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We're moving on 29 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: to Day three of the NBA Playoffs. But at the 30 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: end of the night yesterday we were supposed to cover 31 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: Pacers Bucks with Colin Cowherd, but we didn't really hit 32 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: it that much. So I want to spend some time 33 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: on Pacers Bucks, and then after that we're going to 34 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: go into that super exciting game one between the Thunder 35 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: and the Pelicans. I'm going to have film for both 36 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: of those games in this episode, and then at the 37 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: tail end of the show, I wanted to show some 38 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: video examples of the individual defense that Mitchell Robinson played 39 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: on Joe El Embiid and how it could change the 40 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: dynamic of that particular series. You guys know the joke 41 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: before we get started. Subscribe to a brand new YouTube 42 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: channel so you don't miss any more of our videos. 43 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: Follow me on Twitter, underscore json lts, you guys don't 44 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: miss any show announcements. 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Now, there's some specific process stuff that 53 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: we're going to get to that I would like to 54 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: see the Pacers do differently, namely just tyrase Halliburton's raw 55 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: level of aggression and how much they looked to target Dame, 56 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: which we'll get to in a minute. But even in 57 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: spite of all of that, I thought the Pacers got 58 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: good looks. This is a you know, kind of a 59 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: bad One of the many reasons this is a bad 60 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: matchup for Milwaukee and why they struggle with the Pacers 61 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: in the regular season is their defense is kind of 62 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: constructed to give up jump shots, right They packed the 63 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: paint dare you to shoot, and the Bucks actually allow 64 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: the fifth most jump shot attempts in the NBA. According 65 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: to Synergy, the Pacers are the fourth most efficient jump 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: shooting team in the NBA, so that's part of the issues. 67 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: The Bucks defense is designed to give up jump shots. 68 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: The Pacers are a really good jump shooting team, and 69 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: my goodness, could they not hit a shot to save 70 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: their lives to start this particular game. As a matter 71 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: of fact, they got just zero point seven to seven 72 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: points per jump shot in this game. In the regular season, 73 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: they got one point zero nine points per jump shot, which, 74 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: like I said, was the fourth best mark in the 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: entire league. As a matter of fact, in this game, 76 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: the Pacers generated thirty one wide open threes, meaning the 77 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: defender was at least six feet away. They generated thirty 78 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: one of them, and they only made six, which is 79 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: just nineteen percent. So, by the way, they shot forty 80 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: percent on those wide open threes. During the regular season, 81 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: there was top ten in the NBA. Now, there were 82 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: some specific things that we're going to talk about. I 83 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: didn't love all of their process, and again, shooting luck 84 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: is only part of the equation in that regard. But 85 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: there's no doubt that I'm sure the main topic in 86 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: the Pacers locker room after the game was centered around 87 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: the idea of like, hey, we got good looks, we 88 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: just got to knock them down. But I want to 89 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: move to the defensive end of the floor before we 90 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: go any further into the Pacers on offense, because they 91 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: had a major Damian Lillard problem in this game. And 92 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about the tough jump shots. He had 93 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: some really tough jump shots, some deep catch and shoot threes, 94 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: some tough step backs, and contested jumpers in pick and roll. 95 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, he made seven jumpers in 96 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: this game. Caught an app solute heater in that first 97 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: half run right. But for the most part, Dame over 98 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: the course of the season has been a somewhat inefficient 99 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: by his standards pull up jump shooter, right, And I 100 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: think over the course of the series, if you're the Pacers, 101 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: those shots aren't the ones you're worried about. You want 102 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: to do a little better, You want to avoid some 103 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: of the stuff when he's on a heat check, Like 104 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: there was like a thirty footer he made on the 105 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: left wing, where like, yeah, it's one of those shots 106 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: that's a tough shot, but he was in such a 107 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: good rhythm at that point. You need to find a 108 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: way to close that gap, right. So, like, there's definitely 109 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: some stuff that they should be looking at. But I 110 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: didn't think the jump shot was the main concern with 111 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: them defensively. I thought it was their dribble penetration that 112 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: they were allowing to dam So. One of the things 113 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: that happens in against most pull up jump shooters is 114 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: they'll run a high drop coverage, meaning the screen defender 115 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: is going to come up to the level of the 116 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: screen to try to kind of contain right. But there's 117 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: two responsibilities there. It's not just to contest the pull 118 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: up jump shot. It's also to contain the drive. It's 119 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: like a catch. You're driving up and you're catching the 120 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: ball handler and containing him there. That's why you'll actually 121 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: see that coverage used often on none pull up jump 122 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: shooters to try to contain dribble penetration. Teams will do 123 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: it to Lebron not to stop the pull up three, 124 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: but to literally stop him from turning the corner as 125 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: he comes over the top of the screen. Teams will 126 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: do it to Ant, not just to take away the 127 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: pulp jumper, but to stop him from getting downhill over 128 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: the top of the screen. Right, And so there's two 129 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: responsibilities to that Big, and they were just giving straight 130 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: line drive after straight line drive after straight line drive 131 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: to Dame, just getting past that drop coverage Big, and 132 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: then there's nobody on the back line, and Dame was 133 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: getting layups. He had four layups in this game, another 134 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: one that barely got blocked at the rim by Pascal Siakam. 