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Speaker 2: a great week so far, well, the NBA Cup Elimination

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Speaker 2: what was really interesting is these two very different game

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Speaker 2: plans led to two very different results.

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Speaker 1: In the box score.

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Speaker 2: There's gonna be a lot of talk today about like, oh,

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Speaker 2: shake Hilles, Alexander by himself outscored Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving,

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Speaker 2: the game plans dictated that the stat lines would look

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Speaker 2: reading coming out of this game. So let's dive a

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Speaker 2: little bit deeper into the details. Dallas actually won the

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Speaker 2: Dallas posted a ninety six offensive rating in the half

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Speaker 2: And what's really interesting about that is it manifested. In

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Speaker 2: missed thirty of them. A lot of long rebounds. Long

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Speaker 2: it so that when Shay was coming off those screens

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Speaker 2: This is where isaih Hartenstein was setting monster screens on

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Speaker 2: three to five points per unguarded ketch and shoot jump

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Speaker 2: Couple of the payoff shots right, a couple open threes

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Speaker 1: That's super impressive. So, like, stop looking at the box score.

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Speaker 2: Who cares that Dallas and Kyrie and Luca didn't put

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Speaker 2: And watch out for those thunder players that are gambling

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Speaker 2: limit the offensive glass and you limit their points off

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Speaker 2: of turnovers. All of a sudden, it turns into a

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Speaker 2: like what Shae Gills Alexander puts you through in that

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Speaker 2: The Thunder half Chettholmgren coming back. PJ Washington didn't play

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Speaker 1: Washington. But overall, it's gonna change the dynamic a little bit.

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Speaker 2: just call it Kase on Wallace and loud Dort lud

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Speaker 2: back in that same situation. So they're gonna have to

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Speaker 2: be times when Dallas's role players are missing shots where

433
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Speaker 2: Kyrie is gonna have to look down case On Wallace

434
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Speaker 2: and attack him one on one, and Luka Donc is

435
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Speaker 2: just gonna look down lou Dort and take him one

436
00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,320
Speaker 2: on one. Those are really good defenders that match up

437
00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,200
Speaker 2: specifically well with those guys. Lou Dort, uniquely with Luca

438
00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,520
Speaker 2: has the size and strength and low center of gravity

439
00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,400
Speaker 2: to not get dislodged when Luca tries to bump him off.

440
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Speaker 2: That's that's the thing that makes life tougher on Luca.

441
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Speaker 2: Lou Dort is like the quintessential type of defender you

442
00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,200
Speaker 2: need to defend Luca because so much of Luca's game

443
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Speaker 2: depends on dislodging you from your with his size and strength.

444
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Speaker 1: Right.

445
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Speaker 2: So that's the challenge in this matchup. If Dallas wants

446
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Speaker 2: to win. When Chet is back in Oklahoma, City's talent

447
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,520
Speaker 2: advantage becomes bigger, it's going to require Luca and Kyrie

448
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,320
Speaker 2: to do a lot of really tough work against elite

449
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,000
Speaker 2: isolation defenders, and it's going to require quick decision making

450
00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 2: and play finishing from guys capitalizing on those four on

451
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Speaker 2: threes It's going to be a really really interesting battle.

452
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Speaker 1: Again.

453
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Speaker 2: Okaoma City is like Ogoma City is the most connected

454
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Speaker 2: defensive unit in the league right now, and that obviously

455
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,919
Speaker 2: they have the highest, the best defensive rating, but it

456
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,960
Speaker 2: goes so much deeper into like beyond talent, it goes

457
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Speaker 2: so much deeper into execution and just how committed these

458
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Speaker 2: guys are to doing the work off the ball. I

459
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Speaker 2: had a question in the mail bag yesterday where someone said, like,

460
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Speaker 2: what do you think is the league's evolution to the

461
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Speaker 2: three point shooting barrage that we're seeing, And what I

462
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Speaker 2: talked about was I think the league defensively, we'll just

463
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Speaker 2: get really really good at putting two on the ball

464
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Speaker 2: and rotating out of it. The reason why is we

465
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Speaker 2: have two major problems for NBA defenses right now. Problem

466
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Speaker 2: number one, all of these ball handlers can come off

467
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Speaker 2: of screens and if they get separation, they can hit

468
00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 2: pull up jump shots. That's a problem. Problem number two

469
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Speaker 2: is these off ball guys, you give them any space,

470
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Speaker 2: they're knocking them down. Shooting around. The league just continues

471
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Speaker 2: to get better and better and better. Right So with

472
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Speaker 2: that being the case, you have to run aggressive pick

473
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Speaker 2: and roll coverages to make these star players not as

474
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Speaker 2: comfortable coming off of screens, but you also have to

475
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Speaker 2: have the speed to rotate out of it. And what

476
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Speaker 2: inevitably ends up happening is in the league, when there's

477
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Speaker 2: an evolution, there's usually one or two or three teams

478
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Speaker 2: that kind of leads the way and then everyone else copies.

479
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Speaker 2: Right Oklahoma City is one of those teams that's leading

480
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Speaker 2: the way right now.

481
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Speaker 1: They're leading the way with.

482
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Speaker 2: Their aggressive on ball defense combine with excellent backside rotations

483
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Speaker 2: to take away the easy three point shots that you

484
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Speaker 2: can concede in those situations. I was really really impressed

485
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Speaker 2: by Oklahoma City last night. Again, these are the best

486
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Speaker 2: two teams in the West. I get a slight edged

487
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Speaker 2: to Oklahoma City if they're completely healthy, but I do

488
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Speaker 2: think Dallas is capable of beating them really really exciting game.

