I think because it is harder to understand, as most viewers care about points, and I hope more people understands how it works and how hard you have to play to do it.

looks that way because defense is so much more advanced now

It was clear, you obviously just need it broken down lol. The commentators mentioned it entirely throughout.

No wonder the current Miami Heat have been overlooked by the Media over the past 5 years

​@@CMXRexactly. People love to say teams "dont play defense " today but just like the game has evolved offensively, its evolved similarly on the defensive end. Most people are just casuals or old heads stuck on how the game used to be played

not just on defense hes an offensive monster when he turns it on, watch all those putbacks dunks, hook shots, and mid ranges when he's hot.

He plays this type of defense every...single...game. That is his most consistent part of his game. He is by far the best defender in the league.

Every game Anthony Davis is like this on defense. Every. Game. It's his offense that's inconsistent.

defense is what Davis is most consistent at his offense is what lacks but even then he gives some of the best defense every night

Absolute unit when he is healthy. Best player in the league when he is firing on on cylinders.

PAUSE

Phrasing.

All while dlo and ar stabbing your dribbling hand.

You may have meant they have length in D…pause

@@loristnorton3723facts they underrated too

Only other guy I know of who actually talks about schemes and stuff is AFunkydiabetic.

The problem is that most internet basketball fans know absolutely nothing about X's and O's and just repeat things they hear on Reddit, so we would never get more channels like this.

Lol those clowns don't even know bball like that 😂😂......they are the typical low iq bron haters that just keep repeating the same lies for last 20 years on twitter and youtube 😂😂

@@djsognal most people are dumb and simple minded and thats it

Facts but most people care about views

Thank you! I know Laker fans be calling for his head every other night, but the man can at least put together a contending defense.

@@chalnervassor9430 its not hams gameplan lmao its mainly lakers having actual chemistry now and being able to communicate on defense unlike last year where they pretty much had 0 communication when they played a fast transitioning team

@@chalnervassor9430 yes the Lakers has a great gameplan mixing up coverage to bothered haliburtun while the bucks stuck to a scheme with no variety and became so predictable to the Pacers offense

Correction it's a LeBronz game plan

@@tsvina LeCoach

The 2nd ball handler supposed to be bruce brown, mathurin , and nemhard.

The pacers are fine except for being weak in the paint. The guard/wing play is not the issue for them. They were a few missed shots away from making this competitive till the end. Sometimes it’s just off nights

@@andrewchang7194 pacers got beat by the same shit the lakers did to GS last year. put up a switching perimeter fence and force the play inside where their superior size would dominate. that was no off night - pacers got physically bullied. in a seven game series LA would win 4-1

​@@andrewchang7194lol they lost by more than 10 points and were outclassed throughout. They are far from fine, and there's nothing wrong with that. They are finally good again, that's not a time to hide away from your weaknesses.

Mike d tanio type team score a lot but now everyone has blue print how to stop them so one dimensional, w no rim protection, to young, to unexperienced, no weight room soft, lakers scored all day in paint… they never had a chance

You do know Lebron will be 39 in a week!

​@@arronfrazier7873It's LeBron. People been saying he's turning x amount of years he'll decline soon for years and it hasn't happened.

​@@CrazyxEnigmahe has undeniably declined. He is still a top 10 player though

@@lowercasehorse2363 Exactly, still top 10 not retired or a 10 minute a night player like every one else with his mileage. He's not going to magically start sucking all of the sudden when he turns 39 like some of these people are wishing.

@@CrazyxEnigma people don’t realize lebron has great iq , skills , and not just an pure athletic / bulldoze type of player like zion / westbrook. Lebron has an great post game& can shoot though can be streaky.

I'd be surprised if it ever does consistently. For whatever reason the Lakers have been a bottom 5 three point shooting team going back to Kobe's final season in 2016. It doesn't seem to matter if we get the best shooters here most of them regress then play better when they go to another team. Even if the shooting Rui had last playoffs was a fluke the fact he did at all at the brightest stage is worth a helluva lot.

@@CrazyxEnigmafor whatever reason guys just can’t shoot when there on the lakers it’s honesty crazy

@@hamdeali53 Steph shoots terribly in Staples against us every year. Over the years players have said the stadium is different and whether it's lighting or acoustics or something else it definitely effects a lot of players.

Except it won't. They're bottom of the league. Unless they trade for klay Thompson

@@TheMonjok24 Klay will shoot

The best defense is offense ! 80 points in the paint slows te transition game allowing the D to set up and press the hall at mid court taking the flow away and causing disruption.

