the warriors and mavs use the same play against each other
*spider-man pointing at spider-man meme*
the dallas mavericks like to run this play for jalen brunson where he's executing something similar to a play action designed quarterback run.
it's a simple low-risk play where brunson can catch the ball on the move and read and react to how the defense plays it. typically teams just switch with their guys on top as he moves from one side of the floor to another:
but if the defense does make a mistake - like how jordan poole and moses moody miscommunicate on the switch here - jalen can quickly change pace and attack directly off the fake-handoff:
what i like is how 7 minutes later, the golden state warriors hit the mavs back with the exact same play. nice execution from draymond green here:
sometimes basketball is just like the spiderman meme:
two other unrelated plays i wanted to document:
1. this bam adebayo defensive possession on jaylen brown (awesome):
2. kyle lowry closing out to no one (watch the top of your screen):
he thought marcus smart was spotting up for a corner 3 when he was actually not in the game, just standing in front of the boston celtics bench:
imagine if something like that happened during a big moment of a big game and the shot went in...
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