489
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Speaker 2: We're gonna get a lot further into that matchup here

490
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Speaker 2: in the film session later on in the show.

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Speaker 1: Orlando Milwaukee.

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Speaker 2: Again, I'm not gonna spend as much time on this

493
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,880
Speaker 2: game because it doesn't have the same big picture implications

494
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Speaker 2: as the MAVs as the Maps Thunder game, and it

495
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:47,320
Speaker 2: didn't quite have that same level of playoff intensity. Orlando

496
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Speaker 2: is down their two best players. It kind of put

497
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Speaker 2: a little bit of a funk on the early part

498
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Speaker 2: of the game.

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Speaker 1: I think. I think Milwaukee and Orlando are probably the fourth.

500
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Speaker 2: And fifth best teams in the Eastern Conference, behind Cleveland,

501
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 2: New York, and Boston. But there's still five takeaways that

502
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Speaker 2: I want to get into. Number one, another monster Yiannis game.

503
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Speaker 2: He had thirty seven points with six stocks. Did a

504
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 2: ton of damage as a rollman in this game. This

505
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 2: is where the advantage of Chris Middleton returning is starting

506
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Speaker 2: to bear fruit. With Chris Middleton back, you have another

507
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Speaker 2: high level ball handler. Now that you have these two

508
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Speaker 2: high level ball handlers, it allows Giannis to operate as

509
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Speaker 2: a screener more and as a result, Giannis logged twelve

510
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Speaker 2: points on rollman possessions last night. That was his first

511
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Speaker 2: time all season having double digits justin rollman possessions. Twenty

512
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Speaker 2: of his thirty seven points last night came on cuts

513
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Speaker 2: in rolls. His previous high this season was thirteen, and

514
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Speaker 2: that was his only game over ten earlier this season.

515
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Speaker 2: So a much more supported game for Giannis in terms

516
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Speaker 2: of easy opportunities that he's getting on the rolling off

517
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Speaker 2: of cuts. On cuts, it's like Dame and Chris prodding

518
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Speaker 2: and ISOs and then Giannis's man stepping over. There was

519
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 2: a dunk that for instance that Janniscott where Chris was

520
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 2: kind of like methodically working down the left lane line

521
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Speaker 2: and just scooped it Tiannis under the basket for a dunk.

522
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Speaker 2: But like, those are the types of easy opportunities you

523
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Speaker 2: get when you have additional ball handling on the floor.

524
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Speaker 2: Dame saved them late in the game. That's my second

525
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Speaker 2: big takeaway beat Wendo Carter Wendow Carter Junior on a

526
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Speaker 2: switch along the left wing where he hit like a

527
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Speaker 2: tough step back three. Orlando had hit a couple of

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Speaker 2: shots and they were up by three in the final minute.

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Speaker 1: That was a huge shot to tie the game.

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Speaker 2: And then the dunk that he had or like the

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Speaker 2: kind of drop in above the rim that he had

532
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Speaker 2: that ended up being the eventual game winner. A really

533
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Speaker 2: interesting example of off ball action. So Dame is working

534
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Speaker 2: against Anthony Black way out by the logo, and Anthony

535
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Speaker 2: Black is pressuring the ball. One of the downsides of

536
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Speaker 2: pressuring the ball is it makes it easier to give

537
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Speaker 2: up dribble penetration. But that's okay if you have your

538
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Speaker 2: help setup. Dame beats Anthony Black off the dribble to

539
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Speaker 2: the left, but Chris Middleton and Giannis are running a

540
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Speaker 2: little off ball action right around the right elbow, and

541
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Speaker 2: as a result, Kntavius Callwoo Pope and Wendell Carter Jr.

542
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Speaker 2: Are distracted and they have their backs turned to the play,

543
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Speaker 2: and so as a result, those two guys just aren't

544
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Speaker 2: paying attention. Dame has toasted them both off the dribble.

545
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Speaker 2: At the same time, Goga Patadse is guarding Bobby Portis,

546
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Speaker 2: who's cutting through along the baseline to the left corner,

547
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Speaker 2: and Goga makes a mistake. He makes a mistake by

548
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Speaker 2: instead of helping Dame and at least forcing Bobby to

549
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,719
Speaker 2: make a jump shot, he sprints out to Bobby Portas

550
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Speaker 2: out in the corner, and he ends up giving a

551
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,360
Speaker 2: wide open layup for Dame. That's the advantage of off

552
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Speaker 2: ball off ball action. When you run off ball action,

553
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Speaker 2: just something simple like a little interchange around the right elbow,

554
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Speaker 2: or for the case of Bobby, just staying moving. When

555
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Speaker 2: you do that, you open up opportunities for guys to

556
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,360
Speaker 2: make mistakes, and in this case, three dudes make mistakes

557
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Speaker 2: KCP and Wendell Carter Junior both not paying attention to

558
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Speaker 2: man in ball, and then Goga Toadze making a bad

559
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Speaker 2: decision off of a cut through from Bobby Portis. As

560
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Speaker 2: a result, you get a wide open layup that's a

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Speaker 2: product of off ball movement and action. My third big takeaway,

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Speaker 2: Chris Middleton is just so important to this team. He

563
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 2: didn't score a point last night, but he had eight assists,

564
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 2: and his ability to kind of probe off the dribble

565
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 2: and create opportunities for others is a huge ceiling raizer

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Speaker 2: for this Bucks offense.

