Welcome to my game notes. For the most part(particularly on offense), these are possession-by-possession notes of all the things that happened on the court. It’s a way for me to learn as much as possible about what happened during the game because I would otherwise forget. Anything can be a note, no matter how small or complicated.
These are my personal notes. This is not meant to read as analysis or a piece. Some of the sentences may not have structure or perfect grammar. They are notes. My goal for this is to somewhat track the things that happen to know what to dig deeper into and have some kind of reference to it somewhere.
Clips will be accompanied for key plays I want to highlight.
1st
11:55 — Davion-Klay-Wiggins-Giannis-Bam. Davion-Bam PNR, under. Davion hub. Klay looking to come off a Bam pindown. No advantage. Feeding Bam ISO post. Gets to the paint for a fade late clock
Giannis in the dunker. Everyone else just watches
11:18 — Davion looking to push pace. He quickly gets a drive deep into the paint. Kick to Giannis trailing for a quick C&S 3pt
10:53 — Giannis brings the ball. Quickly kicks to Klay in the corner. No shot but he tries to drive on the closeout but gets stopped by Dyson. No advantage. Davion-Giannis PNR, over and drop. Offensive foul TOV
10:28 — Davion again pushing pace. Gets another quick drive to the paint. Makes a poor kick to Wiggins. He still gets the pass and drives to the rim
This was more of a defensive breakdown. But again pushing pace
9:56 — Davion pushing pace. Kicks ahead to Klay for a very quick 3pt in semi transition
9:39 — Defense not matched up. Davion swings to Wiggins for a wide open 3pt. No defender in sight. Attacking before the defense is fully set
9:14 — Giannis quickly brings the ball. Swings to Bam in the corner. Attacks off the catch, drive and kick to Wiggins. Swing to Davion for another quick 3pt
More quick shots
8:47 — Davion just taking his time. Davion-Bam PNR, over and drop. Quick pocket pass to Bam. He goes for PU 2pt. I don’t like this shot
8:15 — Davion brings the ball. Klay comes off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass but no advantage. Feeding Bam in the post, side cleared. Gets to the paint and good footwork to draw the foul
Wiggins in the dunker relocating
7:45 — Davion brings the ball. Quickly gets a drive baseline. Handsoff to Bobby relocating along the baseline to the corner. He takes a dribble into a pu 2pt. Again, not a fan of this shot. Too quick
7:18 — Bam gets into post with the side cleared. Doesn’t waste time. Gets to the paint and another good footwork for a clean shot. Everyone else just watches
6:47 — Bam hub. Klay off Davion cross screen. Klay-Bam handoff. Just goes into a quick 3pt
6:08 — Same play. Bam hub. Klay off Wiggins cross screen. Into Klay-Bam handoff and goes for another 3pt. This time miss
5:40 — Wiggins brings the ball vs pressure. That eats up time. Davion just a quick ISO. Good drive off the dribble. Beats his man to the paint, draws a stunt for a kick to Wiggins C&S 3pt 1 pass away. Just one simple action
5:14 — Transition off a steal. Davion gets a drive to the rim
4:58 — Off a make, pushing pace. Quickly passing ahead to Bam. He attacks off the catch and gets a drive for a floater. Very quick attack
4:31 — Just feeding Bam in the post. He looks to drive baseline but help is there early. Tried to make a kick to Klay in the corner but deflected and TOV
Pelle in the dunker. He cut and that drew the dunker in
4:10 — Bobby faking the handoff. He’s just handling and then goes for an ISO pu 2pt. Okay Bobby. I don’t know what that was
3:40 — Pelle feeding Bam quickly trying to seal inside. Bam just going for a quick post fade in the middle of the paint before defense help. Very quick shot
