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this is fun to try: https://stephennoh.github.io/nbadefensequiz/

it's just staggering how explosive LeBron is at 35

xp that was neat! i got 6 out of 10.

That was great, cad! Got 8, which is a lot better than I was expecting. Can someone explain why Tatum shouldn't have gone under the screen there in #1?

i'm guessing the plan there was to go over because lowry is a good shooter and you don't want to give him a comfortable three

Just seemed like with Ibaka coming so far out he got whatever look over Kanter he would've got otherwise. But maybe that extra step Ibaka took (moving screen?) took him by surprise?

That may have been the worst game Westbrook has ever played they are so much better with like mclemore getting those minutes right now. Classic rockets shoot themselves into a game then shoot themselves out of a game.

Russell Westbrook tonight

10 points
4/15 FG
1/3 FT
1/7 3PT
7 turnovers
5 fouls
-14 pic.twitter.com/AmrZ5GbSnE

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) September 7, 2020

got 10/10 on the quiz B)

I got an 8, better than I expected.

I've been paying attention to basketball my whole life and I have never heard the term "tag and cleanse" - I get the idea of "cleansing" (stepping out of the lane, I guess) to avoid the 3 second call, but tagging? Does simply touching an offensive player reset a defensive player's time in the lane?

I clicked the link with that one but I don't subscribe to the Athletic.

yeah it resets - defensive 3 seconds only applies if youre not closely guarding a player

that was a fun quiz! I only got 6/10

I got 1/1. I had to re-run the first clip six or seven times, play it through once in stop-motion, squint to read the jersey numbers because I don't know most of the Celtics. Took two minutes--too much work.

i blamed kanter on the first one cause i figured it was a safe bet

wtg micah! i got 9/10 and was pleased w/myself but you are definitely qualified to coach the ilh hoops team.

coach mic coach mic

micah coach the Timberwolves

I got 9.5 Micah can I be your assistant?

haha sure mate

awesome just texted Glen Taylor

got 5/10. need to watch the man, not the ball.

6/10!

time for bostonceltics

ask yr doctor if bostonceltics is right for you

i did the quiz and got 7/10, expected like 5/10 at best; def had to pause and rewind every clip a couple times bc my brain is bad and worse every day and the game moves genuinely moves too fast for me on the defensive end

raps need another scorer badly

this is more how i expected this series to go at the start, celtics have all the best guys to break defensive stalemate games

Celtics defense is incredible

ok now this is a little better than i expected it to go

def had to pause and rewind every clip a couple times bc my brain is bad and worse every day and the game moves genuinely moves too fast for me on the defensive end

― Clay, Monday, September 7, 2020 6:56 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

i definitely had to watch each clip multiple times, first just to square up what players were where even when i know all the guys on the floor, then to watch the on-ball action, then to watch the off-ball actions as many times as i needed to.

if it's this hard to analyze nba defense, it gives a great appreciation for how hard it must be to design, coach, and execute!

5/10 i suxor

really like kemba taking it to them tonight, its still better to run the offense through him than tatum against a really good defensive team like the raps he breaks the d down more

The Raptors have lost by 15 or more points seven times this year. Four of those losses have come to the Celtics.

— (((Eric Koreen))) (@ekoreen) September 8, 2020

Millsap STINKS

If he gets the ball on offense, a bad thing is probably happening and him getting back on defense is definitely not happening

he looks like the kind of vet who shouldn’t be playing in the playoffs anymore

He was still good before the bubble but WOOF

Literally the entirety of Michael Porter jr’s basketball IQ is rebounding

What the hell happened to montrezl in the bubble?

as is often the case i don't know exactly what you mean but it's pretty clear that he's been playing himself into shape

lol we are having absurd weather stuff here in the northwest (fire, smoke, extreme winds) and the power for my building went down just as this one was coming to the crux :/ :/

Jamal just didn’t have it tonight

murray and jokic were scared to jump shoot at the end of the game

porter jr is a pretty legit rebounder

Murray 5/17 just isn’t gonna cut it

I understand why he won’t do it because it is insanely frustrating on almost every level, but Malone just needs to bench Millsap and play porter

a vet like millsap would understand, you'd think

pretty much everyone on the clippers is like 28 or older and very physically mature i get why malone would temper porter mins with millsap. nuggs could use an olynyk type player at the back up big position who can fake it at center but not clog up their spacing on offense. millsap and plumlee aren’t bringing anything in this series except muscles

Lol no Plumlee has been great

In fact it might be worth trying twin towers lineups a little, Millsap has been that bad