I hope Ham has finally realized the five out offense isn't going to work with this squad. We don't have the shooting or off ball movement and it doesn't play to AD's strengths along with leading to us getting killed on the glass though Vando coming back has helped with that.

exactly

Lakers trash 🗑 they not getting past nuggets,Minnesota, kings,dallas,clippers and healthy sun's

@@JuwanTaylor-jz5zr ok

@athanjourdan9312 Lakers trash 🗑. Lost vs spurs 🤦🤦🤦

Tbf before he got here he looked like he was on his way out of the league. Ham really has gotten the best out of him. Far more than I thought possible.

2 losses with cam in the line up. undefeated when Vando plays.

@@trunks4139I think they're best with both because Cam can at least get a bucket

​@@CrazyxEnigmaNot just ham but playing with LeBron has revived his confidence

@@CrazyxEnigma He's also been stuck with some deadbeat orgs as well who didn't know what to get out of him. If there is a time for Reddish to shine and provide efficiency, its with a veteran team like the Lakers.

Lakers were really on a dead sprint from the trade deadline to the playoffs just to make the play in. Then get to the wcf is insane they just ran out of gas. Credit to Denver for being such a monster team but hopefully we can get another go at them but healthy.

@@funkyfreshkid08obviously not the post season but I’m looking forward to playing Denver on Kobe night. Hope everyone’s healthy

We literally lost that series by an average of 6 points. If LeBron is 100% healthy, I’m sure he compensates for that deficit; probably resulting in at least a 5-point advantage in most of the games. As long as they keep themselves in shape physically for the playoffs, this team can win it all. I have zero doubt. So far, both AD & Bron have missed only 1 out of 23 games. They’re on pace to play 70+ games, so this very well end up being their healthiest year since 2020.

im starting to think this lebron james guy might have some potential

@@Flameb0 bright future this guy

Brilliant!

Yeah, but you still see those old-heads complaining about teams "not playing" defense nowadays, because of no elbows to the ribs on drives. Great analysis by Ben, what impressed me the most was that Lebron knew that Hali won't throw that cross court pass to the corner cause Davis is trapping that direction, so he can gamble on a steal on an inside pass. Exceptional.

@@Midnight_Contender I ignore those guys. I've seen enough games from the 80s, and started watching NBA games regularly in the 90s. I love Kobe's 2nd championship run the most but today's NBA is fantastic. Offenses are so good (and empowered by the rules) that defense like this is actual genius, and not just hand-checking and hard fouls. Not to say that Rodman-era Bulls didn't play fantastic defense, but there were less scary offenses to stop then too.

Honestly, when I saw the Pacers offense video, I actually thought this to be the counter to the most logical defense to 'perfect' offense. Because it's fresh it's nice, but once we start seeing full court presses from EVERY team, it's going to get stale, and now that my theory has been proven effective, I think we will.

@@localneo-graphic4647 then it becomes an arms race, one that I can get behind. Also, not every team can pull this off -- The Lakers would not have been able to pull this off 2 weeks ago. The defensively great 2020 Championship lakers would not have been able to pull this off. It requires tooling a roster for it (and not just for length, but actual defensive capability). Also, as good as Indiana's offense is, we probably won't see the Nuggets and the other teams just try to emulate it, as it might take away from what their main weapons are good at.

AD needs a DPOY in his trophy case already. He's better than Gobert and guys who have won it already. Hopefully he plays enough games and the voters finally give him the damn thing.

Agreed 💯

"unbiased" meh. He definitely has his narratives. But his breakdowns and analysis abilities is great.

​@@x-man9473What biases have you noticed?

@@TyroneNBAFanI’d like to know as well

@@x-man9473 same please explain what Bias he has. This only basketball channel that talks pure basketball and thats it.

He had some nagging foot injuries for the past 2 seasons

NO NO NO!!! LeBron plays NO defense!! AD got that block ALL BY HIMSELF!! *Skap Attack and Angry Old Hoops Fan and other LeBron haters You know AOHF went as far to say LeBron's steals were "unimpressive" because "teammates trapped" and "opponent made poor passes"?? 😂😂😂

@@darrengordon-hillthat dude is so sad, and the people in the comment section are worse

Sometimes Im not sure either people are trolling or they just stupid enough to not know team defense is a thing.

Of course he plays defense, but you don't expect him to do this on a nightly basis. Dudes too old to do all things on both ends of the floor without affecting his total minutes. The only reason he pulled all the stop is because these wins matters a lot, just like the playoffs.

