How the same Dallas play bewildered the Wolves defense
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- How did Dallas comeback in the 4th? Why was Luka on an island on the last play? This watch along reaction film breakdown details what the Mavs offense ran over and over down the stretch, why the Wolves defense is having a hard time stopping, Anthony Edwards decision-making, Rudy Gobert's defensive coverages and more.
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I understand not liking Gobert or his game but man, he's always the scapegoat. None of the Wolves stars have shown up. Ant threw away this game in the last minute, but still all I see is Gobert this and that
He's been their best player...
Gobert is phenomenal I think, clearly he is better defense than gafford or Dlive (in rookie year) but impossible he has more value than Gafford and Dlive combine in 48 minutes spread. Two is better than one
What is bizarre to me is against Jokic they played the lob every time and it really f**ked with Denver but now they are playing the ball and giving up the lob.
@@michaelahurt mavs have better playmakers it's easy
@@Jomiloju-xw6wg 1) Denver has Nikola Fucking Jokic he's pretty goddamn good but 2) it's not.
Minnesota against Phoenix and Denver was disciplined and locked in and their effort level was astronomical
Luka and Kyrie are that good but Minnesota is letting them get whatever they want. Go watch how LA and OKC defended them. Yeah they still made shots obviously that those defenses were actively taking things away whereas Minnesota is playing like it's a back-to-back against Detroit in February.
I wonder how much easier Luka sleeps at night knowing his offensive centers are Lively and Gafford instead of Dwight Powell.
Edit: I jinxed the F outa this one.
Mavs signed him to extension too. Lol
@@anryXcurseIt’s only 8M for two more years, he’s like the 9th or 10th highest paid player on the team
Yeah it's crazy how they were able to upgrade from THJ to DJJ, DFS to PJ, and Maxi/Powell to DLive/Gaff in only 1 season.
Best Center in the league.
Ive heard in a couple interviews that Luka is so thankful they drafted Lively
All season mavs fans complain about kidd. Masterfully hea outcoaching in conference finals. Give man credit
For some reason I just think Kidd sucks in the Regular Season but shows his real value in the playoffs
99% of mavs fans are dumb. specially the ones on the mavs subreddit
No discovery today, Kidd great basketball mind
Yeah. It really helps when you have two of the best on ball creators in the league. Surround them with people like gafford, lively, pjail and djj. Luka and kyrie help Kidd more than Kidd helps them.
I've always found it weird how NOBODY ever mentions Kidd in the best Coach debates
Luca and Jokic look like the characters in Anime have all the time to analyze every situation before passing the ball
Generation of Miracles type plays
As a Wolves fan, our defense all regular season, and in the Phoenix / Denver series have basically figured out most of the looks that everyone has given us offensively.
It’s crazy for me to think that we can’t figure out Dallas lob game, despite us being a very HUGE team. Props to Dallas for making an insane trade deadline.
Your defence has actually been fine. The problem for the wolves is at the other end. This is the first great defence you have faced and if it wasn't for some flaming hot shooting from Jaden and Nas you probably don't break 100 in either game.
It's what coach said, bro, they can't navigate the double screen só gobert is always 1v2 and they are toasted
Luka and Kyrie are just so much better ball handlers than what the Suns/Nuggets have, they get to the rim and have so many options. Ant also is playing really bad and without him scoring Wolves offense isn't that great...
Then you have KAT who has smaller defenders on him but is just so passive 😅 Naz Reid can't win with these KATs
You have double-penetration threats from THE two best finishers in the league, and both are capable of being phenomenal playmakers as well. Luka is a generational talent who has the ability to fake out defenders with potential lobs, assists, drives, kickouts, or stepback 3s. Dallas is also experienced and unphased by huge leads, so they'll keep attacking you the full 48 minutes until they steal the game. You did not face these challenges in Phoenix or Denver.
Yall can’t guard Luka it’s pretty much that simple. Can’t guard him 1 on 1 and in the pick & roll he has mcdaniles or whoever else he wants on his back side for easy floaters and if the center shows to much it’s a lob!
