Friendly reminder, Steph had a college game where he scored zero points because he got double teamed full court the entire game. The man was willing to let his teammates take advantage of it and they end up winning the game because of it. His unselfishness hasn't changed all these years. The team winning has always been his priority, not his ego. It's so rare to see that for someone that had his level of success and it just really makes him different.
Davidson didn't just win, they won by 40 points. The coach for the losing team was hellbent on stopping curry so much that he didn't care if his team lost.
this is why just helding down steph isn't the only way to stop the warriors,his willingness to be a decoy to open up for his teammates plus passing iq of dray and the ball movement system make this team so dangerous
The warriors defense in the first half was the best defense I've seen in a long time. They were absolutely amazing. Even when Boston got to the rim, their shots are heavily contested, AND without a ton of fouling.
Two way Wiggins is so crucial. His drive, dunk, floaters, rebounds and defense are incredibly important. With Celtics's defense without drop affecting Curry, Wiggins is so clutch. Game 6 Klay pls take us home. Let's go!!!!
I’ve seen this comment in like 3 videos so far 😂 but I agree I’m rooting for the warriors to win it. I expect Steph to hit his shots next game, and hopefully they can finish it off in Boston (tho then again it’d be cool if they won in their home arena.)
The Celtics' change of defensive tactics is mainly distributing Curry's points to his teammates. It's still Curry creating the offensive rating. Why bother commenting on videos if you don't watch them?
For sure, he may have shot subpar but everything else was great especially with only 1 turnover. His IQ to move around and draw his defender away from everyone else helps big time.
@@loler49er Ugh, they specifically limited his shooting! He didn't just "have an off night. " Did you watch the video? Instead of scoring, Curry delivered points to the rest of the team, and that was by Celtics design.
It's amazing how much Steph's shooting skillset opens things up for himself and his team, whether he's making shots or not. It's almost like the Warriors can function on a higher offensive dimension that no other team can quite access.
It's not just his shooting. The choices he makes in moving without the ball and the passes he delivers are every bit as skilled as his scoring.. That's why teams still lose when they take away his shots.
@@soleil3gs sadly casual fans who only look at highlights, the ball, and boxscore will never know steph's true greatness which is being a decoy so bright that you can't ignore it.
Alot of content these days that makes the game understandable, but your breakdowns with your use of clips is the most valuable thing ive ever come across for understanding a basketball game. For the first time in my life im actually considering going out of my way to find ways to support your channel, i think its so valuable to the sport for people like me. Im seeing the game in a new light i never had before with your breakdowns. Fantastic work!
I totally agree with this. I'm a relatively new fan of basketball and these breakdowns have helped me to understand basketball much quicker and better than anything else I've seen. Thanks @Thinking Basketball
I feel very similarly, this stuff is great! I have been waiting for someone to articulate the change in coverage on Steph, because I thought I was noticing some traps and super high drop coverage in Game 5... but I'm not an expert so I wasn't sure. This all makes so much sense now, because now as expected, in Game 5 the paint and drive game for the Warriors opened up big time... precisely what Boston initially tried to avoid earlier in the series. I feel though that Boston should've STARTED with this strategy, and maybe moved away to their earlier series strategy later in the series. Since now, after a slow start for most of the role players and Klay... the supporting cast feels more ready to take advantage of their increased opportunities, now that they have shifted their focus to stopping Steph more strongly.
Can't agree more. I recently got into the sport after living 4 years in the Bay, so these videos really make it easy to understand the science behind it all
I’m appreciate of these because going into the next game I know what to be looking for strategically from each team. It makes the games even more fun to watch.
exactly! like because of the game 4 video I was able to notice how the Celtics moved away from their drop coverage on Steph while watching game 5. It turned what the rest of the media simply called a bad shooting night into a strategic move by the Celtics that didn't work out, which is way more interesting to watch
@@sonyawilliams4989 😂😂😂 you act like Ime wasn't making adjustments too, this was a chess match between to coaches, Kerr just had Curry who kept his team alive for 4 of the first 5 games was the difference... Game 5 was warriors usual game style cause they faced the type of defense they are used to facing... Kerr ability to get what's best out of the player is what makes him a special coach, his adjustments make him a great on game coach
@@isaacdebeila8085 wait do you hear that... 3-2 ...3-2 oh my bad you obviously don’t get the point of these videos in analyzing deeper into strategies and split second plays by pros and just throw out that curry carried 4 games so young
This Andrew Wiggins game reminds me of what Shaun Livingston used to do, taking opportunities from what the defense is taking away from Steph. A lot of midrange, a lot of secondary/third action and so forth.
It's great to see in this video how much love was given to Klay for his performance in game 5 outside of his important and timely 3 point shots. His positioning, anticipation and switching on defense was crucial to slowing down Boston in the first half. While the best player scoring and rebounding wise was Wiggins, Klay was also an important piece for the W when Steph was off. Props to the Celtics for taking 2 games away from GS, but I definitely believe GS is the better team in my opinion. We'll see what happen, series isn't over.
5:09 one of the best defensive possessions from the Warriors in game 5 Green rotates, Wiggins close out Payton's close out, Green back to action, Curry occupying the foul line area, making it hard for Horford to roll in and ready for a potential X-out to the corner (as Klay being the low man) Clinic.
ngl this channel has gotten me back into basketball. i was super into basketball prior to covid but the bubble kind of killed my interest. these breakdowns have introduced me to the crazy strategy used in basketball and has reignited my interest in it. thanks lol.