135 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: That's the major thing schematically on defense that Indiana has 136 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: to figure out. They've got to figure out a better 137 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: job of at least making Dame make tough contested pull 138 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: up jumpers throughout the series instead of giving up those layups. Now, 139 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: I want to shout out, Dame, this is why you 140 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: make this sort of trade. The honest injury would have 141 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: been a death sentence for older iterations of the Bucks 142 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: before the Damian Lillard trade. It's one had the amount 143 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: of offensive firepower that they need. It's you know, it's 144 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: one of those things where it's one thing to win 145 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: a couple of games at the end of an Atlanta 146 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: Hawk series when Trey Young is hurt, but it's different 147 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: when it's like a full seven game series with adjustments 148 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: and all those different things. When you lose that star talent, 149 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: that superstar talent, there's just so much room for the 150 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: defense to scheme the other guys out of the offense 151 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: and slow down everything that you're trying to do. Damian 152 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: Lillard in his superpower is what gives them a chance 153 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: in this series because they have to survive until Jannis 154 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: comes back. And you went out and you kick the 155 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: shit out of the Pacers on the heels of an 156 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: outrageously good superstar performance from Damian Lillard. That's why you 157 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: make that trade. And I thought he was just magnificent, 158 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: not just the jumpers. Like I said, his speed was 159 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: on display. And I mean again, when it comes to 160 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: the jumpers, there's really nothing you can do about it schematically, 161 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: you just kind of have to live with the results. 162 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: He's you could tip the cap to him, but he's 163 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: just that type of high level player that can make 164 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: those plays. Now, let's move back to the Pacers on offense, 165 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: because I did not think the Pacers did nearly enough 166 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: to actually make Damian Lillard work hard while he was 167 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: on the floor. As a matter of fact, Pascals Yakament 168 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: Tyres Aliburton ran twenty nine pick and rolls combined between 169 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: the two of them, and in those twenty nine pick 170 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: and rolls, they only brought Damian Lillard's man up to 171 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: set the screen once in twenty nine possessions. Now the 172 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: counterpoint would be, and this is what I'm sure, like 173 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: I said, the Pacers were thinking after the game, and 174 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure is what a lot of Pacers fans are thinking, is, Hey, 175 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: we got great looks, though, like what's wrong with our 176 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: offensive process? We have that exact same shock quality game. 177 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: We probably shoot a lot better and have a good 178 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: chance to win. Right, Yeah, you're right, but there's two 179 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: sides to the floor, and you might actually give yourself 180 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: a better chance to slow Damian Lillard down if he's 181 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: worn out by being involved in more on the offensive 182 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: end of the four big part of how I think 183 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: a guy like Luka Doncics has a rough shooting night 184 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: against the Clippers last night. He's being forced to work 185 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: every single trip down the floor defensively. This series, in 186 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: many ways, is going to come down to Damian Lillard 187 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: pull up jump shooting. Right. As I've said so many 188 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: times on the show, pull up jump shooting is not 189 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: as not nearly as much a touch thing as it 190 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: is a lift thing. You're these guys are such elite 191 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 1: shooters that once they actually get to their spot and 192 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: get their lift, the end of it's just a jumper. 193 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: The end of it is the same shot they shoot 194 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: thousands of times when they're in the gym by themselves right. 195 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: But getting to that spot and getting the appropriate lift 196 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: is generally speaking, what makes the difference between a miss 197 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: and a make right. And so by wearing him out, 198 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: wearing his legs out, you can do a better job 199 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: of helpfully hopefully tilting the series towards bad dame shooting performances. 200 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: It's something I'd like to see them do in Game two. 201 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: Before we get to the film, I wanted to shout 202 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: out Chris Milton to super efficient twenty three points on 203 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: fourteen shots. We talked about him needing to do some 204 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: work on Nie Smith in the post he scored on 205 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: him twice in the post in the first half, and 206 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: I thought he hit one of the biggest shots of 207 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: the game there in that fourth quarter at the beginning 208 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter. So the Pacers kind of settle 209 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: down in that third quarter, they start to get the 210 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: same high quality shots and start to hit them, and 211 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: they get it back to twelve going into the fourth quarter, 212 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: and Chris Middleton hits a contested pull up three at 213 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: the start of the fourth quarter that just immediately pushed 214 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: it back to fifteen and kind of changed the feel 215 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: of the game. I thought he was great, Just a 216 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: big time win for the Bucks. Again, like I like 217 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: I said, I think the key to this series is 218 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: getting the game four with the Bucks up to to 219 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: one rather than down two one. I think if they're 220 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: down to one, even if Joannis does come back, it's 221 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: just a lot to ask to try to beat a 222 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: good Pacers team that's that kind of is a tough 223 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: matchup for you that you know three out of four times. 224 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: So I think it's going to be critical that the 225 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 1: the Bucks get one of these next two games. And 226 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: you just made your life a hell of a lot 227 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: easier by winning Game one. Again, big adjustments for Indiana 228 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: bringing Dame into screen actions more. Their bigs have to 229 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: do a better job of containing Dame when he's coming 230 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: off those screens, and then also better backside help rotations. 231 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: You guys will see some examples in the film here 232 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: in a second. And then again gotta hit those open 233 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: jump shots that you generate. All right, let's take a 234 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: look at some film real quick before we move to 235 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: the next series. So I'm want to show you guys 236 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: some examples of the pacer struggling to handle Dame getting 237 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: downhill in the ball screens. Right, So here's our configuration 238 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: here as Dames getting ready to come down. So as 239 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: soon as this three man action happens, even though Turner 240 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 1: is originally on Lopez, Siakam and Turner switch right, so 241 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: Turner's now on Portism is on Lopez again, as we 242 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 1: talked about before the series, you kind of have to 243 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: concede picking pop threes to Lopez. So at this point, 244 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: because Nemhart is attached and Siakam is up here, he 245 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: has one job and that is to contain Damian Lillard, 246 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: and he's got to allow him just to go right 247 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: around him to the basket and get a left handed layup. 248 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: I understand the desire to take away the pull up 249 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: jump shot. But even if he elevates here, Andrew Nemhart's 250 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: in position to offer a rear view contest. Pascal just 251 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: has to do a better job containing this driving angle. 