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
12:00 — Davion-Bam PNR. Swing then feeding Wiggins ISO post. Side cleared. He gets to the paint for a hook
11:23 — Davion-Bam PNR, but no contact. Another Wiggins ISO post. Side cleared. Can’t get into the paint and this time just settles for a post fade
10:51 — Klay-Bam handoff. Draws 2 on the shot. Then quickly finds Bam on the roll. Gets a good drive to the rim for a floater
10:09 — Bam has the mismatch but can’t get the ball. Giannis swings to Klay. He just chucks up a 3pt. This was a funny possession
9:39 — Giannis brings the ball and wall is formed. Bam again has the mismatch getting fronted. Giannis just goes for a PU 2pt. Second time Bam is at the rim with a mismatch
9:20 — Giannis brings the ball. Wall formed again. Not a great handle and a missed read to Wiggins 1 pass away. Reset. Davion-Giannis PNR, ice. Drive and kicks back to Giannis on the pop for 3pt
8:49 — Quickly feeding Bam ISO post. Everyone around the arc. Bam gets to the paint and kicks to Davion. Reset, no advantage. Davion-Bam PNR. Drive, engages 2. Kicks back to Wiggins lifting. He attacks off the catch but no advantage. He finds Giannis in the paint and he just creates something out of nothing on the drive
What an awful possession. Giannis also just floats around the paint
8:17 — Wiggins pushing pace. Swings to Giannis. He quickly gets into the post and kicks to Davion for a C&S 3pt. Early offense, quick shot
7:45 — Davion-Giannis handoff. Soft drive and engages 2. Kicks back to Giannis for another pop 3pt. This is a shot defense will live with. Davion’s drive doesn’t really do much
7:23 — Davion pushing pace. He quickly gets a drive before the defense is set. Drive and kicks to Bam but bad pass TOV
6:58 — Davion handling the ball. Slow possession. Davion hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass and draws the defense. Pass to Bam rolling but defense able to recover quickly. It just ends in a Bam ISO pu 2pt. Also Giannis was looking to set a pindown for Wiggins. This is a set action
6:33 — Giannis quickly looking to attack in the middle of the floor. Wall is formed. Skip to Wiggins and he takes a quick corner C&S 3pt
6:10 — Giannis looking to attack but wall is formed again very quickly. No advantage. Swings to Bam and he gets Horford on the fake for a foul
SLOB(Wiggins). Davion hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. No advantage. Klay-Bam PNR. Just a pass to Bam on the roll but bad pass TOV. These auto passes to Bam are so bad when there are skips
5:47 — Bam-Klay PNR, show. Swings to Klay on the pop. He makes a great read to Wiggins cutting to the rim but couldn’t make it. I need more actions for Klay. Also Draymond ignoring Bobby in the corner to help
5:25 — Davion looking to push pace. He quickly drives, kicks back to Klay trailing. Gets the pass back and makes a quick C&S 3pt. More early offense getting 3pt
5:01 — Davion hub. Wiggins off Bam pindown. No advantage. Swings to Bam. He attacks off the catch and great drive to the rim
4:40 — Pushing pace. Davion quickly passes ahead to Wiggins cutting. He goes up vs Draymond and just can’t finish
4:16 — Davion pushing pace. He quickly looks to drive but nothing there. He dribbles out and resets. Swings to Pelle. He looks to attack but lost ball TOV
3:44 — Bam hub. Doesn’t waste any time and just takes Horford off the dribble to the rim. Secondary actions on the other side with Bobby screening. Conwell also in the dunker
3:03 — Pelle brings the ball. Pelle-Bam PNR, switch. Drive but gets cut off quickly. Just feeds Bam in the paint. He goes for a post fade for a foul. Not a fan of the process.
2:30 — Pelle brings the ball. No advantage on the drive. Swings back to Bam. Bam-THJ PNR, show. Swings to THJ popping. No shot or drive. THJ just backed down. Handsoff to Conwell moving. He attacks off the catch, gets to the paint and kicks to Pelle for a corner C&S 3pt
I like THJ screening for Bam but execution needs to be better. I like Conwell’s movement
1:54 — Pelle just going off dribble, attacks and gets to the rim, stops well but then tried to force a shot in traffic. He likes the deceleration move
1:29 — Pelle handling the ball with not much going on. Pelle-Giannis PNR, no contact. Pelle another strong drive to the rim, kicks to THJ in the corner for a C&S 3pt
ORB. Giannis tipped it. THJ just goes for ISO pu 3pt. Annoying shot from THJ
0:59 — Giannis just quickly going for ISO pu 2pt
0:45 — Giannis-THJ PNR, no advantage. Pelle-Giannis handoff. Turns the corner and gets a drive to the paint. What a great finish
0:12 — Giannis just ISO, draws a double, kicks back to THJ for a contested 3pt, late clock
2nd
11:45 — Off a steal. Transition. Giannis gets a drive to the rim but jumpball
ORB. Pelle quickly attacks, gets to the paint and kicks to Conwell for C&S 3pt. A lot of Pelle doing stuff with the ball
11:15 — Feeding Bobby ISO post. He just goes for a post fade. Why is this an action?
