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Tonight, I 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: made some specific callouts on the types of ways that 44 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: those guys were attacking last night. I wanted to dive 45 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: into the film and look at some specific intricacies in 46 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: the way that those two teams led their team to 47 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: victory in some must win games on Saturday night. You 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: guys know the joe before we get started. Subscribe to 49 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: the Hoops and Out YouTube channels. You don't miss any 50 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: more of our videos. Follow me on Twitter at Underscore JCNLTC. 51 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: You guys don't show announcements. 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So let's start by looking at 60 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: some of the specific ways that Steph broke free against 61 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: the Houston Rockets defense. Starting with a transition brush screen 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: from Cavin Looney, which I thought was really smart. So 63 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: as Steph is driving up the floor, here we have 64 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: some token ball pressure from Amen Thompson about ready to 65 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: meet him at half court. Watch Kevon Looney deliberately run 66 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: into a men Thompson's path that allows Steph to get 67 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: an angle. Now a men Thompson's body is angled completely sideways. 68 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: That allows Steph to hit the gas sweet scoop shot 69 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: off the glass over Jalen Green. Just those little things 70 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: that Looney and Draymond I've gotten really good at over 71 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: the years at finding ways to get Steph additional openings. 72 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: This was an example of Steph setting his man up 73 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: for a screen. So one of the things I've always 74 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: talked about when it comes to setting up your man 75 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: for a screen is you want to walk into his 76 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: body and give him just a little bit of a 77 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: shove before you run off the screen. That creates that 78 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: initial bit of separation for the screener to be able 79 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: to make contact. And Steph does it in this case 80 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: using a give and go. So as you guys can 81 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: see here, Steph's going to throw the pass to Quinn 82 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: post watch how at this point he's gonna lean into 83 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: a men Thompson to get a little bit of initial 84 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: Separation's slow it down here, gives him that little shove. 85 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: See how he just created that tiny bit of separation 86 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: that gives Quentin Posts the angle to set the screen 87 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: so that puts him in Thompson in trail position instead 88 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: of beating Posts over the top of the screen and 89 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: being able to keep Steph in front as long as 90 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: he's got Thompson in trail position. Now all of the 91 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: pressures on Steven Adams to contain Steph in a one 92 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: on one coming downhill, easy crossover, splits the ball screen, 93 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: gets into the lane, and how about finishing over Jalen 94 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: Green at the rim again. 95 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 2: With a scoop shot. 96 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: Beautiful body positioning from Steph Curry to get open. This 97 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: I thought was just a classic example of a shooter 98 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: knowing when he's got you dead to rights, and he 99 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: knows he's got you dead to rights if you have 100 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: your head turned. So Draymond misses the shot. Here there's 101 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: an offensive rebound. Look at tari Eason. Tarry Easton knows 102 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: he's got Steph, but he's got his back turned. Steph 103 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: sees it, sees Tarry turned and cuts back right behind him. 104 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: Because Tario had his head turn, he wasn't prepared for 105 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: the cut, and Steph was able to get an opening 106 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: right there along the right wing. This was Fred van 107 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: Vliet was doing a lot of like traditional lock and 108 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: trail coverages with Steph, which we'll see a couple of 109 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: examples later on in the show. A lot of ball 110 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: pressure from Fred and a lot of lock and trail 111 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: type of stuff. So Steph is getting ready to run 112 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: along this baseline here, but watch just the tiny little 113 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: head spin fake before he starts sprinting right here. Boom 114 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: turns his head and then goes, and you can literally 115 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: see just the slightest hesitation from Fred van Vliet on 116 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: the spin. Watch Steph turn his head and then he goes, 117 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: and there's just a tiny bit of hesitation that gets 118 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: just the tiniest bit of separation that once again creates 119 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: a screening angle for Quinton Post just like the MN 120 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: Thompson play. 121 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: It gets Fred van Vliet into trail position. 122 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: Once he's got Fred van Vliet and trail position, then 123 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: he can put him in jail. He's got him in 124 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: jail trapped on his backside, keeps him trapped there, and 125 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: then this was I thought really savvy little screen from 126 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: Quinton Posts. As I mentioned earlier Kevon Looney and Draymond Green. 