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Speaker 1: threes a game and he's only shooting thirty six and

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Speaker 1: a half percent, then there's a different conversation to have

433
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Speaker 1: about maybe wanting to tick that down from thirteen attempts

434
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Speaker 1: to something lower so that he can get some more

435
00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,239
Speaker 1: efficient looks. But as long as he's hitting him like this,

436
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,000
Speaker 1: it's a very efficient shot that's easy on his legs

437
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,800
Speaker 1: and gives him a way to attack when the paint

438
00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,320
Speaker 1: is really really packed. So like it all just depends

439
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Speaker 1: on how real of a jump shooter Anthony Edwards is,

440
00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,720
Speaker 1: and we're going to find out as we get further

441
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Speaker 1: in small ball looks. This season, with Rudy Gobert on

442
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,879
Speaker 1: the floor, the Wolves are getting outscored by three points

443
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Speaker 1: per one hundred possessions.

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Speaker 2: They are negative.

445
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Speaker 1: With Rudy Gobert off the floor, they are outscoring teams

446
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,800
Speaker 1: by eight points per one hundred possessions, so they are

447
00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,320
Speaker 1: eight points positive, so an eleven point swing to the

448
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,159
Speaker 1: positive when they go to groups without Rudy Gobert.

449
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Speaker 2: On the floor.

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Speaker 1: These reason why it's very simple. You've got two guys

451
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,840
Speaker 1: and Julius Randall and Anthony Edwards that have huge physical

452
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,399
Speaker 1: advantages going downhill towards the rim. There's much more space.

453
00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,399
Speaker 1: The offense in particular is so much better. They're twenty

454
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Speaker 1: six points better per one hundred possessions on offense with

455
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Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert off the floor. Versus on the floor. This

456
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,800
Speaker 1: is where I'd like to just see them cut his

457
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,200
Speaker 1: minutes a little bit. Go Bear's playing in thirty five

458
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,760
Speaker 1: minutes a game right now, I'd cut that down a

459
00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,080
Speaker 1: bit into that like twenty eight to thirty minute range.

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00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,760
Speaker 1: Last night, for instance, the small ball groups got them

461
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Speaker 1: back in the game. Then Rudy Gobert checks back in,

462
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,360
Speaker 1: and they can't go bucket for bucket with Dallas late.

463
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Speaker 1: And you check Rudy in to help you with the

464
00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,560
Speaker 1: already work, and he promptly gives up two offensive rebounds

465
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Speaker 1: and throws a bad close out at Luka Doncic that

466
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Speaker 1: gives up a bucket. So you put him out there

467
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Speaker 1: to get the benefit of Gobert, and you did not

468
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Speaker 1: get the benefit of Gobert while also getting the downsides

469
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Speaker 1: that come with him on the offensive end of the floor.

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Speaker 1: I think cutting him down to twenty eight thirty minutes

471
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Speaker 1: a game, leaning more on your small ball looks like

472
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Speaker 1: we talked about this a lot, but like at end

473
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Speaker 1: of game situations, the ability to contain the ball and

474
00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,679
Speaker 1: the perimeter is something that is super valuable that Nikhil,

475
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Speaker 1: Alexander Walker, Dante DiVincenzo Jada McDaniel's aunt and Julius Randall

476
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,719
Speaker 1: look could be a really interesting switching look. Or they

477
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Speaker 1: contain the ball and just rely on their perimeter defense

478
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:40,840
Speaker 1: at the end of these games and try to outscore

479
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,359
Speaker 1: teams in the half court with better spacing. So again,

480
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,919
Speaker 1: we'll see how it looks in the long run. But

481
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Speaker 1: it's just a lot of Rudy Gobert right now and

482
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Speaker 1: he's just not playing particularly well. I just want to

483
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Speaker 1: I just want to see a little bit more exploration

484
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Speaker 1: of those small ball looks. All right, let's move on

485
00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,800
Speaker 1: to Pelicans Warriors, another game that had a really interesting

486
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 1: back and forth flow. The Pelicans take a twenty point

487
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,199
Speaker 1: lead early in this game, just an obvious gap in

488
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 1: firepower to start the game. The Warriors guards that were

489
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 1: being aggressive early. So like Buddy Heialed in the early

490
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,040
Speaker 1: part of the game, he is just with missing shots.

491
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Speaker 1: But then really Brandon Pazemski and Jonathan Kaminga and the

492
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: tail end of the first quarter were really playing a

493
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Speaker 1: lot of one on one And if you're going to

494
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 1: get into like a singular firepower contest with the Pelicans

495
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,480
Speaker 1: when you have Andrew Wiggins and Steph Curry and Street clothes,

496
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna lose that battle, and they did early Like

497
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Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson and CJ.

498
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 2: McCollum had twenty four points in.

499
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: The first quarter as a team, the Warriors only had fourteen.

500
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 2: They were just really.