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Speaker 1: He was awesome in the Nets game two.

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Speaker 2: If you guys remember, and this is a guy that

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Speaker 2: when he gets his legs back underneath him and he

570
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 2: finds his rhythm, he's going to average somewhere between fifteen

571
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 2: and twenty points per game. It's just a massive talent

572
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 2: upgrade over Torreon Prince. Not to mention the fact that

573
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 2: when Chris returns to the starting lineup, it will more

574
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 2: properly slot Torreum Prince as a bench wing, which is

575
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 2: where he can thrive the most in this league.

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Speaker 1: Fourth.

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Speaker 2: The path for the Orlando Magic to survive without Palo

578
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 2: and Franz Wagner is very clear. Drag games down into

579
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Speaker 2: the mud with their defense, dominate the glass, force turnovers,

580
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 2: and score in transition as much as possible. That's the strength.

581
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 2: And again, now that you're done with the Ncason Tournament,

582
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,679
Speaker 2: you're gonna end up with a home stretch here with

583
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 2: a bunch of home games. Those home games are opportunities

584
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 2: for you to lean on your crowd to drive energy

585
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 2: and to drag these games down into the mud. And

586
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 2: then from there, my fifth takeaway, we're seeing Jalen Suggs

587
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 2: blossom into one of the best two way players in

588
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 2: the league. You had a monster second half against Phoenix

589
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 2: the other night where he turned a loss into a

590
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 2: win when Phoenix had a big second half lead that

591
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,479
Speaker 2: he had thirty two points in this game, hit a

592
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 2: massive pull up three and a pull up two off

593
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 2: of like a ridiculous left to right crossover move that

594
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 2: put Orlando in a good position to win this game.

595
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 2: If Dame doesn't hit that step back three over Wendell

596
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 2: Carter Junior, which rattled in. You're advancing to the semi

597
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 2: finals because of your defense, and because Jalen Suggs, once

598
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 2: again down the stretch, just like he did in the

599
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 2: Suns game, was able to continually generate shots. Jalen Suggs

600
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 2: is averaging twenty seven points per game in his last

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Speaker 2: three games. This is in addition to him being the

602
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 2: best and most versatile defensive guard in the NBA. This

603
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 2: magic team has an incredibly bright future with a legit

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Speaker 2: Big three, but the challenge will be for Jamal Moseley

605
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 2: to try to figure out how to get these guys

606
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Speaker 2: to play for each other.

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Speaker 1: This is a magic team that does not move the

608
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Speaker 1: ball around.

609
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 2: They are twenty fifth in the league and passes made

610
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 2: per game this year, they're eighteenth and assists percentage and

611
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Speaker 2: twenty third overall in offense. And they very clearly have

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00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 2: three guys in Palo Franz and Jalen who when they

613
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 2: are featured, can really do some stuff. But they have

614
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 2: to be prominently featured when this team gets healthy. They

615
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 2: have to figure out a way to play for each other,

616
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 2: keep the ball moving from side to side, and have

617
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 2: them all capitalize on advantages that they make for each other.

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Speaker 2: If they can do that, then they can contend for

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Speaker 2: a championship, but I think this will be a multi

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Speaker 2: year journey to get there, because I don't think they're

621
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Speaker 2: close right now. But the exciting part is the potential's there.

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Speaker 2: What we saw from Franz, what we're seeing from Jalen Suggs,

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Speaker 2: what we saw from Palo to start the year. This

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00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 2: is a team that the sky is the limit for.

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Speaker 2: But they've got to find a way to play for

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00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 2: each other. All right, guys, let's get into our film session.

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Speaker 2: So we're starting up with what I thought was an

628
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 2: interesting kind of example of Isaiah Hartenstein's basketball IQ reflecting

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Speaker 2: on the defensive end of the floor. So, as we know,

630
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Speaker 2: Isaiah Hartenstein likes to do a lot of five out,

631
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Speaker 2: big man connective stuff like in like screening, hitting guys,

632
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Speaker 2: back cutting, just like acting as an offensive folkrium above

633
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Speaker 2: the break. This is what Derek Lively's doing here, right,

634
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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna play this clip through. Derek Lively's got

635
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Speaker 2: this little spurs cut that he's running here with Klay

636
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Speaker 2: Thompson and he's gonna hit Shay Gilds. I called his

637
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,479
Speaker 2: spurs cut because Tim Duncan used to do this all

638
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 2: the time with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli where he

639
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 2: would just kind of catch at the high post and

640
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 2: they'd cut off of him and he just kind of

641
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 2: pivot into their space and hit him. So he kind

642
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 2: of pivots into Shay and he hits them right. Good job,

643
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 2: Clay's gonna be open. But Isaiah Hartenstein does this too.

644
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: He does this exact same thing on the offensive end

645
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 2: all the time, so he knows that it's coming and

646
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 2: he's able to drop back into that lane and get

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00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 2: the deflection. An example of how offensive basketball like Q

648
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 2: can connect to defensive impact. So Oklahoma City comes out

649
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 2: with blitzing and tagging right, So we get this ball

650
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 2: screen with Lively blitz of Luca. Right as the blitz

651
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 2: of Luca happens. How does this all come together. Jalen

652
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 2: Williams is going to come in here and tag on

653
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 2: Derek Lively, which is gonna leave Clay Thompson open. Luca

654
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 2: makes the beautiful rifle pass right into the pocket, gets

655
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 2: wide open. Look for Clay just misses it. For the

656
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 2: most part, they paid off those shots throughout the game.