3:09 — Dru trying to get a quick drive but walled off in the paint kicks back out. Swings. Flows into Klay-Bam PNR, switch. Bam has a mismatch but nothing there. Dru-Bobby corner handoff. Drive middle and gets to the rim, there was no help
I like the flow out of all of this
2:31 — Davion-Bobby-Giannis PNR, hard show on the 2nd, no contact from Giannis. Flows into a THJ coming off a Bobby-Giannis stagger. Gets the pass and curls to the rim
This was a good action
2:09 — Dru pushing pace. Transition. Looks for a lob to Pelle but couldn’t finish at the rim
1:55 — THJ pushing pace. He tries to find Dru cutting but bad pass TOV
1:37 — Dru quick pass ahead and Bobby just takes a contested 3pt for no reason
What is that shot from Bobby
1:15 — Feeding Giannis in the post with everyone spread out. Double immediately on the catch. Kick to THJ 1 pass away. Skip and Bobby takes another contested 3pt. Not a great look
This isn’t a good possession
0:53 — Pushing pace. THJ quickly attacking. Swings to Pelle. He attacks off the catch, goes baseline and gets a drive to the rim
More quick offense
0:21 — Giannis-Dru PNR, show. Offensive foul TOV
2nd
11:45 — Off a steal. Quickly pushing pace. THJ attacks off the catch in the corner. He gets a drive and spins into a floater but miss. More quick shots
11:25 — Feeding Giannis at the elbow. Bobby looks to set a flare screen for THJ. Pelle looks to come off a Dru pindown but top locked. Flows into Dru-Giannis handoff. No advantage. Late clock. Feeding Giannis in the post again. Doubled on the catch but drives baseline and gets a shot at the rim
Not a great possession
10:52 — Dru really quickly pushing pace off a make. Too fast and just makes an awful decision to take a shot on that drive
I don’t know what he was thinking here
10:15 — Dru-Bobby PNR. Just a touch screen. Gets the pass on the slip. Has the drive and gets right to the rim. Good taking advantage of the defense
9:38 — Bobby hub. Passes to Giannis cutting. He just gets a shot at the rim plus and one
I like this with Giannis being the cutter
ORB off the FTA. Pelle tipped the ball. ORB. Giannis putback ORB. Giannis putback. ORB. Reset. Bobby again finds Giannis inside and it’s a dunk. This is just aggression
9:06 — Ball swing. Giannis 45 cuts. Pelle lifts. Pelle-Bobby PNR, over and drop. Drives middle and finds THJ cutting baseline for a layup
Davion’s defender doesn’t care about him and was helping strong on Pelle
8:42 — Davion just dribbling. Some “screens” from Bobby and Giannis but no contact. THJ comes up but again no contact or advantage. Flows into Davion-Giannis handoff then PNR. Giannis roll had the tag ready. Skip pass to Bobby. He beats the closeout into a PU 2pt
Some of the screens need to be better
8:13 — Davion-Bobby-Giannis PNR but again NO CONTACT. Screens need to be better. There’s no advantage otherwise. THJ lifts and looks to screen but no advantage. Feeding Giannis in the post. Double comes. Kick and post feed again. Double again. Kick to Bobby and he attacks closeout and gets a floater
ORB. SLOB(THJ). Giannis gets the pass on the elbow and late clock PU 2pt but 24s TOV
7:30 — SLOB(Davion). Pelle hub. THJ looking to come off a Bobby-Giannis stagger. Gets top locked. Bobby comes off the screen instead and gets a 3pt
I like this set. This has been used a few times this season
7:08 — Off a steal. Transition. Giannis runs the break and finds THJ cutting
6:50 — Davion-THJ-Pelle-Niko-Bam. Davion pushing the pace. Davion missed Pelle cutting to the rim. Reset. Davion-Bam PNR, over and drop. Skip to Niko lifting. Swing to Pelle relocating to the corner. He beats the closeout, has the drive to the rim but poor shot. He did his deceleration
Pelle in the dunker!
