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Happy Tuesday, everybody. 32 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: If all of you guys are having a great week 33 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: so far, got a quick show for you today. I'm 34 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: just gonna do three instant reactions to games from last night. 35 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: The Milwaukee Bucks hanging with the Boston Celtics for about 36 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: two and a half quarters before they lose control and 37 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: the Celtics pull away. The Phoenix Suns get their second 38 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: consecutive impressive win versus teams that I think are in 39 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: the playoff tire in the Western Conference, in the Dallas 40 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: Mavericks in the Los Angeles Lakers are going to be 41 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: reacting to Lakers suns from last night. And then paloupon 42 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: Caro goes for fifty against the Indiana Pacers. But I'm 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: more interested in the way that he closed that games. 44 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna break down all three of those games from 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: the perspective of both teams. You guys have the drop 46 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: before we get started. Subscribe to the Hoops to Night 47 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: YouTube channel so you don't miss any more of our videos. 48 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: Follow me on Twitter at underscore JCNLTS. You guys, don't 49 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 1: misshow announcements. 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I think we're planning for 55 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: a mailbag that I'm recording on Thursday that's going to 56 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: air on Friday, So I'll probably do a combination of 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: YouTube comments and a tweet for that one as well. 58 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball, So Bucks Celtics really 59 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: interesting game was back and forth for about two and 60 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: a half quarters. The Bucks do have some advantages in 61 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: this matchup, and they showed them like Jannis. Al Horford 62 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: I thought did a good job on Giannest, but Giannis 63 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: won some battles, particularly when he got ahead of steam 64 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: and was really able to get downhill and at that 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: point there's just not enough athletic tool available to al 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Horford's kind of make up for that runway when Giannis 67 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: is on it. He also did a lot of damage 68 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: to Boston's guards in the post. When Boston would do 69 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: some switching, particularly Derek White, Giannis would be able to 70 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: kind of pivot towards that. Basically, Jannis has this unique 71 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: ability to where he can turn over his right shoulder 72 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: and didn't really even look to shoot. He just like 73 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: turns over his right shoulder and sees if you step 74 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: out of your stance, and as soon as you step 75 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: out of your stance, he'll step through and he'll just 76 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: go up and dunk it. He won't even have to 77 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: take a hook or a fade away or anything like that. 78 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: He'll just go up and dunk it. He did some 79 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: damage to the Boston guards that way. Dame had so 80 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: success getting downhill against the Boston biggs and pick and 81 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: rollers because they're not as fast as him. And they 82 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: won some battles, right, They won some battles on defense too. 83 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: They did a nice job on Tatum. I thought Gary 84 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: Trent Junior did a really nice job against Jayson Tatum 85 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: in this game. Like specifically, Gary Trent his the thing 86 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: that he's good at on defense is attacking the basketball, 87 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: and Jason Tatum is very much a rhythm player, likes 88 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: to kind of get his dribble going side to side 89 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: and kind of get to that flow with his jump shot, 90 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: and Gary Trent was doing a nice job just kind 91 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: of disrupting that rhythm by not trying to contest Tatum 92 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: up top, but trying to bother him during his gather, 93 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: trying to disrupt his rhythm. Torrean Prince did a nice 94 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: job on a couple of Jason Tatum switches too, So 95 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: they forced Jason Tatum into his first rough offensive game 96 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: of the season. He had just fifteen points on sixteen shots. 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: I think he made four of his first six, and 98 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: then he went two for ten down the tail end 99 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: down the stretch of the game, so good defensive effort 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: from the Bucks there, but still even with all of that, 101 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: they were just kind of in the game going into 102 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: the late portion of the third quarter, and then the 103 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 1: Bucks let go of the rope and they started getting 104 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: out worked. A few Celtics players in particular, started to 105 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: really outwork them, and that's a concerning part which I'm 106 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: gonna get to in a little bit, but specifically on 107 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: the Boston front, Derek White, Peyton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh 108 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: made a lot of big hustle plays and they turned 109 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: the game around really quick, and all of a sudden, 110 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: the Celtics are up by thirteen in the early part 111 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter and the game is over. The 112 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: Bucks were up by one with less than two minutes 113 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: left in the third quarter. That's when the hustle plays 114 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: started to tilt towards Boston. There was a long rebound 115 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: to the foul line where Gary Trent Junior was right 116 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: there and he let Pritchard out jump him for the rebound. 117 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: Gary Trent's a bigger, better athlete, He's got to go 118 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: get that basketball. Pritchard beats him to a fifty to 119 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: fifty ball ball gets worked around, Derek White hits a 120 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: three in Giannis's face on the left wing. By the way, 121 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: Derek White was just incredible down the stretch of this game. 122 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: He had another pull up three on the next possession 123 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: against this like switch with Bobby Portis. There's like an 124 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: exchange in a switch right where like you're dribbling against 125 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: a defender that's up on you, and you go through 126 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: the screen to the next defender, and there's an interchange 127 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: there where the first defender is kind of coming off 128 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: of you as the second defender is getting ready to 129 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: come up, and there's a gap in between that switch 130 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: where you can find some space to shoot a pull 131 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: up three. Bobby Portis was just sitting back on his heels. 