657
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 2: Worth mentioning too.

658
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: Kyrie.

659
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 2: This clip gets cut off, but Kyrie hits this three

660
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 2: on the offensive rebound put back. What's the other downside

661
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 2: of blitzing. Watch I'm gonna rewind a little bit, So

662
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 2: on this blitz, where's Lively. He's outside of Hartenstein, but

663
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,719
Speaker 2: as soon as the blitz happens, he's inside of Hartenstein.

664
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 2: So now he has the offensive rebounding advantage. So even

665
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 2: when Clay misses the shot, look at Hartenstein. He sprints down,

666
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 2: but Lively as inside position and he's able to tap

667
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 2: it out. It's another part of the issues with offensive

668
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 2: rebounding that Oklahoma City can deal with from time to time,

669
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 2: even though they want that battle in this game is

670
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 2: when you're aggressive, you're in rotation. When you're in rotation,

671
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 2: it's harder to get matched up on the glass. Another

672
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 2: blitz of Luca here, same ball screen blitz. The tag

673
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 2: comes from kese On. Wallace swing out to Kyrie, great reed,

674
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: Kaseon rotates again, Klay Thompson gets the same exact shot.

675
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 2: This time he pays it off. As I mentioned earlier,

676
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 2: deep drop coverage that the MAVs came out with against

677
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 2: Shay and Jalen, So this one's going to be with

678
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 2: Jalen Hartenstein's screen. Look at how far back Lively is

679
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 2: Lively is pretty far back. He's kind of sitting one

680
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 2: of the things I like though. Instead of Isaiah Hartenstein

681
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 2: rolling hard into the lane and putting himself in a

682
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 2: position where he's just in more traffic and his vertical

683
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 2: spacing is invaluable, he stops around the elbow because he

684
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 2: knows he can be a threat there and he makes

685
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 2: one of his little patented floaters. Another deep drop coverage

686
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 2: with Lively. Clay chases over the top Jalen's far Derek

687
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: lives really far back, comfortable shot. Jalen misses this one,

688
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 2: but that's a really comfortable shot for him in that

689
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,719
Speaker 2: mid range. Really really good individual defense by Keason Wallace

690
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 2: on Luka Doncic. Here, watch as Luca goes for the

691
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: step back, Keiseon closes the ground and blocks the shot.

692
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 2: Then as Luca drives goes into that spinning move and

693
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 2: misses it. One of the big details there I want

694
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 2: you to pay attention to because I'm gonna show you

695
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 2: guys a clip here in a minute where Luca hits

696
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 2: a bucket over case on Wallace. One of the most

697
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 2: important parts of Luca's offensive game is dislodging the defender

698
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 2: from his base with a good hard bump. Notice on

699
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 2: this play, I'm gonna play it again full speed. Notice

700
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 2: Luca never really initiates contact enough to bump Kase on

701
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 2: Wallace off. You're gonna see a better example of Luca

702
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 2: doing a better job later on here.

703
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: This was interesting.

704
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 2: I thought the MAVs in the deep drop were conceding

705
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 2: these pull up jump shots, and Shay early in the

706
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 2: game didn't want to take them. This is important because

707
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 2: in the third quarter he did want to take him

708
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 2: the watch Harden seins that's a good pick, really gets

709
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 2: into Quentin Grimes. Shae's just wide open, like this is

710
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 2: a wide open pull up three. Doesn't feel like taking

711
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,760
Speaker 2: it yet, right, Look at how far back Derek Lively

712
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 2: is so he gives the bald Hartenstein. But watch how

713
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 2: this turns into offense anyway, Hartenstein catches Quentin Grimes is there.

714
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 2: Watch Shaye just backcut him boop backcut, gets a nice

715
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 2: little look at the mid range, knocks it down. Big

716
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: part of the offense for Oklahoma City that just hasn't

717
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 2: really been there before Hartenstein came around. Luca had been

718
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 2: really that was another great kickout from Luke on a

719
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 2: post up double team that Kyrie missed. Again, for the

720
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 2: most part, the MAVs paid those shots off in the

721
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 2: first half. This I thought was an issue that was

722
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 2: taking place a lot in the early part of the

723
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 2: game where Luca was just kind of ignoring Lou Dort.

724
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 2: So Luca's on Loudort, but he's just conceding the shot.

725
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 2: Look sitting in the paint, just not worried about it.

726
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 2: Little token contest at the end. But again, like I said,

727
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 2: that that's the key in They did that to Oklahoma

728
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 2: City in the playoffs last year and those guys were missing.

729
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 2: They're gonna have to hit shots in order to win

730
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 2: this matchup when they get to April May, same exact thing.

731
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 2: Look at Luca conceding the three to Dort on a

732
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 2: help and he hits it. Those are going to be

733
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 2: very very important shots for the Thunder.

734
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: That his game plan.

735
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 2: That's not on Luca, that's on the game plan. That

736
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 2: was a to cap off at thirteen to oh run

737
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,280
Speaker 2: for Oklahoma City at that point in the game. Another

738
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 2: really good read for Luca on the blitz. Here, Luca

739
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 2: catches Gafford Kyrie double drag, so we have two on

740
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 2: the ball right, Gafford rolls. Lou Dort wants to stay

741
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,240
Speaker 2: home for Kyrie, so Shay's gonna end up tagging the roller.