6:14 — Bam hub but getting into it late. Davion screening THJ. Flows into THJ-Bam handoff. Gets a drive into a PU 2pt
Similar action as to with Klay
5:40 — Pelle quickly looks to attack. Good 1v1 drive. Gets to the paint and draws the foul
Attacks before the defense was set. I like this from Pelle
5:12 — Pushing pace. Quick Davion-Bam PNR, has the drive to the rim. Great screen from Bam. This was quick offense
4:56 — Davion again looking to push pace. Swings to Bam trailing. Bam drive and kick after he sees help from off of Davion 1 pass away. Davion attacks off the catch and gets to the rim but blocked. More quick offense
4:36 — Pelle-Bam high PNR. Drive middle and gets far to the paint. Defense collapse and makes a pass to Bam cutting. Good patience and goes for a hook
Niko cutting along the baseline again. Davion’s man doesn’t care. Dyson is just sitting in the paint
4:08 — Bam looking to attack but help was there early off of Davion. Davion-Bam PNR, ice. Pocket pass to Bam. He gets to the paint and defense collapsed. Makes a poor kick to Niko. No advantage. Swing to Wiggins. He drives and kicks to Pelle lifting from the corner for a C&S 3pt
Wiggins’ man didn’t care. Johnson was in the paint on Bam’s roll. Bam needs to recognise that quicker
3:26 — Quickly feeding Bam in the post. Double comes on the catch. He spins baseline and gets to the rim for a reverse but couldn’t make it
ORB. Pelle cuts in time and gets the putback but couldn’t make it
2:57 — Quick Davion-Bam PNR. Help early on the elbow. Kick to Wiggins 1 pass away. He just goes for a C&S 3pt. Very quick early shot
BLOB(Davion). Niko-Giannis PNR, over and drop. Drive, middle, gets to the paint, defense collapses. Skip to Bam in the corner for a C&S 3pt
Tag was early on Giannis
SLOB(Wiggins). Davion-Bam PNR. Drive but stops quickly. Skip to Wiggins but no advantage. Reset. Davion just goes for a late clock PU 3pt
2:06 — Davion-Bam PNR, over and drop. Drive, gets to the paint for a floater. Very quick offense again
1:35 — Davion pushing pace. He quickly drives and goes into traffic. Lost ball TOV. These are moments where he needs to slow down
1:24 — Semi transition. Giannis pushing pace. A quick drive to the paint, draws the defense. Kicks to Wiggins in the corner for a C&S 3pt
1:05 — Davion-Bam PNR ice. Pocket pass. Bam just goes for a PU 2pt. ORB. Giannis twice gets it and goes for the putback
0:37 — Davion-Bam PNR, over and drop. Offensive foul on the screen TOV
0:3 — Niko half court heave. Makes it
3rd
11:45 — Davion-Bam PNR, but no real contact. Davion hub. Wiggins comes off Giannis pindown. Klay comes off Bam pindown. Klay gets the pass, draws 2 on the ball. Open Bam on the roll
Late help because of the screening action on the other side too
11:12 — Davion brings the ball quickly. Davion-Bam PNR, ice. Pocket pass to Bam in the paint. Early help off of Giannis in the paint. Bam tried the lob but deflected. Broken poss. Davion kicks to Klay, he beats the closeout and drives. Dumps off to Giannis at the rim
I like the set up with Giannis in the dunker and Klay 1 pass away
10:48 — Wiggins-Giannis handoff, switch. Flows into another Wiggins-Giannis corner PNR, switch again. Tries to drive baseline but lost ball TOV
10:33 — Davion hub. Klay off Bam pindown, switch. Klay makes the pass to Bam rolling. Bam gets the roll to the rim
Klay’s gravity drawing that big out. Dyson was the one helping on the initial roll and he’s on Giannis helping off. That weakside action need to be better
10:02 — Davion hub. Klay off Bam pindown. Better defense this time, no advantage. Bam ISO post. He quickly goes baseline, spins to the paint for a hook
ORB. Bam. Reset, Davion-Bam PNR. Drive and tries to pass to the roll but TOV. Giannis cut into the paint on the Bam post up