@@graydonwebster516 Happened to a lot of sports really, the crowd energy is a huge part of the spectacle of top-level sports. The exceptions being motorsports, F1 in particular, because the bubble got rid of the annoying shots of the crowd mid racing action which was super annoying lol
@@Reydriel i just couldnt stand the awful canned crowd noise and the stupid fkn zoom fans in the back. so dead. plus covid killed my raptors momentum 😭😭 2 seed in the east no kawhi dont forget loll
i might be the weird one but i actually got into basketball because of the bubble as I was so bored during quarantine and before that I was just a casual. Now I love basketball though the fake crowd noise was not great tho
Wiggins has really stepped up with all this attention being put on Steph. What I like most though is that it seems he took Game 3 personal and has since become the Warriors top rebounder by far. Nice story for him, talk about a career turnaround.
And this is what the greats do. They find a way to beat you regardless of circumstance. Trap/blitz curry? That unlocks draymon on the short roll for 4 on 3s. Play man to man defence? You risk curry going nuclear. Spend extra resources to take curry out of the play entirely, you then have to contend with the spacing between Wiggs, Pool and Klay. This is what makes the Warriors offence SO hard to guard. So many weapons combined with high IQ, selfless players who move the ball around. If it doesn't look that special anymore (compared to say, 2015) that's because -every team is now trying to be the Warriors-. Curry don't care about accolades, nor does Klay or Dray. They only want to win.
this just shows how great curry is even when he's not scoring it seems like he's still controlling the game like he drew 2 defenders 2 defenders that's how lethal this man is I gotta say tho he didn't shot that well but not entirely his fault he was very heavily guarded this game but thx to him it made playmaking and scoring points for the team easier love ya steph
Wiggins also when 0-6 from the three but the Warriors are dominating the paint despite they are small. A very interesting chess match this series is. Steve Kerr and Ime Udoka are both great coach. And neither of them are coach of the year
Minnesota acquired a rough diamond but didn't do anything with it. The same rough diamond was traded and molded into the brilliant gem we're seeing in the Finals.
I love your analysis. Opened my eyes to how good Wiggins was defensively on top of his offense. I was very frustrated at coach udoka and tatum in the 4th quarter for not intitating more ball movement as he kept losing isolations.
That's the thing about overloading on Steph. There's just too many scoring threats apart from curry that they can't overlook by constantly doubling or tripling on him.
This is the best basketball channel on YT - every video is so slick and informative, going into the details and nuances of strategy but doing it in a way that's fun and easily understandable. Absolutely brilliant work 🙌
Celtics can't stop the warriors, if they guard curry from the 3, it leaves the other warriors open, if they drop down to guard the others, curry gets open looks. It's not possible for celtics to win.
They can if they manage to score more than 108 points, considering GSW haven't managed that vs Celtics this Finals yet and they have. Of course big question is if they will be able to do that after all the adjustments Kerr made.
The Celtics didn't slow Curry down, Curry was just off. He missed quite a few wide open looks including a free throw. He still got off 9 3s, every single of which he's hit before. Truly slowing him down would mean he couldn't get shots off at all.
Yeah, and that is a good thing. That means Steph would hit more of those shots, and it's not exactly like Steph was blocked/defended with a hand on his face on three point attempts
9 three attempts for curry is extremely low. I'm a warriors fan and they very clearly slowed his scoring down. Part of him being off is him unable to find his rhythm because they are focusing so much of their defense on him. He had very few clean open looks and he had a few desperation heaves that he only takes when he is frustrated.
i think youre giving the celtics more credit than they deserve. they dodged the steph bullet, not slowed him down. they gave him 9 good looks from 3 (i think it was 9 without checking the box score), and he, for the first time in some 200+ games, missed them all. that wont happen again
I agree. They didn't force him into taking bad looks, he just missed. Hell, he even missed a free throw and at least 1 layup during the game too. He was off and it had little to do with what Boston did on defense.
while I GENERALLY agree with you guys and I think Ben would too (they didnt make him 0-9- and he played somewhere between pretty well and very well outside of that), they DID change up the D and it DID make him think about his selection a bit imo.... he had those couple extra extra deep 2016 regular season type early shot clock launches against what could be called "the raised drop" and that was a consequence of of course A- him taking a shot at creating momentum like he does but B- him recognizing they were giving him a thirty footer but might faceguard and double beyond that... whereas before he basically could get a deep stepback off ANY P&R any time in the shot clock... so they DID affect him at least some (he COULD have made those but it was a bit of a new selection process). The great thing is we won! So we both have the advantage of being able to make adjustment (that they cant fully prepare for) AND B- guys got going and we got one more win.
its both they changed up the defense so he couldnt go nuclear which is what every team in the nba does and opens up their offense to how they want to to run it, curry's used to this type of defensive attention and still finds ways to eat just wasnt his night last night
Bruh and why do you think he shot inconsistently off open looks? Thats because he was chased down the entire game after 5 games already. Especially since the Celtics are big and Curry's conditioning is great, he's still 34 and that will take away your legs. Point being, thats exactly what the Celtics wanted to happen. To not just keep Curry from scoring but to tire him out as well. It's not a coincidence that he finished about all his layups and midrange shots, but missed his 3's.
@@youngobes They kept him from touching the ball for an entire quarter and for the majority of the game. That takes you out of rythm no matter how good you are. And in general they gave him less semi-open looks. Of couse he missed some open shots, but it had a lot to do with the Celtics defense.
This is just what I thought happened in Game 5. Felt like I made the video myself but how come non-NBA players or non-pro analysts know this but not one among ESPN and Undisputed can even tell the difference. All I heard from them was how Steph couldn't make shots. No one has even mentioned Klay or how Curry opened opportunities for Wiggins.
It’s so incredible watching the Warriors players react and move based on how they’re guarding Steph Curry and how they all manage to be in sync and get good looks for each other
Thank you for this video. It was very clearly explained. I love watching basketball and can't wait to notice how close or far away from the screen the defender is lagging in game 6 ... Thanks again!