252 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: And again you're gonna see it's just like Possession after Possession, 253 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: that this was an issue in the first half. This 254 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: time he doesn't even get to the screen. So he 255 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: comes down and we're gonna get a Lopez screen, and literally, 256 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: Turner is not gonna be far back enough. And when 257 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: Dame kind of makes this dribble move to the right, 258 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna actually go right around Nemhart and not even 259 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: use the screen. But look at where Turner is, He's 260 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: not in position to contain, gives up the angle. Dame 261 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: gets right around him, gets that left handed layup off 262 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: the glass. Again, the pull up jump shots. There's only 263 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: so much you can do anyway, and over the course 264 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: of the series, you like that if that's the best 265 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: that Milwaukee can do, it is tough contested. Dame pull 266 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: up jump shots. This is the kind of shit that's 267 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: gonna get you beat if you let him have four 268 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: or five of these a game. That's where you're going 269 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: to have your your bigger picture issues. Same kind of 270 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: thing here. Siakam actually blocks this one, but gives up 271 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: too much of a driving angle. Okay, so one of 272 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: the things that the Bucks were doing too, and I 273 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: thought this was really smart, is this like kind of 274 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: two man staggered screen. Right, So, because Chris is going 275 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: to set the second screen in this action a Turner 276 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: and Halliburton, or excuse me, Turner and Sianka. There's a 277 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: very easy fix here. You literally just have Turner drop 278 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: back and Turner take the drop coverage responsibilities and you 279 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: basically have Siakam stay glued up to Middleton. Instead they 280 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: have Siakam manage this angle and Turner stays glued up 281 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: to Lopez way up here at the top of the key. Again, 282 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 1: that's a waste of what Turner does best. He's a 283 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: rim protector. You're taking away a three point shot from 284 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: a high volume, relatively low percentage three point shooter in 285 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: Brook Lopez at the expense of this driving angle. Once again, 286 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: Dame's able to turn. The corner just happens to get 287 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: him this time on the glass. But yeah, so I 288 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: think the easy solution there is you just have Turner 289 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: drop and you have Siaka manage anything up at the 290 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: three point line. Jalen Smith, it was, it was definitely rough. 291 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: Here's an example of Jalen just taking a really bad 292 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: angle in his drop coverage. So here we go simple 293 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: ball screen action. Right, Jalen again is look at how 294 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: open he is. Look at his feet. So as as 295 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: Dame's coming off the screen, look at his feet. There 296 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: he is not in any position to cut off a 297 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: drive to this left hand side. So again that's there's 298 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: two responsibilities here. You're here to offer some sort of 299 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: contest on the pull up three if TJ McConnell gets caught, 300 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: but your primary responsibility is to catch the ball handler 301 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: and prevent him from getting downhill because of that angle. 302 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: And again, if you would have shot a pull up 303 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: jump shot here, TJ's there for back pressure. TJ's there 304 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: for a rearview contest. But instead Jalen Smith has this 305 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: open angle and Dame just goes right around him and 306 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: gets an easy layup. That's the kind of stuff once 307 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: again that they have to figure out that's not allowable. 308 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: The pull up jump shooting. Some of that's out of 309 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: your control. This has to be taken care of. Though 310 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: this is a kind of a different configuration because it's 311 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: a five shooter lineup from Milwaukee. So again, Bobby Portis 312 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: is playing center here. Malik Beasley, great shooter, Green great shooter, 313 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: Pat Conaton decent shooter, right, Dame, great shooter, Bobby port 314 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: It's been red hot tail end of the regular season, right, 315 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: So this is a difficult action to guard in general. 316 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: But once again, even though all of these jump shooters 317 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: are a threat here, your primary responsibility is to take 318 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: away the rim because again, let's say all these guys 319 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: shoot forty percent. Guess what forty percent is. That's one 320 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: point two points per shot. Okay, guess what this layup 321 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: is that's going to be And Dave actually get draws 322 00:15:58,440 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: a foul on that one, but that's going to be 323 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: a play that's gonna result in closer to one point 324 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: seven to one point eight points per shot. So again, 325 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: what I would like to see here on this dribble handoff, 326 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: especially with Connton in the position where he's not able 327 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: to shoot immediately, he's got to get his feed set 328 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: topin has to catch this drive and they have to rotate. 329 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: If anything, this should just be a switch. But the 330 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: one thing you can allow is just to allow him. 331 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: Top In is glued up on Pat Conntton literally twenty 332 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: seven feet from the basket, and there's nobody on the bed. 333 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: These guys, these guys, I understand more. It's like, holy shit, 334 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: great shooter, holy shit, greade shooter in position to make 335 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: shots that I understand. Toppin is the guy that's in 336 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: best position to handle this, or even Jalen Smith can 337 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: drop back a little bit further and maybe Toppin could 338 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: rotate to Bobby Portis. But again, anything other than just 339 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: allowing these straight line drives. Ben Shephard actually did come 340 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: over and offer contest on that one, all right. Last 341 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: one on this configuration that I wanted to get into. 342 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: This is another one where Miles Turner was just way 343 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: too glued up on Brook Lopez on the weak side. 344 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: So again we got Nemhart on Dame. We're gonna get 345 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: a just a spin move here. There's not even screening action. 346 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: So as as Dame beats Nemhart off the dribble, watch 347 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: this nemhard. Excuse me, Dame beats Nemhart off the dribble. 348 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: Look at Turner. Though Turner once again is glued up 349 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: on Lopez on the weak side, and so as a result, 350 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: he's not in position to help and as Dames making 351 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: that drive, he's just floating further and further out like that. 352 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: That's one of those things where like even if Brooke 353 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: is hitting, you have to concede that to take away 354 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: these driving lanes again, you got to play the percentages 355 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: a little bit. When it comes to the stars, you 356 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: want to play them into their lowest percentage shots. This 357 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: I thought was a defensive execution problem for Indiana that 358 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: they have to clean up, all right, last one here 359 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: that I wanted to show you guys again, that's actually 360 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: a better example. Look at Jalen Smith dropping back. He's 361 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: much further back, trusting to get a rear view contest, 362 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: and TJ actually falls down on the screen, so Dame 363 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: gets a decent look. But that's where you have to 364 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: trust your backside contest and do a better job of 365 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,479 Speaker 1: containing the drive, which they do. We're gonna head out 366 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: the other end, and this is just one example I 367 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: wanted to show you guys of the lack of intentionality 368 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: with Indiana trying to attack Dame. So as we dribble 369 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: over here, I want to freeze right here for a second. Okay, 370 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: So Tyers Halliburn is going to call a guard guard screen. 