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
11:40 — Double PNR. Davion going under twice vs Schroder and couldn’t get beat him to the spot so he had a clean drive to the rim. Klay with a slight dig off the strong corner. Could’ve done more
11:15 — Transition. Awful defense from Klay. No resistance at all on the drive vs Miller. Gets an easy shot at the rim
10:47 — Transition. Miller walks into a PU 3pt. Wide open. No one picked him up. Giannis was in the paint backpedaling
Three straight possessions to start the game and it’s just awful defense.
10:27 — Giannis-Bam switch up top. Klay-Giannis switch. Just forced a PU 3pt. Arm needs to be up earlier
9:58 — Davion-Wiggins switch. Slow to react. It doesn’t seem like they are expecting to switch. Wiggins on Schroder. Just one cross and he got beat on the drive.
Giannis with a good rotation to prevent any shots at the rim. Forced a pass. Davion in a good place for the steal off a bad pass
9:45 — Off a miss at the rim. Transition. Miller gets a 3pt off a pass but Wiggins did put up a hand
ORB. Long rebound. Klay didn’t try as hard to get it. Klay in a poor position vs Schroder. Allowed a drive. Giannis had to help. Davion doesn’t realise there’s a cutter, so open shot at the rim
Awful defense all around. There needs to be more awareness on the board
9:17 — Davion-Wiggins switch. Miscomm on the switch. Wiggins wasn’t expecting that. Naz has the open drive with Wiggins not in position. Does a good job on the drive recovering and gets the block
PNR. Klay-Giannis switch. Giannis on Schroder. Stays on the drive well and uses his length to contest the shot. Almost another ORB because of Klay
8:36 — Wiggins-Bam switch. Bam-Giannis switch. Wiggins fouling Naz in the post
SLOB. Davion good defense on Miller. Very physical. No advantages at all and forced a poor fade. Giannis also showing strong help just in case. Wiggins not doing much 1 pass away from Schroder
7:52 — Wiggins not aware of the backscreen. Trailed. Wiggins-Davion switch off ball. Wiggins on Schroder. Giannis with good hands pressuring his man to deflect the handle for the TOV
7:36 — Wiggins chasing Miller around Iverson screen. Is already trailing and gives up a bad drive. Ends up fouling in the end. I don’t see how he ended up trailing so quickly
7:13 — This was just a BS shot from Naz vs Giannis
6:53 — Davion-Pelle switch. Pelle on Schroder. Giannis-Bam switch but don’t think that was expected so Giannis fouled the slip
Bam chasing Naz around off ball. Bobby in drop. Late to react, whether to switch or contest. Naz gets wide open 3pt. Bobby wasn’t in position because of the first ghost screen. He assume that was the action
6:16 — Davion pressing full court. PNR. Pelle-Bobby. At the level, no advantage. PNR. Davion-Bam. Hard blitz. Pelle great read in the passing lane
5:35 — Davion again pressing. PNR. Davion-Bobby. At the level. Davion died on the screen. Pelle good job tagging until Bobby recovers. But that opened up a skip to the corner. Wide open look
ORB. Bobby not boxing out his guy. Outworked very easily
5:04 — Pelle chasing Allen off Iverson screen. PNR. Pelle-Bam. Switch but late reaction. Pelle vs Naz in the post. Bam came to double but then AWFUL recovery on Allen and poor closeout. Klay also tried to rotate. Poor communication
What is Davion doing helping so much?
4:26 — Davion-Pelle switch. Davion again goes to gamble on the help. He went on the drive for no reason. Klay was also digging. Davion is now out of position. Bam also helped for no reason. Giving up a wide open 3pt in the corner
Just awful team defense from Davion and Bam. A lot of it stems from players not being on the same page
3:55 — Wide open corner 3pt in transition. Not getting back properly
3:41 — Semi transition. Another open 3pt. Bam did pick up the ball but no hand in the face. Open look
3:20 — Niko okay defense on Miller’s drive forces a tough shot
2:58 — Semi transition. Schroder just going at THJ. Not in good position to defend the drive. Fouls
Niko getting stuck on a screen. Gives up a wide open corner 3pt.