9:29 — Davion-Giannis high PNR, under. No advantage. Swing to Wiggins. He just takes a contested 3pt but makes it. Showing some limitation from Davion’s drive vs unders
8:55 — Quickly feeding Giannis ISO post. Double on the catch off of Wiggins 1 pass away. Bam cuts and draws the defense inside. Giannis skips to Klay for a good C&S 3pt. This is good to create those open looks
8:29 — Just a Davion ISO drive. Nothing else. He brings the ball and goes 1v1 quickly. It was a poor shot, tried to hunt a foul
8:12 — Giannis just pushing pace and gets a drive but out of control and lost ball TOV
7:57 — Bam bringing the ball slowly. Eating up clock. Feeds Wiggins ISO post with under 10s. Wiggins backs down to the paint and bail out foul. Awful process
7:13 — Off a steal. Semi transition. Klay pushes pace and finds Giannis cutting before the defense sets and gets to the rim.Easy offense
6:40 — Again a slow possession. Klay cross screen for Giannis but no advantage. Feeding Giannis in the post. Double comes on the catch off of Wiggins 1 pass away. Davion cuts but he doesn’t draw the defense. Klay then also cuts. Giannis tries to make a skip to Davion in the corner but deflected
Poor execution
BLOB(Davion). Just making a pass to Wiggins in the paint. He creates a bail out shot vs the clock on the stepback
5:55 — BLOB(Wiggins). Davion hub. Klay comes off a Bam pindown. Klay gets the pass, draws defense. Swings to Davion. Swing to Wiggins for a quick 3pt. I don’t like this shot at all
5:40 — Davion-Bobby PNR, switch. Bam battling for post position vs Dort. Gets PF
SLOB(Bobby). Davion hub. Klay off a Wiggins-Bam stagger. No advantage, good defense. Feeding Bam ISO post. No double coming. Bam just goes for a post fade. Not much anywhere else, just standing around
5:07 — Davion quick ISO drive. Just goes right into it. Gets to the paint but poor shot
Not a fan of this decision. Klay was coming off a screen from Bobby too
4:48 — Davion brings the ball. Wiggins off a Bam pindown. No advantage. Wiggins-Bam PNR but no real contact. Drives baseline and handsoff to Bobby relocating to the corner for a quick C&S 3pt
Not a fan of this possession either. Also, Bobby doing these relocations have been common
SLOB(Wiggins). Dru-Pelle-Wiggins-Bobby-Bam. Pelle-Bam PNR. Pocket pass to Bam rolling. Gets deep into the paint, finishes through contact
Bobby in the dunker. His man helps. Dru’s man very early on the tag
3:52 — Bam quickly looking to attack baseline but there’s no space. Help comes from behind and he picked up the dribble.
ATO. SLOB(Dru). Pelle-Bam PNR. Pelle with a strong drive. Finds Bam in the paint for a hook over the defense
3:02 — Dru-Bam empty PNR. Just a quick pocket pass. Help is there early in the paint on the roll. Bam makes the kick to Pelle. Pelle attacks off the catch, gets to the paint for a fade
2:29 — Pelle-Bam PNR. Rejects the screen. Drive. Tries to make a pass to Bam in the paint but couldn’t. Ends up a TOV
2:11 — Transition. Dru outlet pass to THJ. Bam drive kick back to THJ for a quick C&S 3pt
1:25 — Giannis brings the ball. Swings to Bobby. He attacks off the catch but lost ball TOV on the drive
1:04 — Pelle-Bobby quick empty PNR. Engages 2 on the drive. Kicks to Bobby on the pop but doesn’t take the 3pt. He attacks the closeout. Kicks back to Pelle. He doesn’t take the 3pt. He looks to then attack off the dribble. Gets to the paint for a tough look
0:36 — Feeding Giannis ISO post quickly. Double on the catch off of Dru 1 pass away. Dru cuts and gets the pass. No advantage. Kicks back to THJ moving. He attacks off the catch and gets to the rim
4th
12:00 — Trying to feed Giannis in the post but couldn’t. Tried it with Bobby flashing middle. Flows into Pelle-Bobby handoff. No advantage. He quickly just drives off dribble and gets to the rim