501
00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: Getting cooked on one on the floor and just not

502
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,879
Speaker 1: generating quality shots the other end. They were down by

503
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 1: twenty in the early part of the second quarter. Now,

504
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,359
Speaker 1: then the Warriors started to play Warriors basketball and they

505
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,240
Speaker 1: kind of chewed down that lead in that second quarter

506
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,359
Speaker 1: with much better defensive activity and much better ball movement. Again,

507
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: what is the Warrior's identity beyond Steph Curry? Right, Like,

508
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: the identity of the Warriors is Steph Draymond and Steve

509
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,439
Speaker 1: Kurr and everything that they've established over the course of

510
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,639
Speaker 1: the last ten years. But beyond Steph Curry, they have

511
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 1: a strong identity, which is speed. They are fast as

512
00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 1: hell on offense and on defense. On offense through player

513
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 1: movement and quick decision making, and on defense with ball

514
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,400
Speaker 1: pressure and covering ground really really fast in rotation. They

515
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 1: fly around and they have a depth of guys that

516
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,520
Speaker 1: can do it. So that even with Andrew Wiggins, who

517
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 1: when he's healthy and in when his mind is right

518
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: is one of the very best Perimmeter defenders in the game.

519
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: And the Anthony Meltain, who's a very good starting caliber

520
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 1: defensive guard. When those guys are out of the lineup,

521
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 1: they still have waves of guys come in. Lindy Waters.

522
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: Guess what he's really good? Here comes a bigger Moses Moody,

523
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,880
Speaker 1: Like Moses Moody starts the game. Well, guess what he's

524
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: really good too. There's all these different guys that can

525
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 1: do this job on this roster. In that second quarter,

526
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,640
Speaker 1: they started flying around on both ends and got back

527
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,960
Speaker 1: into the game. The Warriors forced nine turnovers in that quarter.

528
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: They scored twenty four points just in transition, just in

529
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: the second quarter, Like it was a crazy run that

530
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 1: they went on to get back in the game. Then

531
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 1: going into the second half, Steve kerrmakes a really interesting call, So,

532
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 1: like one of the things that happened in the first

533
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: quarter is Buddy Heel was missing and Lindy Waters comes

534
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 1: in and kind of has a really good shift, Like

535
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,199
Speaker 1: he's aggressive shooting the ball. His first bucket like just

536
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,440
Speaker 1: cutting moving without the basketball, cuts out of a split

537
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 1: cut on a post up and gets a wide open layup.

538
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,440
Speaker 1: He just looked like more aggressive and he looks comfortable.

539
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,480
Speaker 1: So Steve Kerr makes this decision. He benches Buddy Heel

540
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: to start the second half and starts Lindy Waters and

541
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: it worked out literally perfectly. Lindy goes on another scoring

542
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 1: run to start the third quarter. Brandon Pitzemski, by the way,

543
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 1: finally had a breakout offensive stretch there in that early

544
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: third quarter. He scores ten quick points. Jonathan Kaminga comes

545
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 1: in the third late third, has a really nice run.

546
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: He had a driving left handed layup by Herb Jones.

547
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 1: He had a pull up three in a ball screen

548
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,639
Speaker 1: I think with Kavon Looney if I remember correctly. And

549
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,359
Speaker 1: then he has this crazy sequence where he gets a

550
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: block at the rim, secures the rebound, runs the length

551
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: of the floor and throws a beautiful love to trace

552
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 1: Jackson Davis at the rims. So he goes on this

553
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 1: individual run and then Buddy Healed, the guy that Steve

554
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: Kerr bench to start the second half, he comes in

555
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 1: and finally starts just hitting shots and he gets crazy hot, and.

556
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 2: Then they put the game away.

557
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 1: And then on the defensive end of the floor, It

558
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 1: was kind of like an interesting bend but don't break

559
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,400
Speaker 1: approach from Steve Kerr, and.

560
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:45,120
Speaker 2: It worked really well.

561
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: Like they let Brandon Ingram and z Williamson just cook

562
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,399
Speaker 1: one on one most of the game, and they cooked.

563
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: At sixty one points. Zion Williamson just absolutely torched both

564
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 1: Draymond Green and Kevon Looney. Brandon Ingram was just shooting

565
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: over the top of every single Warriors guard, Like those

566
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: guys got their buckets, but it didn't matter because almost

567
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,440
Speaker 1: half of the Pel's buckets were unassisted, so there was

568
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: very little ball movement. They had just seventy five points

569
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 1: total after the first quarter. They forced them into twenty

570
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,400
Speaker 1: five turnovers that led to thirty four points in the game.

571
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: Really really good two way performance from the Warriors as

572
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: they get a dominant, impressive win over a playoff team

573
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 1: without their best player and without two of their very

574
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 1: of their most important role players that they have on

575
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 1: this roster. Just a resounding statement of the depth that

576
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: this team has, and that really has been the story

577
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 1: of this Warrior season in the early going in my opinion,

578
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,400
Speaker 1: Like they just want a game without Steph Curry, Anthony Mountain,

579
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,679
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins because They're so damn deep with fast guys

580
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 1: that can both defend and run action properly in the

581
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: Warrior system. That is what has their floor so high.