I love this channel, completely changed watching the game for me. After watching the last video, I immediately realized that they had switched defensive schemes and were coming out higher to take away Steph's looks, and then exactly as you said, it resulted in a ton of offense for the rest of the Warriors and allowed Draymond to have a much better game.
Great video, great breakdown of the game. The players and coaching staff of the Warriors were prepared with knowing the Celtics never lost two games in a row. In the night when Curry struggled to get into his rhythm, the rest of the teams came through with that kind of immovable and sophisticated defense. But the player of the game is Andrew Wiggins, literally. He was aggressive outta the gate and attacking the basket. His defensive effort was incredible to watch. Game 6 is going to be the game to watch.
This is the luxury that kd experienced while playing with the dubs. He can do his iso without worrying about double teams and open shots come to him naturally unlike with his current situation in the nets
A lot of people already commented on Wiggins performance but I'd like to add that he has looked like the most athletic players out there all series. He's maintained his "springyness" after these long grueling playoffs while most everyone else looks like they're playing the second game of a back to back. It really shows up on the glass.
In all fairness I think even if everyone was completely fresh he might be the best athlete in the series, obviously honourable mentions for Timelord and GP2
Excellent job … Keep continue making content like this . Really enjoyed. When u watch live action it’s so fast u can’t really tell . But when u break it down I m amaze how GSW good of team in both defense n offense.
Love the video. Finally some one highlighting all the openings that curry’s gravity creates and how impactful he is to the warriors offense and the reason why everyone performed so well the last game. The old media keeps harping on the fact he shot poorly and keep denouncing his impact. Thanks for the great video.
The Warriors played really well as a team even though steph was inefficient tonight. Wiggins was the real player of the game with 26 pts and 13 rebounds. Warriors are one game away to winning the NBA championship!
That's an analysis based on stats. Steph's impact on the game often doesn't show up in the statistics. He changed this from 5 on 5 to 4 on 4, which is a huge difference, especially when you have a team that cuts and passes as well as the Warriors. Wiggs was great, but having so much floor to work with really opened things up for him. And that was thanks to Steph taking a Celtic with him to the nether regions of the court.
lol I wouldn't call Steph inefficient. For a guy whose rhythm/offense is based on jumpers he will have cold nights. But the attention he attracts on defense and how they have to guard him on principle always up the playbook for his teammates to step up. The worst part is even if the Celtics do try focus their efforts on him, if he breaks through in a quarter and still gets 30+ points they are screwed. Meanwhile the Celtics are choking the ball up 15+ times and can't score enough to chase the Warriors in the 4th quarter who have been the better team in both games.
This is why I used the words allowed, and certain. If his other teammates didn’t perform like they did he would have responded much differently. You people will say anything.
Another great video. Thank you. Everything is so easy to understand. After watching your videos I am getting more interested in basketball and it's tactical aspects too. I am seeing so much more of the game and start appreciating small and unnoticeable plays that players are doing in the heat of the fast paced game like this. Keep up the good work. BTW I also love the GSW's game and to have a proof that Steph Curry is still influencing the game even when he is having a bad night.
After seeing game 5, I don't see how Boston can win, I expect nearly everyone on Warriors to play well, feels like they've figured it out, Steph gonna play better & Klay finna have his biggest game 👌🏽
Appreciate the content. The old media looks at Celtics turnovers like they just careless with the ball or sometimes. Your breakdown shows Golden State defense has figure them out. I feel the runs the Celtic go on, the warriors have let there foot off the gas on defense.
Curry's is an unconventional point guard position; and this video explains why most of the time people/haters could easily dismiss his orchestrating ability since the things he did happen before assist stats could have triggered.
that defence on curry didn't work at all . him hitting from everywhere the game before made this a great team victory cause defence tightened up on that solo player way to much
That Wiggins roll at 5:15 ! Happy to see him playing a much better basketball now that he doesn't have to be the main guy under the spotlight. Such a good and important piece to the current Warriors rosters.
Golden State's role players really stepped up without Curry being on fire. What killed the Celtics in my view was Tatum and Brown forcing some well contested shots in the fourth and for some reason Udoka decided that they should play the entire game when they were clearly tired; the play that highlights it is when Horford rushes up the court with the ball and tries to do a pick and roll hand off to Brown when he clearly wasn't ready for it. Kerr out-couched Udoka and utilized minutes to their bench to give the starters the rest they needed to finish off the Celtics. It was clear that Golden State was going to win it in the fourth with 5 minutes to go when Golden State started to knock down unguarded shots because Tatum and Brown were dead to try and defend. It seemed that the Celtic's bench was ice cold even though they caught up in the third with their starters. So much energy was used just to do that which resulted in them being tired. The Celtics need to understand that it takes a team to win it and they all need to be on the same page. They all looked dead and disorganized when Golden State was breaking away. There might have been legit missed calls from the refs but having no urgency just cemented their loss to Golden State. Pool got into Smart's head a bit and it almost ended up being with him being kicked off...
It is the limitations of the Celtics playmaking and scoring on their end. It starts with Tatum and he's just not a threat down the stretch to take over the game with his scoring. Especially with how the Warriors are absolutely handling him. Jaylen Brown can't get his spots, can't finish at the rim and worse he's turning over the ball as much as Tatum and providing even less of an ability to take over. The rest of the team can only do so much with their jumpers and shot creation that the Warriors will settle with them trying to put up buckets to try kill them. I've wrote it before but the Celtics at best took the Warriors defense to their limits but never broke them. Steph broke down the Celtics defense in game 4 and they have since never recovered. The Celtics have been worse in 4th quarters the past two games and they cannot close out turning over the ball so much vs a Warriors teams who gets buckets easily from transition.
but the thing is udoka can’t really sit brown or tatum because no one else can make their own shots. smart can, but he is hella inconsistent. so if the two jays aren’t on the floor, boston’s offense stagnates tremendously.