This was a solid drive from Pelle
11:25 — Pelle-Giannis PNR. Good patience, drive, gets deep to the paint and kicks to Bobby in the corner for a C&S 3pt. Wide open look
10:57 — Pelle brings the ball. Just goes into Pelle-Giannis PNR again. Not much of a drive but defense was focused on the action. He swings to THJ lifting for a C&S 3pt
10:25 — Pelle-Giannis PNR, under twice. Daring him to shoot and Pelle makes the PU 3pt
That’s three straight PNRs for Pelle
10:03 — Transition. Dru pushes pace and tries to kick out to THJ but a bad pass TOV
9:50 — Pelle-Giannis high PNR, gets the drive and forces a switch in the paint. Makes the pass to Giannis but no advantage. Giannis just goes for a post fade
9:10 — Pelle-Giannis PNR, under. No advantage. Gets a drive and kick but deflected
SLOB(THJ). Giannis gets the pass and just quickly attacks off dribble to the rim. He had all the space but a poor finish. He also had a wide open kick to Bobby in the corner
8:48 — Giannis hub at the top of the key. Flows into THJ-Giannis handoff. He curls and stops into a pu 2pt. Had a kick to Davion instead 1 pass away
I don’t like this look at all. Also, Pelle in the dunker
8:17 — Davion-Giannis high PNR, under. Still gets a drive, draws the defense with the quickness. Finds Giannis rolling and he’s already rolling to the rim
7:43 — Davion-Giannis high PNR. Forces switch. Giannis had the mismatch. Davion tries to attack off the dribble, kicks to THJ strong side corner for a 3pt. THJ just chucking anything up
7:14 — Davion-Giannis PNR, forces a switch but didn’t attack fast enough and defense recovered. Swings twice to Wiggins in the corner. He creates a 3pt
Awful process. Davion had to recognise the skip to Wiggins quicker
6:48 — Davion pushing pace. This was fast and he quickly gets a drive to the rim in semi transition
6:19 — Davion-Giannis empty PNR, ice. Defense in the paint already on the roll. Giannis gets it at the elbow turns into an ISO. He attacks off the dribble to the rim and draws foul
Pelle in the dunker moving around
5:50 — Davion-THJ-Pelle-Wiggins-Bam. Bam and Pelle thumb up and down. Davion-Bam PNR. Drive around the paint but no real advantage. Keeps the dribble alive and turns into just another drive and he gets to the rim
5:25 — Off a steal. Transition. Davion finds Pelle. Great deceleration and finishes at the rim
5:00 — Davion again looking to push but reset. Davion-Bam PNR, ice. Quickly makes the pass to Bam on the short roll. He has the roll, help comes early. Kicks to Pelle. Swing to Davion. He goes for a C&S 3pt
The help in the paint comes off Wiggins after he cut. The spacing wasn’t great
4:30 — SLOB(Davion). Pelle-Bam PNR, ice. Bam gets it on the short roll. He gets into the paint and draws a foul
4:06 — Pelle-Bam high PNR, ice. Finds Bam on the short roll but no advantage. Bam tried to create but couldn’t get anything going. Kicks back to Davion. He attacks off the catch and gets a late clock ISO drive
This is when the PNRs don’t get any kind of advantage and it doesn’t work
3:20 — Davion-Pelle-Wiggins-Giannis-Bam. Davion pushes pace. Finds Giannis running the break. He easily gets to the rim in semi transition. Early offense for Giannis is automatic
2:58 — Davion tried to push pace but reset. Swings and feeds Giannis ISO post. He had good position vs Dyson. Good patience and gets a layup. Bam in the dunker. Defense helped early
2:19 — Giannis kills time. Pelle-Giannis PNR. No contact. And Pelle offensive foul TOV
1:52 — Davion-Giannis PNR. No contact on screen. Davion engages 2 on the ball. Passes to Giannis on the short roll. Stops in the paint and kicks to Pelle in the corner for C&S 3pt
Bam in the dunker. His man tagged. His presence opened up Pelle
1:05 — Davion pushes pace. Then kills clock. Just passes it around. Giannis PU 3pt for no reason