Luka and Kai have birds eye view, the control of time and space are 2 levels far for here. If you double they pass, if you Iso they cook, if you clog they alley.
Basketball masterpiece.
and ANT doesnt have those qualities, naz was wide open in the corner on the 16 sec mark, but instead became a turnover. kai and luka could have easily made that pass.
@@enrobatroll5806 ANT is far from dumb but he's also not as smart or as creative as either Luka or Kyrie. The T-Wolves stars are at a mental disadvantage this series.
It also helps that Kyrie is elite in almost any offensive role. He's great as a catch and shoot, he's great at attacking closeouts, he's just a scoring maestro.
@@BlueHundred1 Kyrie is probably the most skillful player I have ever seen.
@@albericponcedeleon2696fax now that they down 2-0 mavs fin go crazy😂
The efficiency of lobs n’ dunks Mavs had w/Wolves 3 big men n’ McDaniels on the rooster is crazy. Luka n’ Kyrie elevates this Mavs team to a whole new level entirely
Not Luka and Kai on the lobs, but the fact that Lively and Gafford take turns
Mavs broke Lob City record for most dunks in a game
Hey now. I’m a Mavs fan, but don’t say McDaniels makes love to roosters.
The sheer panic in Gobert's eyes as he realises Luka is stepping back in to the 3. The tiny wiggle of the hand. Luka probably hunts him in his nightmares.
If Luka didn’t travel it’d be epic right?
@MD-jf1ml but he didn't travel. And yes it was an epic step back game winning 3. Cope harder
@@MD-jf1ml awww, it's gonna be okay lil bro, you can wash those tears now
Incredible that Kidd is thoroughly outcoaching someone.
Multiple coaches too
Yeah definitely improved this season love to see it.
He remembered that he's a Top 10 PG All Time and the BBIQ that comes with that. 😂
Got Finch in North Korea!! 🤣
it's stranger that he wasn't a great coach right off the bat. He was one of the smartest PG's/player ever
The Edward’s turn overs in the 4th were massive, all 3 ended in 3s for the mavs
Don't forget that stupid one with shot clock off closing the first half of game1 that resulted in a Kyrie 3 point play.
Luka’s lookoffs are very elite man. It really keeps the defense guessing.
Ben Taylor with his big baritone voice and slow motion graphics with analytics.
This is why we live in North Korea.
Galactic pull
I usually like Awful Coaching, but needlessly firing shots at other channels for attention is a bitch move.
@@pranavarora9976 what did he say, I stopped watching his videos pretty recently
@@pranavarora9976 Nah, he's awesome. Ben Taylor is awesome. Both can be awesome. I doubt Ben cares, it's obvious it's a gimmick, and a great one at that.
DRINKING BASKETBALL NEEDS TO BE STOPPED
I didn't notice how insanely luka faked out KAT until you pointed it out, amazing stuff to watch
The only passers in the league that I see manipulate defenders in the pick and roll with their eyes is luka, jokic, lebron, trae young and sometimes harden. Shout out to trae young though crazy passer for his size.
lively was the biggest steal of the draft last year
And the trades gave luka a brand new team that he could make contenders starting on day 1
Quality bball playoffs- stars aligned for the Mavs too. Honestly more excited about these matchups than I was for the eclipse 😂
Mavs pretty strong with the drafts hahah
"When the game is on the line, the basket must look enormous to Luka Doncic." goes so hard
Luka is goat material, period.
Ant wished he'd be on same level as Luka
@@nor-in5kj Can you stop antagonizing the kid? What did he ever do to you? Can't we just praise Luka without bringing someone else down? (I am a 100% mavs fan btw)
"usually if Kyrie thinks He's fouled. It's a foul." W Irving
These Mavs are tough, Kyrie, Luka and the NBA's best Center when you combine all the numbers of Lively and Gafford, plus they never get tired and never foul trouble. Lively is inspirational, fighting them for every inch like hes been in the league 5 years !!!
