LeBron & AD Too Big For Curry | Game 1 Lakers v Warriors 2023 NBA Playoffs

[Music] short people got no reason don't people get no reason showed people got no reason to live [Music] it's been a minute since we'd seen Steph Curry and LeBron James meet each other in the playoffs and with the way the Lakers treated the Warriors in the paint we are reminded of the sheer size difference between these two teams until last night only once over the past five seasons had a team lost a game when outscoring their opponent by 15 or more three-pointers well make that twice as a Lakers dominated at the free-throw line and defended the paint like they were Gulliver meeting the lillaputions the Lakers harassed the Warriors into one of their worst shooting nights around the rim this season and the block shot had a profound effect on their Collective psyche here's a very traditional single double floppy set for curry as he starts under the hoop and gets a single pin down on the right side and a double staggered in the left Curry gets a three-step head start on the catch forcing Anthony Davis to step up Draymond Green is open but Curry opts for the floater not a good decision around one of the best paint defenders in the NBA I do want you to notice how Schroeder gives him a little shove while in the air that causes him to crash into Aiden's body but the refs don't see this Old Pro trick and it doesn't matter as green gets the putback here's another common set they like to run with a handoff at the wing reversing into a high post entry normally clay sets a screen for curry but notice how Schroeder wants to top lock and force Curry down to the Baseline Davis shows his quickness to force Curry to pass up the layup great read to get it back to kibon Looney but LeBron saves the day with an excellent swipe up top to prevent the dunk here's another top lock by Austin Reeves that blows up the pin down for Klay Thompson with this much pressure on the ball by D'Angelo Russell once the initial action goes away Wiggins can get right by him into the lane AED is so good at stepping up to stop the ball and then instantly getting right back to his man at the rim and when you're getting this extra effort from Russell your defense is going to be pretty good with ad in there his presence can affect your shooting even if he doesn't block it more good energy by D-Lo around the screen almost knocks the ball loose and on the Princeton action to the left side clay gets top locks to prevent the handoff so he cuts back door for a wide open layup that I can only imagine misses because he was thinking of AED as he goes for the reverse here's another example of what ad will do to you he's stuck trailing his man forcing Russell to step up nice pass for a layup until Wiggins realizes Davis is bearing down on him he doesn't go for the pump fake and forces the more difficult turnaround jump hook into a Miss late in the fourth Curry is able to lure Davis above the three-point line with the shot fake Draymond took way too long to begin his role to the hoop allowing A.D a chance to get alongside him and with LeBron rotating Draymond feels like he has to stretch out and bounce it higher than normal off the backboard for another bunny shot that misses the warriors were also not used to getting their shots blocked in transition and Wiggins is going to need better recognition not to challenge the big guy like this he could have given it right back to Curry for the open three and Curry does the same thing with LeBron instead of pitching it to pool or finding Wiggins open in the corner he takes on the king who erases the shot there was a bright spot for the Warriors however when not getting their shots packed they were executing the offense well the handoff to Curry is a false flag as the real action is to pin down for clay going to the other side with Davis so concerned with Clay's shooting he steps up to offer help and that allows Looney to slip to the hoop for the reverse notice how the top locking of Curry leaves Schroeder on the high side so when he assumes pool is just going to shoot it and relaxes Curry is wide open before Davis can even react this screen re-screen action for clay in the mid-range lures Davis out to the Elbow Looney can again slip without weak side help rotation because they're so afraid of leaving Curry and they get the dunk this is already shaping up to be a chess match between Darvin ham and Steve Kerr and the best way to see the differences is to actually be at the game and that means you have to download SeatGeek the best app to find tickets to any sporting event concert or the theater with just a few Taps seek equals scour the internet for the best deals out there giving them a grade so you know what kind of value you're getting they're rated number one on trustpilot amongst all major ticketers so you can feel secure that your tickets are legit best of all you can save 20 bucks off your first purchase by using my code bball so head over to see geek now and you could appreciate this nice little wrinkle the Lakers added to their offense by inverting the traditional roles and having the guard Austin Reeves set a pin down for A.D the center coming out of the corner Looney foolishly tries to Chase Davis around and I think Davis was surprised for a second before turning the corner for the layup they've run it again and Looney correctly goes underneath the screen but for some reason pool decides to get a little physical and files him still unclear why Looney is trying to shoot the gap between the cutter and the screener as he almost screams his own teammate the three-point shot is harassed but somehow the rebound catches the lip of the padding along the bottom of the backboard so pool can't easily grab it Looney can scoop it up and there's rui for the putback I really think they need to go underneath the screen for A.D in the corner with draymond's high position ad takes the back door route which immediately causes a closeout for shooter to attack his penetration catches Peyton in a bad position with another closeout and Dilo easily shot the exam and gets right to the rim for the finger roll and this is where the game turned completely in the Lakers favor green again tries to bust through that space between the screener and the cutter Schroeder sets a very physical screen Draymond pushes back and collides with Davis and the rep has to call contact like this when it impedes the motion of a cutter to make matters infinitely worse Draymond