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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That was a great breakdown. As usual I was watching at the time, yet missed everything. Poor Okoro just couldn't keep up. A couple of notes: 1. I LOVE when right out of the gate you haven't seen the play and you correctly predict exactly what's going to happen. It's hella entertaining. Consider doing an E1P that's like "Stump the Apricot" where you have the footage and have to guess right or wrong what's gonna happen. Even if you're wrong your logic will probably be superior to what happened. Stump the Apricot is a terrible name. 2. The smidge of daylight Steph needs to get off a clean three is so small. I mean, I already knew that, but it's underscored here so amazingly. 3. Kevin Love has his head down in his towel at times on the bench, even when the play is near him. Maybe it's nothing, maybe he's just tired, but he has mentioned mental health concerns in the past. I'm the last guy interested in shaming him. I'm a therapist -- just not his therapist. I point it out to say kinda "poor guy," and ruminate aloud about how tough it must be to have to keep a smile on your face and a bounce in your step for millions of viewers if you happen to not be feeling it. I don't know that's where he's at, but I can certainly say by the numbers that there are always going to be human beings not at their best, and they deserve our compassion, not judgment. It happens at your office, imagine it happening at an arena. Proud of Love for talking about it, takes guts in a macho sub-culture.
As a casual fan (if screaming at the TV every time they turn the ball over counts as casual), I've learned more about screening watching these videos than anywhere else. Thanks for doing these breakdowns.