132 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: He switched out on to Derek White. But Derek White 133 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,799 Speaker 1: is a good pull up shooter, and he just walked 134 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: and he had just hit a pull up three over Yannis. 135 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: Bobby Portis was too slow. Derek White rose up and 136 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: hit another huge pull up three. He had a couple 137 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: of big defensive plays down the stretch of this game. 138 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: Derek White was just insane. So Derek White makes this 139 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: just unbelievable defensive play on the next possession, so he 140 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: hits the pull up three over Bobby Portis that go 141 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: down to the other end and there's a ball screen 142 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: with Damon Giannis and Dame's getting downhill and Derek White 143 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: corowls and contains Dame, but Giannis is rolling behind the 144 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: play and Dame drops it off to Giannis. After containing Dame, 145 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 1: Derek White turns in walls up in stonewalls Giannis and 146 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: teda kompo with the head of steam at the rim. 147 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: It was one of the best defensive plays I've seen 148 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: a guard make, considering the talent that he was like 149 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: single handedly stopping a Dame Jannis ball screen. It was insane. 150 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: Very next possession, Jordan Walsh does a nice job taking 151 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: advantage of the way the Bucks were defending. The ball 152 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: got worked around over to the right wing Giannis and 153 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: Bobby Portis or the two guys kind of on the 154 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: back line of the defense, and they decided to ignore 155 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: Jordan Walsh in the weak side corner. Now, if you're 156 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: being ignored in the weakside corner, you basically have three jobs. Right, 157 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: if it gets skipped to you, you need to either 158 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: hit a three ar attack to close out. Right, if 159 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: the ball makes its way towards the rim, and there's 160 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: enough space for you to cut along the baseline. You 161 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: need to cut along the baseline right to try to 162 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: make yourself available in the dunker spot. And then the 163 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: last piece of it is if the shot goes up 164 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: and you're in the weakside corner being unguarded, you better 165 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: not just jog your ass back on defense. You got 166 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: to crash the offensive glass. And Jordan Walsh just came 167 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: right inside. I punished Bobby Portis and Giannis for ignoring him, 168 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: and he gets an offensive rebound, put back another hustle play. 169 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: On the very next offensive possession for the Celtics, there's 170 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: another loose ball that's right there for the taking for 171 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: the Bucks, and Peyton Pritchard just shoots the gap once 172 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: again in front of Garry Trent Junior and gets another 173 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: loose ball. Pritchard also added one of his like kind 174 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: of iconic it's becoming iconic at this point, end of 175 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: the first quarter, end of the third quarter buzzer beaters 176 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: as he hit like a little step back jumps out 177 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: on the right wing. He was insane in this game. 178 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,599 Speaker 1: But then the game, the play that really put the 179 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: game out of reach was another kind of sloppy play 180 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: from the Bucks. It was in the early fourth quarter 181 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: ball screen with Jalen Brown on the left wing, and again, 182 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: like the Celtics shot pull up jump shots pretty well 183 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: in this game, but at the same time, like every 184 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: time he put two on the ball against Boston, it's 185 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: pretty much a disaster. But Bobby Porti has made the 186 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: cardinal mistake of putting two on the ball by blitzing 187 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown on a ball screen on the left wing. 188 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: But when he blitzed Jalen Brown, he didn't actually contain 189 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown, and Jayalen Brown split the blitz, got Downhill, 190 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: drew Pat Content in help, and then it was just 191 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: a wide open three for Peyton Pritchard, who his money 192 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: and knocked it down. All of a sudden, they're up 193 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: thirteen in the game is basically over. So it's fascinating 194 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: to me because like Milwaukee made some plays in this game, 195 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: they had some advantages, they stayed in for a while, 196 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: but at the end, Boston was the smarter basketball team. 197 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: They were the more well coached basketball team, they were 198 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: the more organized basketball team, the more disciplined basketball team, 199 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: And it's fascinating because you're already at a talent advantage 200 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: a disadvantage. If you're Milwaukee, right, you can't afford to 201 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: be at a talent disadvantage and at an execution disadvantage. 202 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: This has actually been a long standing basketball theory of mine. 203 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: That's why I don't believe that teams can flip the switch. 