(free) Explain One Play Live Reaction: The New GSW Defense Breaks Down
I don't want to point fingers but
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Another Experiment
I am trying something different with this Explain One Play. I usually take time to carefully select clips and give historical context and make these little artisan movies.
I was thinking about these reaction videos my daughter had me watch like “REACTION VIDEO TO MADOKA EPISODE 3” and I do like the spontaneous human element. And I hadn’t seen the game last night, so instead I just watched the highlights video cold and just reacted and analyzed in real time, recording the whole while. I did edit it down out of basic decency and split it into a video about defense (this one) and offense (to be released later).
So this is a bit more meandering than past E1Ps, but you also get more of a view of how I’m looking at plays unfold and what I’m focusing on. Quite a few of the plays didn’t go as I expect and you get my real human reactions. It’s a bit more fun for me to make as well.
If this is great, tell me I am the greatest. If this is boring, please kindly tell me that I am great in other ways but this sucks.
Here it is.
Video Analysis
The Warriors are having growing pains in their defense as the new lineup struggles to cooperate to defend Damion Lillard and the Blazers. Co-starring Kelly Oubre Jr, Draymond Green, James Wiseman, Damion Lee, Eric Paschall, Andrew Wiggins, My Guy Juan Toscano-Anderson and Stephen Curry.
From the 2021.1.1 POR-GSW game.
And here is the video I was reacting to.
I think the theory behind Oubre consistently going under screens is that due to his length he can cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. I don't know if that's by design from the coaches or it's just a normal habit of his that he gets away with more often than he doesn't. But going over the screen and trailing behind the ballhandler would actually be more beneficial since he can use that length to bother the shot from behind (assuming he stays disciplined and prevents being "put in jail" by the ballhandler).
I love your usual style of video, but this one was great too. It was nice getting to see a half dozen or more plays rather than just one, which presumably is an advantage to doing it in real time. Thanks so much!