582
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 1: They have a strong identity that is separate from Steph Curry.

583
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 1: They're an elite defense that forces a lot of turnovers,

584
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: scores a lot in transition off of those misses in

585
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: those turnovers. Just a couple of stats to demonstrate how

586
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 1: good the Warriors have been with their speed to start

587
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: this season, second in defensive rating, sixth in pace. They

588
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: have forced twenty one turnovers per game, that's second only

589
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They're scoring twenty six points

590
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 1: per game off of turnovers, that's the most in the

591
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,680
Speaker 1: entire NBA. They're scoring twenty two fast break points per game,

592
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: that's first in the entire NBA. They're getting out in

593
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: transition on twenty two percent of their overall possessions. That's

594
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 1: number one in the NBA. So speed is the identity

595
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: of this team. That is where they are driving success.

596
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: That is separate from Steph Curry. And again, like Steph,

597
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,919
Speaker 1: even when he was in the lineup to start the year,

598
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,439
Speaker 1: he hadn't even had a game where he scores more

599
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: than twenty points. Yet if Steph actually manages to rejoin

600
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 1: this system and to reach a level closer to what

601
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: he was at two years ago and they hit on

602
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: a trade, you bet your ass this is a team

603
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: that can make some noise that they are much better

604
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: than I expected them to be this season, and they're

605
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: showing it here in the first few And again, the

606
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: depth is the important piece.

607
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 2: You just saw.

608
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: If you have the ability to drop two role players

609
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: in a trade, or maybe even three role players in

610
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,919
Speaker 1: a trade, but you bring in a high level firepower piece,

611
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: they have the depth to still have quality role players

612
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 1: around them, which is such a luxury on the Pelicans front.

613
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 1: Turnovers really killed them in this one. When they were patient,

614
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: they got they consistently got great stuff from Zion and

615
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 1: bib I. Just you know, b Ice had a couple

616
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: of rough games, but he's also had a couple of

617
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 1: really really good games, and one of the rough games

618
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: he ended up hitting a game winner in any way,

619
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: just really really comfortable getting into that mid range. Also

620
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 1: without Dejhonte Murray getting a lot more high ball screen touches,

621
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,719
Speaker 1: and he's just one of the more gifted forwards at

622
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: passing out of high ball screens that we have in

623
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: the league, but turnovers killed them in this one. They

624
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: gave up thirty four points off of turnovers. In this game,

625
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: Zion finally had his big breakout game on offense. He

626
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: was really rough in his first two games. Both Draymond

627
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: Green and Von Luney were hopeless against him. It was

628
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: interesting how he attacked both guys too. Like with Looney,

629
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 1: it was aggression in his straight line, just go to

630
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 1: the rim and get a bucket, and he was getting

631
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of buckets like that. Draymond, obviously a much

632
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: more gifted defender, was doing a good job of beating

633
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: Zion to the first spot. And so this is something

634
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: we talked about in preseason. But Zion has worked on

635
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: this like little like hard drive to the right for

636
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: a left handed player so that he could pound into

637
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: a spin over his right shoulder for a left handed

638
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: hook shot. And he got Draymond with that a bunch

639
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: of times in this game where he make an aggressive move.

640
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 1: Draymond good defense, slide his feet, take the contact, but

641
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: Zion's just so quick with that spin over his right shoulder.

642
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: He also has done it a few times where he

643
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 1: gets caught dead to rights, where like he gets caught

644
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: dead to rights and all he'll do is just quick

645
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: pivot towards the baseline to fake like he's gonna go reverse,

646
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: and then he'll just turn right back over his right

647
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: shoulder and go to that hook. That left handed hook

648
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Speaker 1: is going to be such an important go to move

649
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: for him in the long run. But like again, he

650
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: had such a dominant performance against the Lakers in the

651
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 1: playing game, and we were wondering if he was going

652
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: to be able to continue some momentum off of that

653
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: comes into to the season. Get sick, miss is the

654
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 1: first game doesn't look good in the first two games

655
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: that what we saw last night was closer to the

656
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 1: Zion that we expect now. Really rough on defense in

657
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: this one, especially in the second half, But the Warriors defense,

658
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: the Warriors offense is a blender. They really test your

659
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: attentiveness and your ability to navigate screens and to defend

660
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: multiple actions, to make multiple efforts on the same possession,

661
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: and to cover ground. And again that attentiveness is everything

662
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: that they're testing. And so that's just a weakness of

663
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Speaker 1: Zion that he's gonna have to work on. But I

664
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Speaker 1: did think it was an encouraging I didn't think it

665
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: was an encouraging offensive performance for Zion. They're two and

666
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,479
Speaker 1: two right now. They beat Chicago on Opening Night, they

667
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: beat the Blazers on that crazy game in Portland where

668
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: Brandan Ingram hits the game winner over Anthony Simons, and

669
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Speaker 1: then Zion has that crazy help side defense block. But

670
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: then they got blown out by the Blazers, and then

671
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: they got blown out by the Warriors without Wigans and

672
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: Steph their twenty second in offense through four games, eighteenth

673
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: in defense. Hard to read too much into these results, though,

674
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: because like the Dejontae Murray trade, I really like Dejontay Murray.