I know you didn't say the NBAs best center
He said if u combine their numbers@@mindyourbuisness8104
@@mindyourbuisness8104he didn’t, it was someone else.
Thinking of getting a Lively jersey. Since he's gonna be with us for a few years. Hopefully stays with the Mavs when his rookie contract is close to ending. I can see an All Defense 1st team in Lively's near future....
@aceloco817 given the circumstances, Dallad is the best place for him to be. Kyrie will retire a Mav, Luka is gonna sign that max contract, Gafford is perfect as an on court mentor while he has Tyson Chandler off the court. Plus he's been given nearly as much minutes as you could want in a rookie season and is now shining in the playoffs. For once since the 2011 season, the Mavs just hapoen to have the right mix of players at the right time. Thing about it is, every player at every position is younger than that championship team if ai'm nit mistaken and I'd argue, all are more talented at their position. Kyrie Irving/Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Caron Butler/Derrick Jones Jr, Shawn Marion/ PJ Washington Jr, Dirk/Luka, Tyson Chandler/DLive n Gafford. The talent of our team matches uo with the talent of any team in the NBA. Celtics may give us a little bit of problems, but I got Mavs in 6 or 7. Best case scenarionfor Lively's career, he's stays with the Mavs as long as possible.
I can't imagine how much the average Wolves fan is worrying about this series. The Mavs role players on the wings (PJ, DJJ, Green, THJ) have not really been great on offense so far this series while the Mavs as a whole have been dreadful from 3, meanwhile Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid had two of their best games in their careers in the first games of the series and they still couldn't get it done.
Jaden Hardy masterclass incoming
Average Woves fan here. I worry in every game because this team is historical throwing leads.
on the flip side neither ant or kat have had a game even remotely close to their standards and the Wolves have lost both games by a combined point total of 4
@@johnchua5153this is also the best D the Wolves have played in the playoffs by a long shot. Jokic is amazing offensively but gives little rim protection where the Mavs have 2 really solid tall rim protectors that are giving the Wolves all kinds of problems
Guess you couldn't avoid a Mavs video any longer.
I am still waiting for the answer of Why the Thunder are ignoring Dallas' shooters (!)
Wolves have been over reliant on their defensive abilities all season long. There’s a reason they were ranked 18th in points per 100 possessions in the league. It’s a different ball game when you’re facing an opponent that can defend as good as you can but score a lot better than you.
well said 👏🏽
Dallas defense doesn't get mentioned enough
@@Jbird1988 Happily will mention Dallas. Luka is my 2nd favorite player in the league. Take the wolves out back to the shed where they belong.
@@Jbird1988 best defense in the league since march and no one is pointing it out going in to the post season.
they hate luka and kai play defense
The most surprising thing for me in this series is the fact that based on conventional wisdom and history. Typically a smaller team beats the bigger team by raining 3's, but the mavs is beating the wolves by drives, lobs and cuts it's insane
there's a difference between a "small" team like the mavs and a small ball team like let's say the harden rockets or the warriors, the mavs still have big centers with gafford and especially lively that can roll hard and catch lobs while also being rim protectors and being able to defend other centers
Ur tripping, mavs and wolves are well matched on size, don’t run w every bs narrative espn pushes just bc they gotta come up w some talking points
So does Luka impact winning or what?
he does with one leg. he hopping when he shoot to lessen the impact on the right knee. put draymond and take the other leg maybe
He hasn’t won a championship yet calm down
He impacts whining.
@@fredooogoated8335 ??? TF by that logic, Tatum and co. are also bums and not contributing to winning lol
@@fredooogoated8335None of the final 4's first options have won an nba championship. 2nd options that won are kyrie and siakam. So mavs and pacers in finals?
the way the mavs stagger drops with lively switching on the top of the key onto perimeter action and luka taking over the lane is crazy defense. d live is a defensive wizard.
Did Luka have an impact winning this game or was he just padding da stats and ball hogging? I'm confused with your logic in the other video.