204 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: The only teams in NBA history that I have ever 205 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: successfully flipped the switch have been defending champions that have 206 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: monumental talent advantages that are uniquely able to be lazy 207 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: during the regular season. There has never been a team 208 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: that like the Milwaukee Bucks, that is just another contender 209 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: that has not won a championship recently, that is trying 210 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: to make this happen. There's never been a team like 211 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: that that has been sloppy and undisciplined and then suddenly 212 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: been able to turn it on at the end of 213 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: the season. The reason why is there's a huge difference 214 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: between what is habitual behavior and something that you're just 215 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: doing on any one single possession or any one single 216 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: stretch of possessions. Habitual means it's instinctual, you have a 217 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: habit of doing it, regardless of what the surrounding circumstances 218 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: are even when you're just kind of engrossed in the 219 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: flow of the game, you just have a natural ability 220 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: through your habit to do the right things right. That 221 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 1: is something that you practice. That is something that starts 222 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: from the very beginning of the season, at the start 223 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: of training camp. This is why I'm such a big 224 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: believer that the team who wins the trophy is almost 225 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: always a very high seed, and why I think it's 226 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: important to attack the regular season from start to finish. 227 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: Even though we think of the regular season is long 228 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: and every game's not super important, and we need to 229 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: manage our bodies and load management and all this stuff. 230 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: That's all great. The team who wins the trophy attacks 231 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: the regular season from the start to finish, and that's 232 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: because that is how you establish the habits that will 233 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: carry you down the line. For serious basketball teams like 234 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics, excellence is a habit. Every effort detail, 235 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 1: every closeout, every box out, every transition sprint, every loose 236 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: ball that becomes available. There is an expectation bread in 237 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: camp that those things are a requirement, and so they 238 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: become habitual and consistent right every execution detail. These are 239 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: the mental things right. You're spacing attentiveness to the defensive 240 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 1: game plan, meaning as you get your scouting report and 241 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: how you guard each individual player. What you do in 242 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: specific coverage is that sort of attention to detail decision 243 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: making when you're driving the ball to the basket, making 244 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: the right play, going for great shots instead of good shots. 245 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: There is an expectation bread in camp from day one 246 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: that those sort of things are a requirement to be 247 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: on the floor if you play for the Boston Celtics. 248 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: For less serious teams like the Milwaukee Bucks, they're constantly 249 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 1: looking for reasons and excuses to cut corners right because 250 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: they want to conserve energy and make sure everyone's ready 251 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: when they get to April. But as a result, they 252 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: do not have those habits. So what happens is they 253 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: end up in high leverage games. The end up in 254 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: important games. Right, last name was an important game for 255 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: the Bucks. For the Celtics three to zero. You can 256 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: lose that game, nobody cares, or the defending champs your 257 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: favorite to win the title by mile, that's not an issue. Right, 258 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: Milwaukee needed that game. They started one and two. They're 259 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: coming off of two really embarrassing losses. To the Chicago 260 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: Bulls and the Brooklyn Nets. The Brooklyn Nets game in 261 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: particular was legitimately embarrassing for them, not a good look. Right, 262 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: They needed this one. So they end up in this 263 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: high leverage game, need this game. And so then suddenly 264 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: they can kind of like impersonate a serious team, right, 265 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: and they do all the right things, and maybe they 266 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: can do it for a quarterer, maybe they can do 267 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: it for two quarters, maybe they can do for three quarters. 268 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: But almost always in games like that, the team that 269 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: is habitually disciplined and habitually works their ass off on 270 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: every single possession, that team has a habit of maintaining 271 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: that through the long run. And the team that is 272 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: less serious, where those things are not a habit, eventually 273 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: they let go of the rope like they hang on 274 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: for dear life, and they're like, yeah, we're hanging with 275 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. We can do this. And then suddenly 276 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: they let go and then boom, within a couple of minutes, 277 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: you're down thirteen. Because the serious basketball team is relentless 278 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: with their execution and their effort. The Celtics did not 279 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 1: need that game last night nearly as much as the 280 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: Bucks did. Neither team needed the game, but the Celtics 281 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: certainly didn't need it as much as Milwaukee did, and 282 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: yet they worked harder down the stretch. Peyton Pritchard beating 283 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: them to loose balls, Jordan Watsh beating them to loose balls, 284 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: Derek White making second and third efforts on defensive possessions. That, 285 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: to me, is what is always super fascinating about the 286 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: reality of building habits from the early part of the season. 287 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: The Bucks got outworked in that game, and that's something 288 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: that cannot happen in a matchup against the Boston Celtics. 289 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: Good win for the Celtics four to zero. Again, it's 290 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: just like in the Celtics game, or excuse me, just 291 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: like in the Pistons game, just regardless of what happens 292 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: through the first few quarters, having those brief spurts of 293 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: excellent two way execution down the stretch of games to 294 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: put them away and get one in the win. Colum 295 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: Lakers Suns almost as bizarre as the game last week. 296 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: The Sons come off to a great start in the 297 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: game last week. They're cooking, They're hitting every shot they take. 298 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: Lakers got off to a similar start in the first 299 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: quarter this one, they take an eighteen point lead. Anthony 300 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: Davis is just cooking everybody, and then the Suns go 301 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: on their big run and they kind of slowly walk 302 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: the Lakers down. The second half turned into much more 303 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: of a back and forth type of game. The Sun's 304 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: really put on a pull up jump shooting clinic. In 305 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: this game. They made thirteen pull up jump shots. That's 306 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: the most they've made in any game yet this season. 