675
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: When he's healthy, he's gonna help this team. But with

676
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: him being out with the injury, I think he's gonna

677
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: be out for the better part of six weeks. That

678
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: really sapped them of depth, right Like Dyson Daniels is

679
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: a really good player, specifically of a very valuable archetype,

680
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: which is that defensive guard that can pressure the ball,

681
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: fly around in rotation. He's off to a good start

682
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Larry Nance is better than any center you

683
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: have on the roster right now. Like Ive Smithy had

684
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: a couple nice plays today. He met Jonathan Kminge at

685
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: the rim at a really nice block, had a good

686
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: offensive rebound put back, Like he's got some potential, but

687
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 1: he's got a long way to go. And Daniel Tye

688
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: is a stretch five that doesn't really hit threes the

689
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: way that stretch fives usually do. So like, I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna hover around five hundred or maybe even a

691
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: little below five hundred until de Jontay Murray gets back

692
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: because they're just not as deep, not very good defensively

693
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: on that front line, and they need to be so

694
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: good on the perimeter to make up for that, and

695
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: they're not going to be until they get de jhon

696
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 1: Tay Murray. I think it's Jordan Hawkins was the last

697
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: guy I wanted to talk about. He's shooting the ball

698
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: really really well this year, but obviously Golden State really

699
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: pressures the ball and contests really well. He had trouble

700
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: breaking open against Golden State. That's a good example, Like

701
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: Jordan Hawkins, good player, brings some of that movement shooting

702
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: has been helping with the Trey Murphy absence. But the

703
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 1: reality is is like he's got a certain athletic limitation

704
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 1: that he's going to run into when he runs into

705
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Speaker 1: teams like this. That's where it's like, man, if de

706
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 1: Jontay Murray's in this lineup, he can kind of help

707
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Speaker 1: hang in these super athletic environments slots.

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Speaker 2: Everybody better.

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Speaker 1: Now your best guard is guarding de Jontay Murray instead

710
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Speaker 1: of c J mcollum. Now maybe c J McCollum has

711
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: a better night. You know, Like, there's just a lot

712
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: that can go wrong when you make a depth trade,

713
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: Like you trade depth for a star and then that

714
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Speaker 1: star gets hurt, it just is going to cause a

715
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Speaker 1: lot of problems for you. All Right, let's get into

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Speaker 1: our film session for today. You're listening on the podcast

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Speaker 1: feed and you're gonna want to head over to YouTube

718
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: to see that part to actually get the visual representations

719
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Speaker 1: of what we're talking about. We're actually starting in Boston

720
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Speaker 1: from the Bucks game. This was stuff that I covered

721
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Speaker 1: in yesterday show, but I wanted to I just like

722
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: basically drop all these clips in a folder, and I

723
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 1: just didn't have a chance to do Tim's tape yesterday,

724
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Speaker 1: so I just bumped it into today. So, first of all,

725
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Speaker 1: this is an example of These are examples of all

726
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: of the mistakes that Milwaukee made when they lost control

727
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Speaker 1: of the game against Boston. So, as you can see

728
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: eighty two to eighty minute thirty nine left, this is

729
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Speaker 1: a game that is there for the taking. Bobby Portis

730
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Speaker 1: misses a little right shoulder fade. We go to the

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Speaker 1: other end, and I talked yesterday about the interchange that

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Speaker 1: takes place on a switch. So here's Derek White. We

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Speaker 1: have Xavier Tillman going to set the screen. Giannis is

734
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Speaker 1: on Derek White, Bobby Portis is in the switch. I

735
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: talk all the time about the difference between an aggressive

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Speaker 1: switch and a switch. On an aggressive switch screen comes

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00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: Portis would run out and meet Derek White out here,

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Speaker 1: specifically so that Derek White doesn't have that interchange to

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Speaker 1: take advantage of where he can take a look at

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Speaker 1: a three point shot. Instead, Bobby Portis sits back on

741
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Speaker 1: his heels. So when the switch happens again, Tillman's rolling

742
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: Yiannis is gonna go with it. Bobby's sitting back on

743
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: his heels behind the three point line. Derek White's like,

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00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: please and thank you. I'll just go ahead and rise

745
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: up into this three over the top he had just

746
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: hit one over here too on an offensive rebound. The

747
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: Bucks were actually up eighty to seventy nine. So like,

748
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: Derek White's just hit a three, you can't that can't

749
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Speaker 1: be the possession where you're lazy on a switch and

750
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,479
Speaker 1: you can see it an easy pull up jump shot

751
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,760
Speaker 1: off the dribble. This was one of the wildest defensive

752
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,240
Speaker 1: plays I've ever seen from a guard. How about Derek

753
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: White single handedly stopping a Damianis ball screen. So here

754
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 1: comes there, Dami ball screen, Dame gets downhill, Derek White

755
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 1: Stonewall's the drive. We have a pitch back to Giannis.