The legend also says he is trash on defense and is just sitting around when he doesn't have the ball which makes it harder for his co-star to play. Must be true it was in depth advanced stats analysis
What'd he say about Luka
@@laoj03criticizing reg season play, and id agree luka shows no defensive effort there, but the playoffs seem to be a different game for him
Edwards was gifted 4 free throws on the previous plays.
yup. And even after the foul wolves fans were complaining about even tho everyone knows is a rule the mavs ended up missing the shot right after and wolves got ANOThsr Chance to ice it. Then after Lukas shot they had ANOTHER one
Without free throws Edward’s scores maybe 10 pts let that sink in as “face “ of the league
I like the part where ant is gassed and trying to ride kyrie like a rodeo and still doesn’t get called for a foul lol! I thought when his hands wrapped all the way around kyrie that he might suplex him hahaa
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Finally a coverage on the Mavs on a game where they win..
Damn. You beat me to this.
Yep.. and although Luka deserved more praise.. that is already a win.
It has to do something with the impact on hammering casual bandwagon dreams and now he has to acknowledge Luka and the juggernaut Mavericks have become.
THIS CHANNEL IS FULL OF LUKA HATERS DONT THINK WE FORGOT
“You need more haters” -Sun Tzu, quoting Kat Williams
Dude is a TALENT
Just wait until he loses in the Finals. Hate will be at a whole new level. These Mavs are punching way above their actual stature and it's gonna end sooner than later. Every other playoffs has a team overperform before being stomped.
@@geordiejones5618y’all BEEN saying that. Like the salty little pu nk villain. “One of these days!” When? What will u say when they handle the Celtics? You’ll probably go into anaphylactic shock.
@@geordiejones5618lol love the goalposts keep shifting just to maintain all that hate energy huh.
“They wouldn’t make it past LAC in the first round.”
That changed to “No chance against SGA and his number 1 seed.”
Then the “getting swept by ANT and Wolves” quietened down real quick huh?
Gafford + Lively = Lob Goblins
😂😂😂 bro they wildin
One thing i noticed in this slowmo replays is how much Gobert hits the passers face with his other hand (the hand not used to contest the lobs). Probably why players hate him so much. He hit Luka and Kyrie a lot
Don't know if he's doing it just to protect himself or if he's doing on purpose to hurt players
@@rgonzalo511 probably on purpose. no reason to aim for the face every time
Whoa the no-call on Kyrie with Ant guarding was crazy.
no whining...MEN out there!! BOTH teams can gripe, KAI hacked the HECK out of Jaden as seen in the challenge for possession review! ☘💪🏿
did it hurt to make something positive about Dallas?
“YEA GO HOME BTCH”😂 17:46
Mitch
Playoffs are all about match ups and the mavs are a tough one for the wolves. I actually think they are defending well enough its just Dallas is almsot equal to them on defence and in my opinion can switch way better. Lively is unbelievable for a rookie.
They aren't defending well enough. This is regular season defense.
It's not same the intensity level and focus they had against Phoenix and Denver.
OKC has defended the paint better in their series than MIN here.
@michaelahurt They are facing luka and kyrie with the pick and roll lol, this isn't jamal murray. Not to mention that gafford and livley are more athletic than jokic, and also seem to have higher offensive iq than gordon with these lobs they always catch and knowing where to grab the boards at. Mavs defense is better than Denver's defense too since they have bigger and more athletic players
@@michaelahurtyeah but that's just their specific weakness, big ball handlers running high screens. I think Lebron and AD actually would have had some success against them too, although not as much as the mavs.
@@mightyleafeon1907yep and it was okcs offence that cost them too. Outside of SGA midrangers no one could do much, and they could actually play five out with rim protection.
Ben Taylor is talking like he needs a doctors appointment.
He just sounds sleep deprived af lol
he sound high af 😂
He might, bro sick to his stomach seeing Luka up 2-0 against the team who beat his pookie Jokic
@@KlayGoods123 Man had to edit, record and write videos on an entire 7 game playoff series. You wanted him to do okc vs mavs too? Bro just wants Ben to never sleep again.
