside seal that we talk about.

657
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: So Dinwoody tries to screen to Haliburton hedges and recovers.

658
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 1: So then they go to set it again, but this

659
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,480
Speaker 1: time they know the hedge is coming. So right when

660
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: Halliburton goes to hedge out Dinwitty, look at the angle

661
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: of the screen. He's not screening to get Kyrie at drive.

662
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: He's screening to get inside position. Watch him bump him bump, Yeah,

663
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: look at where he's setting the screen. That's all in

664
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: order to trigger that hedge and get his little opportunity

665
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: to roll downhill. Tyree scambles and misses it. Dinwoody makes

666
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 1: a nice little floater in the lane. Easy basketball. Here's

667
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 1: a made basket by Dinwitty. Watch how Dinwoody falls over

668
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: look it out quickly. Indiana capitalizes on it. Run up

669
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: the floor's five on four. Where's our advantage? Oh Nemhard's

670
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: wide open on the right corner. Close out hard jab step,

671
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: easy drive and taking advantage of the five on four

672
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: in transition because of didn't Woody falling over another transition push.

673
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: Look at the floor balance here, guys. So I've got

674
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: one player above the break. I think it's PJ Washington.

675
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 1: I've got Luca that's below the break, Klay Thompson below

676
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: the break, Kyrie Irving below the break, and Daniel Gafford

677
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: below the break. So bad floor balance and then jogging

678
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: on the side, quick run up the floor, easy layup

679
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: a really bad transition defense, and Indiana definitely put their

680
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: footspeed on display in that game. This was a really

681
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: nice offensive rebound for Miles Turner, just poking it out

682
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: on Luca that causes the offensive rebound, and then Tyre

683
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: Saliburton finds himself wide open in the middle of the

684
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 1: lane hits the shot that ends up being your dagger.

685
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: Miles Turner had a really nice game in this one.

686
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: I wanted to just kind of show an example of

687
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: some Miles Turner at thirty did a bunch of damage

688
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: in the post when Dallas went to centerless looks, and

689
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: then he also did some damage in pick and pop situations.

690
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: I just wanted to kind of show you an example

691
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: of beating ice coverage without having to set a screen.

692
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: So again, so this is setting up to be a

693
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: ball screen, right, So clear sideballscreen. Haliburton's gonna come off

694
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: of Miles Turner. Right, But watch if you look at

695
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: the most NBA teams are going to ice side ball screens,

696
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: ICE meaning try to reject the use, force the ball

697
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: handler to reject the screen and force them towards the sideline.

698
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: So Clay is going to jump way onto the high side.

699
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 1: Here he jumps onto the high side to force Tyrese

700
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: Haliburton to go. Gafferd's there to kind of corral You're

701
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: trying to force Tyres into some sort of like tougher

702
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: kind of like contested mid range shot in this area

703
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: around the short corner. But notice Turner doesn't even bother

704
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: setting a screen. There's no reason for him to set

705
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,479
Speaker 1: the screen because it's an ICE. If he sets the screen,

706
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: Aliburn's just gonna have to reject it anyway. So instead

707
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: Turner stops and pops because he knows Gafford is the

708
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: other half of the ice coverage. The ice coverage is

709
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: to corral Halliburton in this area of the floor. But

710
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 1: in order to crawl Haliburton, they have to use the

711
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: big and a drop. The best counter for a drop

712
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,719
Speaker 1: is a pop. We're popping to Turner here. Tyrese does

713
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: a nice job dragging it further down. The further you

714
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: drag it down, the longer the rotation gets a straight up,

715
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: wide open look for Miles Turner. I also like it

716
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: when teams use the pick and pop just to get

717
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: the defense in rotation. Here's an example of that from

718
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: the Knicks game. So normally this would be Karl Anthony Towns,

719
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: but they're actually guarding Josh Hart with the center, which

720
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: is something that we saw Boston do on Opening Night,

721
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: and like I said, it's copycat league, you're gonna see

722
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 1: lots of teams continue to do that. They do that

723
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 1: because Carl Towns is the more dangerous above the break shooter,

724
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: and so you put a wing on him so that

725
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: they go Brunts and Towns ball screens they can just

726
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: switch them. But if you run a if you put

727
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: your center on Josh Hart, he essentially becomes the guy

728
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: that has to pick an popped and he's not as

729
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: good of a shooter.

730
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 2: Right.