307 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: They went eleven for twenty one from the mid range, 308 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: so well over a point per possession on mid range 309 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: jump shots. That's obviously like a great sign of just 310 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: elite shot making. Kevin Durant was surgical down the stretch 311 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: of this game. He hit three mid range jump shots 312 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: in the final four minutes of the game. That's always 313 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: the scariest thing with Phoenix, right, you end up in 314 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: a close game with them late. They just have such 315 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: a shot making advantage, right, and even if you do 316 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: everything right on defense, they might just hit shots and 317 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: you might just lose. Right Like we had a game 318 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: the first game of the season where the Suns stole 319 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: a game from the Clippers just because KD hit a 320 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: completely smothered right shoulder fade away over a double team. 321 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: So like that's some of the reality of the threat 322 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: that Phoenix presents the teams, Right, I wanted to talk 323 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: about Ryan Dun for a little bit. We're gonna talk 324 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: a little bit about the Suns in the big picture 325 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: in a second, but I want to talk about Ryan 326 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: Dunn for a second because didn't I think he only 327 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: played like fifteen minutes, but he was everywhere in the 328 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: minutes that he played. He helps to swing the physical 329 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: dynamic of this matchup into something that's more manageable for 330 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: the Suns. So, like, the Lakers have won four of 331 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: the coming into last night, they had won four of 332 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: their previous six matchups against the Phoenix Suns because of 333 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: a specific matchup problem. They're just so much bigger and 334 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: stronger in the front court. So then the Suns have 335 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: this issue where it's like if they play centers, whether 336 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: it's you know, last year Nurkicen U Banks or this 337 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: year it's nurkicen plumb Lee, the Lakers can just spam 338 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: pick and roll because nurkis Plumbley and U Banks last 339 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: year couldn't really switch onto good perimeter players. Right, So 340 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: when they spam pick and roll. It's just like whether 341 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: it's Ad and Austin Reeves, or it's Ad and Lebron, 342 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: or it's a d Indiangela and Russell, the Lakers can 343 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: just consistently get to their comfortable kind of like shot 344 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: attempts that they get in ball screens. And then if 345 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: the Suns go small and they go with a bunch 346 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: of perimeter play and Kevin Durant at center, then all 347 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: of a sudden, it's like Anthony Davis and Lebron James 348 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: just start bullying in the post because maybe they can 349 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: find somebody to guard Lebron, but then Ad goes off, 350 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: or maybe they find someone to guard a d but 351 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: then Lebron goes off right, and it just turns into 352 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: a physical match, a mismatch in the front court. Ryan 353 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: Dune dramatically increases the physical profile of their lineups, both 354 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: with centers on the floor and without centers on the floor, 355 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: and it just makes it so much tougher for the 356 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: Lakers to bouldoze them the way that they do. How 357 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: many times in this game did you see Ryan done 358 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: stonewall a big man rolling to the rim or end 359 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 1: up on an island against Lebron, James Lebron tries to 360 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: power through him, and he just holds his ground and 361 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: plays physical defense. I love that quote that I heard 362 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: from The Sun's broadcast from Kevin Durant talking about how 363 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: his favorite thing about Ryan Done is that he commits fouls. 364 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: And he talks about how like young players that come 365 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 1: into the NBA are like timid and don't want to 366 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: be physical with the existing pros, and like Ryan Done, 367 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: just like it's fouls, and that to me is like 368 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: a competitiveness on the defensive end of the floor. I 369 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: actually run into a similar issue with the high school 370 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: kids that I coach, right, Like, I'm a grown ass man. 371 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: I'm six six, I would two hundred and thirty pounds, 372 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,479 Speaker 1: and I play basketball all the time. So like when 373 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: I'm going against high school kids, they're at a huge 374 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: physical disadvantage against me. But like most of the time 375 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: when I'm trying to play against them, whether it's just 376 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: like a little bit of fun king of the court 377 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: at the end of practice or whatever it is that 378 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: we're doing, the guys like don't want to touch me. 379 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: They don't want to be physical, they don't want to 380 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: like play defense. But there are a handful of guys 381 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: that have come through that program in the four years 382 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: that I've been coaching there who like, they don't care 383 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: that I'm older, they don't care that I have a 384 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: lot more experience playing the game. They're like, screw this. 385 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: I want to try to win whatever it is that 386 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,959 Speaker 1: we're doing, So I'm going to be physical, I'm going 387 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: to try to defend. And there are a couple guys 388 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,360 Speaker 1: that come to come to my mind in the time 389 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: that I played, and those guys tended to be higher 390 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: level players in our program because it's a way they're wired. 391 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: It's a physical competitiveness, it's a willingness to get dirty, 392 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: it's a willingness to get into a rock fight. And 393 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: Ryan Dunn, you know, he has a highould already commits 394 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: almost seven fouls per thirty six minutes to start the season. 