1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: The Volume. All right, welcome to Hoops Tonight here at 2 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: the Volume. Happy Monday, everybody. I hope all of you 3 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: guys had an incredible weekend coverage to the NBA Finals. 4 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: Here at Hoops Tonight is brought to you by Chase 5 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: Freedom Unlimited. How do you cash back? All right? So, 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: for those of you guys who missed it, last night, 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: the Great con Coward and myself went over the first 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: two games of the NBA Finals and all the storylines. 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: We went for about a half hour. I thought it 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: was really good. You can find that on our YouTube feed. 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: This morning, I had a chance to rewatch the game 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: in its entirety and to pour over the numbers a 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: little bit, learned a ton of stuff. So what we're 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: gonna do today. There were three adjustments that I recommended 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: for Miami coming after Game one, and all three of 16 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: them came to fruition in Game two. So I'd like 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: to kind of dive into that and talk about how 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: it helped Miami steal the game. And then for our 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: Chase three Points segment, we're gonna go over the three 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: keys for Denver to regain control of the series as 21 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: they go on the road to Miami. You guys know 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: the joke before we get started. Subscribe to the Volumes 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: YouTube channel so you don't miss any more of our videos. 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: Follow me on Twitter at underscore Jason lt so you 25 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: guys don't miss anyhow announcements. And if for whatever reason, 26 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: you guys missed one of these videos and you can't 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: get back over to YouTube to finish, don't forget. You 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: can find them wherever you get your podcasts. Under hoops tonight, 29 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: all right, let's tucks some basketball. So for those of 30 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: you guys who listen to our film breakdown after game one, 31 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: and that's kind of our cadence during the NBA Finals, 32 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: I'll do an instant reaction kind of just go over 33 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: some of the surface level stuff, and then the next day, 34 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: when I really have a chance to pour over the film, 35 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: we get into the weeds. And when we got into 36 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: the weeds after game one, there were three keys that 37 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: I wrote down for Miami. I said they had to 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: avoid transition cross matches because that's what killed them in 39 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: the post up area of the game. For Denver, giving 40 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: Yokich and Aaron Gordon way too many good matchups without 41 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: even having to run action just by running up the 42 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: floor and catching Miami in their transition cross matches. The 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: second key that I pointed out is I wanted them 44 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: to try Kevin Love in the starting lineup, just to 45 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: give them a better chance to hang with Denver size. 46 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: And then the third one was I wanted them to 47 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: lean on their z own defense more because I thought 48 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: that actually was their most effective defense in game one. 49 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: So let's kind of go one by one through those 50 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: and talk about how they helped. So, first of all, 51 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: transition cross matches, they just did a much better job 52 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: sprinting back getting into the right matchup. Kevin Love being 53 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: out there helps too, because now you have three guys 54 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: that are effectively tougher guys to target in post up 55 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: situations Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love and bam Adebayo. With only 56 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: having two targets versus three, it's fifty percent less opportunity 57 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: even when you do get into cross matches to give 58 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: somebody a matchup to attack. But they just did a 59 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: better job in general. The best way you could tell 60 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,399 Speaker 1: is in the stats. Aaron Gordon had six post ups 61 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 1: for ten points in game one. He had zero post 62 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: ups for zero points obviously in game two, so the 63 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: Heat made the adjustment, they removed that from Denver's offense. Secondly, 64 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: Kevin Love, he also had a bunch of different level 65 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: and it wasn't different than I expected. I expected them 66 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: to put Kevin Love on Jokic and put Bam in 67 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: a bio and help on Aaron Gordon. Instead, what they 68 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: did is they actually put Kevin Love on Aaron Gordon 69 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: and kept Bam at a bio on Jokic, basically just 70 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: trying to take away those Aaron Gordon post ups and 71 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: help them in rebound situations because Kevin Love is such 72 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: a great rebounder. It helped in a bunch of different ways. 73 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: First of all, it allowed the Miami Heat to put 74 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler on Jamal Murray, which was a huge part 75 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: of Miami guarding the Murray Yokic two man games so 76 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: well two on two without having to bring help keeping 77 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: the other guys at a rhythm, which we'll get into 78 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: much deeper here in a little bit. It also helped 79 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: on the glass. Kevin Love had ten rebounds in twenty 80 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: two minutes. That's obviously a huge factor in a series 81 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: like this against the team so big. We talked earlier 82 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: in the transition cross match bit about how it gave 83 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: the Nuggets fewer options for Aaron Gordon to attack. We 84 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: called it matchup flexibility. Just more guys that can guard, 85 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: more guys on the floor. Right. He also hit a 86 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,839 Speaker 1: couple of threes and in his twenty two minutes Kevin Love. 87 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: In Kevin Love's twenty two minutes, the heat were plus 88 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: eight team, So that was a really really smart adjustment 89 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: from Eric Spolstra. And then lastly, if you guys remember 90 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: I said when I went over the film, the times 91 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: when Denver's offense looked more most stilted, even when nikol 92 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: Jokicic was out there was against the zone. As a 93 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: matter of fact, they had just