Hard not to appreciate good defense even if your rooting for team that’s facing that defense 😂

besides the Lakers, OKC, Orlando, and Minnesota are also great defensive teams this season

​@@0608jeffi look forward to a Lakers Minnesota game. Hopefully everyone is engaged and brings his A game, I think they have the two best defenses when it comes to playoff basketball. Okc and Orlando are good, but they're still a little young.

Minnesota has the best defense imo

⁠@@12garkthere’s something about a great defensive team that is so fun to watch. now just imagine ausar thompson on any of those teams.

@@12garkgonna be an amazing game two defensive juggernauts in the league going at it.

I don’t see any

@@javarisjamarjavarisonlamar7517because you don’t know ball

yep. he is doing what Vogel did, and actually has wing defenders. You know Frankie is jealous of the manpower he has.

@@mamatheregoesthatwoman I still feel like Vogel didn't get a fair share. That whole westbrook fiasco really kill that man. I actually really like him at a coach.

Cause stupid Lebron fans are annoying when it comes to the coach

The Pacers defense is also improving every game. More than a few of the foul calls against them were absolute bullshit

I didnt think about that 🤔

I didn’t think about that too… you make a great point, the lakers play to their strength and which was Indy’s weakness. And took less 3s to avoid Indy’s strength in transition

The year the suns went to the finals LA wins if they didn’t get injured. They need to just focus on blowouts (either losing or winning) to get rest and playing for the 4 seed. Do that, they likely make the finals and win. I don’t see any team in the east a serious challenge. Philly and Boston never get it done in the clutch. Bucks I think gave up a lot defensively, an AD is a good guy to put on Giannis. I don’t think the heat can hang with a healthy lakers 7 games.

​@@deadprecidentslakers aren't getting past denver, assuming both teams will be healthy

@@user-zy6ej9we5donly team that worries me is denver any East team wont beat the lakers if there healthy come Playoff time

@@user-zy6ej9we5dlol. This is a really bad take. Last year every single game against the Nuggets was close, WITH AN INJURED LEBRON AND THE WORST SHOOTING OF THE ENTIRE SEASON. think about that for a second. This year we’ll be healthy, with a way better defense and waaay better shooting? Nuggets don’t stand a chance. Better hope Jokic gets all his flop calls, that’s the only chance the Nuggets will have. They are a poverty franchise deep down and everyone knows it.

@@OneTableManyChairs damn, getting swept by the nuggets must have really hurt

Where was his defense vs luka? 😆 🤣

Yes, they dominant the paint on both ends and can rebound more against smaller teams. People do forget that most of the time, to shoot well from the 3pt line, you normally need to be able to get easier buckets inside, but if it's difficult to do that, some players won't have the rhythm to just shoot 3s, and the pressure is more

Lakers defense got exposed by kings and Dallas this season

FR! Bro played like he owed the mob money. Hopefully he plays with the same energy.

ha ha gtf outta here both ur so called super players are lucky to play 60 games

Still disappointed that we lowballed him those years ago. Caruso would be a great role player on any team. If Chicago are looking to blow up their team, I could see him going to the Bucks.

Forget the Lavine noise, if Bulls really do go on a fire sale, lakers should focus on bringing him back

@@revengeszn8739 Yea I don't think I hear many rumours of LaVine to Lakers anymore, we'd give up too much for him and he's a weakness on defense. We shouldn't even go for Demar. Alex Caruso is the only player from the Bulls we should get. I would say a healthy Lonzo would almost be perfect for the Lakers but he's possibly done as a player with those injuries.

People are saying that already? People need to tone it down.

Are people actually saying that or are they just saying he’s having a better year? Which he is because just using this year he’s a top 2 pg with Luka and a top 3 guard with Luka and shai

@@justinholland6132 If you mean year as in this nba season then sure, but we are 20 games in so I have a problem saying someone is better right now off a 1/4 of a season, and the fact remains defenses treat Steph way different than Haliburton.

Tbf they did have a really poor 3pt shooting night missing many Open 3s so they did have a real chance if those fell even at just league average

It prevails when Kyrie and Love gets injured and then you sign KD!

Agreed. People forget the pre-KD Warriors were an elite defense first team and they just think "splash brothers"

What about Shaq's Lakers?

