Saturday, November 19, 2022

Celtics - Pelicans Annotated Highlights

Video is the Truth Machine. Study more film. Get our young players to study not watch. Consider Doc Rivers' belief of limiting to 13 clips. 


Annotations:

1) 0:19 "Spacing is offense. Jaylen Brown draws 2 and passes out to Horford. Tatum and Brown combined for seventeen assists. 

2) 1:03 Tatum shake and bake, double crossover and acceleration into the lane. 

3) 1:33 "The 95" what you do without the ball. Grant Williams frees Tatum with a screen. 

4) 1:41 "Footwork, balance, maneuvering speed." Brandon Ingram pivot separation. 

5) 2:57 Alvarado penetration and dish makes Celtics pay for helping off the corner 3. 

6) 3:48 Brown on the "Show and Go." A great shot fake is "a shot not taken." 

7) 4:00 Every contribution won't show up in the box score. Hauser keeps the rebound alive and Horford scores.

8) 4:27 The modern game is about player and ball movement to create advantage. White penetrates and passes out and "one more" gets Brown an open look. 

9) 5:20 The Pelicans responses were fueled mostly by live ball turnovers (here by a block) into transition.

10) 5:54 Looked like a possible Spain PnR but Brogdon's drive pressured enough help to open a corner 3. 

11) 6:02 Shades of the NBA Finals 2022. A Brown live ball turnover leads to a transition score. Live ball turnovers have high points/possession so they hurt you twice. 

12) 6:59 Opportunistic cutting and finishing. Celtics might have been in zone. 

13) 8:05 "Numbers." Straight out of the Hubie Brown lecture, Brown keeps the ball in the insight (right) hand, gets the defender committed and lays off for the dunk. 

Lagniappe. MSU late-game execution. 


 — Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) November 16, 2022


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