six points and ten 94 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: possessions against the zone with Jokic on the floor in 95 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: Game one. So I was hoping that Spoilsher would use 96 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: it more, and he used it a lot in the 97 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. So he only ran it three possessions total 98 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: in the first three quarters, all Wala Jokic was on 99 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: the bench, and then he broke it out for thirteen 100 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: possessions in the fourth quarter, all wal Jokicic was on 101 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: the floor. They only used it in dead ball situations 102 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: and after made baskets and in the when they first 103 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: started using the zone to start the fourth quarter, Denver 104 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: got Miami got stops on five of their first seven 105 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: possessions with the zone. During that span, they turned a 106 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: two point deficit into an eleven point lead. So Spoilister 107 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: leaned heavy into the zone again. It ended up being 108 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: what speed You're headed the biggest run of the game 109 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: for Miami. Now on tape, there were two things that 110 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: I want to point out that I think really makes 111 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: Miami's zone work effectively against Denver. So, first of all, 112 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: they're running a zone press up the floor as they're 113 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: getting into the zone, right, So the top two guys 114 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: are picking up the ball handler and just making them 115 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: work slowly up the floor. Why is that important that 116 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: eats up shot clock? So if he dribbles up into 117 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: the zone and they get into their set with nineteen 118 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: eighteen on the shot clock, now they have multiple opportunities 119 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: to attack the zone, multiple opportunities to get the zone 120 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: to flip angle. It flips side so that maybe a 121 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: guy will make a mistake, right, but with ball pressure 122 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: from that zone press. Now, when they get to the 123 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: point where they're ready to attack the zone, maybe there's 124 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: only twelve or thirteen seconds left on the shot clock. Now, 125 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, there's much less opportunity for Denver 126 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: to start finding those entry points in the zone. It's 127 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,799 Speaker 1: a great way to disrupt rhythm that way. The second 128 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: big thing, and I'm gonna encourage you guys to go 129 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: to my Twitter feed and I shared a video you guys. No, 130 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: I have trouble being able to use footage on this 131 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: format just by virtue of the way the rights work, 132 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: but I can use it pretty liberally on Twitter. So 133 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 1: go on Twitter. You'll see a specific clip that I 134 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: posted that kind of demonstrates this particular concept. But what 135 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: they're doing is they're taking again in a two three zone. 136 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: And I hate calling it a two three zone because 137 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: Spolsor's two three zone is so versatile and it moves 138 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: around so much. It's more like an amoeba. And like 139 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: with this little tweak that they made, which I'm about 140 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: to describe, it almost looks like a one to three 141 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: to one at times, but it is their two three zone. 142 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: Sposure just adjusts the responsibilities of the players based on 143 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: the matchup, and everyone has responsibilities that extend far out 144 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: of their area, and that's what makes it kind of 145 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: like an amoeba rather than a traditional two three. But 146 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: in a two three, you have two top guys, right, 147 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: then you have two guys in the corners, and then 148 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: you bam At a bio under the basket. One of 149 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: the things that Miami was doing is they were having 150 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: one of those top guys drop down and front Yokic 151 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: in the high post area. Right. So the way that 152 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: most teams like to attack the zone is they want 153 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: to get the ball to the middle of the floor, 154 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: which forces bam Ad to bayout to step up, which 155 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: forces one of the wing defenders to drop underneath the basket, 156 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: which will leave an open corner three, or if he stays, 157 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: you can cut behind and get easy layups. So everything 158 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: comes down to getting the ball to the high post, right. 159 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: That's the most that's the easiest way to attack a 160 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 1: zone that everyone has been talking about at every level 161 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: of basketball. Right. But if you front that high post pass, 162 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: then you can't make that post entry and you have 163 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: to attack the zone a different way. Right. So one 164 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: of the things that Miami's doing is they're dropping in 165 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: the In the clip that I showed, Gabe Vincent actually 166 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: fronts Jokic in the post. So he's supposed to be 167 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: a guard, he's not guarding up top. He's dropping down 168 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: to the foul line and sitting in front of Yokic 169 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: and taking away that pass. Kyle Lowry's in the other 170 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: corner and rather than staying in the corner, he's coming 171 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: up to Vincent's spot to take away that easy swing 172 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: pass for a three. So if the swing passes aren't 173 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: open for three and the Jokic pass isn't open, what 174 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: is open, Well, the wide open skip pass on the 175 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: weeks out of the floor. There's a shooter in the 176 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: corner of that' z open. But that's one an extremely 177 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: difficult pass to make two. Miami can rotate out of it. 178 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: The only way you're gonna beat Miami with that pass 179 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: is if you get it on a rope to the corner. 