731
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: But what I like about this is that you do

732
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: it anyway as an opportunity to just get the defense

733
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 1: in rotation, so as you can see, it's going to

734
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,279
Speaker 1: look just like a typical ball screen. Right, Brunson tries

735
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: to turn the corner. Shangun is dropping. Josh Hart pops right,

736
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,720
Speaker 1: Josh Hart pops. Here's our closeout opportunity. Right, just shows

737
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: the ball that forces the close out beats him off

738
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: the dribble. Now, boom right here got a four five

739
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: on three. Right, they're five on four. Right in the

740
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: five on four, Brunson relocates over to the wing. Swing

741
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,439
Speaker 1: out that forces Jalen Greene to rotate wide open shot

742
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: for Michale Bridges in the right corner, knocks it down.

743
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 1: Beautiful basketball. Again, just trusting to get the defense in

744
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 1: rotation off of the pick and pop by getting a

745
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: close out. Watch it full speed one more time. Close

746
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: out beats it swing swing wide open three. Here's a

747
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: really nice example of the Rockets playing defense to get

748
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 1: in transition once again. Notice they trust Amn Thompson here,

749
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,879
Speaker 1: so no one's overhelping. They're not allowing for easy kickout opportunities.

750
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: They trust. Thompson does a nice job beating Brunts into

751
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,760
Speaker 1: the spot, forcing him into a tough fadeaway jump shot

752
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: gets a great contest. Now watch Houston's speed in transition.

753
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: Everyone's home off the ball. There was no kickout opportunity.

754
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: That also makes it easier for you to rebound right,

755
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: get the offensive defensive rebound. A couple of knicks are slow,

756
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 1: we got an opportunity to run the floor. Here Jalen

757
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: Green pushes out with pace. Notice how Jalen Green beats

758
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: both of these two with just straight line speed. Now

759
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: you're dead to rights. Now I've got a two on one.

760
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: The two on one, Carl Towns has to step up

761
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: to stop Jalen Green. It's that Tarry Easton ends up

762
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: getting the reverse layup. Nice defense to transition sequence there

763
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:50,839
Speaker 1: from the rockets. This was unbelievable. Watch this, uh watch

764
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: this short roll slip from a men Thompson. This was

765
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: one of my favorite players from last night. So once

766
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: again we're trying to attack Brunson. Right, Brunson's going to

767
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: hedge like small guards do in this situation. When he

768
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: goes to throw his hedge, though, here comes the hedge boom.

769
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: As he throws the hedge, Thompson slips. Thompson on the slip,

770
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,719
Speaker 1: watch him on the catch, throw a pass faked Van

771
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 1: Fleet in the corner. Watch McHale bridges completely bite on

772
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: the pass fake. Then he just goes right into his

773
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 1: hop step dunk. Unbelievable play on the short role from

774
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 1: a men Thompson. And again, remember coming out of coming

775
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: out of coming into the NBA draft. The number one

776
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: kind of like offensive skill that everyone was excited about

777
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: with them men Thompson was his playmaking ability in his

778
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: feel for the game. All right, this was the Jalen

779
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: ground dagger three. Just a ridiculous shot kind of he

780
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: hit the one against Dallas over on this side of

781
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: the floor, but he gets a double team on another

782
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,479
Speaker 1: screening action to try to attack Brunson, and it doesn't

783
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: matter about the double team. He just rises over the

784
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 1: top and hits the shot. Really nice piece of shot

785
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: making from Jalen Green. Who's done that two games now?

786
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on to King's heat. In this one,

787
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: we've got Demarta Rosen creating his own shot against Bam

788
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 1: and a Bio in a switch again hedge and recover

789
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: with Harrow. How much of a luxury is it that

790
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: he can end up in a switch against some of

791
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: the best defensive players in the league. And still create

792
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: his own bucket. I thought this was a beautiful postfeed

793
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: against We got to switch here, right, So Rosier is

794
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 1: guarding de Rosen, Bam is on Sabonis. DeRozan rejects the

795
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 1: screen and forces the switch. So now Bam is on Derozen.

