Explain: Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers use Steph Curry plays to counter crunch time blitzes
Explain: Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers use Steph Curry plays to counter crunch time blitzes
That Iowa - UConn Final Four game had a thrilling ending
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Video analysis of plays from the 2024-04-05 game between the University of Connecticut Huskies and the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2024 Final Four of the Womens’s NCAA Championship.
The UConn Iowa women's Final Four game was the most watched basketball game of any kind in ESPN history. It was a duel between superstar Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. And of course both team defenses were completely geared to stopping them, so both teams dipped into the Warriors playbook to borrow strategies that Steph Curry used to try to overcome the double teams that he's seen all his career.
Co-starring Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andrew Bogut, Zaza Pachulia. Also starring Nika Muhl, KK Arnold, Amari DeBerry, Ice Brady, Qadence Samuels; Gabbie Marshall, Kate Martin, Hannah Stuelke, and Gabbie Marshall.
I watched the Draymond/Klay show this morning & thought it was the most carefully scripted piece of PR bullsh*t I've ever seen. First half was all lobbying for Mark Jackson. The rest was trying to rehab Dray's image with a bunch of kumbaya. You could clearly see Klay struggling to recite his scripted answer about how he felt about Draymond's behavior.
As for Jackson, they don't seem to understand that the reason MJ will never get another NBA head coaching job has nothing to do with his relationships with players or his Xs & Os (tho I could quibble with that). It's all about his toxic relationships with his own staff and upper management. The guys making the hiring decisions don't want to deal with his BS & I don't blame them. No CEO wants a mid manager who's not a team player.
The entire NBA audience: Watches defenses constantly assaulting Steph during his ‘off-ball’ motions.
NBA Refs: We need to allow more contact and make the game more physical to limit the offensive advantage.