756
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 1: Look at Derek White meets Giannis up top and blocks him.

757
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: That was an unbelievable defensive play from Derek White. Here's

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Speaker 1: that corner crash that I talked about yesterday. So Jordan

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00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: Walsh again, So we're loading up on the strong side

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00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 1: for a Tatum post up. Watch Giannis and Bobby Portis.

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00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: They are completely keyed in and help, and no one's

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Speaker 1: paying attention to Jordan Walsh. Tatum draws that double team.

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00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: Derek White ends up taking his third three. Watch Jordan Walsh,

764
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Speaker 1: though Bobby Portis and Giannis both key on on Xavier Tillman,

765
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: Jordan Walsh game playing discipline again, corner crashing is a

766
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: huge part in the modern NBA of winning on the margins.

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Speaker 1: Jordan Walsh just comes flying in, gets the offensive rebound

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00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: put back, big time play, a lot of hustle plays

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Speaker 1: going Boston's direction. At the tail end of this one,

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Speaker 1: here's another loose ball, So Derek kick out to Jordan Walsh,

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Speaker 1: Derek White.

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00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 2: Loose ball.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So here you go on the loose ball. Who's

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Speaker 1: got the position? Gary traj Junior is closer to the ball,

775
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 1: and he's a better athlete, who's bigger than Peyton Pritchard,

776
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 1: but he's flat footed and Peyton's being active. Peyton beats

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00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: all of them to the basketball. Look at that once again,

778
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: just getting out worked, and you're the team that is

779
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: at the talent disadvantage that needs to play harder. This

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00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: was that crazy Peyton Prichard prayer to third quarter that

781
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: went in. Just that It really has developed a reputation

782
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: as being one of the best end of quarter players

783
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: in the league. This is where it all went south.

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00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: This was basically the dagger, so a blitz of Jason

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00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 1: Tatum or if Jalen Brown, excuse me, up on the

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00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: right wing. So Portis is on Cornette. We're getting at

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Speaker 1: Finland action, right, So Jaylen Brown's gonna backscreen for Prichard

788
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: before he comes off the DHO. But as actually it

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00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: was just more of a ball screen than a dh O.

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Speaker 1: But essentially, as this ball screen happens, Portis is going

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Speaker 1: to trap. But once you trap here, the most important

792
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: thing for you to do is to contain the ball

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00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: and then to pressure the ball so that the pass

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00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 1: that comes out of this, whether it's a skip pass

795
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: or it's something to Cornett, is deflected or lobbed so

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00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: that you can rotate out of it. The worst thing

797
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: you can do is not even contain the ball. And

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00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,320
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown just splits Bobby Porta. It's just a really

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Speaker 1: bad blitz. Now you're just completely fucked. It's a five

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Speaker 1: on three. Pritchard ends up wide open in the right

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Speaker 1: corner and that ends up being the So again you're

802
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: up by one with roughly two minutes left in the

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00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: third quarter, and you get out hustled and out executed

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00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor and you end up

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00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 1: all of a sudden down thirteen in a matter of

806
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: like three minutes. And that really is the thing is

807
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 1: like Giannis and the Bucks, they're hanging on for dear life.

808
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: We're hanging with the Boston Celtics. We can do this, guys,

809
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,720
Speaker 1: and then it's like they let go. And it's because

810
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: unless you make a habit, I mean habit is the keyword,

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00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: meaning like it is almost instinctual. Through just relentless work

812
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: and attention to detail over a large sample size, it

813
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 1: becomes a habit for you to do the right thing

814
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 1: versus when you play lazy and then all of a

815
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,280
Speaker 1: sudden in a big game, you have to be sharp.

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00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: You can be sharp for a spurt, you sharp for

817
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: a quarter, sharp for two quarters, maybe even three quarters,

818
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,359
Speaker 1: but eventually you're going to like kind of just go

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00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 1: back to what you are at your core of your being,

820
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: which is an unseerious basketball team like the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Speaker 1: And they end up dropping this game all right into Orlando.

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Speaker 1: This was the ghost screen action that we all knew

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00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: was gonna happen a lot this year for Pallow and

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Speaker 1: Kentavious Callbo Pope, So KCP is gonna run through He's

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00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 1: going to set the ghost screen for Pallow draw two

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Speaker 1: to the ball see and again what causes the ghost

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Speaker 1: screen to function is we're taking advantage of the hedge.

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Speaker 1: So Tyreese Halliburton is in this case going to hedge.