796
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,800
Speaker 1: Now Rosier is on Sabonis. So Sabonis runs down to

797
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: the block. Rosier does what the Miami Heat always do

798
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: with post mismatches. They always front the post. Keegan Murray

799
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 1: here is in the corner though, which makes it really

800
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 1: tough for Jimmy to bracket it. Miami typically wants to

801
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: bracket their post front, meaning they want to post, but

802
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: they want somebody in this area. So if you throw

803
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: the over the top pass, that can get in there

804
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: and disrupt it. In this case, Demarta Rosen perfect over

805
00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 1: the top feed to Saboni's easy bucket. This is all

806
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 1: the interesting sequence where the Heat, on back to back

807
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: possessions spammed their double drag action but tweaked it on

808
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 1: the second time and made it harder on themselves. So

809
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: here's the double drag run with two occupied corners. Okay,

810
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 1: the two occupied corners create a much larger gap for

811
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: Tyler Harrow to operate with over here to try to

812
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 1: turn the corner, which obviously allows Malik Monk to help.

813
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: But then you have a kickout pass over here in

814
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: the left corner. So watch on this play. As Harrow

815
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: comes this way, there's so much space over here that

816
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,720
Speaker 1: he's able to drag Sabonis's hedge and turn the corner.

817
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: When he drags the Bonus's hedge and turns the corner,

818
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: that allows Bam at a bio to get behind Sabonis.

819
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: When Bam gets behind Sabonis, and remember that's the action

820
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:49,439
Speaker 1: of the double drag, Jimmy's gonna pop, BAM's gonna roll, right,

821
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: So Jimmy pops, Bam rolls, but Bam gets behind the

822
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 1: entirety of the three man defense of the action that

823
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: forces Malik Monk to step up and tag. Then Tyler

824
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 1: t he earns the corner, makes a beautiful kickout pass

825
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: to Rogier, who hits the three. But here's the weird part.

826
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: They go down the other end. This is the next

827
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,320
Speaker 1: possession for the Kings. DeRozan ends up catching Tyler Harrow's

828
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: hand in the cookie jar. Notice right there, as soon

829
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,280
Speaker 1: as DeRozan feels that contact, right there, he knows he's shooting.

830
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,879
Speaker 1: DeRozan knows right there as a read, got my hand

831
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: in the let. This is that high hesitation, right left hand.

832
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: High hesitation is a bridge move. He can go to

833
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 1: anything from there. He can shoot from there, he can

834
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,760
Speaker 1: drive left. From there, he can cross over, go between

835
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: the legs behind the back. From there, he can do

836
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: everything he can do a step back from there, and

837
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 1: in an out dribble, he can do everything from the

838
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 1: high hesitation. That's his decision making dribble. Every really good

839
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: ball handler makes their decisions out of high hesitation because

840
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: it bridges to whatever they need to do from there.

841
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: Right sitting in his high hesitation, Tyler Harrow's left arm

842
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: is in on Demarta Rosen's right hand. So now Demarta

843
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: Rosen knows right away I'm gathering into the three catches.

844
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: His hand in there, hits it. Now it's a four

845
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,720
Speaker 1: point play. Now it's one eight, one oh seven. So again,

846
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: now Miami just ran an action and scored out of

847
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: a double drag. Right, so let's do the exact same thing, right,

848
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,720
Speaker 1: don't fix what isn't broke. For whatever reason, they decide

849
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: to load up the side that they're driving to and

850
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: keep this left corner wide open. So now as Tyler

851
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: Harrow comes off of this off the double drag, look

852
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: at how much more congestion there is in this area. Now,

853
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: Like there's just no area for Tyler Harrow to turn

854
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: the corner. So Bonus also doesn't hedge quite as hard.

855
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 1: But even then, Tyler's probably gonna look to drive this

856
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 1: more if it's not so congested in here, and instead

857
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: he ends up having to snake the ball screen and

858
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 1: take a really tough fifteen foot fade away. The only

859
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 1: now here's what I'm thinking. I'm thinking the idea is

860
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 1: part of it is like, okay, maybe we're gonna set

861
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,760
Speaker 1: a pin in flare, right, so like uh, Pella Larson

862
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,959
Speaker 1: shout out there as a wildcat, sets a nice little

863
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 1: pinin flair to try to generate Rogier a decent look.

864
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: But I still think they get a contest there. The

865
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: only real defense for this, I think is if you're

866
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: trying to clear the side. If Harro wants to kick

867
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: back for a Butler iso, so like then it's like, okay,

868
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 1: if it doesn't work here, you work it back over

869
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 1: to this side, and Butler has a cleared side My

870
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: thing is like it just worked with occupied corners, so

871
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: why not run it again and see if you can't

872
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 1: get the exact same look, You know what I mean?

873
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 1: That was just a little bit confusing. But again I'm

874
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: being kind of nitpicky there.

875
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 2: Interestingly enough, if he.