gets a technical foul giving the Lakers a three-point play in a 10-point lead speaking of free throws the Lakers continued their huge free throw attempt disparity they've enjoyed all season long the inside ball screen was a particular value in generating shooting files with Looney dropping it invites Russell to reject the screen good Rotation by Curry initially but the action gets ad to catch inside the paint where Looney feels he must contest as hard as possible hitting him on the elbow and the leg as the shot drops through Gary Payton II picks up Schroeder and instead of forcing him away from the ball screen and towards the Baseline he gives Schroeder a quick shove to get him a second until he can get underneath the screen but that's just too much contact made worse because they were already in the bonus here's another one the third quarter as the Warriors drop and Chase around the ad screen Klay Thompson does a decent job to recover but tries to contest backwards and Nails Russell on the elbow for an and one it was remarkable how often this happened and gave the Lakers free throws I think the mistake is to allow the Lakers to use the screen back to the middle pool gets underneath the screen but an ideal to contest the mid-range he just crashes into Schroeder this series is going to be a fascinating clash in Styles like a running team versus a passing team in football and if the Lakers felt they could ignore the non-shooters in the Warriors offense what they don't realize is that doing so greatly contributed to the Warriors gigantic three-point disparity look where ad is on Looney while the split action is taking place Reeves get stuck behind Looney and Davis cannot help get a hand up leading to a wide open shot rui tries doing the same kind of cushion to Payton but the Warriors have always combated this with handoffs for threes and pool lights up another one while ad might be getting a little rest by defending Looney like this if he's not going to offer any pressure after the handoff expect the Warriors to continue making a lot more threes considering how few three-pointers the Lakers take and make I would expect them to be at least a few steps closer on these guys so they could at least try and get a hand up and reduce the number of bombs from the Warriors in the long run I don't believe the Lakers can beat the Warriors if they get outscored from the three-point line so significantly coach ham took a huge gamble playing both LeBron and A.D every minute of the second half and while it led to their biggest lead in the game on another inside ball screen into a pin down for LeBron who gets Happy Feet but the refs miss it I suspect all the pushing grabbing holding hugging and every other word you can use for physicality both legal and most definitely not legal wore them out in the final five minutes they combine to go over six with no assists including this hop travel in transition where you're not allowed to gather with the right foot down then hop on that same foot again as the Warriors hit them with a 14-0 run to tie the game by setting this screen they can get the much better Defender off of Curry whom he promptly gallops right by into the lane and Curry does what he's been doing his whole entire career driving dishing then replacing to the three-point line for a shot it truly felt like this was the Boost the Warriors needed to take this game but we've already shown you how dangerous it is to shoot the ball anywhere near Anthony Davis Curry could have dropped the pass to clay or kicked it to the corner but he fails to recognize what's right in front of him and Davis blocks it while it's still in his hand watch how the Lakers adjust their matchups going back to their opening alignment with Vanderbilt on Curry instead of bringing Reeves man or even LeBron's man up to screen and let Curry work on the perimeter pool brings Schroeder over and it blows up everything they want to do as the clock ticks down they're lucky this bad pass wasn't the turnover and while it leads to pool getting an advantage on LeBron there's Mr Davis once again battling the hold of Draymond to get free and SWAT this one away as well one last chance and this is where it got a little insane loved the early double to get it out of Curry's hands but watch what's happening over here LeBron had completely lost clay along the Baseline who could have cut toward the ball for an open shot but then LeBron switches with Schroeder however when you double team on the right side it's one of these two guys job to rotate up to the wing neither of them gets close and the only question I have is why wasn't pooled two steps closer to the basket he lets it Fly and it's way off to the left and check this the rebound goes to Schroeder and he has clear possession however within a second he's double teamed and now Wiggins has firm control of the ball as well for almost two seconds they're in this position until LeBron and the assistant coach first signal for a timeout remember a team cannot be granted a timeout unless they have clear possession of the ball which is most likely why the lead ref on the Baseline doesn't give them the time out you can see Schroeder doesn't call for a timeout until right after the assistant does and it's very strange that a jump ball wasn't called now for the contact by Klay Thompson the last two minute report says there should have been a file called but honestly I think they're using it as a cover to not have to deal with the missed jump ball I've never seen such insignificant contact called at the very end of the game and I know you know what I'm talking about I do see he makes some contact with Schroeder's bicep here but the refs didn't think it was the foul in real time and I agree but it doesn't matter because we have ourselves a great series the Lakers hung on to steal home court advantage and now the Warriors have to make the adjustments to avoid Davis in the lane and file a lot less and for the Lakers it's clear that they want to win with their size since they [Music] foreign [Music]

Channel: BBALLBREAKDOWN

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Keywords: NBA, Basketball, NBA Scores, NBA News, Basketball Scores, Basketball (Invention), Basketball Coach (Profession), National Basketball Association (Organization), anthony davis, lebron james, steph curry, warriors, lakers, kerr, ham

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Length: 11min 22sec (682 seconds)

Published: Thu May 04 2023