@@notraakshade bro all mavs videos before this one are losses lmao
Love these watch alongs
im a huge mavs fan (since 2010s) but this rule where they cant call the foul after review is pure bullshit...whoever came up with that rule needs to be sacked IMMEDIATLY
That challenge and last offensive play for Edwards were the difference makers for me. Twolves absolutely had it 💨💨💨
I love this format! Watching you go play by play through a game's key moments is like staring past the surface to the source code beneath.
My guy Jokic and Luka had me blushing the last 2 years. Jesus.
cringe!
Between you and Gooder, that’s all I ever need for the NBA playoffs
But does Luka impact winning??? 🤔
my fav meme 🤣
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These guys are such luka and mavs haters took them two play off series and the mavs being up 2-0 on the wolves for them to make one postive video about the mavs
this is why we live in North Korea
This series has been a joy to watch
To Rudy or not to Rudy is the question 😂
I'd sit him down in the 4th for Anderson
I’m glad Kidd is able to put his coaching skills on display. I wasn’t sure how well he was doing but this run has a lot to do with him
Media giving excuses to Ant that he is gassed....
Meanwhile Luka is CLEARLY hobbling BUT still doing what a SUPERSTAR is supposed to do!
Luka is more MJ or Kobe than Antman is ..Facts
Ain't you the same dude that had a video about why Luka's play doesn't translate to wins?
To be fair, Ben did say that Luka's play began to translate to wins after the trade deadline when both Gafford and Washington arrived.
@@leungszso by his logic when the mavs were crippled and kyrie wasn’t playing and mavs were above .500 Luka was just there hurting the team. Anyone who thinks the best or second best player doesn’t contribute to winning a game is a fucking moron who should never talk about basketball. By that logic mj,Kobe,Lebron should never be considered winning players
@@deadlylightningspirit4295What are you even yapping about. Luka got a serious boost in offense with the addition of Washington and Gafford. It's not that hard to understand.
@@leungsz To be fair Luka has already been to the WCF at the same age as Ant with J Brunson(well not the current version) and Dinwidie as his 2 other best players, when he was the same age as Ant(ok 5 months older since one is born in August), so probably the winning didn't start 2 months ago, I'm not even gonna go in on the difference in rosters of the current TWolves and the Mavs 2 years ago, no DPOY's no All NBA players, no 6th man of the year no ROY and so on
@@borislavpopov2548 ant is not in the same league as luka, those jordan/kobe comparisons are wack
This was probably in my top 5 Mavs playoff games of all time. What a classic game. Right up there with game 2 comeback of the 2011 finals, Dirk's crazy and-1 at the end of the Spurs series in 2006, and Luka dominating the Suns in game 7. It seems like there have been a huge number of comebacks this playoffs so far. Is there any data about all time playoff comebacks in a single season? I feel like this year must be up there.
I wonder if this guy impacts winning. Ive watched him be a top 5 player for 5 years now but my analytics say he’s a tier below 🤓.
oH, mY cAsUaL eYe tHiNkS lUkA iS iMpAcTiNg wInNinG, sO oBvIoUsLy tHe nUmbers pRovIdEd by tHE aNAlYsT aRe wRoNg
Luka impacts winning, there I said it for you.
@@jeffnemec I’ll have to consult my VORP GLERP DERP and DRIP ratings first. I’ll get back to you.
yes I agree, there is a guy in LA that plays with modern shaq with defense plus a tailor made roster, his game impacts winning, he is consistently in the play in and he can afford to pad his stats in the 4th and freeze out teammates, he is a point forward you know.
plus there is that guy in philly, 7 foot but takes 6 3s per game plus 50 FTs, he also plays like 30 games per year (not his fault that he is injury prone, but durability is ability) and he is the MVP, also that guy in boston that plays on an all star roster, very impactful when it comes to winning.
its those euro guys in denver and dallas that are stat padders, their games dont impact winning, even though one of them won a championship with no all stars on his team while averaging a super efficient triple double and the other one was giving work to kawhi and george as a 20 year old, beat the shit out of the 1st seed in the west that had paul and booker on it with dwight powell as a prominent teammate. they are also not jacked so that means that they play bad defense.
