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I'm gonna be focusing 51 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: on the entire second half from Denver OKC, specifically some 52 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 2: of the dynamics at play with how much easier it 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: was for Denver and the half court offensively versus OKC, 54 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: which I think is very interesting in the big picture. 55 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 2: And then in the Celtics game, we're going to be 56 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: focusing on their shot selection in the second half. Fair 57 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 2: warning to Celtics fans, it will be one of the 58 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: most frustrating film sessions you've ever watched, because they played 59 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 2: some straight CTE basketball in that second half and cost 60 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: themselves game one of the series. You guys are the 61 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 2: joke before we started subscribe to the Hoops tonight YouTube channels. 62 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 2: You don't miss any more of our videos. Follow me 63 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: on Twitter at underscore JSNLTC. You guys don't miss sho announcements. 64 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: Dont forget about a podcast feed wherever you get your 65 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: podcast on our hoops Tonight. It's also super helpful if 66 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 2: you leave a rating and a review on that front. 67 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 2: Jackson's also doing great work on our social media feed. 68 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: Make sure you guys follow us there Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. 69 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 2: And then, last but not least, keep dropping mail bag 70 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: questions in those YouTube comments. All right, So, as we 71 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: start off with Denver, ok Seed, I will never overreact 72 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: to one game. I would not change my prediction until 73 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: I saw something be repeated in a game two. But 74 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: I am severely concerned for Oklahoma City after that first game, 75 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: in large part because in the second half, in particular, 76 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: Denver had their defense solved and got great shots every 77 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: single time. Down on the floor, they had what a 78 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: thirty one point quarter and a thirty five point quarter, 79 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 2: And on the other end of the floor, through a 80 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 2: combination of some one two two zone, some double teams 81 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 2: of Shay, especially late as he was driving but also 82 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: on his wing ISOs, they were strong side zoning and 83 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 2: a bunch of different stuff like that, and okay, see 84 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 2: just looked lost. They looked like they didn't have any 85 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 2: idea how to attack. There's also a basic reality in 86 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: the sense that in order to match up with Jokic 87 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 2: on the glass, they have to play Hartenstein and Alex 88 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 2: Cruso is just such an important defensive player for them 89 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 2: to be able to hold up in this matchup. If 90 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 2: you have Hartenstein and Crusoe on the floor, you make 91 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: yourself easier to guard. And so there's another question to 92 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 2: be another conversation to be had about whether or not. Okay, 93 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: so you should consider just playing small and understanding they're 94 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: going to get beat up on the glass, but at 95 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: least be able to score the ball more effectively. And 96 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: those are the kinds of things they're gonna have to 97 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 2: figure out over the course of the series. 98 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 3: But I left that series. 99 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: I left that game last night thinking Denver literally gives 100 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 2: up to what twenty nine points off of turnovers and 101 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 2: still wins. Denver gets very little in the way of 102 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 2: consistent offensive contribution from anybody on the roster outside of 103 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: Yokichen they win. That does not god well for Oklahoma City. 104 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: For the rest of the series, especially considering how uncomfortable 105 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: they looked in the half court. So let's look at 106 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: some of these clips as we get into the details. 107 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 2: So this first one, we have the Gordon high post 108 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 2: entry here to the Jemal Murray high post entry to 109 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 2: Aaron Gordon that Alex Cruso jumps the high side and 110 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: gets the steal again, and it wasn't twenty nine to 111 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: twenty three. So Oklahoma City gets twenty three points off 112 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: of turnovers compared to just five for Oklahoma for Denver, 113 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: so an eighteen point advantage for Oklahoma City in a 114 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: clear margin. That is what Oklahoma City does better than everybody. 115 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: That was where they caught Denver off guard last night. 116 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: You catch Denver off guard with your defense and you 117 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 2: score twenty three easy ones in transition and you still 118 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: lose the game. Just a devastating game one outcome for 119 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 2: the Thunder. And that's that's just an easy place where 120 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 2: Denver can clean stuff up. Like if we watch Gordon here, 121 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: the mistake he's making is he's his contact. His contact 122 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: with Alex is on Alex's left shoulder. There there's nothing 123 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 2: ceiling Alex from working up this high side Aaron Gordon's 124 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: gonna have a do a better job in game two 125 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: of just ceiling and creating a better passing angle. There, 126 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: Jdubb shooting a little floater over Jokic in a drop coverage. 127 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: He gets a ball screen here, a little double screen. 128 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 2: Little reverses the second screen and takes this kind of 129 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: like contested leaning away from his body floater against Jokic. 