180 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: And so it's a really interesting little tweak by zone 181 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: pressing to eat up shot clock and then by denying 182 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: that high post entry pass he Jokics by fronting with 183 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: the guard and then coming out of the corner to 184 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: take away that easy swing pass, They've made it really 185 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: difficult for Denver to enter against Miami's zone. That's why 186 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: I said it almost looks like a one to three 187 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: to one at times because one of those guards is 188 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:36,599 Speaker 1: dropping back to the middle, and so it kind of 189 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: takes that shape a little bit. But that's the genius 190 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: of air exposure. In my opinion, he didn't give Denver 191 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: a chance to solve that zone throughout the game. He 192 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: only used it three possessions in the first three quarters. 193 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: He ate up all the shot clock with the press, 194 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: then he took away the easiest entry points of the 195 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: zone in that high post feed. That is what causes 196 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: them to have the level of success against the zone 197 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 1: that they have. So as we look back those three 198 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: as we look back at those three adjustments, the transition 199 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: cross matches, Kevin Love and more zone, Eric Spolser just 200 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: did a really nice job after Game one of identifying 201 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: the things they did well and replicating those things and 202 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: identifying the areas of weakness and addressing those things. I 203 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: thought that was a huge part of how Miami ended 204 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: up evening up this series. So before we get to 205 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: our chase three point segment, I want to talk about 206 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: this Eric Spolstra press presser comment that was going around 207 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: last night about making Yokic a score. So for those 208 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: of you guys who missed it, I think it was 209 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: Ramona Shelburn basically brings up the idea of making yokicch 210 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 1: a score and it disrupting the rhythm, And in her 211 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: question she literally brought up that it was overly simplistic. 212 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: So I was kind of I didn't like Eric Spolser's 213 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: reaction that much. She said, quote, first of all, I 214 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: called it ridiculous, and then he said, quote, that's the 215 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 1: untrained eye that says something like that. That's not how 216 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: they play. They have so many actions that can get 217 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: you compromised. So for starters, I do understand why your 218 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: exposure is frustrated by that. He's like doing all these 219 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: incredibly complex tactical things to Denver. Right, we just broke 220 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: down some of them. The pivotal run of the game 221 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter was with a zone defense, right, 222 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: And even the zone we talked about has all these 223 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,599 Speaker 1: different like wrinkles to it that make it so complicated. 224 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: So the simple idea of leaving Yokic on an island 225 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: one on one and making him a score, I get 226 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: why that concept frustrates sposure because it's not really what's happening. 227 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: But it's just an abbreviated way to describe the overall 228 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: strategy that Miami is going with. And like again, like 229 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: it's just a timesaver. This show is a very unique format, 230 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: like I'll sit here some days. Hell, we have shows 231 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: where we go forty five minutes sometimes and most of 232 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: them are between twenty and thirty minutes. But even if 233 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: we just look at that, I have twenty to thirty 234 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: minutes to sit down with you guys and break down 235 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: everything in excruciating detail, so I can go into the 236 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: detailed version of making Yokica score. But most of these 237 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: debate shows, and most of these articles and all these 238 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: different things, it's all about being concise in the way 239 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: that you make your point. And so in a lot 240 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: of these formats, people don't have the luxury of being 241 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: able to take five minutes to break down what it 242 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: means to leave to make Yokic a score. And so, 243 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: while I understand spolstrous frustration, this is just the reality 244 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: of the way sports media works. Sometimes you need to 245 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: come up with these colloquialisms that effectively allow you to 246 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: save time on the air. Right, It's like drop coverage, 247 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: I say, the phrase drop coverage a lot when I'm 248 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: trying to save time. But even just within drop coverage, 249 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: there's a million different ways to run a drop coverage, right, 250 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: Like the guard has a half dozen different responsibilities that 251 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: he can have. The big man has a half dozen 252 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: different things that he can do, different spots that he 253 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: can occupy. The help side defense can be different in 254 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: a drop coverage from team to team. Just in this 255 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: particular matchup, Denver's backside help and pick and roll is 256 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: way different than Miami's backside help and pick and roll. So, 257 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: like I'll say, drop coverage is save time, but yeah, 258 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: it's an oversimplification, you know. So, like I want to 259 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: cut Ramona Shelburn and a lot of these people some 260 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: slack like it. Like everything in basketball is super complicated 261 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: when you dive into the minutia, but it's unrealistic to 262 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: expect that kind of minusia to always be broken down 263 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: in detail, especially in a lot of the modern formats 264 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: of these shows. And that's what I love about the 265 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: format of this show is like I can take like 266 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: there's no limit here. I can take as long as 267 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: I need to break these things down, and I can 268 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: actually get into the weeds a little bit, but I 269 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: wanted to cut those people some slack. So let's talk 270 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: about what Miami is doing. So Spoilster's right, Denver's offense 271 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: is a lot more complicated than just dumping the ball 272 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: to Yo kitchen the post and sit hanging back and 273 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: be like, okay, Yo, kitch your score now like that. 274 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: That's not how it works. But when they do go 275 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: to the post, they're defending him one on one, right 276 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: like there was that Cody Zellert stretch where the end 277 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: of the third quarter, or Yokic is just attacking him 278 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: again and again and again. And what they're doing on 279 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: the help side situation is in position to help, but 280 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: they're staying close enough to their shooters that they can rotate. 