127 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: Over the years, I figured out all these little tricks 128 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: to help Steph get open. Quinton Post a little trick 129 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: of his own here, sets a screen instead of spacing 130 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: on Steven Adams. Sets that screen gets Steph a clean 131 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: look without a close out that he just kisses off 132 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: the glass. I talked about Steph attacking attacking Fred van 133 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: Vliet's ball pressure, so I thought this was another good 134 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: screen from Post. So on this position, in this situation 135 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: alprin Shangun is preparing to go to on the ball. 136 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: So as Quinn Post comes up to prepare to set 137 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: the screen, Steph's gonna come off this way, and Shanguon 138 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: wants to be on the other side of Posts so 139 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: that he can actually catch Steph as he comes off 140 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: the action. Look at the job Post is doing, hinting 141 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: Shangun on that side, Shangun tries to flop. Flopping is 142 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: not going to work in this series. Steph when he's 143 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: comes off of that angle, now Shanggun is just a 144 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: step behind because of that flop. Because of that actually 145 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: that screen from post. Look at how Shangoon is just 146 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: a step slow trying to catch Steph coming off, and 147 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: now he's able to turn the corner. And then he 148 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: also catches Tari easton right in the middle of the 149 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: defense of three seconds. Watch Tari sitting in the paint. 150 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: Draymond clears out. Now Tari's got to think about a 151 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: defensive three seconds call, and so he steps out of 152 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: the lane, and right when he steps out of the 153 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: lane is when Steph is able to turn the corner 154 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: and get into the basket. So there's no rim protection there. 155 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: I talked about Steph attacking ball pressure. Here's an example 156 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,679 Speaker 1: of Fred getting up on Steph and Steph just uses 157 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: that ball pressure to get dribble penetration with a quick 158 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: little spin move. So here we go Fred's locked in 159 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: on him. Watch how Steph uses the spin to shake free, 160 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: spins off and then uses just that little bit of 161 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: off arm contact to turn the corner, finishing over Shangoon 162 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: at the rim. This is an example of the confusion 163 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: that screening action can present a switching defenses. So we 164 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: have Pods goes down like he's gonna screen for Steph 165 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: because Fred and men Thompson would tically switch this action 166 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: Pod slips out of it. When Pod slips out of it, 167 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: Fred van Vliet's first reaction is, oh shit, I need 168 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: to stay with Pods. But Amn Thompson has the exact 169 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: same reaction to that slip that builds this tiny bit 170 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: of separation. That's a closeout ball fake from Steph. Boom, clean, 171 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: look along the right wing. I'm gonna play it in fast, 172 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: in full speed one more time. I want you guys 173 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: just to watch how quickly these decisions have to be made. 174 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: And that's the advantage of running action. 175 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: You're putting these guys in position where they have to 176 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: make decisions, and you can see them both make the 177 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: same decision to go with Pods on the slip Boom 178 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: that creates the advantage bucket for Steph. Another transition screen, 179 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: this time from Gary Payton. An example too of how 180 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: I always talk about how the Warriors love the off 181 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: ball physicality. 182 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: It works in their favor. 183 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: Look at this is a moving screen from Gary Payton 184 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: just literally lunges into Fred. But again, that's the kind 185 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: of stuff that the Warriors get away with, which is 186 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: why they like the physicality of the off ball dynamic 187 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: that the NBA allows. Steph gets downhill against Fred. The 188 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: screen is set so far down this is a really 189 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: tough position for Shanggun to try to contain Steph going 190 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: full speed downhill. He's able to turn the corner and 191 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: Shanguon fouls him. He hits the floater in one. Once again, 192 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: as I talked about, Fred was in a lock and 193 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: trail instead of a top lock. So a top lock 194 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: is if Fred's on the other side of Steph, and 195 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: if he's on the other side of Steph, he's going 196 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: to force him to back cut out of the action 197 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: when Looney has the ball right. So a top lock 198 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: you're in between the offensive player and the ball. A 199 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: lock and trail you're in behind the you're directly behind 200 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: the player in the ball, and you're just trying to 201 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: chase him off of everything. Steph just takes a little 202 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: bit of a backward Steph step and just uses his 203 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: butt to kind of just shed Fred van Vliet a 204 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: little bit, gets into the action. Nice screen from Looney, 205 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: clean look, and once again Steven Adams just not at 206 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: the level of the screen at all, not ready for 207 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: that action. 208 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: Steph gets clean. That's bad defense from Houston. 