The OKC Thunder are making zone defense cool again...
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The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the Dallas Mavericks in game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, and we got to see the OKC Thunder defense in action against one of the best offensive teams in the NBA.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a monster 29-point performance, but what stood out the most was how OKC managed to stifle the Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving-led Dallas Mavericks. Here's how they did it.
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Coach Diagneult also is a mastermind with ATO’s
+ giddey is a crazy inbound passer
SPO’s are more impressive
Whats what
What's an ato?
The Thunder zone vs The Wolves man 2 man is gonna be lit.
They won’t Zone the wolves , they are doing this because Dallas can’t shoot
More importantly, CASON WALLACE NO DIP THREEEEEEEE
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Okc is fun to watch
Love these game play break downs, keep them up bud.
First vid I’ve watched of yours. You got my sub.
You are very knowledgeable about basketball, Alex. What is your background if it's not a secret?
Appreciate that! I’m just a dude that loves basketball lol, no formal basketball background
Great work Alex. OKC in 5⚡️
Keep dreaming buddy
okc okc ❤
I don’t know why I think this, but an OKC vs Knicks final would be the most exciting thing ever.
Dam 2-3 zone gone get Jokic & Luka Swept in the playoffs
Hy...
Nice ❤❤❤okc 💪💪💪💪
Wop wop wop wop wop
Playoff Alex.... Let's goooo 🚀🔥
True
Team basketball is great
Okc
Dallas gotta run more empty side pnr to remove the help or some off ball action between the 2 wing players when OKC defenders sag off them.
W vid
OKC are awesome. Twolves are the new dynasty 💙🤍🔥🏆
What website are you using for the clips?
with knees and elbows
…that was countered by the corner 3
Aydo! Ben jus did a similar breakdown ova on @ThinkingBasketball
Til Kleber comes back w/the hot hand, keep making those non-Hardaway role players shoot that mf. & even HE might not change life for em
👍 to the algorithm
Honestly this has been the blueprint to beat the Mavs in playoffs for Lukas entire time there. High pick and roll with 3 guys standing around every possession just doesn't work against very good teams. Kyrie is just a worse version of Jalen Brunson at this point in his career who can't really play off the ball. OKC is just a better team and they have been all year.
Feeding the algorithm
They’re tryin to induce jump shots bcuz they lack interior defense. Good scheme against Gafford and a Rookie
Yes, but``` any team would play zone against the mavs, every single coach in the whole basketball world would do so, the mavs are built in a very specific way, that all their disadvantages on offense end would be exploited by zone defense. And unlike the clippers, thunders don't have to play harden who refuse to run zone in his whole career.
Bad take in general
Hmm
Come on now this can't be happening because this team is too young and experienced and too small😂
no aging athlete crying and hijackjng his team beaause its all about him
A healthy Luka would cut that Zone defense up because that's what good offensive players do..An injured Luka and the fact that mavs role players are missing a lot of these 3s is just making it look unbeatable..Okc give up a lot of corner 3s so all it takes is good shooting team..I think the Heat play way better zone defense without giving up as many open 3s as OKC.
Everybody knows zone defense isn’t good against a good shooting team, it’s more of an indictment on the mavs shooting. OKC basically forcing the role players to win the game and they won’t be able to
they are doing that on purpose LMAO. the whole point of this defense is lock down Luka and Kryie to force role players to shoot (which all them are worse shooters than OKC’s role players). wide open looks for mid shooters is the entire gameplan. luka and kyrie CARRY the team every single game and without them… its a L
It’s crazy how much you missed the point of this video and obviously don’t watch the Thunder lmao. The Thunder are only playing a zone against the mavs because the Mavs literally cannot convert outside shots. THJ is shooting like 25% from three and hes the BEST option outside of Luka or Kyrie. The Thunder don't usually play a zone lmfao. They are usually a switch everything defense.
I'd say that injured Luka and Maxi being out are the actual digs at the defense. They're leaving bad 3pt shooters open for a reason lol. Same as mavs punished the clippers for playing bad shooters alot. However OKC had far fewer non shooters in their rotation/more options making that harder for Dallas to return that favor as well. With that said I expect Dallas to make adjustments and come back strong. Still anyone's series. Luka and Kyrie are that good and their size is still an issue. This comes from a reasonable thunder fan lol.
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