Hoops Tonight - Spurs comeback shows HOW they can extend NBA Finals vs. Knicks
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all right welcome to hoops tonight here at the volume happy sunday everybody hope all you guys are having an incredible weekend gonna keep it super simple today for our film session i'm gonna focus on every single play from the spurs comeback from down 14 in the fourth quarter of game two obviously the knicks end up winning the game which we'll talk about when we get to those final sequences but i really want to dive into what specifically they did differently what can translate forward into the series and whether or not it means the spurs have much of a chance to try to make this thing a series you You guys know the drill. Before we get started, subscribe to the Hoops Tonight YouTube channel so you don't miss any more of our videos.
We have a goal to get to 150,000 subs before the end of the finals. If you guys don't mind taking a second to scroll down and hit that subscribe button, that helps us a lot. If you're already subscribed, like this video and sign up for post notifications. That helps us a lot. All right, let's talk some basketball. Let's get right into it. We're going to be starting with the first bucket. OG Ananobi gets the dunk driving on Wemby in a closeout situation. And look at how fast the Spurs get up the floor after a made basket. And this really is the story of how they got going here down the stretch. Harper draws a foul in the open floor. This is the biggest thing that can translate forward to them. they've got to play with as much pace as possible to weaponize some of that youthful exuberance and athleticism they have because of the troubles that they're having in the half court, because of how the, how big of a jump shooting gap there is.
We talked about this a little bit last night, but the Knicks have been the very best jump shooting team in the NBA. In this playoff run, the Spurs have been more of a middle of the pack jump shooting team among the playoff team. So like, it's very important to, for them to avoid that slowdown half-court environment where in the driving kick setting where the physical dynamic isn't as advantageous for the Spurs as it was in the last round, they need to be in the open floor more. In the half-court, the Knicks can really load up on the ball and can kind of counter that advantage. So this is the difference in the defensive look. We saw, and you're going to see a couple of different coverages down the stretch of this game.
But the main thing was essentially no more of these outrageous, like kind of just outright double teams of Jalen Brunson far away from the basket, simplifying his decision-making tree and getting their defense into rotation. Here, you're going to see effectively a double drag, but a deuce is going to slip out of the first screen. We're just going to get a switch. Fox is going to stay on McHale bridges. And now when he's guarding one-on-one, the reason why I kind of like this idea is one, it forces Brunson to then attack Victor women Yama in space, but you're already kind of conceding Carl Anthony towns, a mismatch underneath the basket. Anyway, this is something you've conceded. The second you decided not to guard him with Wemby.
So if you're already going to have Wemby basically functioning as a perimeter defender, why not use him on the other end of screens to try to get stops against Brunson? He gets multiple stops against Brunson down the stretch of the game in a way that helped them come back. Here's an example. You're going to see him force him into kind of a step through move. Now everyone's guarded because you didn't double team. You have a good perimeter defender guarding Brunson. Everyone else is staying home off the ball. The resulting effect, Brunson has to force this kind of like low percentage bounce pass to Cat, which Cat gets, and he goes up quick, but he has no advantage.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:09
2
What key strategies did the Spurs use for their comeback in Game 2?
4:09–6:57
3
How did Victor Wembanyama impact the Spurs' performance?
6:57–10:29
4
What adjustments did the Spurs make to counter the Knicks' defense?
10:29–13:45
5
How did De'Aaron Fox contribute to the Spurs' success in the fourth quarter?
13:45–17:13
6
What role did Dylan Harper play in the Spurs' comeback?
17:13–20:54
7
How did the Spurs' transition game affect their chances in the series?
20:54–27:20
Speakers
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