742
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 2: Notice Gafford too, he kind of sees Shay there, so

743
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 2: instead of like keeping his body running like he's going

744
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 2: to shoot a layup, he turns his back so that

745
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,280
Speaker 2: he can handle the low man as a post player catches,

746
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 2: and then turns over his left shoulder for the finish.

747
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 2: Nice fine from Luca. This is that possession where Luca

748
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,400
Speaker 2: did a much better job dislodging case On Wallace. So

749
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna let this one play. Watch Luca bump

750
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 2: case On with the spin right there to see that.

751
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 2: You see how watchcase On like bump off of him

752
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 2: right there. See, that's how he gets the clean separation.

753
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 2: Look at out like straight up and down. He is

754
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 2: on the fade away because he bumps case On Wallace

755
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,879
Speaker 2: off of his base. This is what bad transition floor

756
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 2: balance looks like. I've talked about this concept quite a bit.

757
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 2: We have a ball screen at the top of the key,

758
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,839
Speaker 2: the ball handlers trying to get downhill. The role man

759
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 2: is rolling downhill. We've got corner occupied, corner occupied dunker

760
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 2: spot occupied, so when the shot goes up, there's only

761
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 2: one man back because there's four guys.

762
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 1: Below the below the free throw line.

763
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 2: So this allows Dallas to get out in transition and

764
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: basically craft a quick one on one and Nagee Marshall

765
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 2: gets into jaaln Williams's body and finishes. This is that

766
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 2: incredible ludor close out on the blitz, So double drag

767
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:55,399
Speaker 2: blitz two on the ball. Shay's tagging Gafford. He's there

768
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 2: earlier now because Gafford just got a deeper seal. Right,

769
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,439
Speaker 2: So now Uca makes this unbelievable cross court pass. Look

770
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 2: at lou Dort and again Clay could have shot this

771
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:06,919
Speaker 2: on the catch.

772
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: Watch that's going up. That should go up.

773
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 2: But the point is lou Dort is sprinting so fast

774
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 2: that it forced Clay to second guess himself, breaks his rhythm,

775
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: and he misses the shot. That's elite modern NBA defense,

776
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 2: though the ability to put two on the ball be

777
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 2: completely compromised. All five Oklahoma City defenders are on the

778
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,359
Speaker 2: midline or to the right side. Clay Thompson, the second

779
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 2: best shooter of all time, is wide open in the

780
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 2: left corner. We have a skip pass that's being thrown

781
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 2: forty feet from the rim on the right sideline that

782
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 2: is dropped on a dime to Clay and a closeout

783
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,879
Speaker 2: still gets there. That is what makes the Oklahoma City

784
00:37:48,920 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 2: Thunder such pain in the ass to deal with. As

785
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier in the first half shift, Gafford was

786
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 2: in much more of a high drop coverage against Shay.

787
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 2: You guys are going to see an example of that. Now,

788
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 2: look at how high Gafford is. Gafferd's up at the level,

789
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 2: then he's pulling back. That allows the role man to

790
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 2: be opened for this week side three on two which

791
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 2: Shay converts to Cruso for three just misses the shot.

792
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 2: I'm gonna show you guys a couple examples of this

793
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 2: because this is part of how Dallas sets up their spacing,

794
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 2: which I think is really smart. One of the things

795
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 2: we're going to see is when Luca ISOs and teams

796
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 2: want to help from the center spot. In this case,

797
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 2: in the switch, Isaiah Joe is technically Derek Lively's man, right.

798
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 2: You can see him kind of guarding each other there.

799
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 2: So one of the things that Lively is going to

800
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 2: do is he is going to seal case on Wallace

801
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 2: on his outside, so that as soon as Isaiah Joe

802
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 2: steps up, he creates a vertical pat I'm gonna play

803
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 2: in full motion, in full speed first, and then we'll

804
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 2: slow it down. Okay, look at how this develops. Watch

805
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 2: Derek seal on the inside of Kassan wall See that.

806
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 2: See how he seals He's got that left foot over

807
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 2: Kasan Wallace's foot. All all that does is create a

808
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 2: super easy read. Now Luka Doncic knows as soon as

809
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 2: this guy steps up, Isaiah Joe, all he has to

810
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 2: do is just throw the ball somewhere up here, anywhere

811
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 2: up here. Derek Lively is inside positions, so he can

812
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 2: just jump up and feed it in. You guys will

813
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 2: see another example of that with Kyrie Irving and Daniel

814
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,840
Speaker 2: Gafford here in a little bit, another really good example

815
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 2: of Dallas attacking the double team as well. So Lucas

816
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 2: setting an off ball screen gets the ball, gets a

817
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 2: better matchup with Isaiah Joe. Here comes a double double team.

818
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: Boom.

819
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 2: Okay, right, Reid Spencer, Dinwoodie extra pass. Klay Thompson once again,

820
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 2: second best shooter all time. Good look, he just missed it.

821
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 2: But Dallas did a pretty good job of navigating the

822
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 2: blitzer and doubles in the first half. This time Spencer,

823
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 2: same sort of thing, ball screen blitz we have they

824
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 2: step over to tag the roller. Now we have this

825
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 2: week side two on one with Klay Thompson and Spencer

826
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 2: Dinwoody extra pass. Spencer gets a look, miss that one again.