371 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: He's got Malik easily on him, and he wants to 372 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 1: target Green in this case. So he's going to call 373 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: TJ McConnell into the screening action and Ben Shepherd is 374 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: going to go through. Right. I would just have Ben 375 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: Shepherds at the screen. I would bring Dame into every 376 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: single screening action that I could because in addition to 377 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: generating quality shots, which you probably will the same kind 378 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 1: of quality shots that you'll generate if you attack anybody 379 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 1: else with the bucks because of your speed advantage. Right, 380 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: But in that case, I have a better chance of 381 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: wearing Dame out and a better chance of forcing him 382 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: into tough missus later on in the series. So again 383 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: I think that that's just an area of opportunity for Indiana. 384 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: But the main defensive piece there is you got to 385 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: find a way to contain the UH, to contain the 386 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: dribble drive of Damian Lillard. All right, let us move 387 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: on to Pelicans Thunder. So you guys can see, based 388 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: on the kind of stuff that I was talking about 389 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 1: in our series preview, why I viewed this as a 390 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: competitive series. The Thunder are a more talented team than 391 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: the New Orleans Pelicans. You just have to kind of 392 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: start stacking up the players, right, Like Shay is better 393 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: than everybody on the New Orleans on the New Orleans Pelicans, right, 394 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,959 Speaker 1: Like Jalen Williams a really good secondary shot creator, probably 395 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: a better player overall two way than a guy like c. J. McCollum, right, 396 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: who was the second best player in this configuration of 397 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: the Pelicans with Brandon ingram right. And then just in general, 398 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: like you're not gonna do like Laron Ants' is a 399 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: good player, He's not chet Holmgrin, right, you know, like 400 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna you're gonna Elud dort is a is a 401 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, like a more physically imposing type of 402 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: perimeter defense threat, although or Herb Jones is very close. 403 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: They're very different, different archetypes of players. But I think 404 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: we can all agree that the Thunder had more talent 405 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: and that was clearly displayed by them getting the one 406 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: seed this year. That's it. The Pelicans defense is built 407 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: to slow down this type of offense because they just 408 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: have a steady diet of high quality perimeter defenders that 409 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,959 Speaker 1: can switch, and so they can shut down screening actions 410 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: and they can force your perimeter based initiation to operate 411 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: against unfavorable matchups. And so we saw a steady diet 412 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,479 Speaker 1: of Herb Jones and Naji Marshall on SGA. The other 413 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,479 Speaker 1: guys can all do a decent job. Trey Murphy had 414 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of really solid possessions against Shae. Larry Nantz 415 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: did a solid job. I thought CJ McCollum was clearly 416 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: their best option to hunt, and they went to that 417 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: a lot down the stretch in the fourth quarter. That's 418 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: actually how Shae hit his game winner, little guard guard 419 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: screening action to get CJ switched on to Shae, Shay 420 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: attacked him. Didn't like the and one call thought it 421 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: was a bad call, but it was a nice shot. 422 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: Got a quality look there and Shae knocked it down. 423 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 1: But in that configuration that they went with late, when 424 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: you have Trey Murphy, Larry and c J McCollum, Herb 425 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: Jones and Brandon Ingram all out there together, there's just 426 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: not a great option for them to attack, even with CJ, 427 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: who was the best option. I thought CJ did a 428 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: pretty solid job on the majority of his defensive possessions, right. 429 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: So what's nice about that is, like, the Thunder obviously 430 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 1: have the same advantages. Right, They can keep Lou Dort 431 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: on brandon Ingram right, like they can keep Jalen Williams 432 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: on CJ McCollum. They can run higher quality perimeter defenders 433 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: against the Pelicans initiators too. It's a problem that goes 434 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: both ways. One of the biggest possessions of the game 435 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: late Keason Wallace came in and did a really nice 436 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: job on CJ McCollum and forced him into a tough 437 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: step through three point shot, right, the lowest quality shot 438 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: that the Pelicans could have hoped for in that sequence. 439 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: So like they present the same problem. So what does 440 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: that mean? This whole series is going to be about 441 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: perimeter shot creation against high level perimeter defenders. It's going 442 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: to come down to high level shot making, meaning like 443 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: one on one type of plays like the big shot 444 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: that Shay hit to tie the game over Herb Jones late, 445 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: which we'll see in the film here in a minute, 446 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: or the shot he hit against CJ. High level close 447 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: out attacking, taking advantage of close out opportunities and being 448 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: able to convert those to points. When a guy, a 449 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: really fast defender is able to chase you off the line, 450 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: and there's rim protection waiting at the rim, there's room 451 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: in the middle of the floor for guys to make 452 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: plays off the bounce. That's going to be a huge 453 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: area of this series. Close out attacking, It's going to 454 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: be a showcase of modern basketball. These are not you know, 455 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: throwback brute force teams like the Lakers or the Minnesota 456 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: Timberwolves or the Denver Nuggets, right, these are or the 457 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy six ers, the Milwaukee Bucks. These are These 458 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: are new school, perimeter oriented, relatively thin, you know, highly 459 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: skilled lineups, right, and the the advantages physically have to 460 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: do with quickness and length rather than size and strength. Right. 461 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: So that's that's kind of the the idea, kind of 462 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: like foundation of this series, which I really really appreciate. 463 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: It's cool because the two best advantages for both teams. 464 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: For the Pelicans, I really really liked brands in Ingram 465 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: and pick and roll. I thought that was where they 466 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: got their best opportunities. I talked before the series about 467 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: brandon Ingram's pick and roll passing. I'm gonna show you 468 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: guys some clips to kind of demonstrate I thought the 469 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: Pels got their best quality looks out of those types 470 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: of configurations. And then for the Thunder, there's about hunting 471 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: transition opportunities as much as possible. They had an eighty 472 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: five offensive raiding in the half court and a one 473 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: p fifty six offensive rating in transition, so they're literally 474 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: twice as effective when they can get out in transition 475 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: in this matchup. Because of the quality perimeter defenders that 476 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: New Orleans has when they're loaded up, when they do 477 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: get into the half court, I think their best bet 478 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: is to just keep hunting. CJ McCollum, again, not just 479 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: for the shot quality, kind of like what we were 480 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: talking about with Dame earlier. CJ is going to be 481 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: a very important shot maker for the Pelicans in this series, 482 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: and he was literally the guy they went to at 483 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: the end of the game to try to get a three. Right. 