Watching this video really made me realize why LeBron on two different occasions said he wanted to play with Steph and the Warriors. Imagine a Steph/LeBron two-man game where LeBron is the short roller playing downhill 4vs3. Or LeBron playing a 5-out offense where he just collapses the defense and kicks to Klay and Steph.
Boston made a fatal mistake. You take steph away and the rest of the team will eat. They shouldve just let steph go off and clamp the others. Now the others are comfortable and have become unafraid and confident of bostons defense. Steph can and will likely drop 20+ next game but now with the rest of the team ready to go
Its not a fatal mistake. Its a poison the Celtics have to live with going with a specific decision for that game. The worse poison is the Celtics offense that is playing with too much mistakes cannot match the Warriors who put up points via those mistakes.
Yep, Warriors like stat lines like this more the 40 point Steph games Steph 28-29 Clay 25 Greene 8-10 Looney 10 Wiggins 16-18 Poole 16-19 they play better that way.
@@adidasboy3207 dude KD won finals MVP and carried golden State warriors most of the season don't give me that crap that Wiggins is better even on defense Wiggins ain't better. Overall skills KD is better hands down
Friendly reminder, Steph had a college game where he scored zero points because he got double teamed full court the entire game. The man was willing to let his teammates take advantage of it and they end up winning the game because of it. His unselfishness hasn't changed all these years. The team winning has always been his priority, not his ego. It's so rare to see that for someone that had his level of success and it just really makes him different.
There’s nothing Celtics can do honestly. Either you guard Steph or the other warriors players. If other players are guarded, Steph will go off.
The anti James Harden… you gotta love it
Curry has nothing to prove and he knows it. What GS was able to do with home grown talents is amazing.
It's all about winning, not personal stats
Davidson didn't just win, they won by 40 points. The coach for the losing team was hellbent on stopping curry so much that he didn't care if his team lost.
this is why just helding down steph isn't the only way to stop the warriors,his willingness to be a decoy to open up for his teammates plus passing iq of dray and the ball movement system make this team so dangerous
Yea super unselfish
yes you are right, that's why its called the "flow" offense, keeping the ball, and guys moving, to create space and rhythm.
And thats why steph is one of the unique superstar in the nba willing to not score, get tired, pass the ball so that the team can win
The Super Spurs basically 🤷🏾♂️
That's why Steph is a really good team mate he doesn't have an ego
The warriors defense in the first half was the best defense I've seen in a long time. They were absolutely amazing. Even when Boston got to the rim, their shots are heavily contested, AND without a ton of fouling.
Curry gets unnecessary slander.
@@Cryptum404 hating on greatness
without a ton of fouling...tell that to the refs!
@@Cryptum404 I really don’t understand it.
@@Cryptum404 just like kobe, people hate him because of silly narratives.
Two way Wiggins is so crucial. His drive, dunk, floaters, rebounds and defense are incredibly important. With Celtics's defense without drop affecting Curry, Wiggins is so clutch. Game 6 Klay pls take us home. Let's go!!!!
I’ve seen this comment in like 3 videos so far 😂 but I agree I’m rooting for the warriors to win it. I expect Steph to hit his shots next game, and hopefully they can finish it off in Boston (tho then again it’d be cool if they won in their home arena.)
The Celtics' change of defensive tactics is mainly distributing Curry's points to his teammates. It's still Curry creating the offensive rating. Why bother commenting on videos if you don't watch them?
I've seen this comment get passed around so much already, give it a rest and have some originality
@@theflesh9005 Yeh But, We don’t Wana take the Risk Lol Let’s Keep Boston as Far away from Cali as Possible!!! Lol Let’s Gooooo!!
Can't wait to see what the rest of the Twolves roster can do as soon as they're out of Minnesota. SMH
I remember seeing several comments saying steph could go 0-10 and still be the best player on the court. Well, it kind of happened
Yeah I would give this game to Wiggs, but Steph is so good at shooting that everyone is still terrified of him when he’s off haha
For sure, he may have shot subpar but everything else was great especially with only 1 turnover. His IQ to move around and draw his defender away from everyone else helps big time.
@@loler49er Yeah, kudos to Wiggs for stepping up.
Steph was +15 and controlled the game. No matter how many shots Wiggs hit, who still go the attention & double teams to allow Wiggs to keep doing that
@@loler49er Ugh, they specifically limited his shooting! He didn't just "have an off night. " Did you watch the video? Instead of scoring, Curry delivered points to the rest of the team, and that was by Celtics design.
It's amazing how much Steph's shooting skillset opens things up for himself and his team, whether he's making shots or not. It's almost like the Warriors can function on a higher offensive dimension that no other team can quite access.
That’s exactly what it is. He demands so much attention that it opens up everything for his teammates.
It's not just his shooting. The choices he makes in moving without the ball and the passes he delivers are every bit as skilled as his scoring.. That's why teams still lose when they take away his shots.
damn, having steph is an unfair advantage
@@soleil3gs sadly casual fans who only look at highlights, the ball, and boxscore will never know steph's true greatness which is being a decoy so bright that you can't ignore it.
Stephen Curry will Light Up the Boston Celtics in Game 6 for Certain …. 👀. 🏀
Alot of content these days that makes the game understandable, but your breakdowns with your use of clips is the most valuable thing ive ever come across for understanding a basketball game. For the first time in my life im actually considering going out of my way to find ways to support your channel, i think its so valuable to the sport for people like me. Im seeing the game in a new light i never had before with your breakdowns. Fantastic work!
Thanks! Really appreciate that.
I totally agree with this. I'm a relatively new fan of basketball and these breakdowns have helped me to understand basketball much quicker and better than anything else I've seen. Thanks @Thinking Basketball
I feel very similarly, this stuff is great!