Yeah F this channel for real
Somebody hates Dallas 🤔
Luka:
"You mother****err,
you cant effin' guard me!"
🥶
He wasn’t speaking English
He was speaking French.
i think it was “on your head mofo” at first but otherwise correct , that’s what i got
Refs let that Conley bark at 0:44 go. Ez tech most days. Stop mid-play to show up a ref? Yeah. Playoffs have been extra physical this year. Giving me 90's vibes.
To be fair to Conley, he is not someone who complains a lot to the refs.
He's never gotten a tech in his entire career, I imagine refs don't wanna be the one to give him his first especially this close to retirement
This Is lowkey a good playoff year.
Too bad Luka doesn’t impact winning, right?
F these Luka deniers and this begrudging azz channel
Kyle Anderson messes up the 2nd to last play. He stands in the dunker spot which messes up the spacing for Ant. He than decides to move to the corner, which forces Naz Reid to move and Ant misses the pass.
he didn't swing to the corner to shoot, if you watch him, he actually stops short and starts motioning over his shoulder to signal ant to kick it to reid. he was intending to preemptively screen a closeout to give naz a free shot
Slo Mo is motioning to Naz, who has been on a heater, because he’s setting a pindown screen. There’s 0 “ruined spacing” all five Mavericks were in the paint and Ant missed two wide open corners. He just choked. Nothing wrong with it, still a phenomenal player, but winning is hard. You can’t freeze up and miss the easy basketball play. He panicked.
finally give the mavs credit
I got to admit I'm guilty of banging on about how Kidd is awful as a coach but I gotta admit I was dead wrong he is putting on a masterful performance.
The double screen on top with the off ball exit screen coming all the way across is crazy play making
1:02 That's one of my top 3 fav defensive plays ever, just HOW?!
Golbert is the one consistent player the Wolves have. Yes he’s on the spotlight but Ant and Kat deserve more blame. They’re supposed to be superstars? Ant was never at that level. He just haven’t encountered tough defense in this playoffs before this series and people are hyping him up so much.
Thanks for the vid Ben!
LOVE THESE STYLE VIDEOS🤩🤩
Idk why the wolves don't just switch that first screen...
That's part of why they're getting burned on that stagger play
That’s what the second screen is for. Now you have to go over or under that screen. Go under and Luka just jerks back to the inside to reverse it. Go over and he picks you apart like a normal pick and roll. Switch it and Luka picks it apart like he did to end the game.
If it were as easy as a single switch, a lot less points would be scored
It's really tough for them because they either give up a wide open corner 3 or a dunk/lob but this is one of the problems with defense now you have to sell out so hard on the pnr there's just elite offense everywhere if you have the vision of guys like Luka, Jokic, and Lebron.
It is but they just did this against Denver. They stayed attached to the ball handler, played the lob and the help defender busted his ass to get back to contest the three.
Now they aren't staying attached (and a lot of times not even contesting the shot) -- except NAW; he's been fantastic still -- they are playing the ball and giving up the lob, and the help defender is staying attached to the "shooters" vs playing help and recover
@@michaelahurt the thing is murray is far away from these 2 guards luka and irving. skill wise and intellectual wise. murray is more of a shooting guard and not creative as luka and kyrie.
@@michaelahurt Right but that's mostly because of how much better Luka is a manipulating defenders than Murray who mostly relied on elite shot making. I agree in a sense because they aren't selling out on anything well. They're not taking away the lob or contesting Luka well. The only thing they do well is take away the corner 3.
@@lubo1358 Luka is better than Murray but Jokic is pretty good at manipulating defenses too and he was also running a ton of PnR
It's just about effort and discipline.