281 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 1: It's more to just kind of shrink the floor on him. 282 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: But what they're not doing is hard doubling Jokic, That 283 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: is giving up those passes that gets the defense in rotation, 284 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: so guys like Michael Porter Junior and Kentavious Calbo Pope 285 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: can get easy opportunities to knock down shots and attack closeouts, 286 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: which is what allows them to build their rhythm and 287 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: then extending further to the Jokic Murray action. Anytime they 288 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: run a two man game, they're defending it two on two. 289 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: They're expecting Jimmy Butler and bam Adebayo to stop that action. 290 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: The other three players are hanging in a position where 291 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 1: they can rotate to their shooters. That is a deliberate 292 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: tactical approach from Eric Spolstra to try to force Jamal 293 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: Murray and Nikola Jokic, either in their two man games 294 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: or in their ISOs or post ups, to score over 295 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: the top, rather than taking those opportunities away with double 296 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: teams or defending the pick and roll three on two, 297 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: allowing for easy opportunities on the backside that gets everyone 298 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: else in rhythm. That's exactly what Eric Spolster is doing. Yes, 299 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: it's a lot more complicated than just making Yokic a score, 300 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: but that is what's happening, even in the zone. By 301 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: virtue of by virtue of denying Jokic the ball up top, 302 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: they are preventing those easy opportunities on the week side 303 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: to stop guys from getting in rhythm. Everything about what 304 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: Eric Spolsure is doing against Denver's offense is about I 305 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: know I can't stop Yokich I know I'm not gonna 306 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: be able to disrupt his rhythm or make him feel uncomfortable. 307 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: But Michael Porter Junior, Contavious Kalwell, Pope, those are guys 308 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: like if I can rattle them a little bit, they'll 309 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: start to miss to the open ones too, and that 310 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: stuff works. KCP and Michael Porter Junior only generated three 311 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: wide open looks from three in last night's game. They 312 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: went one for three on them. You guys might remember 313 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: there was a play. It was against the zone in 314 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: the late fourth quarter. It was right before Jamal Murray 315 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: hit a three, But there was a play where Jamal 316 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: Murray like shovels a pass back to KCP at the 317 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: top of the key and he just breaks the three 318 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: long off the back room. And that's a play where 319 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: it's like, if KCP gets some easier touches throughout the game, 320 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: then he rises into that shot in rhythm and with 321 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: confidence and he probably knocks it down. But instead he's 322 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: been disrupted throughout the game with the way that Miami's 323 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: been guarding, and so now even that wat that wide 324 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: open shot that he gets doesn't go in because it's 325 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: like he just didn't get that many of them and 326 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: so he wasn't feeling comfortable and confident in the situations. 327 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: All that stuff. 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So last week, like I said, 357 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: we focused on adjustments that Miami could make to ease 358 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: even the series. In our three point segment today, they 359 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: were going to focus on three adjustments or specific areas 360 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: that Denver needs to be good at in order to 361 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: have a chance to gain back control of the series 362 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: as we head to Miami. So number one, the Denver 363 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: Nuggets have to find a way to get easier opportunities 364 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: for KCP and Michael Porter Junior in their offense. Kind 365 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: of expounding on that point that we just made so 366 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: so far through through two games, MPJ and Michael MPJ 367 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: and KCP are averaging sixteen points per game combined in 368 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: the series. During the regular season they averaged twenty eight 369 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: points combined. Michael Porter Junior is shooting twenty nine percent 370 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: in the series and KCP is shooting thirty three percent 371 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: in the series. So the rhythm disruption stuff from Spolstra 372 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: is really working. And I'm not going to dive into 373 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: the dynamic again because we just did so a couple 374 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: of adjustments they can make. One they need to get 375 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: out and transition more. They did have a better transition 376 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: game in game two than they did in game one. 377 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: They had single digit transition points in game one. They 378 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: had twenty one points in transition in game two, although 379 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: most of that took place in that second court to 380 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: run when Yokic was off the floor. So there's always 381 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: gonna those are those transition opportunities are always gonna be 382 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: much easier to score than Miami set defense with how 383 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: sophisticated they are in the half court. So you got 384 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: to hunt those possessions every time you get an opportunity, 385 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: which you have to defend in order to generate those 386 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: transition opportunities. We're not gonna talk about the the Nuggets 387 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: defense right now, but that was arguably the biggest thing 388 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: that went wrong for them last night. We are going 389 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: to get to that here in just a minute. Run 390 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: more two man game with Michael Porter Junior in KCP 391 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: to keep them in rhythms. So they only ran seven 392 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: possessions last night where they ran dh o's or pick 393 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: and rolls with MPJ or Contavious Cabbo Pope running the 394 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: action with Jokic as the screener. That's not very often, right, 395 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,239 Speaker 1: and they'll run the vast majority of their two man 396 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: game possessions with Jamal Murray with the ball in his hands. 