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Speaker 1: Why because KCP is going to set a screen. So

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Speaker 1: if Halliburton doesn't hedge and Nie Smith gets screened. If

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Speaker 1: Halliburton stays glued to the bottom side of KCP, Palo

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00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: Bonkaro is going to get If that screen gets set

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00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: and Halliburton does not hedge, Polo is gonna get downhill

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Speaker 1: this way, and now you're in real trouble. So Halliburton

835
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Speaker 1: has to hedge out. Here's our hedge. So Halliburton runs

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Speaker 1: out there for the specific purpose of stopping Polo from

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Speaker 1: turning the corner. But then he's got to recover to KCP.

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Speaker 1: He's slow. KCP is a good movement shooter who can

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Speaker 1: knock the shot down, so they have to rotate from

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00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 1: the weak side. Andrewn Nemhard rotates over Albi Toppin's going

841
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: to rotate over up, generating a wide open three for

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Speaker 1: Anthony Black in the right corner and shout out to

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Speaker 1: Anthony Black. He misses this one, but keeps his confidence

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Speaker 1: because he oh he actually does make that one. I apologize,

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Speaker 1: but he ends up hitting another huge three in the

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Speaker 1: He misses another corner three later on in the fourth quarter,

847
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: but then he ends up hitting the game winner in

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Speaker 1: the left corner. So corner three point shooting for Anthony

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00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: Black was a big one in this particular game. Another

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00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: KCP goes screen, same kind of concept. Oh wait, nope,

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00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: we got the KCP gohos screen is on the next possession.

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Speaker 1: So this was that play that I talked about in

853
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,959
Speaker 1: the game breakdown yesterday where randomly fourth quarter magic down

854
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: five five minutes left. This is basically a crunch time possession,

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00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 1: even though it won't log is a crunch time possession

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00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: for another five seconds. But Wendell Carter Junior Anthony Black

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00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 1: cleared side ball screen. How about the second your player

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00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,320
Speaker 1: getting an opportunity to run some action engages the screen

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Speaker 1: defender makes the pocket pass, gets Wendell Carter a good role,

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Speaker 1: and Wendell Carter draws a foul. Really nice play from

861
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Speaker 1: Anthony Black. Here's the KCP gohoes screen. I apologize for

862
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,800
Speaker 1: the earlier all right, so we have Pallo Casey p

863
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: cuts through go screen hedge slip right that draws the

864
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: wide open three for Jalen Suggs. Now, as you can see,

865
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: Pascal Siakam is actually keyed in on Suggs. But this

866
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,239
Speaker 1: is a bad hedge from Haliburton because he doesn't actually

867
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Speaker 1: cut him off. The entire purpose of the hedge for

868
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: Haliburton is to stop the drive. Now you've done the

869
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: worst of both worlds. You've left your defender wide open

870
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: and you haven't contained the ball. Pallow easily gets downhill.

871
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: That forces Pascal to step over and help. Palo has

872
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 1: got two options here. You can go to Anthony Black

873
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: Black in the right corner or Jalen Sugs in the

874
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: left corner. Ends up going to Suggs. He knocks down

875
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Speaker 1: the shot.

876
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Speaker 2: All right, that's the one he misses.

877
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Speaker 1: Okay, this is the problem with me clipping a bunch

878
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Speaker 1: of clips yesterday then to hit on today's show.

879
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Speaker 2: There's gonna be a little bit of a mental gap there.

880
00:40:48,600 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 2: I apologize, guys. All right.

881
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Speaker 1: Now we're moving on to Dallas. Inside of these are

882
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: plays from today. This was a cool little Chicago action

883
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: that the Timberwolves ran that got Julius Randall White up

884
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,879
Speaker 1: in three. I love when teams run three man action

885
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: that keep both of their stars involved. It just makes

886
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: them so much harder to guard. As you can see,

887
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: it kind of gets downhill and draws PJ Washington in help.

888
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: That's Julius his defender. The kickback gets to Julius Randall

889
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,360
Speaker 1: wide open three. Love how much more often the Mavericks

890
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: have been running Luca off of off ball action instead

891
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: of just having him bring the ball up the four

892
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: and deal with ball pressure again. Jada McDaniels when he

893
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: gets down here has no chance against Luca, but in

894
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: the open court he can wear him down with speed

895
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: and just poking at the basketball. So just ease that

896
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: up on him, run him off. This off ball action

897
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: functions just like a ball screen. Right now, Jaden is

898
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: in trail position. Gafford can roll. It's the same function

899
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: as a ball screen. Obviously, Mike Conley's not going to

900
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: stay away from Klay Thompson, so he's only stunting. He

901
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: stays home, catches Jada and mc daniels crawling up his

902
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: back gets a little floater in the end. One I

903
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 1: talk to you guys about how I thought Spencer Dinwoodie

904
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: with the Lakers was actually a really, really good defender

905
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 1: of guards. I thought this was a good lock and

906
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: trail possession again gets a little bit of distance, but

907
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: look at the closing speed and the length to bother

908
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: the shot. Watch the length he's got super long arms.