395 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: That's gonna be something that keeps his minutes somewhat limited 396 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: until he can be a little bit more picky with it. 397 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: But like he is a legitimate athletic weapon that the 398 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: Sons can lead unleash on their opponents, not too much. 399 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: He can look at the box score last night, he 400 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 1: only had seven points one rebound in his steal in 401 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: a block, but I thought he was dominant in the 402 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: minutes that he played. Another part of it, too, is 403 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: he just takes a lot of hits. Like if you 404 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: allow him to take a lot of the hits on 405 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: those roles, in those drives, in those post ups, that 406 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: alleviates where and tear that goes on Kevin Durant over 407 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: the court of course of the season, on Royce O'Neill 408 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: over the course of the season. It gives you the 409 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: ability to go smaller without being as physically limited. There's 410 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: so much upside to Ryan Dunn's growth this year and again, 411 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: Like he's scoring at a rate of nineteen points per 412 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: thirty six minutes when he's on the floor. That's really good. 413 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: He's shooting fifty two percent from the field and forty 414 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 1: four percent from three. He's converting spot up possessions at 415 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: one point three to three points per possession. This seas 416 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: in some of these shots he's hitting or contested. He 417 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: had a couple contested corner jump shots last night. Like 418 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: he has transition athleticism that awesome, like kind of swallowing 419 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: reverse layup that he had, Like he's turned himself into 420 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: a useful offensive player. And that's just I mean, you 421 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: could make the you could make the case he should 422 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: play more. The Sun's closed with Plumbley and Royce O'Neil yesterday, 423 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: and I get it, like Ad had been torching Royce 424 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: O'Neil in the post, so Buddhenholzer went back to plumb 425 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: Lee to make sure they had enough size to match 426 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: up with Ad and Royce O'Neil. Also, like just is 427 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: a little bit more like sharp in the drive and 428 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: kick game than Ryan done. So, Like, for instance, Royce 429 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: O'Neill had a really nice like close out attack where 430 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: he hit a floater in crunch time his big shot 431 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: in the game last night, right like that game was closed. 432 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: There's a lot of different ways that could have swung 433 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: one way or the other. That was a huge shot 434 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: that Royce O'Neil made, like driving the close out. But 435 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: there's a case to be made that maybe Ryan Dunn 436 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: should have started or closed that game at the five 437 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: instead of Plumbley. Right with how bad their centers have been, 438 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: there's a case to be made that that's the type 439 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 1: of direction that the Suns can go or should go 440 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: at times. But most importantly, Suns fans should just be 441 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 1: very excited when you get that kind of quality rotation 442 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: piece in the late first round like that, that's a 443 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: huge win for your franchise overall. With the Suns still 444 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: a bit inconsistent with their offensive approach, everything still swings 445 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: on their willingness to make simple reads and try to 446 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: play advantage creation, advantage extending play, finishing basketball versus two 447 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: man game, like just kind of like focusing on shot making, right, 448 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: Like they're at their best when they don't settle and 449 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: they get advantages, expand advantages and get wide open catch 450 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: and shoot threes in layups. Right last night, they were 451 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: at their best when they were skipping the ball and 452 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: pick and roll to those week side two on ones 453 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: or when they would draw iso double teams from Kevin Durant. 454 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: So they were the Lakers were getting picked apart by 455 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: just basic guard guard screens for KD. That was getting 456 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell onto KD, and then KD would either score 457 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: on d' Angela Russell and single coverage or draw a 458 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: double team and they'd work it around and end up 459 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: getting a wide open shot. But, like I thought, Katie 460 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: just did a wonderful job managing that dynamic in crunch 461 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: time yesterday, as he just completely picked the Lakers apart. 462 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: But so far, for the most part in the aggregate, 463 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: the Suns have done a good job. They have sixty 464 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: nine percent of their made baskets so far have been assisted. 465 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: That's a huge increase from last year, and I think 466 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: that's going to be the biggest indicator of their success. 467 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: They can keep their assist percentage in the high sixties, 468 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: that to me is a sign of them playing with 469 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,959 Speaker 1: the right offensive approach. And they still haven't really got 470 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: Devin Booker going. He's off to a slow start this year, 471 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: so like there's still a level that they can get 472 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: to on the offensive end. A couple of impressive wins 473 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: in a row for the Phoenix Suns. The MAVs and 474 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: the Lakers are, in my opinion, two very good playoff teams, 475 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 1: and the Suns got them both. On the Lakers front, 476 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: kind of an interesting reversal of lineup success last night. 