I have been waiting for someone to articulate the change in coverage on Steph, because I thought I was noticing some traps and super high drop coverage in Game 5... but I'm not an expert so I wasn't sure.
This all makes so much sense now, because now as expected, in Game 5 the paint and drive game for the Warriors opened up big time... precisely what Boston initially tried to avoid earlier in the series.
I feel though that Boston should've STARTED with this strategy, and maybe moved away to their earlier series strategy later in the series.
Since now, after a slow start for most of the role players and Klay... the supporting cast feels more ready to take advantage of their increased opportunities, now that they have shifted their focus to stopping Steph more strongly.
Can't agree more. I recently got into the sport after living 4 years in the Bay, so these videos really make it easy to understand the science behind it all
Same here, your content and breakdowns are very fluent. Keep up the great work!
This game was just sick. I loved the effort and how Wiggins stepped up
Agreed Bro 💯. 🔥. 🏀
I’m appreciate of these because going into the next game I know what to be looking for strategically from each team. It makes the games even more fun to watch.
exactly! like because of the game 4 video I was able to notice how the Celtics moved away from their drop coverage on Steph while watching game 5. It turned what the rest of the media simply called a bad shooting night into a strategic move by the Celtics that didn't work out, which is way more interesting to watch
Curry's gravity and Kerr's coaching on both ends of the floor are two of the greatest things I've ever seen.
Definitely some of the most impressive coaching (on both teams) I’ve seen in a Finals in some time.
Took Kerr a little long for my liking, but glad he got the adjustments down in game 4.
@@sonyawilliams4989 😂😂😂 you act like Ime wasn't making adjustments too, this was a chess match between to coaches, Kerr just had Curry who kept his team alive for 4 of the first 5 games was the difference... Game 5 was warriors usual game style cause they faced the type of defense they are used to facing...
Kerr ability to get what's best out of the player is what makes him a special coach, his adjustments make him a great on game coach
@@isaacdebeila8085 wait do you hear that... 3-2 ...3-2 oh my bad you obviously don’t get the point of these videos in analyzing deeper into strategies and split second plays by pros and just throw out that curry carried 4 games so young
Watching Kerr and the Warriors is like watching the late Hans Zimmer conducting an orchestra.
This Andrew Wiggins game reminds me of what Shaun Livingston used to do, taking opportunities from what the defense is taking away from Steph. A lot of midrange, a lot of secondary/third action and so forth.
Barbosa was like that as well
steph is like kaioken; he makes every aspect of your team better even when he's not playing well.
*Even when he not scoring well. He played pretty well besides that.
@@rubedog516 exactly
So you mean Lebron?
He makes the team’s defense better?
@@Nathan-zd8ew the guy whos team didnt make playoff?
It's great to see in this video how much love was given to Klay for his performance in game 5 outside of his important and timely 3 point shots. His positioning, anticipation and switching on defense was crucial to slowing down Boston in the first half. While the best player scoring and rebounding wise was Wiggins, Klay was also an important piece for the W when Steph was off. Props to the Celtics for taking 2 games away from GS, but I definitely believe GS is the better team in my opinion. We'll see what happen, series isn't over.
5:09 one of the best defensive possessions from the Warriors in game 5
Green rotates, Wiggins close out
Payton's close out, Green back to action,
Curry occupying the foul line area, making it hard for Horford to roll in and ready for a potential X-out to the corner (as Klay being the low man)
Clinic.
gorgeous play
Yeah I was shocked at how quickly wiggins and green got to their close outs but also very controlled and didn’t run past the close out
Been waiting all day for this to come out. It did not disappoint!
Curry is going to be LIVID going into Game 6 knowing he didn't make a 3 yesterday, and that's on top of GAME SIX KLAY 🔥💪
Man if both of them go off in Game 6 that would be a treat to watch 😂😂
I’ll subscribe to that.
What game 6 Klay ut will be Brown and Tatum legacy game Klay will back to his old form well see next game
@@ortsacerdif1146 I had a stroke reading thus
@@ortsacerdif1146 huh?
ngl this channel has gotten me back into basketball. i was super into basketball prior to covid but the bubble kind of killed my interest. these breakdowns have introduced me to the crazy strategy used in basketball and has reignited my interest in it. thanks lol.
Glad I wasn't the only one who felt like the bubble kinda ruined my NBA interest
@@graydonwebster516 Happened to a lot of sports really, the crowd energy is a huge part of the spectacle of top-level sports. The exceptions being motorsports, F1 in particular, because the bubble got rid of the annoying shots of the crowd mid racing action which was super annoying lol
@@Reydriel i just couldnt stand the awful canned crowd noise and the stupid fkn zoom fans in the back. so dead. plus covid killed my raptors momentum 😭😭 2 seed in the east no kawhi dont forget loll
@@ruloez5587 Yeah, it would probably be much better off just not showing anything but the game honestly
i might be the weird one but i actually got into basketball because of the bubble as I was so bored during quarantine and before that I was just a casual. Now I love basketball though the fake crowd noise was not great tho
Celtics: Yay, we finally slowed down the Chef 😄
Also the Celtics: Crap, forgot there were 4 more players on the court 😰😭
Lmao 😂
Wiggins has really stepped up with all this attention being put on Steph. What I like most though is that it seems he took Game 3 personal and has since become the Warriors top rebounder by far. Nice story for him, talk about a career turnaround.
Love your content, brother! Glad I found your channel! Thanks for all of your hard work and analysis!
Thanks Tommy!