130 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 2: Last night, JDub was one for six on two's that 131 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 2: were outside of the restricted area and two for five 132 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 2: at the rim, so three for eleven overall in the paint, 133 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 2: and you guys will see plenty of examples in this 134 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: film session of him just taking like pretty mediocre contested 135 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: mid range shots, especially early in the clock. Here goes 136 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 2: Jokicic just posting up Chet home grindly. Fast forward a 137 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 2: little bit so Yokic on Chet, they run a little 138 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 2: loft ball action. Jokicic just easily backs him down, gets 139 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: to his spot and knocks down the little left shoulder hook. 140 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 2: Jokic just did his work against Chet. That was a 141 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: big part of why they ended up going to Hartenstein 142 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 2: down the stretch, not just for the glass but also 143 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: dealing with him in their defensive scheme, so they could 144 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: put Hartenstein on Jokic and put Chet on Gordon behind 145 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: the ball. 146 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 3: But Chet are. 147 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 2: Jokicch last night thirteen post ups, fifteen points last night 148 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 2: including passes, and remember when both teams are getting less 149 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: than zero point nine points per half court possession, getting 150 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 2: over a point per possession on a Jokics post up 151 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: is one of the more efficient play types that Denver 152 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: can go to in the series. Alrighty, this was an 153 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: example of the offensive rebounding problem that Denver presents. Fast 154 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 2: forwarding a little bit here, so Chet's out of the play, 155 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: ends up chasing Jamal Murray down and tries to go 156 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 2: for a block at the rim. Now, what I want 157 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: you guys to watch is the dynamic with Jokic behind 158 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: the play there as Chet's out of the play. Look 159 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 2: at the size advantage. It's Jokic with a bunch of 160 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 2: six four sixty five guys around him. He's gonna just 161 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: eat everybody alive on the glass in this matchup. And 162 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 2: you're gonna see some more examples later in the game. 163 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 2: There's just not a whole lot they can do. Same 164 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 2: sort of thing here. Look like Chet shows on this 165 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: dribble handoff and gets a good contest on Jamal which 166 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 2: forces a miss. But now look at this dynamic. You've 167 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: got Yoki rolling to the rim, Gordon on the baseline, 168 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 2: and Christian Brown crashing out of the corner, and it's 169 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: j Dubshay and Alex Cruza. They're just completely overwhelmed. Shay 170 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: steps over to try to box out Jokic and Christian 171 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: Brown is the beneficiaries right there. 172 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 3: He ends up drawing a foul. 173 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: These dynamics are replicable, guys, and this is the main 174 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 2: thing I want you to pay attention to. As you 175 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: can see here, there are problems that Oklahoma City cannot 176 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 2: solve in this matchup. This is not They're not going 177 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: to suddenly get bigger and more physically imposing as the 178 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: series progresses. 179 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 3: This is going to be a problem throughout here we go. 180 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 2: This is the Cruso peel off block. A lot of 181 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 2: examples of this last night. Alex Crusoe was amazing in 182 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 2: his help side defense and his on ball defense, so 183 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 2: yokich as soon as he turns his shoulder. We saw 184 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 2: so many examples of this last night. Whenever Denver would 185 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: turn their back to an OKC defender. This guy would 186 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: just leave and try to get back into the plague. 187 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: It's a big block on Jokics there. Look at how 188 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: Denver's guarding these sga ISOs Jokich's strong side zoning. Gordon 189 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 2: is gapping down off of Chet. Michael Porter and Jamal 190 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 2: Murray both are basically foot in the paint. They're just 191 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: packing the side and as they they relocate through, Alex 192 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: Crusoe relocates through, Shay gives it up to him. Then 193 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: they immediately double Shay off of the Off of that 194 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 2: dribble handoff, Chay actually makes a nice pass through Christian 195 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: Brown's legs here to Alex Crusoe, but now Alex Cruso 196 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: drives through, makes a nice drop off. This was a 197 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 2: good example of them breaking down the double team. But 198 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 2: I mainly just wanted to highlight that clip to show 199 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 2: you guys just how aggressive Denver is being in there 200 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: loading up against Shay, and like we talked about this, 201 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 2: like I talked about it in the series preview, They're 202 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 2: gonna load up. This is going to be a processing 203 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 2: series for the Oklahoma City Thunder. So now we have 204 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: Hartenstein in the game and we're getting that look that 205 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 2: I talked about. Hartenstein on Jokic and Aaron Gordon on Chet, 206 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: and they run a ball screen to get Dort switched 207 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: onto Jokic. Then Jokic basically attacks Dort and look at 208 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: Chet that's in help. And these are the kinds of 209 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 2: shots that Jokic is so good at. He spins off 210 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 2: the small and floats over the big, just elite shot 211 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 2: making there from Nicola Jokich a double team of Shay 212 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 2: on this iso along the baseline. But this creates a 213 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: rebounding mismatch underneath the basket because now Chet and Hartenstein 214 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 2: are going two on one against Jokich and they're able 215 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 2: to get in there and get an offensive rebound. If 216 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 2: Denver is going to double team Shay and throw all 217 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 2: this attention at Shay, you have to make them pay 218 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: for it through quick processing to get quality looks and 219 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: by attacking the offensive glass. Aaron Gordon here gets open 220 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: in transition and makes a three. A lot of