Explain One Play: Otto Porter Jr ends Xmas game by beating the Phoenix Box-and-One D on Steph Curry
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The Warriors won a hard-fought, well-played Christmas day game in Phoenix to take over first place in the league. 2021.12.25.GSW-PHX came down to the last three minutes of the game. Phoenix tried springing a box and one defense on Steph Curry down the stretch, and the Warriors needed Otto Porter Jr., who up till now has been doing a lot of the dirty work like rebounding and defending and chipping in points here and there, to go nuts and beat that defense, so we're going to analyze these plays.
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Otto Porter Jr has been an absolute baller these last few games. Crushing it on defense, clutch rebounds in key moments, *and* throwing more daggers than a Shiv build in Slay the Spire! Dude could probably get a max contact if his availability continues to be this reliable. But would a max contact bring him smiles of joy like that?
So happy you broke down that GP2 -> OPJ pass on the broken play... wasn't sure what the heck happened live. Those three shots by OPJ felt so much like Klay... he was doing his best #11 impression... giving us a sample for what's to come...