Steph is the definition of MVP..just him being on the court discombobulates defenses
And this is what the greats do. They find a way to beat you regardless of circumstance. Trap/blitz curry? That unlocks draymon on the short roll for 4 on 3s. Play man to man defence? You risk curry going nuclear. Spend extra resources to take curry out of the play entirely, you then have to contend with the spacing between Wiggs, Pool and Klay. This is what makes the Warriors offence SO hard to guard. So many weapons combined with high IQ, selfless players who move the ball around. If it doesn't look that special anymore (compared to say, 2015) that's because -every team is now trying to be the Warriors-.
Curry don't care about accolades, nor does Klay or Dray. They only want to win.
Way to break it down, still shows the gravitational force that Steph has, great coaching from Karr
This breakdown had my full attention from beginning to end. So interesting. I will definitely pay more attention to the details next game.
- ESPN halftime show is painful -- like water boarding for sports. This...Thinking Basketball, so legit.
this just shows how great curry is even when he's not scoring it seems like he's still controlling the game like he drew 2 defenders 2 defenders that's how lethal this man is I gotta say tho he didn't shot that well but not entirely his fault he was very heavily guarded this game but thx to him it made playmaking and scoring points for the team easier love ya steph
Wiggins also when 0-6 from the three but the Warriors are dominating the paint despite they are small. A very interesting chess match this series is. Steve Kerr and Ime Udoka are both great coach. And neither of them are coach of the year
Yeah they were under the radar.
Reminder that Dwayne Casey was COTY one time for the Raps. Nick Nurse won his chip tho with the Raps. COTY don't mean shit.
@@t4d0W yeah and he was sacked the same season 😂😂😂
Minnesota acquired a rough diamond but didn't do anything with it. The same rough diamond was traded and molded into the brilliant gem we're seeing in the Finals.
I love your analysis. Opened my eyes to how good Wiggins was defensively on top of his offense. I was very frustrated at coach udoka and tatum in the 4th quarter for not intitating more ball movement as he kept losing isolations.
That's the thing about overloading on Steph. There's just too many scoring threats apart from curry that they can't overlook by constantly doubling or tripling on him.
thinking basketball uploads a video. I click it and watch. amazing studies. keep it up!
Wow nice job Ben! You are killing it with these videos. Glad your work is blowing up!
This is the best basketball channel on YT - every video is so slick and informative, going into the details and nuances of strategy but doing it in a way that's fun and easily understandable. Absolutely brilliant work 🙌
Curry’s gravity on the court is so insane that I wouldn’t mind watching him not score the entire game because of how much he opens up the floor.
Excellent breakdowns and attention to detail. Thanks for sharing
Celtics can't stop the warriors, if they guard curry from the 3, it leaves the other warriors open, if they drop down to guard the others, curry gets open looks. It's not possible for celtics to win.
They can if they manage to score more than 108 points, considering GSW haven't managed that vs Celtics this Finals yet and they have. Of course big question is if they will be able to do that after all the adjustments Kerr made.
@@TerranigmaQuintet do u really think thats how basketball work? lmao
Absolutely love listening to your podcast! Can’t wait for the next finals episode
The Celtics didn't slow Curry down, Curry was just off. He missed quite a few wide open looks including a free throw. He still got off 9 3s, every single of which he's hit before. Truly slowing him down would mean he couldn't get shots off at all.
Yeah, and that is a good thing. That means Steph would hit more of those shots, and it's not exactly like Steph was blocked/defended with a hand on his face on three point attempts
Why do you think it's in quotes? Anyway, I agree.
9 three attempts for curry is extremely low. I'm a warriors fan and they very clearly slowed his scoring down. Part of him being off is him unable to find his rhythm because they are focusing so much of their defense on him. He had very few clean open looks and he had a few desperation heaves that he only takes when he is frustrated.
Finally a good analysis of the coverages and how that creates and stops plays. Thanks man.
i think youre giving the celtics more credit than they deserve. they dodged the steph bullet, not slowed him down. they gave him 9 good looks from 3 (i think it was 9 without checking the box score), and he, for the first time in some 200+ games, missed them all. that wont happen again
I agree. They didn't force him into taking bad looks, he just missed. Hell, he even missed a free throw and at least 1 layup during the game too. He was off and it had little to do with what Boston did on defense.
while I GENERALLY agree with you guys and I think Ben would too (they didnt make him 0-9- and he played somewhere between pretty well and very well outside of that), they DID change up the D and it DID make him think about his selection a bit imo.... he had those couple extra extra deep 2016 regular season type early shot clock launches against what could be called "the raised drop" and that was a consequence of of course A- him taking a shot at creating momentum like he does but B- him recognizing they were giving him a thirty footer but might faceguard and double beyond that... whereas before he basically could get a deep stepback off ANY P&R any time in the shot clock... so they DID affect him at least some (he COULD have made those but it was a bit of a new selection process).
The great thing is we won! So we both have the advantage of being able to make adjustment (that they cant fully prepare for) AND B- guys got going and we got one more win.
its both they changed up the defense so he couldnt go nuclear which is what every team in the nba does and opens up their offense to how they want to to run it, curry's used to this type of defensive attention and still finds ways to eat just wasnt his night last night
Bruh and why do you think he shot inconsistently off open looks? Thats because he was chased down the entire game after 5 games already. Especially since the Celtics are big and Curry's conditioning is great, he's still 34 and that will take away your legs.
Point being, thats exactly what the Celtics wanted to happen. To not just keep Curry from scoring but to tire him out as well. It's not a coincidence that he finished about all his layups and midrange shots, but missed his 3's.
@@youngobes They kept him from touching the ball for an entire quarter and for the majority of the game. That takes you out of rythm no matter how good you are. And in general they gave him less semi-open looks. Of couse he missed some open shots, but it had a lot to do with the Celtics defense.
I have to say watching the finals and then the detailed breakdowns has really deepened my understanding of basketball. Keep up the great work!