397 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: And I get that, Jamal Murray is your star. You 398 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: have to do that right. But Jamal Murray's finds himself 399 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: in the tougher matchup here. He's being guarded by Jimmy Butler, 400 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: and Jimmy Butler's doing a really good job up until 401 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: those last few garbage time threes that Jamal Murray hit 402 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: at the late fourth quarter. Jimmy kind of locked his 403 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: ass up. Right Now, that doesn't mean you stop running 404 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: that action. You need to keep running that action. You 405 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: need to keep Jamal Murray in rhythm as best as 406 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: you can, but I would toss CACP and Michael Porter 407 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: Junior several more of those a game just to keep 408 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: the ball in their hands more to help them get 409 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: into a rhythm. There's two like it helps them two ways. 410 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: It helps them keep their rhythm, but also they're being 411 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: guarded by lesser defenders. Case again, if you're putting Jimmy 412 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: Butler on Jamal Murray, that means it's gonna be a 413 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: Gabe Vincent or a Max Struce that is guarding or 414 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: a Caleb Martin that's guarding one of those guys. In 415 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: those situations, they might be able to get a better 416 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: look against them, even though they're not as talented as 417 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray is. And then again, when you do get 418 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: those catch and shoot threes for Michael Porter Junior and 419 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: CACP late in the game, when you are spamming Jamal Murray, 420 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: Nikola yok jactions more likely to make them at that 421 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: point because they've had more touches throughout the game. So 422 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: I think that's a big way that they can help 423 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: keep those guys in rhythm. Just hunt transition opportunities and 424 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: run more. Two main game with KCP and Michael Porter 425 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: Junior having the ball in their hands. Number two, Denver 426 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: has to figure out a way to score against Miami's 427 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: zone effectively. So we talked about the zone run earlier. Right, 428 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: the Miami gets five stops and seven possessions. They turned 429 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: a two point deficit into an eleven point lead. Now, 430 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 1: they did score on four of their last six possessions 431 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: against Miami's zone, which is what kind of bumped up 432 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: the points per possession numbers. But I thought it was 433 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: fool's goal. The first one, Nikola Jokic was screening the 434 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: top guy and Jamal Murray got downhill and Jimmy Butler 435 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: is standing there waiting for Jamal Murray and Jimmy just 436 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: let him go right by him, and Jamal Murray ended 437 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: up engaging Bam dropping it off to Jokisch and Yokic 438 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: made a little floater like Jimmy has a pretty good 439 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: chance to contain that it was just a defensive mistake, right, Like, 440 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: that's not something you can replicate. The second one was 441 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: an Aaron Gordon three above the break. So you know 442 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: how we were talking about coming out of the corners 443 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: to take away those easy swing pass threes while in 444 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: this possession, KCP was in the corner, Aaron Gordon was 445 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: on the wing above the break. Duncan Robinson stayed in 446 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: the corner again probably part of Eric Spolstra's you know, 447 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: decision making process, like I'd rather give up an above 448 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: the break three to Aaron Gordon than CACP in the 449 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: corner right, So Duncan Robins stayed glued. They threw the 450 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: pass to Aaron Gordon, he was wide open above the 451 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: break on the left wing, and he made that three again, 452 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: a three that Miami's gonna live with. And then the 453 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: last two buckets that they got against the zone were 454 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: both off offensive rebounds, so Miami actually got stops, they 455 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: just couldn't finish the possession. So again, they scored on 456 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: four of their last six possessions against the zone. But 457 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: there was a lot of stuff in there that wasn't 458 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: necessarily good execution on Denver's part. It was just guys 459 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: making plays and Miami making some mistakes. So what are 460 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: the adjustments that Denver can make to help score against 461 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 1: Miami's zone. So when they're we talked about earlier, when 462 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: you're leaving the weakside corner open. The problem is is 463 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: that pass is really difficult to make, and you've got 464 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: to make it on a rope or there's no chance 465 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: that guy's gonna have enough time to take and make 466 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: that shot, right, So that's a little bit unrealistic just 467 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: to expect like, oh, we got to make the skip 468 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: pass a bunch of times, Like that's not gonna happen. 469 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: So a couple things they can do to create an 470 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: easier passing angle to get an easy shot in that situation. 471 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: First of all, bring the corner guy up to screen 472 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: for the shooter on the wing right. So if the 473 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: guy in the zone in the corner, the defender in 474 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: the zone in the corner is coming up to take 475 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: away that easy swing pass and the corner guy's open, 476 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: you just bring that corner guy up to screen that 477 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: guy so that you can make the swing pass to 478 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: an open shooter. Now it's in much easier passing angle. 