That sequence with all the Lakers pointing and switching is like a masterclass on team defense. That was just amazing to watch. 😮

Lebron reading their play was insane. A true student of the game.

The Lebron/AD duo is such an interesting thing to watch. AD is clearly the best defender and the sun everything revolves around. But I've noticed that Lebron has repeatedly called out the plays the Warriors (and Memphis) were about to run and communicated with AD in those moments. Bron is the brain behind the defense, but AD is the overall ability and versatility. Not sure I've ever seen that kind of combo before.

Lebron knew EXACTLY what they were trying to do and called the switches exactly right. The dude can describe a play from a random regular season game from 2011 movement for movement right now if you asked him. In addition to having really high basketball IQ, he also seems to have a bit of a photographic memory. It’s incredible.

That jump ball decision was bizarre considering Wiggins is literally out of bounds. Should've been ruled Lakers ball.

This Lakers 2023 team is way more than just davis and Lebron.Basically in every game somebody from others have 20pts game and becomes x factor and opponnets have no clue who will be that 20pts player in next game because it always diffrent player

Could go down as the Dynasty Ending Game. Theres something so cursed about watching Steph try to get get a long contested 3 against a center in the last moments of the game.

Excellent coaching on both ends. Kerr figured out how to get AD out of the paint. Ham leans on Bron and AD to switch instead of drop and rotate. Beautiful basketball

the amount of moving picks is INSANE

It's been a great chess match from both coaching staffs so far. Adjustments between games and adjustments during games are making this series so unpredictable and fun to watch.

This really reminds me of the bubble team that was good enough defensively to deal with different offensive looks. The problem with the Warriors is that they end up trading something if they play offense a certain way. Spam Curry PNR: shooters just stand around & there’s not a lot of movement. Curry off-ball: he can still get his, but everyone on the Lakers can harass him when he’s running around & GSW doesn’t have another good ball-handler. Go small: Lakers punish them inside on the other end & live at the line. They can still win, but their margin for error is nothing compared to what it used to be 4-5 years ago.

I don’t wanna sound weird but you broke this down beautifully 👍🏽

Lebron also hunted Curry and posted up on him in a few crucial possessions. Then on offense Curry is asked to to to get by or shoot over either AD or Lebron, both of which can gauard 1-5. Tall task for Curry on both ends of the court.

Funny thing is, whenyou slow it down, almost all of the warriors screens are illegal. Although many aren't egregious, they're all basically textbook illegal. Yes, every team uses illegal screens, but no team uses them nearly as much or as advantageously as the warriors. At 0:56 it's not the most egregious but GP's screen is illegal for two reasons. 1. he doesn't ever become stationary prior to setting the screen,, he even slides into to reaves. When you're screening a stationary player from the front or side, you don't have to give them a step to avoid the screen, but you do have to be stationary " except when both the screener and opponent are moving in the same path and the same direction." Reaves and GP go different directions here, so he needs to be stationary. Second, "The screener must stay within his/her vertical plane with a stance approximately shoulder width apart." look at how spread GP3s legs are, clearly not shoulder length apart, in fact not even close. And that's the least egregious screens, easily illegal. at 1:12 is that even a screen? he never even sets, he just shows for half a second to slow Schroder down and then rolls? I'm fine with not calling this, but i'm pretty sure that whatever it is, is illegal. at 1:20 GP once again never becomes stationary, slides into shcroder and then holds. He's not "within his/her vertical plane with a stance approximately shoulder width apart." he's basically pass blocking schroder from getting to curry. hella illegal. same for at 1:30, he's never truly stationary before the screen, he's not going in the same direction as reaves, so he needs to be stationary he's not within his vertical plane and once again he's leaning into the opponnent. Do I need to go into this more? the warriors main actions rely on them breaking the rule in multiple ways, consistently. The NBA refuses to call this shit, the NBA promotes it. So i'd like to hear less about refereeing influence when your whole offensive strategy is based around the refs not calling obvious illegal moves. And these that I pointed out aren't even the most egregious just the first 3 screens, literally.

I think the miles that Lebron and Co. put on Curry on the defensive end mattered as well. They hunted him almost every play down the stretch on defense, have to wonder if thats why curry was short on those jumpers/settling for bad shots against davis. Side note: how many centers in history are staying in front of curry on those plays (dont give me kevin love either 🤣)

On ball Steph makes the curry threat 10x more prominent, but with them running PnR that much it bleeds value off of a shooter like klay. It’s not a coincidence that his last two games have been mid without the typical high movement offense

It’s so weird how nervous the warriors look in the last two minutes. They are normally so composed and calm, that’s how they won the title last year

That game is more complicated that I thought it would be.😮

Your video analysis are always the best. You pick apart all the details easily missed when watching the game live and it helps explain why the players didn't perform as well as most would think. Keep it up! Best bball analysis on KZfaq!