Against Denver they were hyper aware of Denver's tendencies and worked to take them away, worked to stay attached, and worked like hell to recover 25 feet to shooters.
Realistically Minnesota should be able to do exactly what LA did -- make Luka beat you with mid-range jumpers -- just with better personnel but like you said, they aren't taking _anything_ away so Dallas is getting whatever they want
I've said it a bunch but I think Minnesota's players were really feeling themselves and thought they did something. That's how they are playing anyway
@@michaelahurt I don't think that's the case. Edwards is just streaky and so is KAT and when you're two main scorers are like that it can be hard to win games consistently.
he’s so mad to be talking about the mavericks finally lol
Great job bro. For people who played basketball or coached. This is great content. ❤🏀
Nice analysis. The help and recover of Derek Jones Junior was worth mentioning also !
Obviously, Ant is young. He’s learning. He’s incredible. But missing both shooters on that last turnover play is crazy.
Naz was 7/8 from three at that point and had like 15 feet of space from his defender. Idk how you don’t pass it to Naz.
Some of the highest level ball I’ve ever seen is this Mavs playoff run. Wolves defense is as advertised but Mavs are able to walk them down inevitably.
J KIDD!
There was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR RUDY TO SWITCH ONTO LUKA FOR THAT FINAL SHOT.. YOU FIGHT THROUGH THE PICK AND MAKE THEM TAKE A TOUGH CONTESTED 2..
Sometimes I feel like Rudy does not use his brain while on the court. He is a great rim protector, but not a perimeter defender. Shit like this is why he gets so much hate.
@@jahimuddin2306 nah thats not a Rudy mistake, it was Jaden's since he was the one who switched. He should have blitzed too.
@@neu350coaches fault ultimately. Gotta tell your guys to not switch and make someone other than Luka or Kyrie beat you..
Can't help but feel bad for the wolves.. to be up 18 points only to watch that lead dwindle away and then Luka drains that 3 with 3 seconds left.. painful 😂
Heartbreaking but they just need to throw the white towel in now so they can start the healing process from cancun
@@endureuntiltheend86 Sir, I like the way you think 😂
3:30 mins left, he takes Kai and Luka out for the possession, and they actually get a stop, what a call.
If the mavs win this series the Nuggets is done with Porter. These lively, Gad and PJ are doing their role and winning.
I've heard a rumor he doesn't impact winning and usually his teams do better without him, maybe they should have considered sitting Doncic down for the final play instead of Gobert 😉 Just putting it out there
I'm a die hard Mavs fan but I was pretty disgusted with the out of bounds call from McDaniel's where it was clearly a foul from Kyrie. There needs to be some rule revisions to stop this from happening.
1:26 wasn't Washington trying to throw a lob here, not sink a floater?
7:48 Another Rudy Gobert Classic
That double pick and roll is so effective against teams with slow bigs. You just get everyone into a good position, and let luka and his elite playmaking do the rest
"What other big man could switch on Luka and not get punished" how abt Lively? Young man put the clamps on Ant in that last possession. 😂
How about any player not on skates would have made that tougher at least. It’s like Rudy faked out himself. It’s amusing the best defender supposedly in the league is that bad at movement.
Man, Kidd is following Spoelstra is doing last year :).
no one talking about how gobert literally socked kyrie in the chin at 7:45 😭
👏👏👍 Man, these two teams are so close in talents, actually they’re all are - Thunders, Nuggets, Mavs, Wolves. The T-Wolves really made some mental mistakes down the stretch to lose ALL games 1 to 3. M.I.A. missing in actions are Edwards’ aggressiveness and clutch, leadership, Towns’ long ball and points in the paint, and Rudy’s defense against Gafford/Lively. Different T-Wolves role players stepped up in every games but the Wolves’ trio decided to played disappearing acts.
At the end of the day, I’m still rooting for Wolves, still rooting for Mavs, still rooting for a great game 7.
Yeah, how about Naz Reid? Phenomenal game from him. I mean he’s on a huge stage and he really made a name for himself. Congrats to him. I was really impressed.