484 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: So with that being the case, play into the fatigue element, 485 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: wear them out, bring him into actions, see if you 486 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: can't force him into some misses. All right, let's go 487 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: take a look at some film, all right, So this 488 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: first one is an example of brandon Ingram's pick and 489 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: roll passing. One of the things I talked about in 490 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: the series preview is he is one of the best 491 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: forwards in the league because of his height and length, 492 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: and he just has a good feel for a floor vision. 493 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: He's really good at making the skip pass, which is 494 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: the best way to beat modern NBA defenses who are 495 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: constantly tagging the roller from the weak side. Right, So 496 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: we got jadab on Ingram right, and we're going to 497 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: get a staggered pick and roll with Trey Murphy and 498 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: yonas valanciinas right and as Yonah slips, Chet's in a 499 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: high drop right. So Check came up to the level 500 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: and Yonis got behind. Because Yonis got behind, Shay is 501 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: the guy that's got to kind of slide over to 502 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: yonas brandon Ingram immediately makes the skip pass and generates 503 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: a high quality quarter three point shot for Herb Jones. 504 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: That's a really easy way to and you can actually 505 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: run that same configuration with Herb Jones in the action 506 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: and to make sure it's Trey Murphy on the weak side. 507 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: But I love the idea of running stuff like this 508 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: to prevent Brandon Ingram and c J McCall from constantly 509 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: having to attack high level isolation defenders one on one, 510 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: get the defense, get the defense in rotation, play advantage basketball. 511 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: This next clip is an example of the Thunder hunting 512 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: CJ McCollum and switches. So you're gonna see here loud 513 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: Dort's got CJ on him, brandon Ingram's guarding Jadubb here 514 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: comes the screen, can see the switch. Now Jadub's gonna 515 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: start working in CJ McCom And again there's a counter 516 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: for this. We've talked about this with all these teams 517 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: in the league. Where teams are attacking matchups. There's no 518 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: real threat there, and loud Dort's not a great movement shooter, 519 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: so just head you and recover. There's no reason to 520 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: give the switch. Just for the sake of giving the switch. 521 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: Jadub's able to easily get downhill and create enough separation. 522 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: That's solid defense. By the way, Like I said, I 523 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: want to give c J mccoms some credit. All these 524 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: buckets and you're gonna see him down the stretch. This 525 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: is a good contest. Like I mean, basically, high five 526 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: to him on the shot. The point is that probably 527 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: gets blocked by Herb Jones. It probably gets blocked by 528 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: Trey Murphy. Okay, so like and you'll see both Trey 529 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: Murphy and Herb Jones forced some bad misses down the 530 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: stretch from j dub and s GA, but they were 531 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: able to find a more favorable matchup. And again in 532 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's not about finding great shots, because because 533 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: it's hard to find great shots, it's about finding the 534 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: highest quality shots that the defense will allow. Here's an 535 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: example of Herb Jones's individual defense on SGA. So ball's 536 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: gonna end up in Chase hands here on the kickout 537 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: from Chet and he's going to go to work. Herb 538 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: Jones just has the ability to absorb contact and bother 539 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: shots with his length. He's going to force s Shee 540 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: into a bad miss. Here again cuts off the drive, 541 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: forces him literally into an airball. That's literally He's Shaye's 542 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: been one of the most deadly mid range pull up 543 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: shooters in the league this year, and he just got 544 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: forced into an air ball by Herb Jones. Here's another 545 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: example of Brandon Ingram's passing in pick and roll. It's 546 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: gonna come off of a backscreen for Herb Jones to 547 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: get a matchup. So he did that to get Shase 548 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: switched on to him, comes off the screen again, chet 549 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: in a high drop, Jonis rolling, Giddy tagging swing pass 550 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: to Trey Murphy. Okay, now Trey Murphy's atagging and closes out. 551 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: I don't like this read. I thought he should have 552 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: ripped more towards the right to kind of a bad angle. 553 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: But playing advantage basketball is gonna be there the Pelicans' 554 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: best opportunity to stay competitive in this series. So I 555 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: like the setup, even though I don't like the finish 556 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: of that play. Here's another example of brandon Ingram's pick 557 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: and roll passing, just simple dig down from get Josh Gitty. 558 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 1: So here comes the ball screen again. Giddy is just 559 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: kind of sitting a little too far back. Trey Murphy's 560 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: deadly from this twenty six foot mark. Easy easy basketball again, 561 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: When you can take advantage of the easy opportunities that 562 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: are there and avoid playing on an island as much 563 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: as possible, that's your best bet. And then this is 564 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: just a good a good example of the total defensive 565 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: personnel that the Pelicans bring to the table. Okay, so 566 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: we got Dyson Daniels really really good perimeter defender. Na 567 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: Gi Marshall, good perimeter DEFENDERO good perimeter defender. Larry Nance 568 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: among the guys who play minutes at center in the league, 569 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: A good perimeter defender ce J McCollum. Like we talked 570 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: about the one kind of weak link, but he's done 571 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: a really good job when he's been asked to in 572 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: this series. Right, So first of all, it's the switch 573 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: ability that shuts down the screening action. So Kenridge Williams 574 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: comes up and sets the screen Larry Nance switch right. 575 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: So no advantage gained dig down in driving lanes right 576 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: because of the speed to be able to rotate. That 577 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: makes things difficult. That's why Shay doesn't look to attack. 578 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: Why isn't she attacking there? He's not attacking there because 579 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: there's no because there's no advantage. There's nothing. There's nothing 580 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: that looks easy about this. Nance is ready. Guys are 581 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: in driving lanes. If he throws these swing passes, there's 582 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: not gonna be some sort of open shot that's generated. 