827
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 2: For the most part, I want to say they were

828
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 2: at like one point five points per unguarded jump shot

829
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 2: in the first half. They did a good job and

830
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 2: overall on jump shots in the first half they shot

831
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 2: really well. Another blitz, another really good rotation blitz slip

832
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 2: Spencer really sharp rotations. So now there's no open corner three,

833
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 2: but it's a closeout. This is where having a guy

834
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,359
Speaker 2: like Naji Marshall who has reel off the dribble pop

835
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 2: is an advantage. Watch him jabs gets middle hooks, Izaho

836
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 2: a little bit, hits.

837
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: A floater in the lane. That's playoff basketball.

838
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 2: Playoff basketball is you need guys that can take small

839
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 2: advantages and turn them into baskets because elite defenses aren't

840
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 2: going to give major advantages. They're going to give small

841
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 2: advantages most of the time. Big bucket for Spencer Dinwoody

842
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 2: here leading the second un He's been doing a really

843
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 2: good job leading the second You notice Oklahoma City goes

844
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 2: to a deep drop against the backup guard. Here, Fencer

845
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 2: gets in the lang, gets a lot and one floater.

846
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 2: It's done a really nice job with him. He hit

847
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 2: a big three on the left wing out of a

848
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 2: double team earlier too. Oklahoma City ran this play twice

849
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 2: in the second quarter. Just a little wide, pinned down

850
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 2: action for Jalen. He hit a little elbow jumper the

851
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 2: first time. Second time he draws a foul. Just nothing

852
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 2: but a wide excuse me, nothing but a wide pin

853
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 2: down Like I talked about yesterday, It's still fundamentally ends

854
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 2: up in the same action Like this is just like

855
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 2: a ball screen. Right If Jalen Williams was coming off

856
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 2: a ball screen, Maxim's prosper would be chasing him over

857
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: the top, Gafford would be in a high drop, and

858
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 2: Hartenstein would be rolling. It looks like that's how off

859
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 2: ball action or motion offense like I was talking about

860
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 2: Golden State yesterday, more or less manifests with the same

861
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 2: concepts as spread, pick and roll. They just happened in

862
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 2: the flow of the game. What I like about this

863
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 2: is look where Jalen Williams catches the ball. When he

864
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 2: catches the ball, he already has his advantage prosperous trailing

865
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 2: the play. So running action like this allows your stars

866
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,320
Speaker 2: more opportunity to attack with an advantage Earlier in Possessions

867
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 2: draws a foul. Here, same exac read I talked about

868
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 2: earlier with Lively. This is Dallas Maverick's offense. Notice when

869
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 2: Kyrie starts to ISO, gets a switch. He's got Kenrich Williams.

870
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 2: As he's going downhill, it pulls out. Okay, here we

871
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 2: have our ISO. So now Kyrie's got a match up

872
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 2: he likes. Watch how the play develops. I'm gonna play

873
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 2: him full speed first, and then we'll slow it down.

874
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 2: ISO iso ISO dunk. Okay, let's watch how it develops.

875
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:35,360
Speaker 2: Kyrie's isoing. Gafford is already using a swim move on

876
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 2: case on Wallas to get inside position. See inside position.

877
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 2: Now the read is very simple. Kyrie knows I think

878
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 2: this is Aaron Wiggins. As soon as Aaron Wiggins steps up,

879
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 2: all he has to do is throw the ball somewhere

880
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 2: up here, and Gafford's gonna dunk it watch. That's Dallas

881
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 2: Mavericks basketball. That's Dallas Mavericks spacing. They can occupy the

882
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,439
Speaker 2: dunker spot because their bigs are so good at those

883
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:02,319
Speaker 2: little details like inside on the lowman to be able

884
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 2: to create an easy vertical spacing window right there above right,

885
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 2: kind of above the square, just off to the right side.

886
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 2: This was just an example of strong side corner help

887
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 2: from Spencer Dinwoode, which is big no no Jyl Williams

888
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 2: ISOs goes to the basket, Spencer gets sucked in and

889
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 2: he gets a shot. Although one of the things you'll

890
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 2: notice on this play if you look, Gafford's not really

891
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,320
Speaker 2: in position to help, and there's an inside seal on Grime,

892
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 2: so he might have had no choice. But the other

893
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 2: part of it too is Prosper's kind of on him.

894
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 2: Prosper's in position. So that's just kind of a play

895
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 2: where stick to the game plan, don't help out of

896
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 2: the strong side corner. There's another one of those high

897
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 2: level close out attacks that I talked about, which is

898
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 2: part of the advantage of the off ball talent that

899
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 2: Dallas has added this year. So ball screen blitz. Okay,

900
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 2: on the blitz, we tag right, we're tagging with shay

901
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 2: On Gafford. There's our close out, right, not a three,

902
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 2: but a close out against elite playoff defense. Is you

903
00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 2: got to find a way to convert this into points.

904
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 2: Little step back move, Quentin Grimes. If Quentin Grimes were

905
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 2: to iso shake Gildes Alexander and like a king of

906
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 2: the court situation or in just a set defense situation,

907
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 2: not gonna get that kind of separation in all likelihood

908
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 2: chase a good defender, but in a closeout situation off

909
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 2: the ball, he might be able to get more separation.

910
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 2: That's where his skill could Again, the job of your

911
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 2: superstars is to generate easier opportunities for your role players.

912
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 2: If you've got some offensive skill in the role player core,

913
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 2: you can convert those into points. Gafford started conceding threes

914
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 2: to Kenrich Williams at this point in the game, and

915
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,919
Speaker 2: he hit two of them. No need to get any

916
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 2: further into that. Just again, that's just what I was

917
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 2: talking about earlier with the Thunder. Teams are going to

918
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:41,880
Speaker 2: concede shots to their mediocre shooters, and they got to

919
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 2: hit shots, and they were hitting them in this game.