Great analysis per usual 👊
14:38 I'm going to explain why this rule makes sense. When this action occurs on the baseline, the initial call is Minnesota ball. Now since the possession was ruled in favor for the wolves, they didn't see the need to challenge for a foul, because they still had the ball. It wasn't until Dallas challenged who the ball went off last that it became a problem. When in reality the wolves could easily challenged and said Kyrie fouled. It's about what action is challenged and which team gambled. The wolves were too complacent. Not to mention i both teams were in the bonus so it would've been a good challenge.
"That's easy for Luka". No. He's actually pretty bad at step-back threes. His PPP on step-back threes like that is probably
It's just a saying
@@ChibiMalzahar I know. A saying that doesn't apply to Luka.
Bruhh you can only feel pity for Gobert in this series. He's turned into the scapegoat when it is the wing defenders' fault always getting left at the backside of both luka and kyrie. What more can Gobert do in a 2v1.
Another thinking basketball masterpiece . Your work is a gift to the basketball community ❤
I hit a last second game winner from the 3 point line once. I can tell you the basket does look much bigger and closer because of the adrenaline. For me It was just city league basketball but still apparently this kind of thing doesn’t happen that often. I was looking at a video where MJ has a total of 8 of 9 in his entire career.
Looking back the defensive game plan was fine (mind you with KAT and Conley out there they can’t run the Celtics defensive game plan)
The offense and lack of shot creators was the problem (Ant being tired and inexperienced, Conley being old, and KAT low IQ fouls/plays, Rudy’s limitations, and Kyle’s lack of shooting).
Great observation on Gobert defending the drive too much, he did it different/better with 46 seconds left staying closer and funneling doncic towards help. But the real story is these dumb turnovers and mental lapses by Edwards (2 terrible passes/decisions in crunch time) and surprisingly conley (who seems to be in the wrong location so often on defence). And please, Minnesota, will you consider a 2-3 zone defence with mcdaniels and Edwards on top?
Gobert will forever be the reason why the wolves are losing because most casuals fans dont like him, for covid related stuff, or because he's french, or because of his name, or because Draymond/Shaq doesnt like his DPOY resume so ppl might as well hate on him for that reason.
BUT this is not quite how reality works. Gobert is doing his partition, drawing fouls, hitting his FTs, offensive rebounds, I mean the wolves dont really have a defense issue, its more about their offense. KAT is non existant, he has 0 impact offensively nor defensively, Ant is learning while making all these crunch time mistakes, 2 games in a row the wolves having careless turnovers.
i HATE so much to see the same narrative take place like in the Utah days, the Jazz wins because of everyone else, the Jazz loses because of Gobert, lol
Also this is more of a strategic error in the crunch from the wolves, they should have deny Luka at all cost and force him to drive in a contested position and have someone else take the shot.
rudy is actually an all time great defender...will be scapegoat like harris for philly again!
Minnesota was made to beat Denver...but they forgot about other teams...too bad Denver-Dallas should be the real finals
It's wild to me how much hand checking is being allowed in the playoffs. Ant is literally hugging Kyrie at 6:43.
It's even wilder how you can't touch anybody in regular season.
@@sergioa.9695 hopefully we wont go back to that! i imagine MOST fans like me are LOVN how theyre letting them play! shades of the 90s ☘💪🏿
Dont think
Mavs has even reaches their potential with the lobs and play variation.
Somehow they’ve only just began to find Doncic and Irving combinations, last season was spent to find it.
If they get better and Luca gets rest on his legs. Sky is the limit.
What won't be talked about enough is the decision to take Conley out of the game. Their best offense was Conley operating out of the pick and roll with gobert. That final possession for the wolves would have been different if they ran that play instead of an ANT iso.
GREAT vid...THANKS!
I didn't realize how much Gobert set an illegal screen then Boxed out gafford from getting the contest on Reed
He sets many illegal screens and pushes people in the back for rebounds
Great breakdown and explanation.