Explain: Steph Curry takes over in wild Celtics ending with the Klay-Trayce three man game
Have I mentioned I have an irrational good feeling about him
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Explain: Steph Curry takes over in wild Celtics ending with the Klay-Trayce three man game
Analysis of the 2023.12.20.GSW-BOS Golden State Warriors vs Boston Celtics game.
In crunch time, the Warriors spammed the same three man formation with Steph Curry on the wing, Klay Thompson at the top, and setting a screen was Trayce Jackson-Davis (have I mentioned I have an irrational good feeling about this rookie?).
Co-starring Chris Paul. With Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday and Al Horford.
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Explain One Play: Steph Curry's sky-high night-night game winner over Celtics
Analysis of the 2023.12.20.GSW-BOS Golden State Warriors vs Boston Celtics game. A full breakdown of the game-sealing shot (or should we say game-ceiling shot ho ho ho), along with a careful scientific analysis of the celebrations.
Co-starring Trayce Jackson-Davis, Klay Thompson, Chris Paul and Jonathan Kuminga and Brandin Podziemski. With Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday and Al Horford.
Thank you for the play requests!
I wanted to acknowledge a couple of other good ideas for E1Ps which I just didn’t have time to do. Obviously, I had to do Steph’s moon shot, and then the other plays made a tidy story that all happened in crunch time.
#E1P idea: I think it was the first play after halftime or something, TJD had a ghost screen and roll with Steph, who then passed it to CP3 for an open left elbow middy while the defense was distracted by the TJD roll followed by Steph cutting through the middle, or at least I think that's what that looked like in the moment.
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@Eric Saw you in the YouTube comments saying you'd welcome E1P clip suggestions. Can we get a TJD block party, even if it's just a few seconds with no commentary?
Feel like a TJD block examination is needed, but maybe it's just inexplicable.
Even if I didn’t analyze these plays, I hope you’ll continue to make requests in the future, as I usually have a hard time knowing what will be the most interesting sequences to dissect.
One thing I noticed from both videos is that Trayce seems to be really advanced as a screener. The flipping of the screen to avoid Holiday’s ice, and then the perfectly angled drag screens were really impressive. Jrue is also notoriously difficult to screen. To me this really reinforces that TJD can be helpful this year.
You spoil us sir. I’ll take the double E1P has a holiday gift and cherish it with a red bow.