Hey guys. I just want to say, I apologize if any of my recent videos lack polish or aren't quite as coherent as normal. It's tough to try to produce quality content in the playoffs, because there's only one day of rest between games. In the other 10 months of the year, I usually take my time and make a video every week. Now I basically have to rush and churn out videos, because I need to take advantage of the views bump the playoffs draw so I can make some money. Thanks to Monday Night Football pushing the Celtics/Heat game 4 back, I was able to spend more time on this video, and *hopefully* that means this one is a bit more clear and polished. Anyways, thanks for watching!

Spoelstra vs Stevens is a coaching matchup for the ages. So was nurse vs stevens

The game becoming more and more complex. I'm surprised that the trend of 3 point mindset is actually equalized by newer defensive schemes

A 2:3 zone is the best zone defense there is. Three days ago I had a game and we were down by 15 points so we all stopped playing man to man and went into a 2:3 and the rest was history! We won 76-73.

One of the most underrated channel. Love your breakdown analysis to be honest, a straight forward one, No BS.

I knew already Brad Stevens vs Spoelstras coaching will clash 0 to 100 real quick, may the best the best wins this conference finals 👌💯🏀

Loved the macro analysis of league-wide shift to zone

You have to love how easy the coaches makes it look

As a Celtics fan I love Brad Stevens

Great content as usual! The switch into the zone for the Heat in Game 2 was the key to their victory!

Your analysis is so incredible. It makes me enjoy the game better

"Zone gives up alot of 3s and that's ok" Me: *laughs in warriors*

I was really impressed with the Celtics zone. That’s how you conquer the heat offence

Nice vid. I’m happy that I wasn’t the only one who caught crowder pushing his own star on D but I didn’t see the overload. I wish this video explained clearer what adjustments Stevens did for the Cs to win game 3.

Excellent video as always Daniel!

Great content as usual

I have truly never understood why, since it has been legal in the NBA, that more teams don't use zone defenses. With practice and solid coaching, they are way more useful against most teams than man.

You should show the Lakers beating the zone. I think they attack it the best

In Europe, there's no other defence...

Great video coach! Can you do a video on what made Boston have such a good game last night in game 5?i feel asleep and couldn't watch but would love to see what adjustments they made.

what a video ! God bless you bro ✝️

A few things: 1. A well coached zone is NOT weak in rebounding. You have to train for that, sure, but everyone should know how to pick a man and box out. It's not any weaker than 1on1 after a defender has been beaten and help comes. 2. It's now pretty common to switch from zone to man on man defense, mid-possession. The switch happens usually after a certain number of passes, when the ball reaches a certain point/player or even by a signal from the coach. Spain did it perfectly at the 2006 world championship and it became kind of a trend. 3. The very first thing you get taught against zone defense is a high post entry, create a strong/weak side then and have your big man distribute the ball from the high post. I don't get why the Celtics don't do that more often, having a clear height advantage.

Btw great background instrumental music 👌

Every time I hear MoOoving on, I immediately *smash* that like button!

Crowder playin his best right now, lookin like a bigger Marcus Smart

You had me as soon as. Heard the music

I would love to see the Splash Brothers against some of these zone heavy schemes. Especially with Draymond at the point forward. Can't wait for next season.

Finally a channel that has a good tactical and technical analysis of NBA. Most of the channels are overrated. You got another subscriber

Bey coach can you do años analysis vídeo of biliy donovan going to chicago

Bam adebayo looks like dwight Howard. Lol

Playoffs in the West have a lot of star power while the East has been very tactical

Thanks

I actually like how NBA teams are now very smart and run what would have been odd defensive schemes in the NBA 10 years ago and how teams can adjust accordingly. This is what good playoff games are all about. A chess match between teams, trading adjustments after adjustments every game. That is also why I find it simplistic to say that there's no defense and all teams do is shoot 3s in today's NBA.

crowder def one of my fav players

I was just thinking how would this great heat zone play against the lakers?! Would they have to make a huge change due to the lakers size?

Nice analysis. Since espn won't let Doris call games anymore this season, maybe you can jump in. XD I don't get much from Jeff and Marc arguing over where to eat cornbread.

Moooooooving on

In the Philippines amateur league, we always use zone, we use man to man in crunch time.

Just formed a new amateur team just trying to figure out which is better zone or 1v1 for medium level basketball

A big man like Jokic is the key to break the zone. Just put him in middle, 3s will be raining.