6:17 Draymond standing beside the basket against SCHRÖDER of all people and not going for a layup is just mind-boggling at all levels lmao.

By watching these slo mos, dear god the warriors illegal screens are their bread and butter.

Stan Van Gundy spent basically every Warriors possession of the 2nd half saying "why isn't Curry bringing AD up for the pick and roll?"

Darvin Ham out couching Steve Kerr when his team started 2-10 is kinda crazy to me

This is so very well explained! Thank you!!!

More breakdowns like this....💯 this was excellent 👏

Great vid. Keep up the great content!!

Dude this is the most detailed analysis of this game on all of KZfaq!

Great video. Very good at detail. More subscribers to come brother 💪

That Curry 3 with 21 seconds left and 10 on the shot clock is a very poor decision, Davis was right there to contest a simple step back.

Im glad im not the only one that peeped this. First time i ever saw a vid of yours but i subbed in one

Wow first time seeing your videos and gotta say there is a lot of high quality breakdowns here that really blow my mind. I think JJ Redick would approve your analysis skills as well

Darvin Ham is a great coach damn

I really like this minutes of what happen. please make more of this breakdown analysis

I'm pretty new to following basketball, and your videos make me appreciate the skill and split-second decision making of these guys so much more

I'll never get tired of this channel. Love it.

The series has been a mix of Laker's role players stepping up and Warriors just not making open shots. That's a bad combination for Warriors, twice falling short at the end as well. In the last 2 games, the Warriors were 29% from three with many good looks! they shot 33% from 3's in game 1,3 and 4 combined! edit: Do I really need to write like a 3-4 paragraph post to talk about ALL the factors? Just because I didn't mention something doesn't mean I don't give it credit. Yes, the Lakers defense is a huge factor but that was expected. The warriors missing a lot of open 3pt shots (including Curry missing several towards the end of that close loss last night). The lakers role players, especially lonnie Walker in 4Q of game 4, stepping up this big is a surprise. I didn't mention Curry's bad down in the final minute from missed shots to a terrible turnover. I didn't mention AD having 2 monster offensive games. there are lots of factors, I'm just pointing out the surprising ones that were crucial.

Good breakdowns!

Thanks for your in-depth defense analysis! I totally agree! 🍷

Great video coach! Lets hope The Good Guys can close this one in 6 if not 5

Excellent breakdown as usual!

Great break down of what happened thanks

I like how AD Listened💯💯

You know what’s a thing of beauty? Your video analyses

subscribed, really thought im watching the main channel lmao

Great analysis 👍🏽

Watching the game Live, I did not see the Lakers pointing out the defensive switches! Thanks for this breakdown

This is very intelligent basketball breakdown. I appreciate it.

This is the game where Stephen of Curry says "I missed mah Lady Durant, mah love". This is the game where they need the best ISO player: Former 1st snake of the Oklahoma Citadel, 2x Most Valuable Knight of the tournament, 4x scorching champ, Lady Kevin of Durant.

10/10 video analysis.

Nice analysis!

Fantastic breakdown

How can you dissect these plays in exquisite detail? Good job. Recommendation for somebody wanting to learn the x and o of basketball?

Fantastic analysis.

6:16 Draymond has the easiest bucket he'll ever get to TAKE THE LEAD and he doesn't even consider it 😂

Lakers are deep man. Warriors don't have enough players

Kerr not playing GPII most of the 4th was a ridiculous decision

thanks man

just high level basketball in this series I love it

Why don't they preswitch Curry pick-n-roll to keep Davis inside? They have mobile guards who can stick with Curry as you've mentioned before

Finally something I was looking for, I was wondering how GP2 in the starting lineup was so effective against the Lakers. And what kind of adjustments Ham made to counter that

Bron vs Kerr in those final minutes. That's what they mean when they say it's good to have a coach on the floor with you.

I think the Warriors also want at least 2 shooters spreading the floor when Steph runs PnR to attack AD, otherwise the spacing gets too clogged. When AD's on Wiggins, that generally leaves 2 nonshooters the Lakers can help off of (Draymond and Payton/Moody/Divincenzo) to guard the short roll.

thanks for your excellent dissecting of events. even a novice (like myself), could follow and understand. great stuff.

The thing that jumps out to me is that Steph curry has to play like Houston rockets James harden when AD is on the court. 10 years of hearing about gravity and Steph being more dangerous off ball and off ball screen actions. but AD being on the court has the warriors running hero ball and the high pick and roll offenses from 15 years ago.