This is just what I thought happened in Game 5. Felt like I made the video myself but how come non-NBA players or non-pro analysts know this but not one among ESPN and Undisputed can even tell the difference. All I heard from them was how Steph couldn't make shots. No one has even mentioned Klay or how Curry opened opportunities for Wiggins.
I’m loving the constant uploads!
It’s so incredible watching the Warriors players react and move based on how they’re guarding Steph Curry and how they all manage to be in sync and get good looks for each other
I love you, Mr. Thinking Basketball. Thank you for expanding my understanding and enjoyment.
So happy to see Andrew Wiggins perform like this again
Thank you for this video. It was very clearly explained. I love watching basketball and can't wait to notice how close or far away from the screen the defender is lagging in game 6 ... Thanks again!
Can you do a video about Jayson Tatum’s struggles and why he may be struggling from warriors defense ?
Man, I learn literally so much of your videos and at the same time they are soooo entertaining it makes you look like a basketball teacher.
Poole and GP2 need more time on court together. They pick in roll really well.
Damn you Thinking Basketball, y’all are so good at this, best basketball channel
I love this channel, completely changed watching the game for me. After watching the last video, I immediately realized that they had switched defensive schemes and were coming out higher to take away Steph's looks, and then exactly as you said, it resulted in a ton of offense for the rest of the Warriors and allowed Draymond to have a much better game.
Yes!
Great video, great breakdown of the game. The players and coaching staff of the Warriors were prepared with knowing the Celtics never lost two games in a row. In the night when Curry struggled to get into his rhythm, the rest of the teams came through with that kind of immovable and sophisticated defense. But the player of the game is Andrew Wiggins, literally. He was aggressive outta the gate and attacking the basket. His defensive effort was incredible to watch. Game 6 is going to be the game to watch.
This is the luxury that kd experienced while playing with the dubs. He can do his iso without worrying about double teams and open shots come to him naturally unlike with his current situation in the nets
Kd still doesn’t appreciate what he had
Best bball analysis channel on RUclips by far. Easy to understand, no gimmicks.
A lot of people already commented on Wiggins performance but I'd like to add that he has looked like the most athletic players out there all series. He's maintained his "springyness" after these long grueling playoffs while most everyone else looks like they're playing the second game of a back to back. It really shows up on the glass.
In all fairness I think even if everyone was completely fresh he might be the best athlete in the series, obviously honourable mentions for Timelord and GP2
you amazingly breakdown the plays, thank you for this very detailed lecture 🙏
Wiggs playing with so much passion and drive after being criticized for being uncaring his whole career. Puts a tear in the eyes 🥲
The best channel to watch if you want to understand the game. Great job! 👌
FIRST! I was waiting for this video.
Excellent job … Keep continue making content like this . Really enjoyed. When u watch live action it’s so fast u can’t really tell . But when u break it down I m amaze how GSW good of team in both defense n offense.
Curry gets slandered for drawing so much attention that his teammates can score. Totally unfair to one of the greatest players in curry
Love the video. Finally some one highlighting all the openings that curry’s gravity creates and how impactful he is to the warriors offense and the reason why everyone performed so well the last game. The old media keeps harping on the fact he shot poorly and keep denouncing his impact. Thanks for the great video.
The Warriors played really well as a team even though steph was inefficient tonight. Wiggins was the real player of the game with 26 pts and 13 rebounds. Warriors are one game away to winning the NBA championship!
That's an analysis based on stats. Steph's impact on the game often doesn't show up in the statistics. He changed this from 5 on 5 to 4 on 4, which is a huge difference, especially when you have a team that cuts and passes as well as the Warriors. Wiggs was great, but having so much floor to work with really opened things up for him. And that was thanks to Steph taking a Celtic with him to the nether regions of the court.
Inefficient as in shooting only, I think his passing and creating space for his teammate still makes him extremely efficient in offense regardless
Look at Steph +/- though man was +15
lol I wouldn't call Steph inefficient. For a guy whose rhythm/offense is based on jumpers he will have cold nights. But the attention he attracts on defense and how they have to guard him on principle always up the playbook for his teammates to step up. The worst part is even if the Celtics do try focus their efforts on him, if he breaks through in a quarter and still gets 30+ points they are screwed. Meanwhile the Celtics are choking the ball up 15+ times and can't score enough to chase the Warriors in the 4th quarter who have been the better team in both games.
Wow, I actually understood the breakdowns you offered, not the usual mumbo jumbo that I hear on other videos. Thank you and keep it going!!
They did not slow down Steph Curry. Steph Curry allowed certain things to happen to be team effective.
Steph allowed himself to miss all 9 of his 3 pointers. You people will say anything 🤣
@@kaschmir3 He missed a lot of open ones
This is why I used the words allowed, and certain. If his other teammates didn’t perform like they did he would have responded much differently. You people will say anything.
Another great video. Thank you. Everything is so easy to understand. After watching your videos I am getting more interested in basketball and it's tactical aspects too. I am seeing so much more of the game and start appreciating small and unnoticeable plays that players are doing in the heat of the fast paced game like this. Keep up the good work. BTW I also love the GSW's game and to have a proof that Steph Curry is still influencing the game even when he is having a bad night.
if there's one thing we've learned from this finals , WIGGINS WAS NEVER A BUST
he still is he was projected to be way more, i wouldnt call him a bust but he coudve been way more
@@dunkz1361 almost anyone will end up being a bust if they are compared to mj
Underachieved. You can’t be a no.1 pick averaging 20ppg (as the team’s first option).