479 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: It's one pass away versus a skip pass, and it's 480 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: in much more difficult rotation right, Like if you make 481 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: that skip pass to the corner, it's bam at a 482 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: bio that's coming out from the basket to dissuade the shot. 483 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: While Kyle Lowry relocates back down there and recovers and 484 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 1: sends Bam back right. But if Kyle Lowry's getting picked 485 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: and there's a shooter over there and you make the 486 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: swing pass, he's above the break, So Kyle's trapped on 487 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: the pick and BAM now has to rotate not to 488 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: the short corner but all the way above the break, 489 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 1: which is a rotation he literally can't make in time 490 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 1: for that kind of shot. So using the week side 491 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: corner to screen the top guy in the zone to 492 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: get a swing pass for three. The other big one 493 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: is just beat drive the zone, beat somebody off the dribble. Again, 494 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: like in the zone defense, they're not double teaming you, 495 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: they're just players are in spots on the floor right, 496 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: And so yeah, you're not gonna beat your man off 497 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: the dribble and just get slashing layups because BAM's waiting there. 498 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: But if you beat your man off the dribble, you 499 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: engage a different defender in the zone while putting your 500 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 1: defender out of position to do anything. That's where you 501 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: can get opportunities for guys cutting right. So there was 502 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: a play. There's a play that I posted on Twitter 503 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: that I want you guys to check out so go 504 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: to my Twitter feed again. And on this play, Caleb 505 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: Martin is the top guy in the zone and he's 506 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: guarding Jamal Murray way up above the break on the 507 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: left side of the floor, and Jamal just beats him 508 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: off the dribble and when he does, Duncan Robinson has 509 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: to step up out of the corner. When he does, 510 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: he leaves Jeff Green open. So Jamal makes a bounce 511 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: past to Jeff Green in the short corner, who catches it. 512 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: When he catches that, bam Anebayo has to step over 513 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: to guard Jeff Green. And on this play, Christian Brown 514 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: is in the weakside corner, cuts out of the corner 515 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: and is standing right under the basket and he's wide open. 516 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: Jeff Green misses him, just doesn't see him. Kyle lower 517 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: is laid on his rotation coming down, He's wide open. 518 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 1: Jeff Green makes that pass. It's an easy layup. But 519 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: so Denver blew that possession. But that's a great example 520 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: of a way to attack the zone. Again. If you 521 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: can beat your man off the dribble, you're going to 522 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: engage a different defender, which is going to start a 523 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: chain reaction that's gonna get you an open shot. So again, 524 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: you don't have to beat the zone by passing. Obviously, 525 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: ideally you want to beat the zone by passing, but 526 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: with the way that Miami's guarding, one of the easiest 527 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: ways for them to compromise the zone is just give 528 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: the ball to somebody who can beat somebody off the 529 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: dribble and just attack that man. Then you have an 530 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: opportunity to generate easier shots on the backside. The other 531 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: one attack the offensive glass with energy and force. So again, 532 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: like I talked about it earlier, the four possessions out 533 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: of six that they scored, you know, two of them 534 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: were offensive rebounds. But that's something that can happen in zone. 535 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: So the reason why offensive rebounding is easier against the 536 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: zone is no one's matched up. So in a man 537 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: of man situation, shot goes up. Everyone's got someone they're guarding, 538 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: so they turn and they box out right. But against 539 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: the zone, there's a lot of times where people aren't 540 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: guarding anybody. They're guarding an area right, and so often 541 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: there will be an area on the floor where let's 542 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: just say Duncan Robinson is on the left wing and 543 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: he's got two people in his zone, area, well, he 544 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: can't box them both out, and so there's often a 545 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: lot of opportunities for free runs to the offensive glass 546 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: against the zone. And so that's another way that they 547 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 1: can help score against the zone is just when they're 548 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: in that situation, attack the offensive glas as a bunch, 549 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: and then lastly defend. Miami only ran their zone and 550 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: dead ball situations on and off of Maine baskets in 551 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. If you get a stop, you get 552 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: to go against their man defense. And again, the reason 553 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: why they do that is because a lot of times 554 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: those semi transition push pushes, it's really it takes more 555 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: time to set up your zone than it does to 556 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: set up a man to man. So in that specific situation, 557 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: you have an opportunity to go against their man just 558 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: by getting stops, which brings us to number three. Can 559 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: Denver defend at a championship level three more times? Miami 560 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 1: absolutely sliced and diced Denver in this game offensively. If 561 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 1: I had to attribute one single factor to Denver for 562 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: this loss, it would be the defensive performance of Nikola 563 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 1: jokicch Jamal Murray, and Michael Porter Junior. All three of 564 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: those guys were atrocious on that end of the floor. 565 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: In this game, Miami scored an astonishing one point four 566 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: to seven, so almost a point and a half purpose 567 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: in pick and roll in thirty six possessions like that's 568 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: off the charge good, You're not winning another game in 569 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: this series if you defend like that. That's how bad 570 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 1: it was now on tape. It was extremely poor execution. 