477 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: Like throughout the first three games of the season, the 478 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: Lebron led groups with eighty off the floor have been 479 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 1: kicking butt and have built huge leads for the Lakers 480 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: that they've been able to ride to wins. But and 481 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: then the AD groups with Lebron off have been less good. 482 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,959 Speaker 1: They've been actually a very slight negative. I think they 483 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: were going into last night like minus two per one 484 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: hundred possessions. Right last night, it was the AD led 485 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: groups that were completely dominant and the Lebron led groups 486 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: were just hemorrhaging leads. And for the Lebron led groups, 487 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,959 Speaker 1: there were like two driving forces behind that, in my opinion. 488 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: One the young players for the Lakers last night had 489 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: their first really bad decision making game, Like Dalton Connect, 490 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: I thought took some really bad shots. He took like 491 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: a bad transition kind of running shot that wasn't open 492 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: against Bradley Beal. He took a heavily contested early shot 493 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: clock three on the left wing. Like one of the 494 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: things with Dalton Connect is it's like, dude, you're getting 495 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: guarded like euro lights out shooter. So even if you're 496 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: not necessarily getting lots of shots up, you were doing 497 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: a lot to help the team. So don't feel the 498 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: need to just shoot for the sake of shooting. Be 499 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: aggressive when it fits within the flow of the offense, 500 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: but at the same time, like trust that what you're 501 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 1: doing is helping the team generate space right. And then 502 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: Max Christy. I've been talking about this forever with Max. 503 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: Like Max is a really interesting defensive player. He's talented, 504 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: but a couple of things he even though he gets 505 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: good contests on jump shots, he doesn't bother the base 506 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: or the pocket enough. So there's just going to be 507 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: a lot of I talk about this all the time. 508 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: Like real NBA scores, they don't care if a hand's 509 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: in their face. They professionally make shots with hands in 510 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 1: their face. You have to find a way to disrupt 511 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: their rhythm before the shot. And so Max has a 512 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: lot of possessions where he's like this, getting a good 513 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: contest on somebody, but the shot goes in because he's 514 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: getting bumped off and his bass is not strong enough 515 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: to really like disrupt the offensive player's base. But that, 516 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: to me is just a person like an athletic limitation. 517 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: That's not something I really get on him for. To me, 518 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: it's the fact that every time he puts the ball 519 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: on the floor, he gets like a little worked up 520 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: on the type of shot that he's looking for. He 521 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: drives with the intent of doing something for himself, whether 522 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: that's like the big one yesterday. He kept trying to 523 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: dunk on everybody. It's like, dude, you're not going to 524 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: get a lot of like athletic dunks over Mason Plumbley 525 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: and Kevin Durant. They're seven feet tall and Plumbies. There's 526 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: a play where Jackson Hayes was wide open for a 527 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: drop off and he tried to like dunk on Mason 528 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: Plumley with like no runway, no advantage, no nothing. He 529 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: got absolutely smothered. The Kevin Durant one, It's like, yeah, okay, 530 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: you were there, you had a little bit of a step. 531 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: You could have gone up and finished on KD. But 532 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: it's like that was a contested rim attempt versus one 533 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: of the better rim protecting forwards in the league. Just 534 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: move the damn ball and make the right play and 535 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: try to make something happen. So the young players for 536 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: the Lakers definitely had their first example of like not 537 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: showing poise when they went on the road last night. 538 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: But for the record, Lakers fans got to get used 539 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 1: to that when you've got really young, inexperienced players in 540 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: your rotation, it will be consistent that they are inconsistent 541 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: right like that that's the thing like it will, there's 542 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: not going to be. Veterans are really good at finding 543 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: what works and replicating it, finding what doesn't work and 544 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: cutting that out, trimming the fat. Young players will like 545 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: do something that works twice and then instead of doing 546 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: it again, they'll do something different, or like they'll do 547 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 1: something that doesn't work and they'll keep doing it. Like, 548 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: the young players always struggled to kind of differentiate between 549 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: that process on a possession by possession basis, and so 550 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: some of that you just got to get used to. 551 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: But by far the biggest factor in those Laker units 552 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: struggling was that Lebron just played one of his worst 553 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: games as a pro. He was just three for fourteen 554 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: from the field, just eleven points, absolutely no lyft or 555 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: burst at the rim. So I'm kind of looking at 556 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: that as a silver lining for the Lakers, Like, Lebron 557 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: played the worst game he'll play all season, and the 558 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: Lakers had a very good chance to win the game 559 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: on the road against a good playoff team in the 560 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: Phoenix Sun. So like, and the exciting part too, is 561 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,719 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis just continues to look like an absolute monster. 562 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: He's making a legit push in the early part of 563 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: the season to try to enter into that top tier, 564 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: superstar tier with Jannis Luca and Nikole Jokich and Shake 565 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: Gildas Alexander. Now you need to maintain that level over 566 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: a much larger sample. No one's gonna give you that 567 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: credit over four games. These are guys that do it 568 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 1: for sixty seventy games a year, right, But through four games, 569 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: thirty three points, twelve rebounds, three blocks per game on 570 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: sixty four percent trough shooting. Just an absolute monster everywhere. 