examples 221 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 2: in the second half of Aaron Gordon getting open in 222 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: transition at the three point line, most famously on the 223 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 2: game winner, something Oklahoma City is gonna have to pay 224 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 2: attention to. They got to track Aaron Gordon. He is 225 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 2: running to the three point line. Another example of how 226 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 2: Denver is guarding OKC. We're gonna get a Hartenstein Shay 227 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 2: two man game with some weak side action. But look, 228 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 2: Jamal Murray's ignoring that action. They're not worried about this 229 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 2: at all whatsoever. On the play, Denver is defending the 230 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 2: ball screen three on two and Shay and Hartenstein just 231 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: stay on that side of the floor. These guys are 232 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 2: kind of cutting and moving around, but there's no attempt 233 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 2: to actually get the ball across to the other side. 234 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 2: They just try to score three on two and that's 235 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 2: really hard. We get a Shay airball because of an 236 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 2: excellent rear view contest from Christian Brown off of the 237 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 2: ball screen. But if they're just going to play two 238 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 2: on three and one on two all series and not 239 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: actually look to move the ball and beat Denver's loaded 240 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 2: up defense, this series could get ugly for Oklahoma City 241 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 2: pretty quick. Once again, similarly to that last iso that 242 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: we saw from Shay on the other side of the floor, 243 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 2: look at how they're loaded up strongside zone loaded up 244 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: from Yokich. It almost looks like a box in one 245 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 2: with the way they set up against these ISOs. They 246 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 2: run a nice little off ball action for Isaiah Joe 247 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: as he kind of relocates up to the top. There 248 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 2: cuts through relocates to the top. Watch Michael Porter Junior 249 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: excellent read and react defensive play to get a late 250 00:12:52,760 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 2: contest on Isaiah Joe and force an airball. Look at 251 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: how Yokic in the middle of the floor commands so 252 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 2: much attention on this pocket pass. He's got four bodies 253 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 2: completely geared up on him. So what ends up happening 254 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 2: here is it creates all these really high quality offensive 255 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 2: rebound opportunities on the back line for Gordon, for Russ 256 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,239 Speaker 2: four Brown on the miss. Look at Gordon, Gordon's untouched, 257 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 2: Gordon's untouched crashing because Yokic is drawing four bodies on 258 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 2: that roll to the basket. I just I don't see 259 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 2: a solution for Okac. 260 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 3: For that problem. 261 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 2: I don't know how they're going to be. If you 262 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 2: let Jokic operate free and clear in the middle, he's 263 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: going to kill you. If you send extra bodies to him. 264 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 2: Christian Brown and Aaron Gordon and all of them are 265 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 2: going to demolish you on the glass. I'm having a 266 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 2: hard time coming up with like a schematic adjustment for 267 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 2: the fact that Denver can just beat the shit out 268 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 2: of this team on the glass, so many of these 269 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 2: types of shots for OKC in the half court against 270 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 2: Denver defense, high ball screen against the drop. Nineteen on 271 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: the shot clock. Jdubb just takes another look at look 272 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: at this great rear view can test from Russ. Russ 273 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 2: is right there and there's seventeen seconds on the shot clock. 274 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: And but that's the thing. Ja Dob's just very young. 275 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 2: He's young, and he hasn't been in too many of 276 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: these types of series. And last night he took a 277 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 2: lot of bad shots and he went five for twenty. 278 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 2: And you know that doesn't mean he can't go twelve 279 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: for twenty in Game two and look like the hero. 280 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: But there's a level of consistency that you see from 281 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: Vetteran basketball players that you don't see from the younger 282 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 2: basketball players. Really nice back to or cut here from 283 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 2: Russ on the Jamal Murray drive. Watch Russ as Jamal drives. 284 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 2: Nice read on that backhut. Great pass from Jamal quickly 285 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 2: goes up and finishes. When OKC, excuse me, when OKAC 286 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 2: actually looked to move the ball in the middle of 287 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 2: the floor. They got good stuff. Here's an example. Shade 288 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 2: comes off the ball screen. There's three Nuggets defending the action. 289 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 2: Simple driving kick to Jalen Williams, wide open catch and shoot, 290 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 2: three goes in. Just that's the processing piece that they're 291 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 2: gonna have to be very sharp with in this series. 292 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 2: I thought I just pulled this clip because I thought 293 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 2: it perfectly demonstrated the problem that Okays he's dealing with 294 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 2: with Yo Kitchen this series. Look at he just looks 295 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 2: like a man amongst boys, a man amongst boys. 296 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 3: Look at this. 297 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: Got ripping right through the biggest man on the floor, 298 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: and then look at look at just the lack of size. 299 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 2: Yo Kich just just looks like a refrigerator among a 300 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: bunch of smaller humans. 301 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: It's just crazy. 