Explain: Steph Curry leads season-saving comeback vs Clippers in Play-In
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In this episode, we break down the Warriors’ late comeback against the Clippers through a sequence of Steve Kerr play calls and in-game improvisations both on offense and defense.
With Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Al Horford, Gui Santos, Brandin Podziemski, Kawhi Leonard, Brook Lopez, Darius Garland, Jeff Van Gundy, and Pat Spencer.
(Okay sorry folks I uploaded the raw version, the correct version is coming.)
Previously on Explain One Play
Video #3 for the Warriors organization
This video is scheduled to be released today (2026-01-26) at 2pm Pacific at the latest.
In this episode, we celebrate Steph Curry’s being the oldest All-Star starting guard in history, and we break down how 37-year-old Curry’s gravity still warps entire defenses: pulling up when bigs drop, attacking when they step up, beating switches, and forcing “2 on the ball”, which opens up 4-on-3s for his teammates. We show opposing Coach Mike Brown cycling through every coverage and how Steph frees up his teammates for open shots.
Plus Steph displays the ultimate gravity from the bench.
Co-starring Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler, Gary Payton II, Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos. With Mike Brown, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Miles McBride, Kawhi Leonard, and Kris Dunn.
Why did you stop doing Explain One Play videos? and other questions
I didn’t stop making videos. I’m just wrapping up a stretch of work for the Warriors organization. I promised them three videos, and the final one is included in this article.
How I came to do some work for the Warriors organization:
Answers to FAQs:
Are you going to keep working for the Warriors?
I am now an unrestricted free agent and look forward to talks with the Warriors organization about their possibly offering me a supermax extension. I am referring all questions about my future to my new agent, Aaron Turner.
E1P #2 for the Warriors
In this episode, we explore how Jimmy Butler inspired Steve Kerr to evolve his offensive system by combining their elemental basketball philosophies. The video analyzes Kerr’s “water bending” motion offense influenced by Phil Jackson’s Triangle Offense and Greg Popovich’s Spurs system, contrasted with Butler’s “earth bending” isolation style. We study in detail clips of the Head Tap play from 2017 to see how Jimmy transformed Kerr’s complex off-ball movement scheme into “Jimmy Standard Formation” - a predictable isolation play that stabilizes non-Steph minutes. The episode examines the scheme’s success and then the struggles against Minnesota’s single coverage, and analyzes clips from across history, most recently from the Nets game on 2025-12-29-GSW-BRK to see how GSW are now adding water bending elements back through cuts and off-ball movement to create a hybrid system.
Starring Jimmy Butler, Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney, Brandin Podziemski, Buddy Hield, Quinten Post, De’Anthony Melton, Moses Moody, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Brad Wanamaker, and Gui Santos, Will Richard, and Pat Spencer as himself.
With LeBron James, Zaza Pachulia, DeMar DeRozan, Domantas Sabonis, Michael Porter Jr., Cam Thomas, Danny Wolf, and Coach Jordy Fernandez, Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, and Steve Kerr.
E1P #1 for the Warriors
In this episode, we highlight Steph Curry’s historic season at age 37. In the 2025-12-14 Portland-Golden State game, Steph broke multiple records including surpassing Michael Jordan in most 40-point games after turning 30. The video analyzes the teamwork and plays setting up Curry’s scoring outburst, focusing on the zipper cut. The episode concludes with a holiday version of the traditional celebration audit.
Starring Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jimmy Butler, Quinten Post, Buddy Hield, Brandin Podziemski, De’Anthony Melton, Moses Moody, Seth Curry, and Pat Spencer as Magnum P.I. With Michael Jordan, Jerami Grant, Toumani Camara, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Deni Avdija.
Okay, sorry, I've posted a new version, please move comments over there.
I sent a new post for the email-only subscribers, sorry.
Okay I uploaded the wrong version… late nights sigh. I’ll try to get the correct one up in the next hour