909
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: Great contest, and look at the drift. Look at the

910
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: drift from Dante. He forces him to change his shot

911
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: and drift and lean to his left with a really

912
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 1: good pursuit from behind, forces a miss back to the

913
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 1: left in a missed shortened left. Probably not a coincidence.

914
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 1: Julius Randall drawing help from the post. Really nice shot

915
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: creation example, or in a spaced outlook. This is another

916
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:49,919
Speaker 1: one of those small ball looks where there's no non

917
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Speaker 1: shooter on the floor. Julius goes to work against Derek,

918
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: picks up his dribble, but catches Klay Thompson. This is

919
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: 'rim pressure right like, even though they're not double teaming,

920
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: it's instinctual for when they see a guy get into

921
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: the paint to kind of suck into the paint. Julius

922
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: those a really nice kickout pass to Dante. DiVincenzo knocks

923
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Speaker 1: down to three. Here's those two plays that I talked

924
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: about where Lively is operating. Is the passing fulcrum at

925
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: the top of the key for offball action. They've been

926
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Speaker 1: doing a lot of this with bench groups with Luca

927
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,760
Speaker 1: off the floor. So again fake dribble handoff to Hardy

928
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: that flows into the wide screen for Kyrie, who then

929
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: cuts off Lively. But this allows Lively to basically set

930
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: another screen for Kyrie and just pivot into him, and

931
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: he gets another wide open layup, again generating easy baskets

932
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Speaker 1: without having to rely on your superpowers as often as

933
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Speaker 1: you would otherwise. And then here's the one in the

934
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 1: second half that I thought was really cool. So once

935
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: again Lively at the top off ball action, we have

936
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Speaker 1: Naji Marshall screening for Kyrie. Then what He's just staying

937
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: in the left corner. But watch Luca, He's got a

938
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Speaker 1: top block here. So again we talk about this a lot.

939
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,839
Speaker 1: Jada McDaniels is trying to stop Luca from coming off

940
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: of this top side from Lively, so he's ceiling the

941
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,359
Speaker 1: top side. So Luca is now pushing Jadeen as high

942
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,720
Speaker 1: as he can to try to create a passing angle

943
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,919
Speaker 1: for Lively to throw the ball in. Here he does,

944
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: Lively throws a perfect pass that forces Anthony Edwards to help.

945
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: Now we get our beautiful behind the back pass from

946
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Speaker 1: Luca to Spencer.

947
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 2: Dinwoodie in the corner.

948
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Speaker 1: Beautiful, beautiful work once again, Luka Dunch's getting to generate

949
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 1: a shot without having to put the ball in the

950
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 1: full time. Here's Derek Lively doing a really nice job

951
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: on Anthony Edwards on a switch. The beautiful thing with

952
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 1: Derek Glively is his length to contest pull up jumpers

953
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: to make Aunt skeptical about his ability to get the

954
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: shot off while also being able to play back far

955
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: enough to contain the drive. Now he's like kind of

956
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: indecisive about what he wants to do, and like even here,

957
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: like he gets a little separation and he might take

958
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,840
Speaker 1: this shot, but Derek Lively's got enough length that he's like,

959
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: I'm not sure I got enough separation, So he ends

960
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: up having to give it up, ends up being a

961
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: heave from Jade McDaniel's really nice defense from Derek Glively.

962
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: Here's an example of off ball relocation being valuable. So

963
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 1: offensive rebound. Get another Derek Lively offensive rebound. He's such

964
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 1: a monster in this game, all right. So Dante de

965
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: Vincenzo's guarding Queen Grimes. He's keyed in on the ball.

966
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 2: Right.

967
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 1: The hardest part about off ball defense is being able

968
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: to track man and ball. He thinks Quin Grimes is

969
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 1: at the top of the key. Still thinks, Still thinks

970
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: Quentin Grimes at the top of the key, which you

971
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: can't see off camera, is Quin Grimes is relocating.

972
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 2: There he goes.

973
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: He's relocating taking advantage of Dante turning his head, catches

974
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: him slipping, gets a wide open look. That is why

975
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,359
Speaker 1: off ball player movement is so valuable. All right, moving

976
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 1: on to the Warriors. This was just a ridiculous example

977
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: of Gary Payton's ability to dig down on ball handlers.

978
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: Watch Gary Payton digging down as Brandon ingram and I

979
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: want to say, Jordan Hawkins make drives to the rim,

980
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 1: so dig boom. See how he gets down on CJ recovers.

981
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,280
Speaker 1: Now Jordan Hawkins is going to drive. Watch how fast

982
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: Gary Payton shoots down and gets the jump ball boom.