@@paradiver7550 18 but yeah ik
@@mightdai7489 yeah
Cheers on how the video breaks down all these plays👏🏾
After seeing game 5, I don't see how Boston can win, I expect nearly everyone on Warriors to play well, feels like they've figured it out, Steph gonna play better & Klay finna have his biggest game 👌🏽
You make it sound simple definitely subbing
And this my friends is why Steph is the best player in the league and top 10 players ever!!
these videos are so awesome knowing how the coaches are making adjustments and who is winning the chess match rn id say its steve
They didn't really stop curry as a whole
Pretty much. Every "How Celtics stop player" video has me scratching my head.
best nba channel. keep up the good work!
Appreciate the content. The old media looks at Celtics turnovers like they just careless with the ball or sometimes. Your breakdown shows Golden State defense has figure them out. I feel the runs the Celtic go on, the warriors have let there foot off the gas on defense.
I’ve been waiting all day for this!
Thru 5 games it appears Cs are gassed in the 4th & starting to wear down. It seems GSWs has figured them out
I think it was similar to the Dallas series. Worn out, and figured out. Dubs in 6
This such a fascinating Analysts keep up the good work my guy
Curry's is an unconventional point guard position;
and this video explains why most of the time people/haters could easily dismiss his orchestrating ability since the things he did happen before assist stats could have triggered.
Honestly, I think they win this next game easily if he goes traditional point guard and don't try to hit 7+ 3's in the game.
Great analysis! Great presentation! Really enjoyed this.
Celtics forgot that Curry is a playmaker.
This has one of my favorite finals to watch since the Heatles Days. Basketball is coming back to the number spot in sports
Wonderful explanation!
Let’s go warriors! Bring it home!
Bro so cool the way you break down the game.
that defence on curry didn't work at all . him hitting from everywhere the game before made this a great team victory cause defence tightened up on that solo player way to much
That Wiggins roll at 5:15 ! Happy to see him playing a much better basketball now that he doesn't have to be the main guy under the spotlight. Such a good and important piece to the current Warriors rosters.
Golden State's role players really stepped up without Curry being on fire. What killed the Celtics in my view was Tatum and Brown forcing some well contested shots in the fourth and for some reason Udoka decided that they should play the entire game when they were clearly tired; the play that highlights it is when Horford rushes up the court with the ball and tries to do a pick and roll hand off to Brown when he clearly wasn't ready for it.
Kerr out-couched Udoka and utilized minutes to their bench to give the starters the rest they needed to finish off the Celtics. It was clear that Golden State was going to win it in the fourth with 5 minutes to go when Golden State started to knock down unguarded shots because Tatum and Brown were dead to try and defend. It seemed that the Celtic's bench was ice cold even though they caught up in the third with their starters. So much energy was used just to do that which resulted in them being tired.
The Celtics need to understand that it takes a team to win it and they all need to be on the same page. They all looked dead and disorganized when Golden State was breaking away. There might have been legit missed calls from the refs but having no urgency just cemented their loss to Golden State. Pool got into Smart's head a bit and it almost ended up being with him being kicked off...
It is the limitations of the Celtics playmaking and scoring on their end. It starts with Tatum and he's just not a threat down the stretch to take over the game with his scoring. Especially with how the Warriors are absolutely handling him. Jaylen Brown can't get his spots, can't finish at the rim and worse he's turning over the ball as much as Tatum and providing even less of an ability to take over. The rest of the team can only do so much with their jumpers and shot creation that the Warriors will settle with them trying to put up buckets to try kill them. I've wrote it before but the Celtics at best took the Warriors defense to their limits but never broke them. Steph broke down the Celtics defense in game 4 and they have since never recovered. The Celtics have been worse in 4th quarters the past two games and they cannot close out turning over the ball so much vs a Warriors teams who gets buckets easily from transition.
but the thing is udoka can’t really sit brown or tatum because no one else can make their own shots. smart can, but he is hella inconsistent. so if the two jays aren’t on the floor, boston’s offense stagnates tremendously.
This is beautifuly done, THANK YOU!!
Watching this video really made me realize why LeBron on two different occasions said he wanted to play with Steph and the Warriors.
Imagine a Steph/LeBron two-man game where LeBron is the short roller playing downhill 4vs3. Or LeBron playing a 5-out offense where he just collapses the defense and kicks to Klay and Steph.
It’s never gonna work. I love Bron Bron but he don’t play defense.
@@buddyjaydubb he does play defense only when they have a chance in winning
@@josevallenchee11 that’s not defense. He’d have to be committed to playing consistently. And he’d never keep up with GS’s pace.
Great analysis! Congrats
Boston made a fatal mistake. You take steph away and the rest of the team will eat. They shouldve just let steph go off and clamp the others. Now the others are comfortable and have become unafraid and confident of bostons defense.
Steph can and will likely drop 20+ next game but now with the rest of the team ready to go
It's truly pick your poison when defending the Warriors
Its not a fatal mistake. Its a poison the Celtics have to live with going with a specific decision for that game. The worse poison is the Celtics offense that is playing with too much mistakes cannot match the Warriors who put up points via those mistakes.
Yep, Warriors like stat lines like this more the 40 point Steph games
Steph 28-29
Clay 25
Greene 8-10
Looney 10
Wiggins 16-18
Poole 16-19 they play better that way.
You doing a good job! Sir. Thinking of basketball That's what's it's all about!
Just like CP3 making centers effective with his PnR skills, Curry makes wings effective with all the spacing
Go watch bogut/curry pick and roll
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When that background music starts you know what time it is!
Wiggins already as valuable to the dubs as KD ever was
Stop lying to yourself and others .
@@melvincarter9640 solely on defensive end.
@@adidasboy3207 dude KD won finals MVP and carried golden State warriors most of the season don't give me that crap that Wiggins is better even on defense Wiggins ain't better. Overall skills KD is better hands down
great coverage!
lol slowed down
pretty sure its just a clikcbait
@@do9man nope . They slowed him down in one game
Best analysis I've seen, thanks!