ORB. Allen able to tip the loose ball over Pelle boxing out. No one matches up properly. WIDE OPEN 3PT on the kick out
Awful defense. Pelle needs to try harder. It’s a habit now that after a ORB, everyone is just standing around
1:56 — THJ biting on a fake from Allen like 33ft away near the logo. Good job from Niko peel switching on that closeoue drive. THJ did rotate and closeout well on Miller
1:38 — THJ-Pelle switch but slow to react. THJ now trailing coming off a screen. Forces Niko to switch. Niko with good defense on the drive.
Pelle with a good rotation on the first pass. Giannis x out and good closeout. Allows the drive though but alters a shot at the rim
1:10 — Transition. THJ is just lost. I don’t know what he was doing getting back. That’s a corner 3pt given up because of him
0:42 — THJ vs Schroder. What an easy ISO. He beats him badly downhill and gets to the rim with ease. No help at the rim either or any dig. This was flatten out. Good play design
0:25 — Niko vs Miller ISO. Beats him with a sudden move. Gets to his spot for a PU 2pt
2nd
12:00 — Pelle and Giannis pressing full court. Good recovery back. This was a solid possession all around. Everyone sticking with everyone
Still ends in a ORB. That’s on Bobby again. Now it’s also THJ losing Miller on the cut because he wasn’t paying attention. Giannis didn’t react to the cut either. Awful awareness. The awareness is non existent after a ORB
11:14 — Niko being early on his low man help just in case. Pelle-Giannis switch. Giannis on Schroder 1v1. Allows a drive and fouls him inside
10:30 — THJ almost missed a rotation on the sink. It ended up being a bad pass but if that was good, that would’ve been a layup. I like Pelle here being aggressive and diving for the ball
BLOB. THJ trailing his man off ball. Maybe he expected a switch so potential miscomm. Gives up an open 3pt
10:06 — Niko vs Schroder 1v1. Giving up a drive to the paint. This was not a good defense despite the late contest
9:40 — Another poor defense from Niko on the drive. Almost a miscomm with him and Pelle on the switch. Has the drive vs Miller and just gives up a wide open look in the paint
ORB. That’s on Giannis. He didn’t box out.
9:05 — Miscomm with Wiggins and Bobby, they both go with the cutter. That left Schroder wide open. Wiggins had to closeout hard but he also bit on the fake. Allowed the drive. Great help from Bobby then Bam saved the play from behind
Breakdown starts with miscomm
8:42 — Pelle good ball denial. Double PNR. Wiggins-THJ-Bobby. Switch all. Bobby on Schroder. Pelle ehh defense on the drive but forced a miss.
But then allowed the ORB to his own man. That was bad. Bam couldn’t secure it either. THJ has the slowest reaction. It took time to see that Allen moved
BLOB. PNR, Wiggins-Bobby. Showing, no advantage. Davion good tag and recover. Given up a 3pt with Wiggins poor contest
7:54 — PNR. Wiggins-Bobby. Seems like a switch with Bobby but Wiggins didn’t want to. Now Schroder has 2 on him. Wide open cut inside. Davion tried to save it
AWFUL breakdown again from miscomm
7:29 — Wiggins-THJ switch. PNR. Davion-Bobby, soft show and recover. No advantage. THJ-Davion switch. Solid defense from Davion on Miller. THJ showing help, but that’s not needed. Now it’s a 3pt to Schroder
6:45 — Davion-Wiggins switch. PNR. Wiggins-Bobby. Show, 2 on the ball. Open short roll, but Bam rotates well and early. Bobby does a good job rotating to the corner. Great rotations
6:18 — Klay-Bobby switch. Bobby vs Allen on the drive. Poor defense. He should be stronger on that bump. Also, the contest was lazy. Gives up a rim shot
5:50 — PNR. Davion-Bam. Drop or switch? I can’t tell, but Naz gets an open slip. Wiggins rotates off the strong corner. Bobby helps as the low man. We don’t need to avenues to open up
5:37 — Davion chasing Allen around. PNR. Davion-Bam, drop and over. I’d want Pelle to be more aggressive here.