583 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: We even get some ball pressure here from Larry Nance's 584 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: It gets swung about once again. We get a little 585 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: screening action here. Kenridge Williams runs down, throws a dribble 586 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: pitch to Hayward and he goes down and screens Najie Marshall. Cool, 587 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: we got switched. Now Gordon Hayward has another elite perimeter 588 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: defender on him. We throw out to Shay. Larry nants 589 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: is ball denying forces the catch way back out at 590 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: half court. Now Shay goes. He manages to kind of 591 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: shake off Nance, but once again Daniels and CJ. McCollum 592 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: are right there. Daniels is gonna come with a late 593 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: double team here because there's only four point seven seconds 594 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: left on the shot clock. So even after at the 595 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: point that Shaye makes this pass, there's not enough time 596 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: for a ton of action there. But we have a 597 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: three on two. Right. We have Isaiah Joe here, with 598 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward here, ken Rich Williams here, and the two 599 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: guys that we have in rotation or Naji Marshall. You 600 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 1: can't see him because he's behind here in Jose Alvarado, 601 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: But look at these Look at the speed in rotation 602 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: on the backside. Naji Marshall's there on the catch. No 603 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: advantage swing past Isaiah Joe. Great shooter. Here's the problem. 604 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: Jose Alvarado is super fast. Jose Alvarado, Bam, He's there. 605 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: He chases him off the line. Now they're forcing him 606 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: into a mid range jump shot up against the clock. Right. 607 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: That's just really really good defense, an example of why 608 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: this is a tough matchup for the Thunder and why 609 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: even though it's a one to eight, even though the 610 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: Pelicans are the Pelicans are the one team in the 611 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: top eight in the Western Conference that I think is 612 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: beneath all of the rest. I think the top seven 613 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: are all a considerable level above the Pelicans, But the 614 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: Pelicans are a good matchup for the Thunder, and so 615 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be able to keep the series 616 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: more competitive. These next two clips are going to be 617 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: just some examples of the problem with playing with Yonas. 618 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: Valenciunas on the four killed him on the glass, did 619 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: some damage underneath the rim, but on the defensive end 620 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: is where he becomes completely unplayable. As you can see here. 621 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: It just they can't switch. So they're going to run 622 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: a drop coverage which is going to allow downhill rim pressure. 623 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,959 Speaker 1: So you'll see on this ball screen from I think 624 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: it's Jay Dub if I'm ever correctly so J Dub 625 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: ballscreen with Trey Murphy because Jonas is in a drop. 626 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: Jayalai Williams is able to get downhill and he draws 627 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: Najie Marshall to help. That generates a close out opportunity. 628 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: Aaron Wiggins beats the closeout literally. Jonas Valencuna is just 629 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: too late in his rotation and just commits a silly foul, 630 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: gives up an end one. That's just bad defense and 631 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna be super vulnerable to any sort of chet 632 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: pick and pop because of Jonas's lack of speed. So 633 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: again here comes that high drop coverage. Chet sets the screen. 634 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: He's gonna slip out. Now Yonas has to close out 635 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: from this far. Look at how slow this closeout is, 636 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: so it's an open three for Chat. So again, I 637 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: just think I think their best bet is to lean 638 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: into lean into Nance in that switchability in perimeter defense 639 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: dynamic as much as possible. Here's another example of brandon 640 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: Ingram making a play and pick and roll. So we're 641 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: gonna get a They try to do a guard guard 642 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: screen to get a favorable matchup of lou Dort stays attached. 643 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,959 Speaker 1: Now he layer in Nant's ball screen. The cleared corner 644 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: is going to create an opening for Nance to roll into. 645 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: So as Ingram comes down Dorts chasing Chet in a 646 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: hyghdro that opens up the pocket pass for Nance. Shay 647 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: can come over and tag here, but because it's on 648 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 1: this far side of the floor and there's an unoccupied corner, 649 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: he can't sit in the lane without getting a defensive 650 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: three seconds. So he's situated out here outside the block 651 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 1: and his rotation is just slow. And now, even though 652 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: Shay is there as the lowman, Larry Nance is just 653 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: in takeoff position here to just rise up and throw 654 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: down the dunk right. This, by the way, is a 655 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: big part of why I've been talking about how the 656 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: Thunder need a power forward, eventually a real power forward 657 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: next to Chet, because you need a lowman. This is 658 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: lowman defense. The problem for the Thunder is when Sheet 659 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: gets pulled out in ball screens. Their lowman are all 660 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: small like Shaye's what six ' five, Jane Williams sixty six, 661 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: Aaron Wiggins sixty six, Lou Dort sixty to four whatever, 662 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: give or take an inch, They're all giving up a 663 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: ton of height on these hard rolls to the rim, 664 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: and Shay's just not going to be able to really 665 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: bother Larry Nance in that situation, But nice little piece 666 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: of playmaking from Brandon Ingram. Again, I think that's their 667 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 1: best offen when the game slows down. All right, let's 668 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: get into some clutch time stuff. This I thought was 669 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: a gigantic play in this game. The Pelicans were in 670 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: a really good position to win this one, and honestly, 671 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: like if I'm the Pels, I feel really really good 672 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: about my chances after game one because they had had 673 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: their opportunities to win this one. So we're gonna get 674 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: another ball screen chats in this Chets in this high 675 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: drop right, we get the role opportunity here for Larry 676 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 1: and Ants coming downhill. Boom. Okay, So here's the situation 677 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: once again. Shay is the low man right, and he's 678 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: giving up. This is not a big six ' ten 679 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: power forward like Aaron Gordon. This is a six to 680 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: five wing. But both both Chet and Shaye make an 681 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: insane effort to get back and bother this one. Both 682 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: of them get a hand on the basketball somehow against 683 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: a freak athlete in Larry Nants, and they forced a 684 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: miss again. One of many pretty solid looks for the 685 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: Pelicans down the stretch, like Larry Nts dunks that you 686 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: have a really good chance to win that game. There's 687 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: a couple open threes they miss later, you make one 688 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: of those, you have a really good chance to win 689 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: the game. So obviously some very stuff there, but really 690 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: really good defensive play there from Chet and Shae. You 691 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: only have about a twenty percent chance of forcing a 692 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:11,360 