876
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: Were leaving Tyler Harrow on an island against the rosen

877
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: on this possesion, which I thought was strange again with

878
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: especially with Jimmy Butler on Kegan Murray. But one of

879
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: the things I talk about all the time with really

880
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 1: good pull up shooters is don't worry so much about

881
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: trying to contest the shot, focus on attacking down low right.

882
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 1: We talked about that with Russell Westbrook. Watch Tyler Harrow

883
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 1: wait for DeRozan to expose the ball and swipe it.

884
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 2: Again.

885
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: He's not even looking at the contest. He's just looking

886
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: at attacking the pocket. Really nice defense draws the foul

887
00:41:59,320 --> 00:41:59,879
Speaker 1: hits both free.

888
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:00,879
Speaker 2: Now we're up three.

889
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: They end up going back to Jimmy, just like we

890
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 1: were talking about. They finally go to Jimmy on Derozen here,

891
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: but Terry Rosier digs down once again.

892
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 2: Jimmy too.

893
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,760
Speaker 1: Notice Jimmy is attacking the pocket reaching attacking the pocket.

894
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: Terry probably shouldn't have dug down there, but he did

895
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: that forces to close out. Boom, Malik Monk beats the

896
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:26,400
Speaker 1: closeout just ridiculous jack hammer dunk. And then here we

897
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: are on the final possession. Notice the bonus on this

898
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: swim move. Good defense from Pelo Larson. By the way,

899
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: how about Pelo Larson, the rookie get earning the trust

900
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 1: of Eric Spolstra here down the stretch, beats Daron Fox

901
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: to the spot. Impromptu double team from Jimmy Butler. Only

902
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: thing with the Jimmy Butler double team is he's one

903
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: of the guys that's in position to secure the defensive rebound.

904
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 2: So in this.

905
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: Case you probably trust Pela because there's so much time left.

906
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: But because Jimmy leaves the rebound situation, now it's a

907
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: four on three down here, but de Rozan has inside

908
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: position and watch the bonus. Just a little subtle shove

909
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 1: on Bam gets the separation, hits the little pop shot

910
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: knocks it down. So yeah, like a couple of impromptu

911
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 1: double teams from Terry Rozier and from Jimmy Butler down

912
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 1: the stretch that cost Miami. There all right onto Warriors Wizards.

913
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:22,360
Speaker 1: Here was a really nice play where Jonathan Kmingo in transition.

914
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: Notice again on this possession, he's in transition, Steph's up

915
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 1: up the floor. I thought this was a moment of

916
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: growth for Jonathan Kamingo. Watch us, he's looking, He's looking

917
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: for Steph the whole time, tracks him down, hits him

918
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: in the right corner for three. Again, if you want

919
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: to play the Warrior system and this isn't like, oh,

920
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: we're catering things for Steph, you better throw the ball

921
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: to Steph whenever you can, because there's there's aren't many

922
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: play types in the league that are as valuable as

923
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: as Steph curry anything from the three point line. All right,

924
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,720
Speaker 1: this is that sequence of actions where Steph was attacking

925
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 1: Jordan Poole. Steph really just put Jordan Pool in the

926
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 1: blender here in this late third quarter stretch. So we're

927
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 1: gonna run it out of split. So we're gonna throw

928
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,359
Speaker 1: the post entry to Looney and then we're gonna set

929
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: this flare screen for Jordan Pool. But Steph picks up.

930
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 1: Jordan does a good job chasing. But now for Steph,

931
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 1: he knows that Jordan is recklessly chasing, and so he

932
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 1: knows his best chance is to bait him in committing

933
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: a dumb foul. So notice how he pump fakes, gets

934
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: him closer, kind of dribbles into him, gets into this

935
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,399
Speaker 1: spot right here. Once again, he knows Jordan's being way

936
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: over aggressive in his pursuit, so he just leans back

937
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 1: into him and takes the floater and draws the foul.

938
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: Little veteran gamesmanship there from Steph Curry. Same exact thing

939
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,760
Speaker 1: on the next time down the floor. This time's Looney

940
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: sets a much better screen. So now when Looney sets

941
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: the much better screen, it's hard to do this. This

942
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,919
Speaker 1: is what the Warriors do to you too. They wear

943
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: you down with their screening actions. You start to get tired.