Wiggins vs Naz in the post. Does a good job holding his own. BLOB. Davion poor off-ball navigation. Allen gets a wide open 3pt
5:02 — Klay vs Naz in the post. No advantage. Good defense to force a fade
4:38 — Klay gets cross-matched on a big. He’s getting sealed. He was aggressive deflecting, but it didn’t matter
4:17 — Pelle pressing full court. Davion chasing Allen off ball. Davion lets him drive baseline; Wiggins is early on the help. Pelle takes the first pass. Wiggins rotates back to his man to contest the shot, but Naz makes it
Starts with a simple drive and kick. Wiggins could’ve been faster
3:43 — Wiggins going under Naz trailing? Open 3pt
SLOB. PNR. Davion-Bam, drop and over. Struggled recovering, gets an open 3pt
3:12 — PNR. Davion-Bam, drop and over. Allowed the drive easily.
Too easy ORB on the tip ball. Wiggins poor closeout in the corner, allowing a drive. Another ORB going to Wiggins’ man. Ends in a layup. The ORBs are on Bam allowing the tip
2:41 — Wiggins-Klay switch. Wiggins giving up a drive. No resistance at all. Easy shot at the rim
2:12 — Klay-Davion switch. PNR. Klay-Bam, switch. Bam on Schroder. Good defense on the drive. Stays with him and contests
1:44 — Pelle-Wiggins switch. Wiggins vs Miller. He lets him to do his spot 1v1 and go for fade. No help being shown or sent
1:06 — Klay solid def on Allen and just steals his handle
0:47 — Davion-Bam switch. Bam on Schroder. Gives up a PU 3pt. No hand up early
3rd
12:00 — Starting off the half well. No advantages anywhere
Bam preventing a drive stunting off the strong side corner. Bam vs Naz 1v1. Overpowers him a bit for a clean look at the rim
11:13 — Awful defense from Klay vs Miller. Just allowing that drive. Bam great help and the contest. Forced a miss
10:52 — PNR. Davion-Giannis, drop and over. Caught on the screen. 2v1. Pocket pass but no advantage. Bam solid job on Naz on the closeout and the drive. Forced another miss
10:22 — PNR. Davion-Giannis, drop and over. Trailing. Recovers in the paint but that’s a good look already for the floater
That’s 2 screens in a row Davion just trailed.
9:59 — Davion-Klay-Wiggins-Bobby-Giannis. PNR. Davion-Giannis, drop and over. Trailing again. Help in gaps. Wiggins-Davion switch. Naz makes a BS shot 1 pass away vs Bobby. That’s contested
9:35 — Good help from Giannis on the Miller drive vs Wiggins. Prevented anything further. But another open Naz 3pt 1 pass away
SLOB. Klay-Bobby switch off ball, Bobby got caught on the screen badly. Bobby-Giannis switch. Giannis on Allen. It’s another BS shot 1 pass away, this time from Miller. Slow reaction from Wiggins
8:49 — Wiggins-Klay switch. Klay vs Miller. Klay giving up a drive and almost an open pull up but great help from behind from Wiggins
8:22 — Davion just allowing an easy drive from Schroder. That was too easy. And he fouls
8:08 — Giannis cross matched on Schroder. PNR. Davion-Bam, switch. Great decision from Wiggins to kick the mismatch out. Defense recovers. Davion great defense 1v1 vs Miller. Still makes a BS shot on the fade
7:25 — Transition. Allen wide open pull up. No one picks him up. That’s on Klay
6:35 — PNR. Davion-Giannis, drop and over. Trailing. Klay had to switch. Klay-Pelle switch. Klay defending Miller off dribble. Easily lets him deep in the paint for a fade. Did contest the shot
6:05 — PNR. Klay-Giannis, drop and over. No advantage on the drive. Davion digging hard 1 pass away. I feel like I want him to be more aggressive.