983
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: It's so much speed to cover ground. I thought this

984
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: was just a beautiful example of split cut action that

985
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: the Warriors ran. So we're gonna go to Draymond in

986
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,839
Speaker 1: the post. Okay, watch this play develop. So we're gonna

987
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: go to Draymon in the post. Then the classic Warriors

988
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,759
Speaker 1: split cut is the guy who makes the post entry

989
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: just screens away for the guys top of the key

990
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 1: right goes a screen. This time Kminga actually screens Buddy

991
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 1: Healed gets a little bit of an angle on this

992
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 1: slip that draws Zion Williamson and help extra pass to

993
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson forces Jordan Hawkins to rotate. Probably a bad

994
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 1: close out from Jordan Hawkins. You just make Kyle Anderson

995
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,239
Speaker 1: take that three, but Lindy Waters ends up getting a

996
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: wide up and three out of it.

997
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 2: Beautiful, beautiful split cut basketball.

998
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: I thought this was a really, really pretty set that

999
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,280
Speaker 1: they ran to get Brandon Pazemski a wide open layup.

1000
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:40,240
Speaker 1: So Draymond sets a wide screen to get Lindy Waters

1001
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: the catch. We're going on another split cut right, so

1002
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 1: we're but this is a variation of split cut right.

1003
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: So we're making the post entry to Draymond, but on

1004
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 1: the post entry trace Jackson Davis back screens for Brandon

1005
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: Pazemski gets a wide up in layoup.

1006
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:53,800
Speaker 2: Really pretty stuff.

1007
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,919
Speaker 1: This is the concept of turning a good look into

1008
00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:00,359
Speaker 1: a great look. So we're playing basketball here. Going back

1009
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: to the post, same split cut action, right this time CJ.

1010
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:04,640
Speaker 1: McCollum does a better job in navigating the screen, so

1011
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: it's not open. It flows into the next phase of

1012
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 1: the split, the split action, which is trace screening for Lindy.

1013
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 1: Lindy's got a decent look here, but Zion throws a

1014
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: close out. Zion's a freaky athlete. So Lindy's like, don't

1015
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: really like the look, So let's see if we can

1016
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: get a better one. There's thirteen seconds on the shot clock.

1017
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: Swing the moody. Moody's got a look. Uh, don't really

1018
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: like the look. If I throw it to POD's there,

1019
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 1: he's going up against the center underneath the basket. I

1020
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 1: don't think this is the best option. Let's see if

1021
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: we can't drive this close out. He drives right, Pods relocates.

1022
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,759
Speaker 1: Now you get a wide open three. So again, the

1023
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: diligence to turn down a couple of okay shots ends

1024
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 1: up getting you a great shot that goes in. I've

1025
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 1: talked a lot about beating ball pressure with a swing pass,

1026
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 1: then making the swing pass guy hit the roll man. This,

1027
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: so I thought, was a great example of that. So

1028
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 1: like you can see that dynamic taking place. Lindy Waters

1029
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:58,840
Speaker 1: are our ball handler. Tray Jackson Davis is going to

1030
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,080
Speaker 1: go set a ball screen. The Pells are gonna put

1031
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,399
Speaker 1: two on the ball. Okay, when the Pells put two

1032
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 1: on the ball, the roleman gets open. But the problem

1033
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 1: is when the roleman's open, there's ball pressure here, so

1034
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 1: that becomes a different a difficult pass to make. Padziemski,

1035
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: as a swing pass man, is not being ball pressured.

1036
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: He can make the pass. He hits trace. Now we

1037
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: have our week side two on one. Moody cuts get

1038
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: an easy lay, a beautiful basketball from the Golden State Warriors.

1039
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,359
Speaker 1: And then this was that crazy Jonathan comming a block

1040
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,520
Speaker 1: to lob sequence blocks CJ. McComb at the rim, gets

1041
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: a rebound, runs it down patiently pass fake boom dunk.

1042
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: I know your Warriors fans really enjoyed that one last night.

1043
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,839
Speaker 1: That was a really really fun game to watch. All right, guys,

1044
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: that is all I have for today is always I

1045
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate the show. Cleveland Cavaliers fans. I was gonna

1046
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 1: do Calves today, but then the Calves play the Lakers tonight,

1047
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,040
Speaker 1: and I'm obviously gonna watch that, so figured might as

1048
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 1: well move it tomorrow, So we're gonna do a deep

1049
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: dive on the Cavs game. We'll be hitting Nick's calves

1050
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: as well as, just like the season at large, in

1051
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,400
Speaker 1: a lot of detail in tomorrow's show. As always, I

1052
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. I'll see

1053
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 1: you guys, guys tomorrow the volume What's Up guys? As always,

1054
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,040
Speaker 1: I appreciate you for listening to and supporting Hoops tonight.

1055
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 1: It would actually be really helpful for us if you

1056
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 1: guys would take a second and leave a rating and

1057
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 1: a review. As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us,

1058
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: but if you could take a minute to do that,

1059
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Speaker 1: I'd really appreciate it.