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nah just referring to your evaluations of chet and j-dub
So your plan is to go “halfway” all in?
nah just referring to your evaluations of chet and j-dub
Big game tonight for sure! I still think Chet at least is a wuss.
I didn't mean literally, but I'm not surprised someone who follows the league as closely as you appear to would regurgitate more or less what you did, from whoever it is you follow to sound knowledgeable.
I'm well versed in the x's and o's, which is why I feel confident saying what I do.
My point is, none of that is revolutionary or something the Thunder couldn't have seen coming or figure out how to combat.
The biggest/most important "adjustment" is always force and execution. It just doesn't sound sexy, so tired narratives persist, one of which is team with low (for a Finals/championship) end star power wins, therefore it must have been the genius coach.
the coach gives the team the strategy and sets to run. It's a combined effort. Coaching matters no matter how you slice it. You can't give credit to the execution without giving it to the one who came up with the whole plan to begin with.
One adjustment you can see that Haliburton made, is that he uses OKCs hard help against them. So he tries the help to come and then kicks the ball out or he fakes the pass to get the help to commit into rotating. I doubt that's something Carlisle told him. He mostly understood that's what he has to do by watching film. Still, the sets they run have changed and that's Carlisle. I want to see if Daigneault can find the next adjustment and I'm not confident in him being able to do that.
Coaching is the biggest advantage that Indiana has in this series against OKC.
OKC has a chance to turn home court back to their advantage tonight. If they can they shift the pressure back on the Pacers, if not let’s wrap it up.
OKC gonna come out strong. Caruso and Dort are gonna be hacking every arm in sight and Dort will also be looking to slide into any knee that comes within 3ft of him.
9:13 - 1st
1 2 3 4 T OKC 7 7 IND 11 11
Chet injured himself, took long enough.
Chet rolled his ankle
Great start for Indy
Feels like Indy has figured out OKC's defense tbh.
7:01 - 1st
1 2 3 4 T OKC 12 12 IND 20 20
Indy using OKCs aggressivness against them. Baiting them to double and playing from there.
Might be OKC kryptonite for years to come. Having three ballhandlers (Fox, Harper, Castle) would help that.
Thunder fighting back
i remember spurs doing something similar in 2013/2014 against miami. they knew miami would constantly blitz pick and rolls, so parker and manu started to abuse that. instead of trying to just gung-ho attack and penetrate, they would wait for the defenders to commit, hold the ball with 2 hands above their head, and make a jump pass over the heads of the two defenders.
Carlisle strikes again. From a pure coaching standpoint he might be the best in nba history
And then they complain about TV ratings.
One team getting every call, but nothing for the other side, Foster is a master of his trade.
4:18 - 1st
1 2 3 4 T OKC 24 24 IND 25 25
how do you not call anything there?
We're talking about Harper's fit, meanwhile Carlisle plays McConnell and Haliburton together in the finals.
End of 1st
1 2 3 4 T OKC 34 34 IND 35 35
After stealing the Eastern MVP trophy from Haliburton, Siakam might steal SGAs Finals MVP trophy too.
Someone who gets it.
OKC will take this game.
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