571 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: There were two early pull up jumpers that gave Vincent 572 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 1: got against Jamal Murray because Jamal Murray just didn't feel 573 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: like guarding. The first one was a step back where 574 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray was just kind of didn't even make an 575 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: attempt to contest the shot. The second one, gay Vincent 576 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: was driving past him and kind of gave him a 577 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: little bit of an off arm to get to the 578 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: middle of the floor, and Jamal just turned around to 579 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: complain at the refs about the off arm instead of 580 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: guarding the shot. So Gay Vincent walks into a shot. 581 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: They were really watching the Max Druce ghost screens. That's 582 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: how Max Struce got going. I think he hit four 583 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: of his first seven threes, so like there would be 584 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: a play where gave Vincent and Max Strews gave Vincent 585 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: as the ball. Max s Truce just sets of ghost 586 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: screen and runs to the corner, and Michael Porter Junior 587 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: and KCP just both stay with Gabe Vincent and now 588 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: Max Streu's just wide open in the corner, like of 589 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: course he's gonna get his rhythm that way. And then 590 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: there was like another lazy Jamal Murray play where Aaron 591 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: Gordon is guarding Jimmy Butler. Max Druce is at the 592 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: top of the key. Struce runs a ghost screen to 593 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: the corner. Jamal Murray just kind of jogs over to 594 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon and stops and then just points over like okay, 595 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon, you guard Max Truce. Now it's not even 596 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: a screen, and Aaron Gordon's like okay, and then like 597 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: runs over, but he's too late, and the shot goes 598 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: in just laziness, and then mostly just in pick and roll. 599 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: The big thing that I noticed in those thirty six 600 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: possessions was just giving up the pocket pass too easily. 601 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: So again drop coverage, like we talked about earlier, and 602 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: I talked about this a little bit last night with Colin. 603 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: Like when I say, when I say, like they remind 604 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: me of the Patriots with doing your job. Like every 605 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: coverage works when the guys do their job. It's just 606 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: coverages fall apart on execution, not based on the tactical approach. 607 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: That's why, like a lot of times when we talk 608 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: about stubborn coaches who won't make an adjustment, often times 609 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: if you ask them, like, hey, why wouldn't you make 610 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: this adjustment, They'll just tell you the coverage wasn't the problem, 611 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: it was the execution. So why would I change the 612 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: coverage when if they don't execute the new coverage then 613 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: we're in the same situation. Now, what I would argue 614 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: is you got to find a coverage that your team 615 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: can execute. But like execution is what breaks down coverages. 616 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: And again, and this is where Jamal Murray was. Jamal 617 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: Murray in particular was the biggest week point in Denver's 618 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: defense last night, and then I'd say Yokich was probably 619 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: the second biggest week point. But Jamal Murray dying on 620 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: screens makes it so that that ball handler is coming 621 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: off of those ball screens free and clear. When he's 622 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: coming off free and clear, that forces Jokic to come 623 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: higher out of his drop. When Jokic comes higher out 624 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: of his drop, that opens up the pocket pass. When 625 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: the pocket passes open and it's that easy, one of 626 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: two things is gonna happen. You're either gonna hit Bam 627 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: in a bio and he's gonna go up and dunk 628 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: it with two hands on Michael Porter Junior plus the foul, 629 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: or the defender is going to step over to defend 630 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: the action three and two, and that's you're gonna get 631 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: all the openings on the weak side as the defenses 632 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: in rotation, so fundamentally one piece falling apart. Jamal Murray 633 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: dying on screens super easy breaks down the entire coverage. 634 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: And if you guys remember before the series, I actually said, 635 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: I said, one of the ways that I see Miami 636 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: winning games in the series. And again, like I said, 637 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: a sweep is on the table, but I picked Miami. 638 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: I picked Denver in six. I picked Denver in six 639 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: because Miami just does this. They just find a way 640 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: to win games. They just do. And one of the 641 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: ways that I thought they would win games in this series. 642 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: If you guys remember I said two things. I said, 643 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler matchup attacking and guess what he was up 644 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: over a point per possession and post ups ISOs and 645 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: pick and roll ball handler possessions last night and then 646 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: two elite week side shot making because Denver more often 647 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: than not has to defend pick and roll three on 648 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: two because Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic struggle to defend 649 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: ball screens, so they need help and Miami's got knockdown 650 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: shooters on the way. That's like the fundamental concept of 651 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: last night's game. Miami defends all the two man game 652 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: actions two on two, keeps their defense out of rotation, 653 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: takes away easy opportunities on the weak side. Denver constantly 654 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: has to guard those actions three on two. Now, their 655 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: defense is in rotation constantly and they're getting wide open 656 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: shots for shooters. That's how you end up with one 657 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: point four to seven points per possession in pick and 658 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: roll and so again, like when that coverage falls apart, 659 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: that's what keeps your defense in rotation. So simply put 660 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic, Michael Porter Junior, they all have 661 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: to defend at a much higher level. Jamal Murray has 662 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: to stay attached as he's running over screens so that 663 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: Jokic can drop further back. When Yokic is in his 664 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: drop he has to be more active with his hands 665 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: to make that pocket pass harder. He's got to defend 666 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: Bam better in those situations. And then Michael Porter Jr. 667 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: That guy in Game one that was flying around blocking shots, 668 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: making plays that do didn't exist in game two. His 669 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: defensive effort was at an entirely different lower level. And 670 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: so Michael Porter Junior has to also