209 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: I talked last night about the the ISO looks that 210 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: Steph liked. There were two that he liked, one against 211 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: Jabari Smith Junior and one against Dylan Brooks, and again 212 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: he just needed to find what the difference there is. 213 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: They're not guards, They're not like ultra quick guards. They're 214 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: more like bigger body players that he can break off 215 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: a little bit more side to side. The bigger the body, 216 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: the hard it is to change direction in tight spaces 217 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: and watch out. Steph uses a downhill move and a 218 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: snatchback to dribble to beat Jabari Smith. First on the 219 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: crossover right, he's looking like he's gonna go left, crosses 220 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: back over the right, turns his shoulders and everything. And 221 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: when he turns his shoulders, that gets Jabari Smith's head 222 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: and his shoulders to turn towards the right hand to drive. 223 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: Then he crosses him up. Now he's at a position. 224 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,599 Speaker 1: So now Steph knows Jabari Smith's going to be in 225 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: a recovery athleticism position, meaning Jabari knows he's gonna get beat. 226 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: He's gonna be sprinting back here to try to beat 227 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: Steph to a spot closer to the basket. That's a 228 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: perfect situation for Steph to set up a pullback dribble boom, 229 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: and once again, Jabari Smith, bigger player, not going to 230 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: be able to change direction as quickly Steph's able to 231 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: break him off to get separate. Here's the ISO against 232 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks, same sort of thing. A little bit more 233 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: weight for him to shift side to side, right to 234 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: left crossover. Look at the feet, Look at the feet 235 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: on the crossover done, it's over right there, It's completely 236 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: over all of his weight is on that back foot, 237 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: not even in position to get a good close out 238 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: clean look for Steph. Those are two Those are the 239 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: two matchups in their in their best lineups that he's 240 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: gonna like ISOs is against Jabari Smith Junior and Dylan Brooks. 241 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: This is just a classic case of hand down man down. 242 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: Probably not a surprise that it involves Jalen Green. Steph 243 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: Curry flashes to the top, forces a switch, immediately makes 244 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: an aggressive like jab step move to create a separation, 245 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: and watch Jalen Green hand down, man down and again 246 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: he he's not gonna see it at the top. He's 247 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: not gonna see the contest at the top. If you're 248 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: gonna bother him. You gotta bother him in the shooting pocket. 249 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: That late contest doesn't bother Steph. You gotta contest him early. 250 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: Steph knew that one was going in. You can see 251 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 1: him jogging back. Let's talk a little bit about the 252 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: Gary Payton rim pressure element that I was talking about. 253 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: So this was the first fake handoff. He actually tried 254 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: the same move twice and almost made the second one too. 255 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: But again, all you're triggering here is some sort of 256 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: confusion between a men Thompson and Jabari Smith. It's gonna 257 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: manifest in a hedge from Jabari Smith. So watch as 258 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: Steph throws it, he comes off, Watch Jabari Smith hedge, 259 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: lunge out, Boom, It's over now. It's at this point 260 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: it's a clean driving angle for Gary Payton gets downhill, 261 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: and this is one of those situations these are in 262 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: These are moments of indecision. Right, You've got helpers coming 263 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: towards the rim. Right, you could easily throw this kickout 264 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: pass to Moses Moody and be like you take the shot. No, 265 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: Gary Payton's like I'm going to the rim. He was 266 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: very decisive with his rim attacks. In the second half, 267 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: they started to use Gary Payton slipping out of the 268 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: blitzes of Steph in this basic like guard GUARDE screen 269 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: at the top of the key. We saw this twice 270 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: in this sequence, same sort of thing. They read it here, 271 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: but all you're gonna see is just the two guards 272 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: go with Steph both step up. Gary Payton slips, same 273 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: sort of thing, same indecision. Right, Looney's cutting along the baseline. 274 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: You could drop this off, but if you do, maybe 275 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: shangon recovers. You could throw this kick out to Moses Moody. Well, 276 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: Moses Moody was struggling to hit threes. Gary Payton said, no, 277 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to the rint. Someone stopped me until someone 278 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: stops him, Like if he gets blocked at the rim, 279 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: totally different story. But no one was stopping him and 280 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: he just kept going right to the front of the rim. 281 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: Exact same thing on this play, but with Shanegon two 282 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: on the ball. Slip, same sort of thing, same reads, right, 283 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: Buddy Heal's open, Draymond Green's open, Pajemski's open, Nope, decisive. 