944
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: Jordan's chasing, He's working Boom Looney. What lays the wood

945
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: that generates the separation Valancechunis is a little bit more

946
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: on the contained side of this. So when Steph hits

947
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: the step back, he overplays the step back that allows

948
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: Steph to get separation to hit the fifteen foot that

949
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 1: then runs into this next possession Valanceudis just had a

950
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: step back jump shot hid in his face by Steph Curry.

951
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 2: Right.

952
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,959
Speaker 1: So now on this play he's gonna step further out.

953
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna run a ball screen here with Looney. This time,

954
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: Valanceutis has to come way out because he knows Steph

955
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: just hit a pull up jump shot that causes the

956
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: role to be wide open. Looney gets the layup. Great

957
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: little athletic finish from Kamon Looney too. Okay, so we're

958
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: three for three here. Steph ends up drawing another foul

959
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 1: on the next possession, gets free throws. Then on this

960
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: possession he actually misses a layup on this one. But

961
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,239
Speaker 1: this was a great example of a reed in the

962
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 1: split cut as well. So same thing on the opposite

963
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:40,879
Speaker 1: of the floor. They're setting it up the same way

964
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 1: they did, just it's a mirror image. Jordan Poole is

965
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: top locking this time, though he's trying to prevent Steph

966
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 1: from coming back this way towards the screen. So what's

967
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:55,280
Speaker 1: the read THREEID is just cut and he does hard

968
00:45:55,320 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: cut kaminga hits him, just smokes the layup on this one.

969
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 1: But really smart gamesmanship from Steph Curry in the late

970
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: third quarter stretch of this game. Last one from this

971
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: late third quarter run Chicago into a Reeves screen. So

972
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: this is that Chicago or Zoom action right, So you're

973
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,760
Speaker 1: having a pinned down into a dribble handoff. But watch

974
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,880
Speaker 1: how it works. Steph sets the first screen, they switch it.

975
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: Then Loony comes over and sets the next screen for Curry.

976
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,480
Speaker 1: Now he's got his defender and trail position right now

977
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 1: that the defenders in trail position. If Steph fakes anything

978
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 1: downhill this way, this defender is going to react to it.

979
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:41,399
Speaker 1: Watch how Steph gives it one hard step boom that

980
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: forces that hard step. Now he's done. It's over. He's

981
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,840
Speaker 1: already lost the battle. He reacted to that step from Steph.

982
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: That gets him plenty of separation and then the beauty

983
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 1: with Steph. The thing that everybody doesn't account for enough

984
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,319
Speaker 1: is how strong his legs are and how quick he

985
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 1: is at resetting his base.

986
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 2: Watch this hard step back. Watch the end of the

987
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 2: shot though.

988
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 1: So now he's gonna push really hard off of that

989
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: right foot, and then he's gonna get both feet back boom.

990
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,480
Speaker 1: Notice how both of his feet are at a forty

991
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,839
Speaker 1: five degree angle back the other way. It's because he's

992
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: stopping all of his backward momentum, all of his momentum

993
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: is carrying him away from the basket, so he's stopping

994
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 1: that on a dime and meeting it with opposite force

995
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: so that he can go straight up and down.

996
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:26,479
Speaker 2: Notice how it's still good.

997
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,960
Speaker 1: He jumped forty five degrees, but he went straight up

998
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 1: and down because he had all of his momentum going

999
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 1: the other way, straight up and down. Open look for Steph.

1000
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: Curry's gonna go in. Well over forty percent of the

1001
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: time hits that one puts the Warriors back up double digits.

1002
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:43,919
Speaker 1: Beautiful basketball from Steph Curry. This is funny too. I lie,

1003
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 1: there's one more so Now Jordan Pull's pissed off, right,

1004
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 1: He's frustrated Steph's been giving him the business. Now he's

1005
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: just gonna commit a foul in the back court. Oh

1006
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:56,360
Speaker 1: that's not even Jordan Poole, is it? But again, frustrates

1007
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: them gets him to commit a silly foul in the

1008
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,959
Speaker 1: back court. Okay, this is a really nice inside seal

1009
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: from Jason Tatum. This is bread and butter for the

1010
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:11,879
Speaker 1: Celtics when they're attacking switching defenses. Kick out watch Jason Tatum.

1011
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:16,280
Speaker 1: It's getting ready to screen the inside side right screen,

1012
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: trying to force that switch. Easy over the top pass

1013
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: that forces the step over from Garrison Matthews, easy kickout

1014
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:23,399
Speaker 1: pass to Derek White.

1015
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 2: Beautiful Celtics basketball.

