Zach Lowe

But he's not getting those easy catches where he just lords over the rim and just catches above everybody else.

I thought that adjustment...

essentially did what was intended to do to the point that i'm already wondering the the next question is all right so if you're if you're mitch johnson and you know that you're seeing a more traditional defense potentially in game three how do i get when be loose at the rim again so did you see the same thing and then what is your answer to that question if you're mitch johnson

Yeah, they just threw everything in the trash from game one.

on a play that's that's one of the things I mean where like you can design your whole defense to get under screens against Steph Castle they're gonna have a bunch of different counters that make it hard one of them is wait which screen is he using why is there why are there two screeners at half court what's happening there's 22 on the shot clock and I'm backpedaling and I'm already navigating the screen like it's just hard to do that it's hard to get under like like I said the other day

We've come a long way from, all right, we're going to duck Rayjean Rondo screens like five times on the same possession at the foul line.

Like it's just teams of offenses have gotten way smarter about counter about preventing you from doing that.

And when he can get into his bag, I know that shot you're talking about.

It's a straight pick and roll

Hartenstein doesn't want to help, but he does a little bit because Wemby hammers him on the screen.

I think in game three, I see also Wemby just like, I'm going to start slipping screens real hard and get to the rim.

And he catches it at the foul line, and Hartenstein's back in front of him.

And you're like, okay, well, that's a win for the Thunder.

He's not at the rim.

And then he makes this turnaround jump shot.

You're like, well, I still think it's kind of a win for the Thunder, but if this 7'5 guy is going to be making these Embiid slash Dirk slash whatever turnaround 18-footers, like, okay, all right, Vic.

I do think that's one of the counters we'll see to bigs on Wemby traditional defenses, set them some cross screens, get them in the posts on the move, like get, get just play like a traditional big a little bit more in that sense.

And maybe that, that has the same, the same effect.

Yeah.

The chess match is going to be super nursing.