284 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to the rim. Someone stop me and then 285 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: we'll make an adjustment from there. This was just an 286 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: unbelievable pass from Steph Curry that developed the wide open 287 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 1: three for Gary Payton in the right corner, just kind 288 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: of like spun out of the help. So on the 289 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: handoff he attacks on Jalen Green another matchup Steph likes, 290 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: beats him off the dribble, draws the help from Amman Thompson. 291 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: But look at how he finds the passing angle. Watch 292 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: how he spins out of it. Just an unbelievable pass 293 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: from Steph Curry and another massive shot from Gary Payton 294 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: out of the right corner. And this is just the 295 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: classic Steph Curry screening action. Let's see who you guys 296 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: decide to guard. He's got a backscreen for Jabari Smith Jr. 297 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: Both Fred Van Vliet and Jabari Smith are going to 298 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: go with Steph done. 299 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 2: Game over. 300 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: There's Gary Payton right under the basket for the dunk, 301 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: a sequence we've seen what a thousand times at least 302 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: over the course of the Steph Curry era. Just an 303 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: example that just just again that's there was a difference 304 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: between the That was the difference between that game in 305 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: game one. Game one was much more of like a 306 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: really tough shot making game from Steph. This was a 307 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: game where steph just picked the rockets apart with his 308 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: brain and just used all these little details to get 309 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: himself some easier shots that he is very much capable 310 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: of making. All right, let's talk some Nicole yok Its 311 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: third quarter run against the Los Angeles Clippers. So excuse 312 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: me as I talked about last night. In the early 313 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: third quarter, Jokic was catching James Harden sleeping off of 314 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior. Nothing special here. Just look, James Harden's 315 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: got a foot in the paint against Michael Porter Junior. 316 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: That's just there's no reason to run offense, There's no 317 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: reason to get into two man game. Just throw the 318 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: ball to the open shooter that James Harden is ignoring. 319 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: Jokics rifles the pass. James Harden's close out as too late, bucket. 320 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: This was that push switch that I'm referenced last night. 321 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: So as you can see, Harden's back on Michael Porter 322 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: Junior cuts through on the baseline. Look at just the 323 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: overall lack of intensity from Harden, by the way, like 324 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: look at how Harden follows this cut. Now he's gonna point. Yeah, 325 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: you get him, You get him, No, Chris, you go 326 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: get him, Chris, you go get him rifle pass bucket 327 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: like that. That was the laziness from James Harden that 328 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: Jokic was attacking early in that third quarters. That play 329 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: I talked about where Yokic froze Ben Simmons on the baseline, 330 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: So it starts out of a post up. Here comes 331 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: the double team. 332 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 2: Right. 333 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: So now we have basic three on two along the baseline. Right, 334 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: we have Ben Simmons, we have Norman Powell, we have 335 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: Peyton Watson is under the rim, Aaron Gordon Good right corner, 336 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: three point shooter, Jamal Murray Good left corner, three point shooter. 337 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: So in this case you want to have to very 338 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: least make someone make a three. 339 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 2: Right. 340 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: But look at how the threat of Yokic's passing baits 341 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: both Norman Pale and Ben Simmons into freezing. And they 342 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: both just freeze because they don't know who to guard. 343 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: And like, look at where Yokic is looking. Look at 344 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: Yokiic's head as he turns. Yokic's head is at the corner. 345 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: When Jokic's head is looking towards the corner, what does 346 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons do. Ben Simmons lunges out towards the corner. 347 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: And Yokic throws the ball to Peyton Watson, so that 348 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: lookaway pass literally gave a forced bed, tricked Ben Simmons 349 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: into conceding and dunk. One of the things I talked 350 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: about last night, ohs how Jokic got going as a 351 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: score in the third quarter using off ball attacks situations 352 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: off the ball to get an advantage. Here's the first one, 353 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 1: just a basic baseline screen, so again running Zubots through 354 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: screening action double screen, going towards the corner. Chris Dunn 355 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: does eventually peel off. Jokic just shows him the ball. Quickly, 356 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: he resets his rhythm knocks down the three out of 357 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: the corner. This was interesting because he got himself a 358 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,239 Speaker 1: close out opportunity to using the two man game. So 359 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: he runs the two man game with Jamal Murray. Jamal 360 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: Murray gets into the lane and when he gets into 361 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: the lane, or not even into the lane, Jamalmurray just 362 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: barely starts to turn the corner and when he does, 363 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,479 Speaker 1: Zubots ends up basically sinking into the lane and pointing 364 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: out to Jokic. Ball gets thrown to Jokic. Jokic drives 365 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: the close out. Look at this beautiful tear drop from 366 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: the elbow, once again attacking off the ball with a closeout. 