1016
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: This is an example of how to beat a dig

1017
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: down without necessarily shooting the basketball, but by rather just cutting.

1018
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna dribble through, They're gonna kick it back out.

1019
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: It's going to turn into a Tatum ISO. But with

1020
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: our Tatum ISO. Here's our setup right, Dyson Daniels on

1021
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,839
Speaker 1: the ball, Garrison Matthews digging down Drew Holidays here on

1022
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 1: the left wing. Notice Garrison doesn't see Drew Holliday cutting through.

1023
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,799
Speaker 1: Tatum just throws an easy pass. Again, if you're going

1024
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 1: to offer hard help, we talked about this in the

1025
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 1: in the Lakers Pistons game. That's where you have to

1026
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: prove the ability to score off the ball. Drew Holiday

1027
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:04,320
Speaker 1: does it there with a cut. Nice pass from Jason Tatum.

1028
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: This is a really nice corner kick from Jason Tatum.

1029
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: Once again, nothing this is this is good defense. Garrison

1030
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,479
Speaker 1: Matthews is gonna throw a good close out. But watch

1031
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:17,879
Speaker 1: the pass. The pass is on time, on target, right

1032
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: in the shooting pocket. So even though Garrison Matthews gets

1033
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:24,359
Speaker 1: a great close out, Housers able to go straight up

1034
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,479
Speaker 1: with it, and that makes the close out worthless. Hits

1035
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: a three. And then here's just Jason Tatum step backs.

1036
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,200
Speaker 1: I want to I want to the first two in particular.

1037
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 1: The third one is just like outstanding shot making. But

1038
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: this is where I want to show you the footwork element.

1039
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 1: As Tatum's coming off against Tyson Daniels. Watch the hard

1040
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: dribble move before the step back right here, ready, right boom,

1041
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,720
Speaker 1: right there, that's the fake drive again. Everything is about

1042
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: the move and the counter move. Nothing works unless everybody

1043
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: respects both sides of your move. If they don't respect

1044
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:58,439
Speaker 1: the drive, they can overplay the shot. If they don't

1045
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:00,799
Speaker 1: respect the shot, they can overplay the drive. In this case,

1046
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:04,239
Speaker 1: that hard step with his left foot causes Now watch

1047
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: Dyson daniels reaction to that step. Dyson daniels reaction to

1048
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 1: that step brings him well down to the top of

1049
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: the key. That allows Jason Tatum to settle into the

1050
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: step back three and once again, notice it's straight up

1051
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: and down. Notice the leg work is done early boom,

1052
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,400
Speaker 1: straight up and down to the end. It looks like

1053
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: this crazy jump shot it's not. It's a stand still,

1054
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 1: wide open shot that he generated without standing footwork and

1055
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:32,000
Speaker 1: ball handling. Sook at another one. This one's on the

1056
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:34,720
Speaker 1: left wing, same sort of thing. Watch the hard step

1057
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: step boom, hard step on that right handed drive. Watch

1058
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,319
Speaker 1: how the defender reacts his left foot his left foot,

1059
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 1: the defender's left foot comes all the way down to

1060
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 1: the elbow that allows Tatum to get the separation he

1061
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,360
Speaker 1: needs to knock the shot down. And then this last

1062
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:54,239
Speaker 1: one wasn't even about footwork. It was just a ridiculous

1063
00:50:54,280 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: shot over Trey Young. Incredible shot making from Tatum. All right, guys,

1064
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 1: let's get back to the full screen here. All right,

1065
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 1: that is all I have for today is always this.

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Speaker 1: Sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me and supporting the show.

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Speaker 1: So no games tonight for the election. So the plan

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Speaker 1: as of right now is tomorrow I have the Nerd

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Speaker 1: Sash guys coming on and we're gonna be bouncing around

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Speaker 1: the league talking about a bunch of differ stuff. I

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Speaker 1: think we're gonna do kind of like a buy or

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Speaker 1: sell segment is what I'm thinking, buying or selling early

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Speaker 1: season Trent.

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Speaker 2: So that should be fun. We haven't seen the nerds

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Speaker 2: in a little while. We'll do that.

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Speaker 1: Then we'll be back on Thursday with more game reaction

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Speaker 1: and tape. Then I got a big mailbag for you

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Speaker 1: guys on Friday because we've got a week Thursday slate,

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Speaker 1: So make sure you keep dropping mailback questions in the

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Speaker 1: YouTube comments. I appreciate you guys for supporting me, and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you next time. The volume