571 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: On defense, made a couple of insane defensive plays last night. 572 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: He blocked Kevin rant twice, including smothering him at the 573 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: rim once that Anthony Davis is insane. One last note 574 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: on the Lakers. In the last two games, their personnel 575 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: limitations have been on display, with the Kings consistently attacking 576 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell, with the mar De rozen down the stretch 577 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: of the game. Just in general, their lack of guard 578 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: athleticism and how they really struggle against really fast guards 579 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 1: that can get the ball moving both in transition and 580 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: in dribble drive situations. That was abundantly clear. And then 581 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: in the Suns matchup, same sort of thing, like if 582 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: KD was going against Gabe, they had at least a 583 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: fighting shot. If KD was going against Austin, they had 584 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: at least a fighting shot. If KD was going against Ruey, 585 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: it was at least a fighting shot. When DLO was 586 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: out there and they got d LO on a switch, 587 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: it just felt like a bucket or a foul every 588 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: single time down the floor. And that's two games in 589 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 1: a row where DLO is getting relentlessly picked on. And like, 590 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: some of this is like JJ's doing a lot more 591 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: switching with d LO. But here's the thing. If you 592 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: don't switch, you've got to do things like hedge and 593 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: recover and double team, and those are areas where Dlo's 594 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: lack of effort in his inability to cover ground in 595 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: rotation can be an issue. So, like, the thing is 596 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: is like as much as I like d Loo and 597 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: as much as I think he does so much good 598 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: for this team, and he really is an offensive weapon 599 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: and the Lakers have won a lot of games because 600 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: of him. A big part of that early run in 601 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: this game when the Lakers took an eighteen point lead 602 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: was d LO. I'm aware of all of that, but 603 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: when push comes to shove, and things really slow down 604 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: in the half court and they're playing against good teams. 605 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: Dlo brings a unique deadly come i should say, damaging combo, 606 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: which is one he's relentlessly attacked on defense, and two 607 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: his offensive game doesn't really seem to consistently translate when 608 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: it gets really physical, really intense against good teams. It's 609 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: a lot of like in the free flowing parts of 610 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: the game where he has success, or against teams that 611 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: aren't particularly big and athletic on the perimeter. Just time 612 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: and time again, it's Bruce Brown kicking his ass in 613 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: the Western Conference finals, or it's him going for zero 614 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: points in a first round game against the Nuggets last year. 615 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: Just routinely, in these really big, important, physical games, he 616 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: just struggles to do enough offensively to make up for 617 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: the fact that he is by far one of the 618 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,719 Speaker 1: most limited defensive players in the league. And so like, 619 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: just to me, like, even though I think the Lakers 620 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: are a serious team, and even if they don't make 621 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: a change, I think they win fifty games this year. 622 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: As long as they stay relatively healthy, the Lakers are good. 623 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: This is something I've been consistent about ever since the 624 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: late January. This year. They are not going anywhere. They're 625 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: not winning four playoff rounds until they get an upgrade 626 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: at that two spot with D'Angelo Russell, and we'll see 627 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: how that shapes out over the course of the season. 628 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 1: But those limitations have been on display over the course 629 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: of the last couple games. Really quickly, because I only 630 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: a five minutes, I want to talk Pacers magic. Paolo 631 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: goes for fifty in this game, really had his jump 632 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: shot going. He had seven pull up jump shots in 633 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: this game. But what really impressed me was the way 634 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: he played down the stretch of the game. I talk 635 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: a lot about the idea of basketball players understanding what 636 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: their superpower is, Okay, and what I mean by that 637 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: is like for bigger players, like it's cool to work 638 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: on advanced skills training, it's cool to work on tough 639 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: shot making, and there's important importance to those sorts of things, right, 640 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: Like tough shot making is a coverage beater with if 641 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: you're going against a drop coverage and sagging way back 642 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: in a deep drop and your big set's a good screen, 643 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: you're coming off to the elbow, like, you gotta take 644 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: that shot. That's what the defense has given you, right, 645 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: like there are times where it's a coverage beater. It 646 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: helps you rescue possessions when there's a few seconds on 647 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: the shot clock or a few seconds on the game clock, 648 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: and then big time in the playoffs when you run 649 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: into bigger, more physical defenses. In the rim is kind 650 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: of shut off. The ability to hit over the top 651 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: shots is an advantage, but for guys like Polo, the 652 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: biggest advantage he has by far is the simple fact 653 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: that he's one of the biggest, strongest, most athletic players 654 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: in the NBA. That is his superpower. That is what 655 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: needs to be his primary focus. That is what needs 656 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: to be his bread and butter. And I thought it 657 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: was a huge sign of maturity last night from Paolo 658 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: that in a game where his jumps was on fire, 659 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: he leaned almost entirely on his physical gifts to dominate 660 