Speaker 1: miss when you're that compromised, and they hit that twenty 693 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: percent with an insane defensive effort there on the back 694 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: line from Chet and Shae. By the way, not Chet's 695 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 1: last big time defensive player on the back line. We're 696 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: gonna get to another one here in a minute, all right, 697 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,720 Speaker 1: This was the play that tied the game. Tough bucket 698 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: for Shae over Herb Jones. They're gonna run some action 699 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: to try to get him switched off, but they're gonna fail. 700 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 1: So here come the screening actions, right, Herb stays attached, 701 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: doesn't fall, Ford, stays on ball, and then this is 702 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,800 Speaker 1: just a really nice piece of shot making. Like I 703 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: talked about, what are the keys of the series gonna be. 704 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: In addition to high level clothes out attacking, one of 705 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 1: the biggest pieces of the series is CJ and Brandon 706 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: and Jalen and Shae are gonna have to hit tough, 707 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: contested pull up jumpers over elite perimeter defenders. This is 708 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: really good defense, a great contest, and Shaye just sinks 709 00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,279 Speaker 1: it to tie the game with a minute through, thirty 710 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: six seconds left. Huge shot for Shay. All right, So 711 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: this was the play that I'm sure that's gonna haunt 712 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,919 Speaker 1: Pelicans fans for a while. So you run the same 713 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 1: kind of ball screen action, you get the same tag, right, 714 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: So this was the same play that they just ran 715 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: that Shay and Chet blocked. Right this time, Larry Nance 716 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 1: makes the read to Herb Jones, who's been shooting the 717 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: shit out of the basketball as of Lake. It's a 718 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 1: great wide open look in and out that sucks offensive 719 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: rebound from Larry Nant's kickout. CJ McCollum, wide open catch 720 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: and shoot three clangs it. So like again, if you're 721 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: the Pelicans, you were this close. You were this close 722 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,840 Speaker 1: to getting out of there with the win, so you 723 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: gotta feel good about your chances. Again, I'm still picking 724 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City to win this series, but these are all 725 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: examples of why I do think this is going to 726 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: be a longer and more competitive series than people think. 727 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 1: Who knows maybe I'll just be wrong, but that's my 728 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,839 Speaker 1: theory at this point. This last shot from Brandon Ingram 729 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: didn't love, but he ends up missing that one. All right, 730 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: here's the biggest defensive play of the game. So same 731 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: kind of configuration, right, We're getting the exact same coverage, 732 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: exact same situation. As you can see, this is what 733 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 1: the Pelicans were spamming late in the game to get 734 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: these role opportunities for Larry Nance. By the way, I 735 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: didn't dislike this action. I thought it was a good action. 736 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,759 Speaker 1: They got some really good looks at it. So again, 737 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: the idea here is pick and roll. Anything that involves 738 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,280 Speaker 1: Chet and pick and roll is getting Oklahoma City and rotation. 739 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: Whether it's Brandon Ingham or c J McCollum, I just 740 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,959 Speaker 1: think CJ is only hitting the role man. Brandon Ingram 741 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,800 Speaker 1: is capable of skipping this process entirely. So again, like 742 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: Brandon will be able to kind of get down into 743 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: this range and bring Shaye over and make the pass directly. 744 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: That's just one of the advantages of going through him instead. 745 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: But there these are all quality looks that that CJ's generating. 746 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: So on this play, Chet's in the high drop Shay's tagging. 747 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: Those are two on one, right, two on one with Nance, 748 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,399 Speaker 1: Herb and Shay. Now as he catches there, there's your read. 749 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: The read's easy if he gets a bounce pass there, 750 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,439 Speaker 1: doesn't even need to throw a bounce pass. Just throw 751 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: a soft little lob pass that hits Herb in stride 752 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: as he's running, and you got yourself a dunk. Right. 753 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: Chet's panicking to try to get back into the play, 754 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: and he might have got back there in time, right, 755 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: but Larry Nance, this is look at Chet. Chet recovers 756 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 1: in time to offer. Like It's hard to say whether 757 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 1: or not if Larry Nance had made that pass it 758 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,439 Speaker 1: would have worked out, who knows, but either way, really 759 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 1: good defensive rotation from Chet. Once Chet gets there, he's 760 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 1: shut off this cut out of the corner. Now Larry 761 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: Nance is going to default to shooting a little shot 762 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 1: in the lane and he goes right up and Chet 763 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: goes straight vert and blocks it. So I'm gonna show 764 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: this again in slow motion. I just want you guys 765 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:45,359 Speaker 1: to watch Chet's recovery speed. Here again ball screen. We're 766 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 1: in high drop pocket pass. Chet sprints back to get 767 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 1: to Herb Jones at the basket and then goes straight 768 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: vert to block Larry Nance Junior. Just an insane defensive 769 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: play from chet Holmgrin. Then we go to the other 770 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 1: end of the floor for the game winner, very very 771 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,280 Speaker 1: simple action. We got Jadubb being guarded by CJ. McCollum 772 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: and we have herb Jones being guarded by Shay. We're 773 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: gonna get a basic guard guard screen to get the switch. 774 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: We're waiting for the clock. Here goes up and sets 775 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,440 Speaker 1: a screen, gives a switch once again. I just wouldn't 776 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,239 Speaker 1: concede this switch that easily. I just don't understand that part. 777 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: But they concede the switch, go back down to Shae. 778 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 1: I didn't think this was a foul. I thought this 779 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: was good physical defense in the playoffs. But still just 780 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,959 Speaker 1: a really really nice piece of shot making from Shae 781 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: to get his leg strength off of one leg up 782 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,799 Speaker 1: and to knock down that shot. Big, big, big time 783 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,400 Speaker 1: finished that game from Shae. Struggled a little bit with 784 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: the Pelicans defense throughout, but made a bunch of big 785 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,320 Speaker 1: plays down the stretch to get the win, which is 786 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 1: all you can ask for. Game one goes to the Thunder. 787 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 1: We'll see I think the Pelicans have a decent chance 788 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: to get Game two, but we'll see what happens. All right, 789 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: let's move on to our final topic of the day. 790 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about Joel Embiid and the Mitchell 791 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 1: Robinson matchup. So if you guys remember I talked a 792 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 1: lot after the Sixers Knicks game that one of the 793 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: most encouraging pieces of information that came out of that 794 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: game was, holy shit, Mitchell Robinson might be able to 795 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: guard Joel Embiid pretty well because again, the half court 796 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: shot making dynamic skewed heavily in philadel Adelphia's favor. They 797 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,320 Speaker 1: outscored the Knicks by twenty two points per one hundred 798 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,280 Speaker 1: possessions in the half court. They just got absolutely dominated 799 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,800 Speaker 1: on the offensive glass and in transition. So for Philly, 800 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: your whole angle coming into game two is we just 801 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,680 Speaker 1: have to find a way to hold up better physically. 