10:43 — Giannis just swings to Bobby and he takes a very quick corner C&S 3pt. More quick shots from 3pt that aren’t good process
10:12 — Giannis brings the ball. Swings to Conwell. He tries to attack off the catch baseline but stopped. Swings back. Swings around the arc and Pelle gets a C&S 3pt. Again more 3pt that aren’t good
9:47 — Conwell pushing pace. He quickly looks to attack and gets a drive to the rim but contested
9:24 — Davion tries to quickly attack middle but lost ball TOV
9:09 — Conwell vs pressure full court. Passes ahead to Davion. He attacks, gets to the paint and kicks back to Conwell for a quick C&S 3pt as the trailer
8:53 — Jumpball. Giannis gets it. He quickly drives baseline and kicks to Pelle lifting for a quick C&S 3pt. There’s no hesitation on that shot and that’s good
8:16 — Zone def. Giannis gets it in the post. Tries to feed Bobby cutting OOB
BLOB(Davion). Conwell off a screen just passes back to Giannis. Late clock ISO pu 3pt grendate. Awful possession
7:48 — Off a steal. Transition. Giannis just gets a drive to the rim
7:26 — Davion pushing pace. He finds Conwell cutting but no shot. Kicks back to Niko. He attacks off the catch. Dumpsoff to Giannis in the paint. Loose ball. Niko gets a layup but TOV
7:03 — Davion-Conwell-Klay-Niko-Bam. Davion just goes for an ISO drive but couldn’t get anywhere. Davion-Bam handoff. Another drive, gets to the paint but TOV
6:33 — Conwell hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. Klay curls and screens for Bam. No advantage. Swings to Wiggins. He attacks off the catch and hesitates on the pu 2pt. Wiggins missing Conwell on the kick
6:21 — Niko looks to push the pace. No advantage. Bam hub. Swings to Wiggins. Swings to Conwell and he just chucks up a 3pt in the corner. He made it but I don’t like these shots
5:36 — Klay-Bam handoff into PNR. Draws 2 on the ball. Pocket pass to Bam. Help was there early in the paint. Bam gets swarmed and foul
SLOB(Niko). Conwell hub. Klay off Wiggins-Bam stagger. Curls then goes around the 2nd. Gets the pass. Klay-Bam PNR, no advantage, just swings to Wiggins in the corner. Wiggins makes a poor pass, it finds Conwell for a 3pt
SLOB(Niko). Klay-Bam handoff. Just goes for a contested PU 2pt. ORB. Bam aggressive on the putback
4:43 — Niko swings to Bam trailing. Attacks off the catch and goes for a pu 2pt
4:13 — Bam brings the ball. Flows into Klay-Bam empty handoff. Quick pass to Bam rolling. Defense rotated early. Bam just jabbed and went into the paint. No advantage. Reset. Klay-Bam PNR. Just goes for a deep pu 3pt
3:36 — Giannis elbow hub. Niko off a Davion-Wiggins stagger. Giannis doesn’t care and just goes for a pu 2pt. Giannis really had a wide open Niko 1 pass away
3:13 — Giannis elbow hub again. Pelle off Davion-Bam stagger. Giannis makes the swing to Pelle this time. Pelle-Bam PNR, switch. Pelle drives on Dray and out of control TOV
2:41 — Klay dribbling. Klay-Bam PNR. Rejects and just a drives but lost ball TOV. What was this from Klay
2:22 — Davion handling. Klay off Bam pindown. No advantage. Swings to Giannis. Pelle-Giannis handoff, into PNR, ice. Drives baseline, stops and kicks to Bam for a corner C&S 3pt
1:53 — Bam pushing pace with a pass ahead to Pelle. He drives and gets deep into the paint for a kick to Davion for a C&S 3pt. A lot of Pelle driving and kicking
1:37 — Off a make Davion looking to push pace. Swings to the corner and bad pass TOV
1:16 — Giannis pushing pace. Gets into the post and quickly looks to attack and draws a foul
0:52 — Giannis again looking to push pace. He drives and makes a kick back to Klay trailing for a quick C&S 3pt
0:36 — Giannis again pushing pace. Another quick, short drive and kick to Davion for a C&S 3pt. I don’t like settling for these looks all the time, especially after misses
3rd
11:45 — Davion hub. Klay off a Bam pindown, switch. Bam has Steph. Gets fed in the post. Drives baseline, draws the defense, kicks to Wiggins in the corner. Swings to Davion. He attacks off the catch, dumpoff to Bam. Broken poss. 24s TOV. Good process but poor execution
11:07 — Giannis trailing. Wiggins-Giannis handoff. Drive middle but short drive and no advantage. Reset. Davion ISO drive middle, gets to the paint and kick to Giannis. Goes for a 3pt. Poor shot.