302 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: I don't know how they're gonna be able to handle 303 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 2: this over the course of the series. All Right, we're 304 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 2: gonna skip ahead to crunch time here for a minute 305 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 2: because I want to focus on some of the specific 306 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 2: dynamics on both ends of the floor. I thought this 307 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 2: was just a massive shot from Jamal Murray. Four and 308 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: a half minutes left, Denver goes up by or Okay 309 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 2: goes up by eleven and it's a straight iso. Good 310 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: screen navigation from Alex. You end up in a late 311 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: clock situation after Jokic passes the ball out of the 312 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: Hartenstein drive. 313 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 3: Boom. 314 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: Now you need to create a bucket against the other 315 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 2: team's best defender with seven seconds. Watch this nasty double 316 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: cross boom boom. That's disgusting. Took some of the steam 317 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 2: out of the crowd too, like a big shot in 318 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: that moment in the game. Okay See's first offensive possession 319 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: out of that another example of okay See just not 320 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 2: really knowing what to do in the half court. It's 321 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: just a straight ISO and Shay just throws up a 322 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 2: really bad shot in the middle of the floor. Denver 323 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 2: gets the defensive rebound. Here's another example of a successful 324 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: double and rotate against Shay double team. 325 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 3: The ball. 326 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 2: Rotate to Crusoe. Aaron Gordon also even misses this rotation here. 327 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 2: I think Jadubb's gotta knock down the shot. But still 328 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: you're getting a contested catch and shoot three out of 329 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 2: a Shade double team. Because Denver rotates the ball well, 330 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: it rotates on defense. 331 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 3: Well, I should say. 332 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 2: These are the types of reeds that Denver that Okac 333 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 2: is gonna have to make consistently, consistently, watches Shaye drives 334 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 2: off this ball screen Jdub's open on the cut. If 335 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: Shaye throws this ball to j Dub, it's a dunk, 336 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 2: misses it, they end up having to run again. Shaye 337 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 2: does make a nice read here into the pocket to 338 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 2: heart and Sign who hits the floater. But again, those 339 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 2: are the those reads are going to be open against 340 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 2: this Denver defense, and okayse he's gonna have to be 341 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:39,479 Speaker 2: relentlessly making those reads every time down the floor. Jokic 342 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 2: going one on five and just getting to the rim 343 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 2: nine point game, two point two and a half minutes left. 344 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 2: Watch Jokich here just drives into five Thunder players and 345 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 2: gets into the lane and draws a foul. 346 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 3: Again. 347 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 2: I just don't see a solution for this problem. More 348 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 2: Denver packing the paint. Look at how they're loaded up 349 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: on Shay guys. And part of the issue here is 350 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 2: you've got Hartenstein and Crusoe on the floor and you 351 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 2: know even Chet as well. There's just a lot of 352 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 2: iffy shooters here. Jdubb just missed a wide open catch 353 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 2: and shoot three like it just turns into this situation 354 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 2: where it becomes kind of like isoball the triple team? 355 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 2: They rotate out of it, rotate to Jdubb. This is 356 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 2: the passing lane close out from Jamal that we talked 357 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 2: about on playback last night. Watch how Jamal doesn't close 358 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 2: out to Jaydubbit closes out to the passing lane that 359 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 2: bits JDub into throwing this pass fake which allows Russ 360 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 2: to rotate. JDub ends up passing it off to Hartenstein, 361 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 2: who misses the floater big time rebound fro Russell Westbrook too. 362 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 2: In crunch time with six point game, two minutes, fifteen 363 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: seconds left, Denver runs a random possession of a one 364 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 2: two two zone? 365 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 3: Is it on the next possession? 366 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 2: Let's see here it is so I I couldn't tell 367 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 2: if this was a man to man or a zone 368 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 2: in playback last night. I'm kind of looking at it 369 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 2: as a zone because watch how as these guys relocate through, 370 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: like as Jadup cuts through, Russ stays put. See how 371 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 2: they're just like staying in that like kind of Z 372 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: one two two zone type of look. But what it 373 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 2: may be is kind of a similar principle to what 374 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 2: we talked about on those Shay ISOs on the wing, 375 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: where they just use the two closest defenders on either 376 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 2: side of the driving lane to essentially zone up in 377 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 2: just these two spots. But as you guys can see, 378 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 2: every time Shay gets the ball, whether it's at the 379 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 2: top of the key, whether it's on the wing or 380 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 2: over here, they're manning up and then they're basically having 381 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 2: the other four defenders zone up in like a box 382 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 2: in one on Shay's ISOs, and it just flummecks them 383 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 2: this they end up throwing a quick little swing pass 384 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 2: the chat Homegern and missus a three more Yokic dominance. 