Idea.. to make the NBA watchable. take away the zone defense so teams like Houston won't end up shooting 60 threes a game. #toughtowatch

Yessss

zone is like a double edge sword; satisfying when it works, life draining when it doesn't especially those last second threes or last second fouls. very frustrating

What makes it OK to give up a high volume of three pointers though? Is it a defensive tendency that is product of the modern offensive tendency of shooting a lot of threes? What do you gain from it though?

I haven't seen this much zone in the playoffs since Shaq and Kobe were at it.

When are we getting "Moving on..." merch?

If you can run zone like that and winning games, then you should be coach of the year.

how do you get access to those second spectrum numbers?

in the regular season the Celtics would have Tatum in the middle of the zone and it was extremely effective because of his mid range shooting, length, and passing ability but we haven’t seen it at all against the Heat. 🤔

Spoelstra is a genius

what music is the background?

a good zone is SO frustrating to make plays against. everything has to be deliberate, there is constant pressure, player movement and off-ball screens only get you minor adjustments as opposed to major rotations. i also feel like zone encourages exploiting the smaller gaps in the midrange - and we all know that most teams and players would rather avoid those shot attempts.

Miami has a great length. Herro, Dragic, Butler and Robinson.

They really need your "How to embarrass a 2-3 zone" video

Man to man defense should only be played in higher levels of basketball. If you are playing pick up, zone will always be the most effective. I'm willing to give up all the 3s in the world because the people playing pickup are not nba shooters. They will brick it every time. Especially on double rim. Especially outdoors with wind.

All my life I was told that in the NBA, zone defenses are illegal and that the defensive strategy of each teams should be man-to-man defense. I believed it because every game that I have watched was both teams using man-to-man (Atleast in my observation). Guess I was given the wrong information.

its not a bad thing to give up alot of 3s as long the opposition cant hit them, this coincides with this year not having warriors splash brothers.

Why is the zone more vulnerable to giving up offensive rebounds?

Why is giving up more threes suddenly okay in 2020/21?

7:19 Crowder was open

Zone D is common in FIBA and College games

Steph and Klay gonna rip these zones apart when they come back.

The Zone is great with the right players, but you better be successful with it and efficient when on offense. Cause them dudes are gonna be tired.

So basically the zone is really effective if you already have great defenders at the Forward position like Butler and Crowder where you can put them up front to hide your weak guard defenders and at the same time if you have an eraser at the center position like Bam it also makes the zone defense really effective. So basically the zone is really effective if you have the Miami Heat's roster?

Miami's zone would be useless against the Lakers. They have tremendous offensive rebounding and Lebron and AD can shoot over the defenders. Plus many of their points are in transition.

when you thought zone only works on kuroko's basketball... meanwhile stevens and spoelstra:

Nuggets also play a lot of zones.

Nurse in 2018-2019 changed the game. @ me if i'm wrong

The Celtics have been coming for a few years now. Surely this is their year, right??

The NBA should abolish the defensive 3 seconds violation.

Considering the fact that 3 point shots are thought of as better value shots and the fact that players practice shooting 3s a lot more than in the past, why do some of the best defensive teams (bucks, raptors) choose a scheme that actually encourages the offense to take a three point shot? Is it maybe because layups are even higher valued from the analytics perspective and the players are so athletic these days that you have to give up some threes to stop the drives? I'm just guessing but interested to hear what other people think/know.

Who new the Lakers had something to say about this! 😏

Just overload with a high post and baseline runner. Lakers triangle would shut it down.

"...so it's no longer a bad thing to give up a high volume of three pointers... " Yeah, try that defense with the Warriors.

Wait until curry and kd comeback

Zone defense has always been there and used by many teams in Europe or Asia. But NBA teams prefer to do 1 to 1 defense....

Of course zones could be better. The whole team is defending. Only the US is arrogant enough and oblivious to this!

Another example of Nick Nurse's impact on the league. Teams are getting more daring after his schemes dethroned the Warriors.

Real men don't play zone..teams that can't guard their man play zone..I'd rather lose like a man than embarass myself and lose in a zone..☘☘☘

This is European basketball

FIBA coaches know how to teach and to attack zone defense. What we are seing in NBA is nothing special

its more like filo defense😄😄😄if you play in the ph

Heat are doing the same thing this series …

look how balance the east is without lebron xD

This only works cuz the Warriors dynasty isn't around

Zone is lazy d.

Zone don't work agianst a healthy Golden State team. lol

Doesn’t work against the Lakers. Game 1 today was proof.

copycat league lazy defense

Stevens and Nurse are so average as coaches. Spoelstra is better.