10:26 — Wiggins-Giannis PNR. Drive middle, draws 2, pocket pass to Giannis and easy shot at the rim
10:11 — Giannis pushing pace. Quick drive and kick to Wiggins in the corner for a C&S 3pt. Very quick shot. ORB. Bam. Giannis again in the middle of the floor. Makes the kick to Wiggins. Swings to Klay. He attacks off the catch into a dribble PU 2pt
9:20 — Davion brings the ball. Quick Klay off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass and draws 2 immediately. No advantage. Swings twice. Giannis ISO post with the side cleared. Help is showing. He just backs down in the paint no advantage. Pass to Bam cutting late. Goes up at the rim in traffic.
8:33 — Quick Bam ISO post. Bam tries to attack baseline and draw a foul but couldn’t. Poor shot
8:15 — Bam delay hub. Flows into Klay-Bam handoff. Draw 2, drags it out. Kick to Davion in the strong corner for C&S 3pt. ORB. Giannis. Getting doubled. Kick to Davion, swing to Klay. Gets a C&S 3pt
7:28 — Bam hub. Klay-Bam PNR. Drive and engages 2 again. Kicks to Wiggins lifting but no advantage. PF. SLOB(Giannis). Davion hub. Klay off Wiggins-Bam stagger. No advantage. Swings to Giannis on the other side the corner for a C&S 3pt
6:52 — Giannis delay hub. Klay-Giannis handoff. No advantage. Klay just takes a BS shot on the pu 2pt. What is this offense
6:26 — Davion just dancing and swings to Klay for a quick corner C&S 3pt. Too many 3s and they’re settling
6:02 — Bam hub. Klay off a Pelle flare screen, switch. No advantage. Bam just dribbles out. Klay-Bam handoff. Drive, engages 2. Swings to Pelle. He attacks off the catch, drives baseline. Kick to Bobby in the corner for C&S 3pt. Lots of DHO hunting
5:26 — Pelle tries to go ISO but couldn’t get anywhere on the drive. Swing around the arc to Bam in the corner. He attacks off the catch, gets to the paint and goes for the drive and the foul
4:52 — Bam pushing pace. He again looks to attack Horford 1v1. Gets to the paint and goes for a fake but no advantage. Reset. Klay-Bam PNR, reject and drive. Can’t create space. Goes for a PU 3pt. What is this shot
4:28 — Conwell-Bam-Klay Spain PNR. Swings to Klay on the pop for C&S 3pt. More settling for 3s
4:02 — Conwell pushing pace with a pass ahead to Bobby. He finds Klay trailing. No advantage. Reset up top. Pelle-Bam handoff. He curls and drives to the paint but in traffic, lost ball TOV
3:39 — Davion-Conwell-Pelle-Bobby-Bam. Davion looks to drive with the side cleared but help showing. Kicks back to Bobby. Davion-Bobby handoff, switch. Drive to the paint middle. Makes the kick to Pelle for C&S 3pt
Bam also cut and that drew the defense in. Also, Pelle continues with no hesitation taking those shots
3:08 — Off a steal. Transition. Davion gets out in transition to the rim
2:52 — Bam with the side cleared. Just swings back to Bobby. Swings around the arc to Davion. No advantage. Just ISO drive and nothing. Finds Bam on the cut for the push shot
Not a fan of this process. Also, Pelle in the dunker
2:22 — Davion-Conwell-Pelle-Bobby-Giannis. Davion with the side cleared but doesn’t attack. Swings around the arc to Conwell. Same play as before. Conwell looks to attack baseline. Gets a drive and goes for a shot in traffic
2:05 — Giannis-Conwell PNR. No advantage. Pelle-Giannis handoff, switch. Just goes for a stepback 3pt. This was with confidence from Pelle
1:28 — Davion-Conwell-Pelle-Niko-Giannis. Giannis pushing pace and wall is formed. Just killed the dribble. Swings to Conwell, he draws a PF
1:01 — Davion brings the ball. Swings to Giannis trailing. Flows into Pelle-Giannis handoff. Drive middle into traffic and just forces a tough shot at the rim for no reason. Pelle also had the kick to Niko in the corner
