When The NBA’s 2 Best Defenses Play For Elimination
Both the Rockets and Thunder have been impossible to score on this season, which led to quite the matchup in the elimination round of the NBA cup.
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Great vid as always!
Bravo! Well done. I do love good defense.
Mamas a Celtics fan I wish we still had udoka.
i just love iHart this guy is such an important connector for okc
This was an excellent video, thorough breakdown
This is an extremely great breakdown. Great job, keep up the good work
I got OKC I actually do have OKC winning too
The rockets with this current roster has the making for getting swept in the playoffs, they have no go to scorer and there half court offense is worst than some of the worst teams in the league
The thunder are really crushing it without their 2nd/3rd most important player
This game wasn’t appreciated enough. Thank you for this
As a Knicks fan I really miss Hartenstein. I lik bridges but def would rather have cleared up money same way to keep Isiah instead of
I’m the biggest Thunder fan , but I absolutely love that the first clip was of the #1 defense giving up a fastbreak dunk 😂😂😂
This thunder team is smacking the west without one of their star players. It’s wild
THUNDER UP
SGA wins MVP. Jdub wins Most Improved. OKC wins championship
I was conflicted during this game. I became a Thunder fan because of Steven Adams. I’m still a Thunder fan, but Steven comes first.
Tonight’s game vs the bucks is gonna be huge for OKC! Great test in a important game
Great breakdown 👏 👏 👏
If the Rockets can start shooting closer to their normal percentages from previous seasons, they'll be unbeatable.
SGA's offensive game is about as unstoppable as it gets. But Houston was able to limit him quite a bit and hold him to a bad fg%, particularly with thr bigger Brooks defending him. One area he can counter that is learning to iso his defender on that mid/high block with the face up game, like Melo, Kobe, and Jordan. From there, a few uo fakes and jab steps can lead to some 1 dribble or even no dribble offense that can earn easier buckets while not havinging to drive into the heart of the defense to get the mid range opportunities. Now, if they double, you can see it coming and make your move or pass it off to the open man. Amd if you attack the rim, you're inky 1 dribble away, making it easier to get rhere before the help defense can arrive.
Using defensive schemes, taking advantage of players chucking up 3s, gritty and scrappy defense, making adjustments.
This is basketball
Ime needs to clean up his rotations involving Sengun. Stop taking him out when he’s in rhythm, or just for defensive/matchup purposes. It’s not like Adams is offering more and Alpi is clearly their best and most important player on the floor, esp on the offensive end. If they had some better spacing, Sengun could easily replicate what Jokic is doing.
I don't like relying on dort shooting well. I hope he continues improving.
at 3:21 dillion should’ve shifted to the deep corner, or back door cut, if he cut, shai would’ve had to pick him up, leaving the top open, if shai didn’t pick up then that’s a layup for brooks, now if brooks shifted deeper in the corner, it would’ve made it impossible for shai to play both at once, making either the corner or the right wing open
while I hate low made FG games (no one wants to watch misses) but if it because of defence I LOVE IT