385 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 2: This time A gets Alex Crusoe. Let's fast forward, we 386 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 2: get a ball screen switch, toss the ball back to 387 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 2: Jokic against Alex, and then it's just back down. Four 388 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 2: dribbles ready, boom one, two, three, four, left shoulder hook. 389 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: I mean, there's a double team from Jadub here and 390 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 2: Chet's on the back line, and it just doesn't matter. Again, Like, 391 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 2: I'm curious if you guys have some ideas drop him 392 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 2: in the comments. I don't understand a pathway for Oklahoma 393 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 2: City to solve that specific problem in this series, and 394 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 2: that doesn't mean they can't find solutions on this end 395 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: of the floor. Okay, see has a lot of solutions 396 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 2: on this end of the floor. But on the defensive end, 397 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 2: I don't know how they're going to stop Denver from 398 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 2: just routinely putting up sixty five point halves the way 399 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 2: that they did in that second half. Here we go again, 400 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 2: same sort of Yokic Shay loaded up ISO. They brought 401 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 2: a lot of these kind of late double teams like 402 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: what Russ does here miss jump shot. This was Chet's 403 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 2: first opportunity to win this game that he blew. He 404 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 2: beats Aaron Gordon on this like corner crash and has 405 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 2: the game in his hands right there. You finished that. 406 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 2: It's one seventeen, one to eleven with a minute twenty 407 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: seven left in Denver's in an infinitely tougher spot to 408 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 2: try to win this game. Good example of jab step 409 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: work from Nikola Jokic. Here fast forward. He ends up 410 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 2: faced up with Isai Hartenstein at the top of the key. Okay, 411 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 2: what I want you guys to look at is look 412 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 2: at where Look at where Hartenstein's feet is as he's 413 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 2: pressuring Jokic. He's got his left foot on the three 414 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 2: point line. Now, watch as he's working this jab step 415 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 2: game jab jab again. Look at where Hartenstein's feed are. 416 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 2: Now he got Hartenstein from the NBA line to the 417 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 2: top of the key, and that creates the separation for 418 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 2: him to step into that three and knock it down more, 419 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 2: packing the pain on shake Gildes Alexander, Jamal little hedge 420 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 2: and recover drives again late double team from Russell Westbrook. 421 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: Shaye makes the right read and kicks the jdup here, 422 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: but then Jadub needs to make the next read right. So, 423 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 2: first of all, first mistake, he has the ability to 424 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 2: get middle here, and if he gets middle, he will 425 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 2: likely take Jamal Murray or take Jokic with him. And 426 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 2: if he takes Jokic with him towards the middle of 427 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 2: the floor, Jamal Murray has to make a decision either 428 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 2: to step up and help or to drop back on 429 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 2: one of these two guys. And you've got two guys 430 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: that can finish at the rim. Instead, he racks Baseline 431 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 2: into Alex Crusoe. Okay, now it's an easy set of 432 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 2: a help reads because Alex Crusoe is a complete non 433 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 2: threat and Alex Crusoe, because he's a non threat, has 434 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 2: to relocate out and Jay dub has an opportunity to 435 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: kick to dort Here on the right wing if he 436 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 2: makes a clean catch and shoot clean close out read instead, 437 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 2: though he tries to finish in traffic over a set 438 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: of three defenders Bruss great late contest, great defensive rebound 439 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 2: from Jokic. So as you can see, if he racks 440 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: to the middle, if he racks to the middle, he's 441 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 2: likely getting a layup for or a dunk for one 442 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 2: of these two guys. If you rack Spaceline, fine whatever, 443 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 2: even though that's the bad read, there's your kickout. These 444 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 2: are the kinds of reads that Oklahoma City's going to 445 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 2: have to make that they just did not make in 446 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 2: Game one. And I talked about this before the series. 447 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: This is where they've shown growth this year, but a 448 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 2: lot of regression last night. And then, just for fun 449 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 2: for Nuggets fans, here's the game winner. Really nice read 450 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: in transition from Russell Westbrook. Big time shot from Aaron 451 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 2: Gordon to steal game one. All right, let's talk Boston's offense. 452 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 2: Fair warning, Celtics fans, this is going to be a 453 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 2: tough watch for you. The Celtics on four consecutive possessions 454 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: to start the third quarter took off the dribble threes 455 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 2: or ISO threes. 456 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 3: Up the floor. 457 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: Jalen Brown has a mismatch against Jalen Brunson. Just takes 458 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 2: a bad pull up three to start the half. Next possession, 459 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 2: same thing, Jalen Brown, no attempt to get the ball 460 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 2: in the paint, has a mismatch. 461 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 3: You got one of their weaker defenders. What are you 462 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 3: gonna do? 463 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 2: How about another ISO jab step three off? How about 464 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 2: your third shot of the third quarter. Okay, guys, we're 465 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 2: running some bad offense. We need to get something going. 466 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 2: Let's see what we got. How about it Drew Holiday 467 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 2: step back three without any other movement on the possession. 468 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 2: He makes it, but it's like this is not good. 469 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 2: That's not good process. Fourth shot of the third quarter, again, 470 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 2: no attempt to get the ball in the paint. Another 471 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 2: off the dribble three. At least this one there's a 472 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 2: decent amount of separation, but still like these are just 473 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 2: every time down the floor. They're just dribbling up the 474 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 2: floor and taking it the first three that they get. 475 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 2: Any attempts to get some separation on something to keep 476 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 2: an eye on to you. Look at how bad this 477 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 2: miss was from Tatum, and I'm gonna be calling this 478 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 2: out throughout the film sessions. As a star, he needs 479 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: to read that. He doesn't have a going Look at 480 00:24:52,800 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 2: the miss hits the backboard first, that's a brick, and 481 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 2: there's like a bunch of those to show that example. 