There’s something ridiculous about watching Draymond and Klay standing around

Great breakdown especially since i missed the game

Damn steve kerr is smart pulling ad out like that makes so much sense Cant wait for the next game

Watching AD on defense is just amazing. His gravity alone alters the path of superstars

I am definitely curious to see how Darvin Ham will combat the whole Anthony Davis being hunted and pulled away from the key strategy going forward. It was distressing to see as a Lakers fan in game 4 because the Warriors were having so much success with it. I thought that it was perplexing as to why GSW minimized their usage of it in the 2nd half. Being down 3-1, I expect that GSW will use that play excessively in game 5 and I also anticipate huge games from both Curry and Thompson who has been relatively quiet this series.

Great break down dude. Just got a sun

I love these breakdowns, you reveal the game’s nuance so well. I feel my IQ increasing.

great breadown

Draymond could have just gone for a 2pt down low vs an undersized defender instead of passing it to Steph who has to dance with AD again up top. This game seems to be more of a Warriors lost it vs Lakers won it

Love this extra content! Can you guys do something about the Celtics offense and coaching? I understand why you guys haven't talked about them much yet because they're really boring lol.. I'm a Celtics fan, but really hating this years team, and want some context to help me understand it. Thanks!

Great adjustments from lakers stuff.And it's great to see Bron being dominant without having to score 40.

So why don't they explain it like this to me? Why just use sensationalized language? Great break down. I get it now.

How many moving screens in this video?

Clutch Curry, as usual. AD is best defender in playoffs right now. So versatile

I also feel like when Wiggins is the one who gets the ball on the roll, it’s more likely he’s gonna have non shooters around him. It can work out like it did that first possession with draymond cutting but it works best if you have Wiggins as a threat to shoot

Do the Lakers try and counter this by preswitching or hedging to keep AD where he's best served? Even a soft zone can keep AD in the paint. You might as well let Curry get what he wants and deny everyone else like what teams used to do against young Jordan.

Yep, i noticed that too. Warriors did those exact plays on the Kings thru out their series. Smh..

The Lakers played poised down the stretch, the Warriors did not. They looked frenetic.

The play by DDV at 0:20 is an and-1 but ref waved it off lol

1:28 illegal ass screen😂

1 variation of the 2-3 Zone Defense is the Amoeba Zone Defense with a 1-1-3 Formation. Vanderbilt by himself in the middle with D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Davis, and Lebron James on the bottom line.

AD cannot get sucked out of and away from the low post. Need LJ and Vander to guard the wings. Once AD gets sucked out to the perimeter it’s free GS lay up drills. Hopefully this comes up in the video room. It happened 30 plus times in game 4.

when the opposing team calls for your team's next set play, you know you're f'd up

Lakers fans know Lonnie Walker is a scorer, so his offense wasn't a surprise. His ability to play team defense without much playing time the last 3 months was more impressive.

That jump ball call 😂😂😂 tryina keep Warriors alive ref?

Damn they shut that shit down at the end made them look realllllyyyy stoopid … they should be proud and I hope to see some amazing more chess in the next one… you saw on coaches face after that ball went out like oh we kinda messed this one huh lol

Draymond shoulda moved his feet on the jump ball. But he was just a spectator

Saw someone talking about Steph being guarded by big men and how it's cursed and I agree, but I gotta play Devil's advocate for a bit. It's much easier to guard a player when you know exactly what they're hunting for in most situations. Having the height advantage just compounds thag issue. Still amazing defense nonetheless

Kerr is coaching his ass off. He's just undermanned

That was one of the Greatest LAKERS playoff victory thanks to L.W#4.. If you watch game three you'll see L.W#4 confidence building for the 15 point in next game ...

Gsw tactics is really good... Getting ad out of the paint.... Lakers need more effective plan than putting ad on wiggins

The Nuggets can definitely borrow this game plan and maybe even be more effective at it since they have no non-shooting threats. Everyone can hit a shot at a high percentage if left wide open. I'm definitely going to look out for that Murray-LeBron matchup. They're probably gonna pull that out to slow down the Jokic Murray PnR and just have AD switch on to Murray and have LeBron switch to Jokic, but then you'd just have to hope LeBron can slow Jokic without the help of a double (an impossible task imo). I would think Vanderbilt would be the one doing this, but in the Warriors series he was playing less and less minutes because he was such a liability on offense, and Denver loves to sag or completely ignore non-shooters so they're probably not gonna have Vanderbilt on the floor too much, but he definitely could replace LeBron in matching up with Murray. If it's not LeBron or Vanderbilt guarding Murray, they're just gonna run that unstoppable Murray Jokic two man action where Jokic either gets switched on to a small guard or would kill them in the short roll. Denver is a much deeper team than the Warriors with better shooters. Denver in 6-7.

Pretty good illegal screens going on here too

How weird would it be if an Old Bron put the dagger into the GS dynasty for good. One last great foe extinguished.

Look at the screen at 0:42. This has gone on LONG ENOUGH. I guess offence puts fans in the seats but it’s so hard to defend these days

Are those moving screens placed by the warriors allowed?