920
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 2: This was a really smart play from Naji Marshall. So

921
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,920
Speaker 2: transition cross match, right, Kyrie Irving ends up with Isaiah

922
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 2: Joe on him, so he starts going to work. So

923
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,920
Speaker 2: lou Dort doubles lou Dord. If you watch in the

924
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,280
Speaker 2: transition cross matches matched up with Naji Marshall, right, Clayton

925
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 2: or Kyrie Irving with Isaiah Joe, Naji Marshall with lou Dort,

926
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 2: lou Doort goes to double watch Naji Marshall notice it

927
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 2: and go, oh shit, my man's doubling. I'm going to

928
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 2: make myself available, makes himself available right here in the

929
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 2: short range, catches the ball and scores. That's high level

930
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 2: offense from a role player. That is the type of

931
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 2: play that a skilled offensive player can make, that it

932
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 2: can make more often than say like a Derek Jones

933
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,799
Speaker 2: junior or a Josh Green for instance. An example of

934
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 2: why high hands are so important in a double team.

935
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 2: Watching this double team, how lou Dort gets up with

936
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 2: his hands that forces Kyrie to throw a higher pass

937
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 2: and it forces a turnover that's generated off of high hands.

938
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 2: Then we're going to get into transition and Isaiah Joe

939
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 2: is going to hit a three that's the kind of

940
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 2: stuff that Oklahoma City is so good at. As I

941
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,879
Speaker 2: talked about in the monologue portion, one of the most

942
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,799
Speaker 2: important things for Oklahoma City. Look at how lou Dort

943
00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 2: sprints back, and look at this effort. Lou Dort should

944
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 2: theoretically be transition cross matched elsewhere with Isaiah Joe. He

945
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 2: just sprints Isaiah Joe out of it, and Isaiah Joe

946
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 2: sprints out of it, and you're out now. But as

947
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,840
Speaker 2: I talked about earlier, these are the kinds of matchups

948
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 2: Dallas is gonna have to win if they're gonna beat

949
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 2: Oklahoma City in a playoff series. Luca is gonna have

950
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 2: to be able to beat lou Dort at as his

951
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 2: primary defender, and the main issue here is against a

952
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 2: smaller guy or a guy that doesn't have the same

953
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 2: sort of low center of gravity and strong base, Luca

954
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 2: is gonna dislodge him. Watch how he can't dislodge lou Dort,

955
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 2: and so lud Dort's able to close the gap and

956
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 2: force a miss. That's what makes lou Dort such a

957
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 2: gifted defender in this matchup. Another really nice play from

958
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 2: Luca against a double team blitz skip on a dime,

959
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 2: unbelievable passes from Luca all night long. This was an

960
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 2: interesting action I talked to. Do you guys remember the

961
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 2: Rudy the Rudy Gobert with Raymond play where Raymond got

962
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,440
Speaker 2: to dunk on the inverted ball screen with Steph. One

963
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 2: of the things that happens a lot is like when

964
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 2: a guy is guarding a superstar guard and wants to

965
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,759
Speaker 2: deny him the catch. He's not gonna help on any

966
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 2: screening action. So watch as they swing the ball over here.

967
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 2: They're trying to make a post entry to Kyrie Irving,

968
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 2: but Alex Cruso's denying. See how Alex Cruso is top

969
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 2: locking and denying Kyrie Irving. So what Kyrie Irving does here,

970
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 2: which is really smart, as he just goes like, hey, man,

971
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 2: drive off of me. If you drive off of me

972
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 2: and you can turn the corner here, you're gonna get

973
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 2: downhill because Alex Cruso is not going to help, and

974
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 2: that's exactly what he does. Watch smart basketball from Kyrie

975
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 2: all right into the third quarter. Notice Gafford's in the game,

976
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,800
Speaker 2: and like we talked about with the high drop early,

977
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 2: we're going into a deep drop here. Look at how

978
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 2: far back Gafford is. Look at Quinn Grimes kind of

979
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,800
Speaker 2: die on the screen, shake out of Alexander just settles

980
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 2: into an easy, breezy midrange pull up. Same exact thing

981
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:46,760
Speaker 2: on the next possession. Klay Thompson on the ball. Lively's

982
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 2: in the game now, so they went early back to Lively,

983
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:53,240
Speaker 2: but same thing. Quinn Grimes is on the ball. Hardenstein screens.

984
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 2: Look at how far back Lively is. Lively's in the paint.

985
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 2: Shay settles into an easy midrange pull up, knocks it

986
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 2: down here. He attacks Klay Thompson in a transition cross match,

987
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 2: so he's got Clay Thompson transition cross match, hits him

988
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:10,320
Speaker 2: with a little hesitation, dribbled to the right, gets the goaltend.

989
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 2: Another nice play out of the double for Dallas. They

990
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 2: just missed this shot. Little wide double screen action for

991
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 2: Luca as he comes off blitz Lively on the roll.

992
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 2: Lively makes the right kickouts to Quentin Grimes wide open three.

993
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 2: Just happens to miss that one. I thought Dallas managed

994
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,319
Speaker 2: the doubles really well all night, and again that's an

995
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,799
Speaker 2: encouraging part if you're a Dallas man. Most of their

996
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 2: turnover issues were in the backcourt after defensive rebounds. Are

997
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 2: before the defensive rebound. Another Shay Iso of Klay Thompson

998
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:42,000
Speaker 2: in a transition cross match spins over his left shoulder.