0:46 — Transition. Niko gets a drive to the rim for the foul
0:04 — Davion late clock ISO pu 3pt
4th
12:00 — Davion-Giannis PNR. Reject. Drive and no advantage. Davion-Giannis PNR. Soft drive and no advantage. Swings to Niko. Doesn’t really do much. Swings back to Davion. He attacks off the catch for a floater
SLOB(Niko). Pelle-Giannis PNR, reject, drive baseline. Engages 2. Skip to Davion. He draws a fly by. He attacks off the catch and goes for a floater
11:07 — Davion brings the ball. Swings to Niko. He attacks off the catch and quick swing to Giannis. Davion-Giannis handoff, under. Just goes for a PU 3pt
10:36 — Pelle-Giannis PNR. Drive, engages the big. Skip to Niko for a quick C&S 3pt
10:05 — Giannis bringing the ball, looked to attack middle but help is shown. Kicks to Davion. He drives and lost ball TOV
9:29 — Pelle trying to feed Giannis in the post fronted, couldn’t get it. Pelle just holds and goes ISO vs Curry, gets a drive to the paint but no advantage. Kicks back to Davion. He attacks off the catch for a floater
8:51 — Pelle-Giannis PNR, ice. Just a soft drive, no advantage. Defense recovers. Conwell-Giannis PNR. No advantage on the drive. Swings to Pelle. He attacks off the catch and gets to the paint in traffic and draws foul. Pelle is attacking a lot
8:19 — Couple of ball swings to Pelle in the corner. He attacks off the catch, no advantage on the drive. Kick back. Davion attacks off the catch, his drive doesn’t go anywhere. Kicks back to Conwell, swing to Niko in the corner for C&S 3pt. Awful possession where the drives get you nowhere and it stagnates the offense
7:56 — Off a steal. Transition. Pelle passes ahead to Giannis. He quickly drives to the rim but poor finish and gets blocked
7:30 — Davion-Conwell-Pelle-Wiggins-Bam. Davion-Bam PNR. Help showing at the nail off of Conwell. Davion gets to the paint for a floater. Davion likes that shot in the paint
7:03 — Davion Iverson cut. Davion-Bam PNR. Same thing. Help at the nail off of Conwell. Davion gets into the paint for a floater again
6:41 — Off a steal. Bam pushes pace. Ball swinging around. Davion gets a C&S 3pt before the defense is set
6:00 — Feeding Bam ISO post. He quickly attacks baseline and aggressive finish at the rim
5:32 — Pelle brings the ball and looked to attack. No advantage. Couple of ball swings and Conwell gets a C&S 3pt. Not great process
5:14 — Off a steal. Transition. Davion gets a pass ahead and gets a drive to the rim
4:48 — Bam pushes pace with a pass ahead. Pass to Pelle cutting but draws an offensive foul TOV
4:22 — Bam hub. Conwell off Wiggins-Pelle stagger. Bam just swings to Davion on the other side. He attacks off the catch, gets a drive and floater
4:03 — Bam brings the ball and quickly kicks back to Davion trailing. Goes for a very quick C&S 3pt
3:42 — Davion-Conwell-Pelle-Giannis-Bam. Bam hub. Pelle off Davion pindown. Davion quickly slips. No handoff either. Pelle-Bam PNR. Keeping the dribble well. Gets a drive but awful challenge at the rim. That shouldn’t be the shot
3:05 — Giannis ISO post quickly. Just looked to attack and gets to the rim but offensive foul TOV
2:45 — Giannis ISO post again. Aggressive backdown to the paint and gets fouled. Bam in the dunker
2:23 — Bam just dribbling on the side but nothing going on. Ball swings to Davion. He dribbles and goes ISO drive to the rim well
1:50 — Pelle quickly looking to ISO drive from the side to the paint. Makes the kick to Bam for a quick C&S 3pt
1:30 — Davion-Bam PNR just a drive going nowhere. Swings to Conwell. He beats closeout and goes for a floater
Starters check out