367 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: Let's see let's gip forward ball screen two man game, 368 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: same exact sequence. Ben Simmons sinks in. So the same 369 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: thing we just saw with Zubots, except for this time 370 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: with Ben Simmons. But watch develops the close out opportunity. 371 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: Jokics drives to close out. This is just unbelievable touch 372 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: over betoom. I saw someone on Twitter say like, does 373 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: Yokic have the best touch in NBA history? I'm not 374 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: sure if he does, but he's certainly on that list. 375 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: This is that movement three I talked about going to 376 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: his right. This is a tough shot. This is a 377 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: shot that only the best shooters in the world, typically practicing, 378 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: can make at the highest level. A movement jump shot 379 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: running to his right. But look at how he runs 380 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: to his right. Classic footwork right. So we're gonna get 381 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: the left foot the right foot. It's always left right 382 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: when you're going to your right, plants that left foot, 383 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: swings that right foot around, gets squared up, straight up 384 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: and down. 385 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: See how he lands. Look at how his feet turn 386 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 2: in mid air. 387 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: Right, That's what every right handed shooter has got to 388 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,719 Speaker 1: do when he's shooting moving to his right, he's got 389 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: to turn in mid air tore to square up. You 390 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: can literally see him perfect footwork on a movement jump 391 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: shot from a center in the NBA, nothing but the bottom. 392 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 2: This was a weird play. 393 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: It looked like Zubats was trying to pull the chair 394 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,479 Speaker 1: on him and Jokicic just used that as an excuse 395 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: to gret great position. 396 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: So Jokic catches. 397 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: He goes to post watch how Zoo just gives ground 398 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: like he's trying to pull the chair, and Jokic is like, oh, 399 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: you're just gonna give me ground. Okay, fine, I'll just 400 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: take this little left shoulder hook. This was the play 401 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: I talked about at the end of the game that 402 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: I thought was a really smart play from Yokic. So 403 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: on the previous play, Jokic rips through right around here 404 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: in the right corner, gets called for hooking Zubats's arm. 405 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: It's an offensive foul, bitches and moans makes a big scene. 406 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: That is what sets this up. Now he's got a 407 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: psychological advantage from the refs. He knows if he makes 408 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: the exact same move, and Zubats tries to catch him 409 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: again that he's going to get a foul and just 410 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: rips through same thing, throws his head back, gets the 411 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: call and gets to the foul line, and then takes 412 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: a it tries to say it's the exact same call 413 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: when it was a little different because he wasn't hooking 414 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: that time. But I just thought that was a really 415 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: smart play to get himself an extra tip to the 416 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: foul line. And then this is just Yokic greatness turning 417 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: over his left shoulder out of the right block. 418 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 2: Just classic Yo kicch. 419 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: You can't guard me on an island, and if you help, 420 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make the right play. What are you gonna do? 421 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: How about a double pivot turn around over his left shoulder. 422 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: Unbelievable shot. And then for your Nuggets fans, just for fun, 423 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: I decided to throw the game winner in there so 424 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: you guys can remember it one last time. So yeah, 425 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: really really really intelligent attack from Yo Kitchen that third quarter. 426 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: And you know that's the thing I was talking about 427 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: it with at the end of the show last night, 428 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: like it doesn't really matter if you're up to one 429 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: in a series. You gotta beat us again. You gotta 430 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: beat us four times in two weeks, and Jokich is 431 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,239 Speaker 1: just a handful to deal with. In a game like that, 432 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: he was unbelievable leading the Nuggets to victory last night. 433 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: All right, guys, it's all I have for this morning. 434 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: I will see you guys tonight after the final buzzer 435 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: of Bucks Pacers for what should be a fun day 436 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: of basketball. 437 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 2: Will be covering all four games. I will see you guys. Done. 438 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 2: What's up guys? 439 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 440 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. They would actually be really helpful for us 441 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 442 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: rating and a review. It's always a apreciate you guys 443 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: supporting us, But if you could take a minute to 444 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: do that, I really appreciate it. 445 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: The volume m