bring that level 671 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: of effort in intensity as a help defender. That will 672 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: help them generate more transition opportunities right to help MPG 673 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: and CACP get going. It will help them avoid Miami's 674 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: zone because Miami won't set their zone unless they get 675 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: a made basket. And it will prevent Mike Malone from 676 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: having to do what he did at the end of 677 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: the game, which is bring Bruce Brown into the game 678 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: as a defensive presence, which lessens the amount of shooting 679 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: that you have on the floor. So fundamentally, defense is 680 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: what beat Denver last night, and that's gonna be what 681 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: Michael Malone is preaching NonStop over the next two days. 682 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: And that's the biggest adjustment that I expect from Miami 683 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: going forward. Now, before we get move on, I do 684 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: want to talk about this shooting thing for a second, 685 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: because once again, and Denver's just Denver fans are just 686 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: the latest group to start pleading this case. But it's, 687 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: oh my god, Miami is this is just outliers shooting. 688 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: I can't believe this. They're making everything. This is historically unprecedented, 689 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: off the charts lucky shot making. And you guys know 690 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: how I feel about that, Like, I hate, hate the 691 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: way that we cover shooting in this league, Like it's 692 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: just walking up to a slot machine, putting in a 693 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: twenty dollars bill and hitting a button and just praying 694 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: to God that you get coins at the end of 695 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: the day. Like that's that's not how this works. It's 696 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: a basketball game. Everything is intricately connected. In Game one, 697 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: Denver was flying around defensively and played with a ton 698 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: more force, so as a result, all of Miami's looks 699 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: were more rushed, more fatigued. In this particular game, Denver 700 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: didn't play with any force relative to what they did 701 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: in Game one, So as a result, now Maxtrus is 702 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: getting his rhythm in wide open catch and shoot situations 703 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: on ghost screens right. In general, the lack of force 704 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: that Denver played with makes it so that Miami is 705 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: less fatigued, less rushed, and in better rhythm when they're 706 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: taking those shots. And then guess what happens when you 707 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: start getting easy looks. You feel confident, you feel comfortable, 708 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 1: you're in rhythm. Now, guess what that catch and shoot 709 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: three that's contested also goes in because you're feeling great 710 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,359 Speaker 1: about yourself and you're in a great rhythm. Again, contested 711 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: is way different than bothered. Those are two completely different concepts. 712 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: If I put my hand up on a shot and 713 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: the shooter is in rhythm and he's going to his 714 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: muscle memory, he doesn't even see my hand, you know how. 715 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:29,319 Speaker 1: I know I've done that a million times. Okay, when 716 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: you can test a shot and you're in rhythm, it 717 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,760 Speaker 1: just doesn't bother you. Now, when you bother a shot, 718 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: that means you've made him feel uncomfortable throughout the game. 719 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 1: You're attached to his body, you're disrupting his base. Now 720 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: that entire muscle memory gets disrupted. Now it doesn't even 721 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: need to be a contest. You don't even have to 722 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: bother him up top if you bother him down low. 723 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: So like again, like as we go into these things, 724 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,439 Speaker 1: it's so easy to look at the analytics and be like, oh, 725 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 1: as we look at the shot quality based on the 726 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: nearest defender, like, Miami actually outperformed their shot quality by 727 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 1: x per and that means Denver if they played this 728 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,799 Speaker 1: exact same game again, would have won. No, they play 729 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,720 Speaker 1: that exact same game again, Denver loses again because Miami 730 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: is comfortable again, Miami makes shots again and then makes 731 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: the tough shots again. It is the lamest loser mentality 732 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: form of basketball analysis that I see out there, and 733 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: I hope we stop it because at the end of 734 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: the day, we are not slot machines. We are basketball players, 735 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,720 Speaker 1: and we make shots based on all of the things 736 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 1: that take place in a basketball game. There is a 737 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,479 Speaker 1: tiny bit of variants, there is a tiny bit of luck, 738 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: but the vast majority of it comes down to the 739 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: things that are happening in the basketball game. All right, 740 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm off my soap bucks. My three points were brought 741 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 1: to you by Chase Freedom Unlimited Unlimited. 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A couple of their role players are 750 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: out of rhythm, and Miami has two defensive looks that 751 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: are causing Denver problems. Then that's Jimmy and Bam on 752 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: the Murray Jokic two man game and their zone defense. 753 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 1: So my prediction as of right now, for whatever that's worth, 754 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 1: And you guys know, I hate making predictions. I'd much 755 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: rather just react to the games. But if I had 756 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: the guess right now, I think Denver wins Game three, 757 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 1: in Miami wins Game four, and then we come back 758 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: to Denver at two to two. But again, who the 759 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: hell knows what's gonna happen. I share as hell don't, 760 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: and I'm just excited to break it all down with 761 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: you guys. So tomorrow, I believe, at two pm Pacific 762 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: Standard time, I'm doing a video with Live moods our 763 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: resident Nuggets fan here at the volume, So keep an 764 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: eye on that in the YouTube feed. In the late afternoon, 765 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: tomorrow and then I will be back as usual on 766 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: Wednesday night, after the final buzzer of Game three with 767 00:36:54,040 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: mister Colin Coward. The volume