There was almost a miscomm on a switch with Davion and Klay
BLOB. Klay chasing Allen off screen but trails badly. Gets an open corner 3pt
5:16 — Klay-Bam switch up top. Bam on Schroder. Davion-Bam switch but miscomm, the switch wasn’t seamless. Schroder gets open on the pop
4:52 — PNR. Klay-Bam, switch. Naz just lifts over Klay
4:17 — Semi transition. Klay gets cross matched. That draws help. Defense in rotation. Gets a wide open 3pt. No one was close to rotate on the 2nd pass
3:50 — Pelle good aggression vs Miller. Miscomm on the switch with THJ and Bobby. Giving up a wide open 3pt. This was awful PNR defense. A lot of that was on THJ
3:08 — Conwell and THJ miscomm on the switch. Another WIDE OPEN practice shot. This was awful too. This was a ghost screen from Miller
2:35 — Conwell-Bobby PNR. Soft show, 2 on the ball. Naz open pop. Pelle rotates quickly. No one takes Pelle’s man in the corner, so that’s another wide open look
That’s 3 wide open 3s because of breakdowns
2:15 — Transition. Disgusting defense from THJ. As if he wasn’t there
1:50 — PNR. Pelle-Bobby. Hard show, 2 on the ball. THJ rotates fully on the tag. Conwell is too close in the paint for no reason. Defense in rotation, another open 3pt as THJ recovers from the tag
ORB. Bobby is just standing there. BLOB. PNR. Pelle-Bobby, hard show, 2 on the ball. Conwell good job tagging.
1:17 — Pelle-Conwell-THJ-Bobby-Bam. Conwell late on the switch, then is trailing behind another screen. Bam with a great deflection. Conwell gambled and gives up a drive. Given an open 3 because of too much chaos. No one is in sync
4th
11:40 — Pelle vs Miller 1v1. Allows the drive to the paint and for a pull up. Bobby looked to help to contest off a strong side
11:14 — Switching up top off ball and on ball with Davion, Pelle, THJ. Davion-Bam switch, then switch another screen. Good possession keeping everything in front
10:40 — PNR. Pelle-Bobby, hard show, foul. Pelle getting beat by Allen on the closeout and no resistance on that drive. Bobby was there to contest but it didn’t matter
10:04 — Davion pressing Allen but then gives up a drive baseline. Bobby was there to help. Pelle sank down and recovered
9:38 — Transition. Schroder corner 3pt
9:13 — Disgusting defense from THJ again. Switched on Schroder and just gives up that drive with ease. Bam in the strong side but was late to recognise to help. There was no help from Pell as the low man. That should’ve been him
8:43 — Transition. Bobby good getting back and getting the deflection
8:27 — Davion pressing full court. Good pressure vs Schroder. Pelle-Bam switch. No advantage anywhere. Great possession
7:54 — Davion-Pelle switch. PNR. Pelle-Bobby, hard show and recover. Davion tags well. Recovers, no advantage. Davion comes to help on the double. Another solid possession that took the whole 24s
B2B good possessions
7:10 — What is THJ doing? Just lost Allen for a wide open 3pt
6:49 — PNR. Pelle-Bobby. Hard show but poor execution. Bam tags. Everyone recovers. No advantages
Pelle vs Miller. Does a good job 1v1. Stays on the drive and contests
Davion with a hard dig 1 pass away. I need more from Davion if he’s the help
6:08 — PNR. Pelle-Bobby, show and recover. No advantage. Pelle doing a good job on Miller.
Davion-THJ switch. THJ on Schroder. Just creates space for the 3pt
5:37 — Pelle losing Miller on the off ball screen and cut. Poor awareness
5:18 — Davion-Bam switch. Bam on Schroder. Davion on Naz. Bam being active in help. That’s what I need
4:38 — Pelle top locks Miller but then died on a screen and fell. Gave up wide open look
3:42 — Pelle navigates around screens vs Miller. PNR. Pelle-Giannis. Hard show, recover. No advantage. Good denial from Davion. THJ messed up on going over and fouled Allen 3pt
Possession so good until the end
3:02 — It’s the same actions for the Hornets. Pelle doing a good job navigating screens and top locking Miller. Ended up a switch with Klay. Good defense on the drive, prevented anything. Also good dig from Davion but then got lost recovering to Schroder
Davion needs to be better helping
2:26 — Davion cross matched with Naz. Giannis overloads the side from behind. Bam helping off Schroder 1 pass away. Klay sinks down. Pelle takes the first pass. Defense in rotation, wide open 3pt. There was no need for THAT much help. That just put you out of position.
ORB. Bam and Giannis missed box out. Giannis was just watching. Defense in rotation, everyone doing a good job. Late clock bail out. Giannis gave up a drive to Schroder. This doesn’t happen if not for the ORB or the overhelping
1:45 — Davion-Klay switch. Klay does a good job on Schroder on his drive. Forced a bad miss
1:11 — Pelle-Klay switch off ball. Klay vs Miller. No help. Just ISO. Fouls on the shot