999
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 2: Watch how many MAVs coels around him.

1000
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: Boom.

1001
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,399
Speaker 2: Lively's two feet in the paint. Quentin Grimes double team.

1002
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 2: So lou Dort catches and he beats Lively on a

1003
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 2: close that may or may not have traveled there, but

1004
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 2: he ends up hitting a little fade away in the lane.

1005
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: Watch the weak side.

1006
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 2: Rotations from lou dorton Case on Wallace. Here Luca off,

1007
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,440
Speaker 2: here's our blitz. Okay on the blitz, Luca's gonna throw

1008
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:08,240
Speaker 2: the skip. Watch Dort first and then so Dort's playing

1009
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 2: the two on one. Right, kase On Wallas is playing

1010
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 2: Lively on the skip.

1011
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: Live again.

1012
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 2: Notice Case on Wallace inside position Unlively so that if

1013
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 2: Luca tries to throw the lob, he can at least

1014
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:20,839
Speaker 2: force him to make a hook shot or something over

1015
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,359
Speaker 2: the top. Dort's playing our two on one. Luca throws

1016
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 2: a beautiful skip pass into the pocket. Look at the

1017
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:31,239
Speaker 2: close out from Dort and look at kese I Wallace. Boom,

1018
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 2: now the advantage is gone. Just like that, the advantage

1019
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 2: is gone. Isaiah Hartenstein drops into help. Another great close

1020
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 2: out from Shay, gets a great contest on the Clay

1021
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 2: Thompson shot and forces a bad miss. Dallas ends up

1022
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,279
Speaker 2: getting an offensive rebound in that possession. Butich just really

1023
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 2: really nice defensive rotations from the Thunder. And then these

1024
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 2: are the two threes that put the game basically out

1025
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 2: of reach. Shaye misses, but watch on the weak side,

1026
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 2: watch case On Wallace and uh watch kase on Wallace,

1027
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 2: and Luca case On just goes right behind him and

1028
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 2: get the offensive rebound because Luca's not paying attention Shae.

1029
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:04,759
Speaker 2: It's the corner three on the Chaos. And then this

1030
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 2: is that impromptu switch on the ghost screen. So again

1031
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 2: attacking Luca dribbles out. Lively's on the ball, so we're

1032
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 2: gonna swing it over. Here comes Keason Walls to get

1033
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,399
Speaker 2: Luca into the action, and again Keason just slips out

1034
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,240
Speaker 2: of it. There's no screen. He didn't actually set a screen,

1035
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:22,759
Speaker 2: he just slipped out of it. Luca ran up on Shay.

1036
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,400
Speaker 2: Lively didn't feel a screen, so Lively's not thinking I

1037
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 2: have to switch. So there's some poor communication there, he's

1038
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 2: laid on the rotation knocks down to three. That pretty

1039
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 2: much did it. So yeah, really interesting, really quickly before

1040
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 2: I show this last play again, Like you guys can

1041
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 2: see the dynamic there. Dallas managed the double teams really

1042
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 2: well all night. And you can see how Dallas is

1043
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 2: running those like deep drop coverages and conceding those catch

1044
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:47,719
Speaker 2: and shoot threes to mediocre shooters. And so it's all

1045
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 2: going to come down to like capitalizing on those game

1046
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 2: plan issues. And then again for Dallas, got to avoid

1047
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:56,479
Speaker 2: those mistakes they were making in the backcourt by giving

1048
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,959
Speaker 2: up offensive rebounds and turning the ball over right after

1049
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,560
Speaker 2: defensive rebounds. Here's that off ball action that I wanted

1050
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 2: to show you guys real quick at the end of

1051
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 2: the Bucks game. So again we have ball pressure on

1052
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,720
Speaker 2: Dame out forty five feet fifty fifty feet from the basket.

1053
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,479
Speaker 2: Dame beats him off the dribble. Here's the off ball action.

1054
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 2: Giannis is running a pin down for Chris Middleton at

1055
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:19,720
Speaker 2: the elbow. CACP is completely keyed in on Middleton. Wendell

1056
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 2: Carter Junior is completely keyed in on Giannis, so the

1057
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 2: two of them are now completely removed from the play,

1058
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 2: Portois is relocating out to the corner. Goga should take

1059
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,640
Speaker 2: this help, but instead he runs through with Bobby Portis

1060
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 2: and Dame gets a dunk. So again, three players make

1061
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,800
Speaker 2: mistakes because of offball action and off ball player movement.

1062
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 2: Pretty simple stuff, all right, guys, that is all I

1063
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:41,800
Speaker 2: have for today. As always, as sincerely appreciate you for

1064
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 2: supporting me and rocking with the show. Really really fun

1065
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 2: stuff from the n season tournament last night, and we

1066
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:47,480
Speaker 2: got two more great games tonight. I look forward and

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Speaker 2: breaking it all down for you guys tomorrow. I'll see

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Speaker 2: you guys then the volume. So guys, as always, I

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Speaker 2: appreciate you for listening to and supporting OOPS tonight. It

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Speaker 2: would actually be really helpful for us if you guys

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Speaker 2: take a second and leave a rating and a review.

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Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us, but if

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Speaker 2: you could take a minute to do that, I'd really

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Speaker 2: appreciate it.