482 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 2: But here we go off the offensive rebound. So offensive rebound, 483 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: Tatum pressures the rim on the offensive rebound draws, the 484 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: second defender makes a kick. Derek White clean catch and shoot. 485 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: Look goes in. Boston took fifteen unguarded catch and shoot 486 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 2: jump shots in the second half of this game, including overtime. 487 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: They got eighteen points on them, one point two points 488 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 2: per shot. They shot poorly on unguarded catch and shoots 489 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 2: in the first half, but they actually made their unguarded 490 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 2: catching shoots in the second half. The problem is on 491 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 2: the other twenty six and tested or off the dribble 492 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 2: jump shots they took. They got just twelve points on 493 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 2: those shots. There was a clear line between their process 494 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 2: and their success in the second half. Here's another off 495 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: the dribble three with lots of clock left, no attempt 496 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: to get the ball in the paint. Again, it's not 497 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 2: a bad look for Derek White. We know they can 498 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 2: win playing that one way. My thing is, you've got 499 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 2: to be able to make the read and change your 500 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: play style if it's obvious that something's not working. Here's 501 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 2: another classic example of that ideology. Watch Jalen Brown. Okay, 502 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: so he smokes this has to pass it out? Sure, whatever, Okay, 503 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 2: Jalen Brown's man runs out. He throws the pass out 504 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 2: to Drew Holiday. Just stay right there, Just stay right 505 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,479 Speaker 2: there and call for the ball, and you're gonna get 506 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 2: a lamp or a dunk. 507 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: Instead. 508 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 2: He runs out to the corner to take a three. 509 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 2: Look at all the space he could have driven that, 510 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 2: and like they're not making threes. It just doesn't make 511 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 2: any sense. See's get a couple of mismatches here through 512 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 2: a screen. You get Brunton on Horford and you get 513 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 2: Cat on White. Okay, so theoretically you should be looking 514 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: to attack there or there. Instead, they run a ball 515 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 2: screen with Tatum, which brings og In and Obi into 516 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 2: the action, and Tatum ends up taking Tatum ends up 517 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 2: having OJN and Obi on him and swinging it back 518 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 2: to Derek White. This goes in. But that stupid offense. 519 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 2: You just took your mismatch and brought the other team's 520 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 2: best defender into the action and ended up having to 521 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 2: take a contested catch and shoot like twenty eight footer 522 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 2: at the end of the clock. Also, I wanted to 523 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 2: come back. Shout out to Jalen Brunson in the way 524 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 2: he battled Horford here. There were a couple examples of 525 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: this down the stretch. Let me show you guys, watch 526 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 2: him battling and fronting the post trying to deny those 527 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 2: post entry opportunities. Great work from Brunson. I don't know 528 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 2: what the hell they're doing on offense. On this possession, 529 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 2: Derek White hits a three, but like once again, like, 530 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 2: no attempts to get the ball inside in any way, 531 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 2: shape or form, just a swing pass and a contested 532 00:27:53,600 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 2: twenty seven footer off of the left wing. Again, Jalen 533 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 2: Brown has missed every three that he's taken in the 534 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 2: second half, and they've all been pretty bad shots. Let's 535 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,479 Speaker 2: see what he looks to do here on the skip 536 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 2: eleven seconds on the shot clock. You can't shoot right now, 537 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 2: drive the closeout. Drive the close out. You will generate 538 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 2: a better shot for a better shooter. Instead, he takes 539 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 2: another three and misses it. I don't know what the 540 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 2: hell this possession was. Derek White literally just dribbles the 541 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 2: clock out and takes a three. Scott Brunson off the 542 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 2: dribble twenty seven footer like that. I just don't understand it. 543 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 2: Here we go again, another zero penetration move, just to 544 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 2: swing past to Horford for early clock transition three. Tatum 545 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 2: after the Knicks, make this little run here to cut 546 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 2: it to eleven. Hits a couple of threes, but these 547 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 2: are once again, you guys have seen this is in 548 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 2: the context of the previous possessions. 549 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 3: The offense is sluggish. There on a run, this is 550 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 3: fool's goal. 551 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 2: Tatum hits a couple of threes here, boom one, and 552 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 2: then look at this one. This is basically over a 553 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 2: double team at the top of the key screen with 554 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 2: Brunson contested. Thirty footer. 555 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 3: Goes in. 556 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 2: That's great. This is bad process. The offense in general 557 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 2: is still sluggish. They went right back to being cold 558 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 2: right after those two shots. At the very least, though, 559 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 2: this was one of the few possessions in the second 560 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 2: half where Tatum looked to attack downhill. Watch when he 561 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 2: brings it's forced to Brunson. The quality of shot they generate, attacks, dislodges, draws, help, clean, 562 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 2: catch and shoot. Look for a great shooter and same 563 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 2: Houser in the corner. He smokes it, but you get 564 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 2: the point. Another example of me not knowing what the 565 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 2: hell Tatum's doing. Ball screen just another early clock contested 566 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 2: pull up three that he misses. I don't know what 567 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 2: the hell this possession is just swing and shoot like 568 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 2: they're just they're just taking the first available three without 569 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 2: making any attempt to try to get the ball inside. 