​@@arronfrazier7873 still crying for getting destroyed every finals. it's understandable

And LeBron and the Lakers have not dismissed the money. In an interview Anthony Davis actually said what he'll do with his money and in LeBron championship speech he DEFINITELY spoke about the money a couple of times but at the end of the day. A lot of them is making or have made millions and 500k is just additional. But to your argument it does give them something to play for obviously....and your right if they gave money as an incentive for the AllStar they definitely would see better participants and better competition

They need to pick up a defensive big for Jokic. In the bubble they had 3 defensive bigs to just feed him a steady diet and soak up fouls. But really…if you just focus on making the SG cold (Murray) the team is done. That would be what I’d do, actually. It’s very clear Murray is massive for the team, if you make him go cold that’s where your easiest path to victory is. Jokic is too grounded with too good vision to truly shut down. Murray by being a SG is just inherently easier.

​@@deadprecidentsThe problem with the Lakers match up last playoffs with Denver was their problem earlier this regular season. The point of attack defender by having Dlo and Reeves at the start. Murray killed those two last playoffs. Since Cam, Vando, Prince and Max will be paired eairther one of them (Dlo and Reeves) winning ratio has been up lately. I'm more confident now if they face Denver again, locking down Murray is very essential because he's more clutch during tight games. We now have the length with athleticism on defense to challenge the Denver's length. Remember, Bron was gassed and hampered with injury last playoff also AD. If he is healthy he will do it again where Bron go for a scoring run alone to lead a 10-15 points. Then Reeves will fill in that scoring drought once Bron rest in the bench.

@@nickholy7014 The other problem was lebron was playing on one foot and AD was playing through a injury as well.

That still won’t work all that well. You would still have vando or cam attached as soon as he inbounds it. No other players are much of a threat off the dribble or in a playmaking role to cause the lakers to worry. Like he said in the video, “the lakers are fine with Isaiah jackson taking runners”.

then it would be impossible to pass to hali which completely takes away his value

Give back Udoka to the Celtics and they become locks for EC champs at the minimum

@@Afineadditionfuck no Houston needs him please 😢

RELEASE THE "Indiana won" CUT, SKAP ATTACK!! His attack on LeBron HAD to be somewhat prepared to be uploaded so soon after the game...which suggests a second cut roasting him for losing... I wanna see it!!

​@@darrengordon-hillLeBron fans have MJ on their minds 24/7. To the point that you went out of your way to look for a reason to turn this into a Bron pity party rather than a celebration of Bron.

@@x-man9473 what are you even talking about???

@@darrengordon-hill Work on your reading comprehension skills and try reading my comment again. It was self explanatory.

@@x-man9473 Yeah, I see no "pity party". Anywhere. I see calling out hatred due to emotional takes....

This is a new lakers team and they had no chemistry first season they were thrown together weeks before the playoffs. Compared to a #1 seed who been together for years

that’s because Denver has another threat and shot creator in Jamal Murray which indiana doesn’t it would be much harder to contain Hali if he had another player like that by his side same way its much easier to contain Nikola by himself like previous playoff runs obviously other stuff also plays a role like chemistry etc but thats the main thing

Our team had only a couple of months together with both AD and LeBron hobbled. Not saying Denver isn't a great team or didn't deserve their championship but that played a part like it does just about every year.

Every game was close I think one game was decided by more than 10 points u no chance is a stretch but u didn’t watch

No defense will be perfect enough to guard every single shot that goes up. Its about taking away their best plays and just adjusting off their next adjustments.

lazy take

Bad take the Pacers only shot 21% from 3 against the bucks but they won against the Lakers they shot 24% from 3 but they lost the Lakers has a better gameplay while the bucks stuck to the scheme with no variety.

99% of the open shots wqere taken by bumass turner and obi toppin if anything the pacers were lucky to not be vaporized because of the lakers all time bad shooting

It's not about gambling that the opponent has a bad shooting night. It's about playing the long game and taking away rhythm. That's what the Lakers did. If Haliburton is the engine that powers the Indy offense, the first thing the video showed is the Lakers putting a defender on Haliburton on every possession. Make him sweat, make him second-guess each pass, muddle his court vision, take away his usual avenues to pass. And it worked. Cam Reddish barely scored, but his impact was to body up Haliburton and either chase him or irritate him. Indy has other scorers, but the Lakers took the rhythm out, and the shooters were left to hunt for scoring spots themselves instead of Haliburton setting up the usual plays. They still scored some, but not that much. The Lakers lived with that compromise, and they won. What's going to haunt Rick Carlisle's next few days is how to remedy what the Lakers showed. I expect every other team now to start putting a full-court press body, likely a defensive wing, on Haliburton.