Iko Houstons early version of their small ball group Tate Thompson Smith and both Greens has an impressive 864 defensive rating per Second Spectrum Got better as the game went Udoka said of the switching And to your point I think the third and fourth we really did it well

Kenny Atkinson James Harden is a good isolation defender I was a little more upset with our back line defense Everybody's putting it on James Sure some of it was him Sometimes micro experiences get exaggerated

Kenny Atkinson on the Cleveland Cavaliers' adjustments The tactical adjustment we made was avoiding Ausar Thompson We were just like if he's near the ball throw it to someone else

Sam Vecenie amp Bryce Simon break down a game 5 adjustment from OKC In the 2nd half they went toward playing McCain more on the ball which opened up the ability to get into those second side actions in an empty for Shai which allowed him to get into more space

Jeff Teague Shoutout to JJ Redick People are taking his blueprint on how to stop SGA and applying it He changed the whole way of guarding OKC This might hurt OKC going forward and their whole trajectory of being a dynasty That way of guarding him may have messed up everything

Thinking Basketball I do think that the competition the Knicks have played has been subpar you could argue Atlanta was the best team they've played against the Cavs 3 or 4 possessions in a row the Knicks just get runout layups That's just an abomination of transition defense

Spurs off-ball defense on Shai in the fourth quarter of Game 2