570 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 2: There's another zero drive possession like Horford hits this shot, 571 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 2: but there's just no attempt to get the ball inside. 572 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 2: All right, early fourth quarter, Jalen Brown's turn to try 573 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 2: to assert control over the situation. Let's see what he does. 574 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 2: I soo against kat. Let's see what you got and 575 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 2: you know what's crazy? Look at this, Look at the spacing. 576 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 2: If Jalen just goes to the basket, if he just 577 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 2: rips right and goes, he will draw McHale, bridges and help, 578 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 2: and he will generate a wide open catch and shoot 579 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 2: three for Derek White, like guaranteed that will happen if 580 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 2: he just rips right. Look at how open cat stances. 581 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 2: Kat is incapable of containing Jaylen Brown in this stance 582 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 2: driving to the right. Instead, Jalen waits for McHale to 583 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 2: get into the driving lane and for that space to 584 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 2: go away, and then he settles for this tough step back, 585 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 2: mid range jump shot and airballs it. It's like baffling 586 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 2: to me. Peyton Pritchard's turn to get in on the 587 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 2: action and just take a step back. Three some quality 588 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 2: switching from New York there, Jason Tatum against Josh Hart. 589 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: This is actually a nice little snatchback dribble. But again 590 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 2: look at the clock. Eighty four to eighty. Tatum comes 591 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 2: off of this action. Snatchback dribble breaks Josh off in theory. 592 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 2: You don't hate this shot, but what I want to 593 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 2: I'm more concerned about what happens after this point, Brick. Okay, 594 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 2: look at the miss. The miss is off to the 595 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 2: left of the rim. This is a miss by feet. 596 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 2: It barely grazed the bottom of the backboard outside of 597 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 2: the rim, and he got clean separation and a great look. 598 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 2: So like it's clear that his jump shot is off. 599 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 2: Read that make the adjustment. A rushed contested corner three 600 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 2: from Derek White here swing swing contested three nineteen on 601 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 2: the shot clock. 602 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 3: Miss. 603 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 2: Here is a clean wide open catch and shoot three 604 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 2: that goes in. There's a manned down situation. It's a 605 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 2: five on four in transition boom, Nobody within the area 606 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 2: code wide open goes in very next possession. How about 607 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 2: a movement three versus a contest coming off of a 608 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 2: flare screen. This is a much much tougher shot. 609 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 3: Miss. 610 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 2: Here's where I start to get really annoyed with Tatum. Okay, 611 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 2: so you just had a bad miss. You get cat 612 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 2: again on a switch here eight seconds on the shot clock. 613 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 2: No attempt to try to drive on cat and generate 614 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 2: the rim pressure. Get a quality shot. Just go right 615 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 2: to the step back brick. Look at where it hits 616 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 2: the backboard, first backboard, then rim. So his jump shot 617 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 2: is off by feet plural, and he needs to make 618 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 2: an adjustment. At this point, the jumpers off by feet. 619 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 2: The game is tied. I need to look to be 620 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 2: more aggressive. Let's see if we see any change in 621 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 2: approach from Tatum. 622 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 3: Here we go. 623 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 2: Jaylen Brown, off of an offensive rebound, drives a close out, 624 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 2: gets to the rim and lays the ball up, but 625 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 2: right next right on the next possession, back to settling 626 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 2: for Jaylen Brown. Just got to the rim, just got 627 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 2: a lay up. How about a catch and shoot three? 628 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 2: Mildly contested catch and shoot three with twelve seconds on 629 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 2: the shot clock, even though he can't shoot in this half. 630 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 2: All right, Knicks have the lead now off of a 631 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 2: Jalen Brunson three against al Horford. Now things are getting 632 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 2: into serious crisis mode. Let's see how Boston looks to 633 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 2: attack on offense starts with this kind of iffy catch 634 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 2: and shoot three. It's a decent look for Derek White 635 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 2: fifteen seconds of the shot clock. Don't hate it, and 636 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:27,240 Speaker 2: at least they got the ball inside to Brunson. Don't 637 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 2: hate it. But what the hell is Drew Holliday doing here? 638 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 2: A spinning off of a spinning out of rhythm offensive 639 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 2: rebound kickout three with thirteen on the shot clock, out 640 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,799 Speaker 2: of the corner while he's leaning one of the worst 641 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 2: shots I've seen and Drew take in his career. Okay, 642 00:35:54,120 --> 00:36:01,839 Speaker 2: nine seven ninety five Tatum on cat. Oh, we're driving 643 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,439 Speaker 2: to the basket now, guys, drive into the basket. Drawing 644 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 2: multiple defenders, drop off the drew holiday, beautiful extra pass, 645 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 2: clean catch and shoot. Look it goes in. Okay, so 646 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,800 Speaker 2: we know that Tatum driving to the basket is working. 