Thinking Basketball’s Ben Taylor breaks down the best chess moves and counters from the first three rounds of the playoffs, including Luka’s mastery of the pick and roll and the brilliant rotations of Jrue Holiday & Derrick White for the Celtics’ versatile defense.
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7:37 all this showed me is that kat is dumb af with how long it took him to react to someone telling him where to go LOL
Hell yeah Thinking Basketball!
Those Luka lobs are wild.
It’s impossible for Gobert to play that chess match against Luka, he doesn’t have the mobility, and he can’t really do anything other than that drop coverage. It’s like Luka was up a Queen the whole time.
more of that content plz, that was cool!! thx!
White reminds me of how Manu plays in the defensive end love watching both of them play.
Luka is incredible but 7:04 was def a travel😂
This is very interesting..how White and Holiday will stop Kyrie and Luka. Can't wait!
much better 🙂
Luka is a wizard
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It’s genuinely scary how much luka was in Rudy’s head.
He read him like an open book so much that you would think that it’s scripted or some shit.
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let gooo mavs
So this means Gobert is a really good defensive player.
It's not just his physical attributes but his decision making… it's just that the guy on offense was better and faster at processing data.
Another great video. To me minute 7:39 Kyle Anderson directing Towns to the corner, waving Edward to pass to Towns, then sets a screen to block off a defender, was team work at its best.
Reed's position was goaltending, that ball was clearly going to hit the rim and it was already dropping. Yes, it was great reaction and defensive awareness but it was goaltending
In summary: Luka exemplifies the art of misdirection just like Magic Johnson
5:46 and then the REID sea can part.
I know it's a detail "coup de grâce" the last word is supposed to sounds like "grass" , great work like always ! You the goat
Masterclass video, amazing
I'll wait until he gets past the Celtics! Individual plays doesn't matter to me now as long as you cannot convert it into win or a ring. The league has too many smart players, the way to separate them to each other is to check who is actually converting skills to wins
These defensive tactics are simply not enough to guard Luka and Kyrie. They don't fumble like the Pacers and know how to explode at clutch moments. Mavs in 6 is my speculation.
Really shows that Rudy is good at his job, but Luka is just different
Kidd is killin it but he always looks mildly perplexed and dopey
Jokic, Luka, and Action Lebronson smartest.
Is Jrues full name Anjrue like Andrew is to drew?
The high IQ defender is one of the most beautiful parts of NBA basketball, except maybe how sick Luka's orchestration of the game is. I know the Celtics look like the superior team but you'd be nuts to take the Mavs for granted.
How tf luka just throw up a behind the head half court so casually