802 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:39,719 Speaker 1: If we hold up better physically and transition in on 803 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,919 Speaker 1: the glass, we should dominate them in the half court. 804 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: We have more offensive skill. But the one thing for 805 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 1: the Knicks that can kind of swing that back towards 806 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 1: their favor is what if this guy, mister one of 807 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,360 Speaker 1: this guy, mister Mitchell Robinson can physically match up with 808 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 1: Joel Embiid and make his life more difficult. So I 809 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,160 Speaker 1: pulled five clips to kind of demonstrate the job that 810 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:04,239 Speaker 1: Mitchell did on Joe Well Embiid. This is going to 811 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,640 Speaker 1: start with a transition. Pull up three watch Mitchell. So 812 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: Mitchell's kind of on his heels, Joelle's coming down at him, 813 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 1: and Embiid gets into his high hesitation and Mitchell literally 814 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,359 Speaker 1: blocks him on the three point shots. So that's gonna 815 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 1: be the key here. The whole thing that I'm talking 816 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:25,480 Speaker 1: about here is Mitchell's ability to give space while also 817 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: having the length to rise up and contest shots to 818 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: make it simply, To put it simply, I talked about 819 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: this on the show after the Knick Sixers game after 820 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: Game one on Saturday. But most defenders who guard Embiid 821 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: either have to play off of him and Embiid can 822 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,600 Speaker 1: just comfortably get into that jab step jumper, which he's 823 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,520 Speaker 1: hitting well over fifty percent this year, or they can 824 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,239 Speaker 1: get close to him impress him, but then they start 825 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: committing fouls because Embid's so good at manipulating that shooting 826 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,640 Speaker 1: pocket to catch people's arms in the cookie jar. Right, 827 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:02,600 Speaker 1: Mitchell is uniquely a capable of closing that gap without 828 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,319 Speaker 1: having to physically be in his airspace. So he can 829 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: play back and bait Embiid into those pull up jumpers 830 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: and then take one step forward and reach his arm 831 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 1: up and get a really, really good contest. And you're 832 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,760 Speaker 1: gonna see some more examples of that here on tape. 833 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: Here's the same sort of thing out of a jab 834 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 1: step situation. I'll show you guys the example when he catches. 835 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,160 Speaker 1: So this is icing the screen right. So the reason 836 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 1: why Embid's not actually setting it is because Brunson's sitting 837 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,240 Speaker 1: way on the high side to try to funnel Maxi 838 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:39,320 Speaker 1: into the sideline area. But Joel Embiid is the easy 839 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: read to deal with an ice just by throwing that 840 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: little pocket pass. He's gonna throw the ball to Embiid 841 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: again right here. Look, he's his stands is open. He 842 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: looks like he's gonna be kind of favoring the drive. Right, 843 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: he's giving space. He's not having to press way up 844 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,319 Speaker 1: into Embiid to take away the jumper. But then when 845 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,759 Speaker 1: Embiid goes to that step back, he could take one 846 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: step forward, get a really good contest and force a 847 00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:10,799 Speaker 1: bad miss. Off the front of the rim. Now we're 848 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,560 Speaker 1: going to see a couple examples out of the post. 849 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: So this one's on the right block. He's gonna try 850 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: to back him down, not gonna get great separation. He's 851 00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: not easily dislodging him, so he's gonna go to a 852 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,239 Speaker 1: left shoulder fade. As he goes to his left shoulder fade, 853 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 1: look at the contest for Mitchell Robinson. Great contest forces 854 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:34,440 Speaker 1: literally an airball, same sort of thing here on the 855 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: left block. Obviously there's help defense involved. No defender can 856 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,120 Speaker 1: guard a guy one on one. There's obviously help defense involved, 857 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 1: but this is really really good physical defense. He's jocking 858 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 1: for position. Look at where he forces the catch, and 859 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,920 Speaker 1: Bead's right foot is literally about eighteen inches from the 860 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,359 Speaker 1: three point line. He's forcing a deep catch, so he's 861 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,040 Speaker 1: doing his work early and bad tries to bully him 862 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,799 Speaker 1: as he gets into the lane. He's got him kind 863 00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,680 Speaker 1: of swallowed up now and Bead's throwing a hell of 864 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,600 Speaker 1: a chain can wing at him there to try to 865 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 1: get into the lane. And look at that closing the 866 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,600 Speaker 1: gap forcing a bad miss out of the post. Like 867 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:12,160 Speaker 1: you don't see too many six foot left shoulder hooks. 868 00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: That miss that bad. Now, So if we've just went 869 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,400 Speaker 1: over all the examples of Mitchell Robinson being able to 870 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,360 Speaker 1: close the gap, especially as a jump shooter, what's a 871 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,839 Speaker 1: counter for Embiid to attack as we look into Game two. 872 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,000 Speaker 1: I would look to do aggressive rip throughs off of 873 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,040 Speaker 1: the catch in these triple threat situations. So one of 874 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,279 Speaker 1: the things I really like as Embid pops here, Max, 875 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: he throws the past time at the three point line, 876 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,520 Speaker 1: but Embiid uses a little footwork trick to get better position. 877 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,719 Speaker 1: Watch where Embiid actually establishes his triple threat on the catch. 878 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,840 Speaker 1: So he brought the triple threat in a good solid 879 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 1: four feet right. The other thing, too, is as he 880 00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: does that forward move, it gets Mitchell on his heels. 881 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,320 Speaker 1: Watch Mitchell sliding back on the catch. Right, so he 882 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,000 Speaker 1: catches here. But watched Mitchell's first few steps. They're backwards. 883 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,160 Speaker 1: Bang bang bang, He's taken four steps back. He's on 884 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,960 Speaker 1: his heels. What I like about this is instead of 885 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:05,839 Speaker 1: trying to go to some sort of jump shot move 886 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:08,680 Speaker 1: and be just gonna make a physically aggressive move on 887 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,520 Speaker 1: the catch on a rip Thurcy rip get that now, 888 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,560 Speaker 1: Mitchell absorbs the contact. But then and Bid goes to 889 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,320 Speaker 1: that eurostep inside and is able to draw foul. And 890 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,080 Speaker 1: I think that's honestly gonna be Embiid's best route to 891 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:27,839 Speaker 1: attack Mitchell under these circumstances. Physical aggression, quick decisive rip 892 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,719 Speaker 1: through moves. You might even be able to get him 893 00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:31,600 Speaker 1: into foul trouble there. And then in that case, if 894 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,200 Speaker 1: Isaiah Hartenstein gets back onto the floor, you like that 895 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,239 Speaker 1: matchup better anyway. All Right, guys, that is all I 896 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,799 Speaker 1: have for today. As always, I sincerely appreciate you guys 897 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,720 Speaker 1: for supporting the show. We will be back tonight live 898 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:46,600 Speaker 1: on YouTube. After the final buzzer of Nuggets Lakers Game two, 899 00:44:46,719 --> 00:45:12,840 Speaker 1: I will see you guys. Then the volume