647 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 2: He just drove to the basket successfully on Cat. You 648 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 2: don't need to run this screening action again. But Tatum 649 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 2: instead is going to take another off the dribble three 650 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,399 Speaker 2: eleven on the shot clock. Another off the dribble three, 651 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 2: even though he knows his shot is off. He literally 652 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 2: he knows his shot is off. He bricked the shit 653 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 2: out of his of like three or four of his 654 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 2: jump shots in his half. And what do we get 655 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 2: another outside the rim miss look, barely grazes the left 656 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 2: side of the rim and goes down. Doesn't even go 657 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 2: up off the rim, which means he barely grays the 658 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 2: left side of the rim. And then we get a 659 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 2: couple moves on Jalen Brunson here that are both geared 660 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 2: towards the pullback. Again, no attempt to actually drive. It's 661 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,880 Speaker 2: like pullback. Everything's geared towards the pullback. I'm trying to 662 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 2: get a three. He's driving to get jump shots. He's 663 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 2: not driving to get to the basket on this play, right, 664 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 2: here he's very capable of right here spinning pound the dribble, 665 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 2: spin and you're in this part of the lane, drawing 666 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,319 Speaker 2: multiple defenders and making something good happen. No, but it's 667 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 2: geared towards the pullback. Everything mentality wise is geared towards 668 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 2: the pull up jump shot. I do want to give 669 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 2: Brunton some credit for his defense here. Again Tatum's letting 670 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 2: him off the hook, but these are some nice off 671 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:51,840 Speaker 2: the dribble cutoffs from brunts and sliding his feet. He 672 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:53,799 Speaker 2: was great on defense down the stretch of this game. 673 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,360 Speaker 2: This is why I was so annoyed at this play. 674 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 2: As you guys saw, they were mixing in hedges and 675 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,320 Speaker 2: recovers with Brunson, especially on some of those Tatum cat actions. 676 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,359 Speaker 2: But when Brunson was switched on Tatum, he was able 677 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 2: to actually bait Tatum taking into taking bad shots. You 678 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 2: guys will see another example of it in overtime. Here's 679 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,280 Speaker 2: a random possession where they threw the hedge and recover 680 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 2: and gave up a layup hedge slip, wide open layup. 681 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 2: That was what tied the game and sent it to overtime. 682 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 2: So like for the Knicks, just trust Brunson's ability to 683 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 2: defend on an island, and you'll bait Boston into doing 684 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 2: stupid shit. If you do this, you can give them 685 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 2: these easy reads that they're going to take layups. Tatum, 686 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 2: big possession of the game, gets a switch on to Mitchell. 687 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 2: Robinson settles for the step back three again again like 688 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 2: it's so clear at least he's inside the rim on 689 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 2: that one, but like, like he just it was so 690 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 2: clear that the jumper wasn't there for him, and he 691 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 2: just made no attempt to change his approach. Another just 692 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 2: unbelievably stupid shot from Drew Holliday, no passes step back 693 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:13,840 Speaker 2: three against literally against the knicks best defender. A zero 694 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,200 Speaker 2: pass step back three for Drew Holiday, down three in overtime. 695 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 2: Here's the other Tatum io against Brunson, fast forward. 696 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 3: Again. 697 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 2: If you don't hedge, that's the same action they just 698 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 2: hedged and recovered and gave a layup on at the 699 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,759 Speaker 2: end of regulation. Brunson beats him to the spot a 700 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,719 Speaker 2: couple times and forces him into a mid range fall 701 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 2: away that he misses airballs. Two minutes left in overtime, 702 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:52,319 Speaker 2: we get a Jason Tatum post up off of a 703 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 2: switch with McHale Bridges and we get a layup. There 704 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:03,240 Speaker 2: is a clear indication that every single time Boston applied 705 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,359 Speaker 2: rim pressure and trusted their process, they got either good 706 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 2: stuff at the rim or good catch and shoot stuff 707 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,840 Speaker 2: that went in. And every time they did something stupid, 708 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 2: they played into variants. 709 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 3: And that's the thing. 710 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 2: It's not about Boston being able to play like this. 711 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 2: I expect them to win a game in this series 712 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,399 Speaker 2: where they take, you know, fifty to fifty five through 713 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,239 Speaker 2: a lot of those kinds of shots, because when they're 714 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 2: all in rhythm, that's part of what makes them so scary. 715 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,879 Speaker 2: But you have to be able to read the room, 716 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 2: read the shot result, read the flow of the game, 717 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 2: and change your approach when the situation calls for it. 718 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,840 Speaker 2: And Boston just let New York off the hook tonight. 719 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 2: And I just I mean, you, guys, I think the 720 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 2: tape speaks for itself. That's one of the dumbest halves 721 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 2: of basketball that I've seen Boston play in the Jason 722 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 2: Tatum era. All right, guys, it's all I have for today. 723 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 2: It's all as always, I sincerely appreciate you guys for 724 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,359 Speaker 2: supporting me and supporting the show. We will be live 725 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,960 Speaker 2: on YouTube tonight after the final buzzer of Warriors Timberwolves, 726 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 2: and then we'll be live on playback after that. 727 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,399 Speaker 3: I will see you guys then. What's up guys? 728 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 729 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,840 Speaker 2: OOPS tonight. They would actually be really helpful for us 730 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,759 Speaker 2: if you guys would take a second and leave a 731 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,399 Speaker 2: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys 732 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 2: supporting us, but if you could take a minute to 733 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,840 Speaker 2: do that, I'd really appreciate it. 734 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:20,799 Speaker 1: The volume