Explain One Play: Stephen Curry outwits Isaac Okoro's tough defense, goes supernova against Cavs
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Explain One Play: Stephen Curry outwits Isaac Okoro's tough defense, goes supernova against Cavs
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Stephen Curry used trickery and skill to shake off the good physical defense by Isaac Okoro to explode in the 4th quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2021.11.18.GSW-CLE game. He poured in 9 points in under two minutes to slice the 13 point Cavs lead and gave GSW momentum to finish the victory.
Co-starring Otto Porter Jr., Damion Lee, Juan Toscano-Anderson. Also with Darius Garland and Dean Wade.
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Explain One Play: Stephen Curry outwits Isaac Okoro's tough defense, goes supernova against Cavs
Is Steph the best in the league at causing "friendly fire" screens in opposing defenses? I feel like he is. That's one of the tricks The Most Interesting Guy on the Court has had to pick up to find open looks I suppose.
Fun breakdown as usual! I will say, it sounds like you felt obligated to break down Steph's insane play (which, fair, it was nuts) instead of Bjelica's, but if anything I appreciate it more when you look at someone who's not usually the focus of attention. So I'm always looking forward to more Beli/Loon/Juan/whoever E1Ps in the future!
Marveling at Steph's brilliance is awesome, but sometimes it feels like there's less to learn because of his incomparable skills such as, "You thought you were defending me? Nah." (See also: E1P on Steph vs the Nets in the previous game.) This video was a great case study in a different aspect of his game, what I'm going to start calling the "off-ball triple threat" of curl/pop, dive/backdoor/roll, or (back/down)screen. Few players in the league are actually credible threats for all three, but Steph is astoundingly elite at all of them.
Incidentally, this year the Warriors are *loaded* with other guys who embody the off-ball triple threat: DLee, Bjelica, and OPJ, for example. Poole is getting better. Last-we-saw-of-Klay he was pretty good at it too. It's very efficient basketball, but also just fun to watch.
Cheers!
Wow, didn't think Draymond would miss a homecoming game. Guess he really is hurt.