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: the game. Late on offense, he had three consecutive bullyball 661 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: possessions where he went right through aaron Ne Smith. Then 662 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: he goes on a short role possession, goes right through 663 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: Ben Sheppard at the basket, gets an in one, then 664 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: he goes right through aaron Nee Smith again. He was 665 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: just powering through those guys not settling again, if you 666 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: got a different defender on you, maybe you need to. 667 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: But he's so much bigger than Annie Smith, and obviously 668 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: on the short role with Ben Shephard, he just did 669 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: what the defense didn't want him to do, which is 670 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: to use his size and strength to power through the 671 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: mismatch that he had. From there, that's when the Pacers 672 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: started double teaming him, and instead of trying to force 673 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: the issue or taking bad jump shots over double teams, 674 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: he got rid of the basketball and played rotation advantage 675 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: creation basketball. That's when they started getting wide open threes 676 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: and then Anthony Black the game winner. Same sort of 677 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: thing they were spamming, this kind of like horn set 678 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: ghost screen thing for with KCP, where KCP would basically 679 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: just set a quick ghost screen for Paolo at the 680 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: top of the key at the end of the game, 681 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: and as he kept drawing two on the ball and 682 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: they just played advantage basketball out of it. And then 683 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: Anthony Black ends up hitting the game winner out of 684 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: the left corner that puts him up three with I 685 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,959 Speaker 1: think it was less than a minute left. But then 686 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: even on defense, like Pascal Siakam had been doing major 687 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: damage to Orlando guards in the post in this game, 688 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: even hit a pretty tough fade away over Pallow down 689 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: the stretch. But Paolo got two key stops against Pascal 690 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: Siakam down the stretch. There's a fade away that he 691 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: like smothered and forced a bad miss, and then a 692 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: dribble drive where he flattened the drive out, pushed him 693 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: behind the backboard and actually forced him into a turnover. 694 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: So like again, hit a bunch of pull up jump shots, 695 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: scored a bunch of points. All that's cool, fine and fancy, 696 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: But down the stretch of the game, he played like 697 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: a savvy vet and dominated the game with his physical gifts, 698 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: punishing size mismatches to get easy shots around the basket, 699 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: taking advantage of the defense loading up on him to 700 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: give his teammates opportunities to capitalize, and weaponizing his athletic 701 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: gifts on the defensive end of the floor to make 702 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: the opposing stars uncomfortable. Just a dominant performance from Palla Boncaire. 703 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: I also wanted to shout out Anthony Black. Jamal Moseley 704 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: ended up having to rely a bunch on him in 705 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: this game, especially late because Franz Wagner ended up leaving 706 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: the game with an illness. He was brilliant defensively, got 707 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: a big deflection in his steal on Andrew nemhard On 708 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: like kind of a little high post entry at the 709 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: top of the key towards the end of the game. 710 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: Then he made two huge offensive plays. He ran a 711 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: cleared side ball screen in crunch time where he engaged 712 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: the screen defender and made a simple pocket pass to 713 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: Wendell Carter Junior, who drew a foul. Like that's him 714 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: generating offense in the half court, generating points for his team. 715 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: And then on that final play when Palo draws two 716 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: on the ball, swinging swing, big corner three gotta knock 717 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: that down, and he had just missed one in the 718 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: right corner a few possessions earlier, knocks it down. Orlando 719 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: gets to win. Really really impressive stuff from the second 720 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: year player Anthony Black. One note on the Pacers. I 721 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: talked a lot about yesterday how a bad Tyres Saliburton 722 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 1: here looks early if you're looking for silver lining. I 723 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: thought down the stretch of this game that Tyres was 724 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: pretty good again. Orlando is one of the very best 725 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: defenses in the league, and down the stretch of this game, 726 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: he generated wide open three after wide open three, I 727 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: ended up making one of his own that tied the game, 728 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: but there were a couple of others that he generated 729 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: that were just missed. And I just look at that 730 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: as like a tiny little sign of optimism against the 731 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: defense of that quality, given how poorly he's played to 732 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: start this year, that he was able to generate some 733 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: quality shots down the stretch. All right, guys, that is 734 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 1: all I have for today. As always, as sincerely appreciate 735 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: you guys for supporting the show. For the record, Cavs fans, 736 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: I'm very aware that you're four and ohn you got 737 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,839 Speaker 1: a big win against the Knicks. I am planning a 738 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,320 Speaker 1: deep dive on the Cleveland Cavaliers for tomorrow. I'm just 739 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,439 Speaker 1: still working on it and I'm not finished with it yet. 740 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 1: Then I was on some time constraints today, but we 741 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 1: will do a deep dive on the Cavaliers tomorrow. I 742 00:34:55,640 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: will see you guys then. What's up guys. As always, 743 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: I appreciate you for listening to and supporting hoops tonight. 744 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: It would actually be really helpful for us if you 745 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 1: guys would take a second and leave a rating and 746 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: a review. As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us, 747 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: but if you could take a minute to do that, 748 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: I'd really appreciate it.