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
11:34 — Klay-Giannis PNR vs Garland. 2 on the ball. Rui gets the pop but good quick rotation from Davion. Bam rotates to the corner. Perfect rotations.
11:09 — Good Klay defense vs Rui on that drive. Forced a TOV
10:45 — Davion pressing Garland full court and forces a TOV
10:31 — Davion again pressing Garland. Davion-Bam PNR vs Garland. Another 2 on the ball. Bam hard blitz. Foul, though
10:19 — Bam switches on Garland
9:57 — Klay-Wiggins switch vs Garland. Giannis showing help with digs off of Rui. He helps at the elbow and gives up the 3pt 1 pass away
9:34 — Bam switches on Garland. Good job with Klay taking the roll instead of Davion. Wiggins great defense vs DJJ on the drive. Giannis defends the Rui drive and forces a tough shot but made it
8:55 — Bam switches on Garland. No advantage. Davion switched with Klay but then wasn’t tracking his man and lost him on the cut. Tried to help too much on Garland
I don’t get the overhelping from Davion
8:22 — switching everything up top. Bam on Dunn and no advantage. Good contest on the drive
8:02 — Wiggins-Bam PNR vs Garland. 2 on the ball. Show and recover. Klay rotates to the pop. Bam recovers back to the paint. Giannis almost getting beat on a closeout
Klay has been on Jackson a lot because of switches
7:18 — Klay ISO post vs Jackson. Giving up a good look. Bam tried to help. Davion not paying attention and DJJ gets a wide open cut for the putback
The awareness from everyone off ball is so bad
6:45 — Wiggins-Giannis PNR vs Garland. Switch. Miscomm with Giannis and Bam on the screen. Rui gets an open pop. Poor rotations with 2 guys going to the same guy twice
6:33 — Another miscomm on the switch. 2 on the ball by accident. That forced Conwell to tag and gives up an open 3pt
Way too many lapses with switches
6:12 — Transition defense
5:50 — Wiggins-Bobby PNR vs Garland. At the level, 2 on the ball. Recovers on the roll. Bam not putting up a hand earlier on DJJ lifting. Gives up a 3pt
5:21 — Bam switches on Garland. Conwell with good defense on Rui’s drive but too small
Bam has been switching on Garland plenty and not allowing anything
4:52 — Klay not giving anything up vs Garland. Conwell again too small for Rui. He just rises up above him
4:10 — Bam lazy on that board. Allowed a long rebound. Miscomm with Bobby and Bam on the switch. Strus gets an open 3pt because of it
2:53 — Klay with solid defense on the closeout and drive.
2:32 — A little bit of full court press. Garland beats it but then able to recover. Bam on Garland again. No advantages. Pelle-Bobby PNR. 2 on the ball, miscomm. Open slip. THJ good rotation to take the roll. Conwell rotates on the first pass. Poor communication on the next rotation. That has to be either Pelle or Bobby communicated earlier. That allowed Strus to beat the closeout and a dumpoff. Bam also didn’t sink down
Awful defensive lapses
2:00 — Pelle pressing hard full court. No advantage. Giannis hard close out for some reason. Bobby rotates to help and then good hands to deflect the dumpoff
1:25 — Transition. Giannis gambled on the steal and that allows a dunk
1:05 — Pelle with solid defense 1v1. Good absorbing the contact and forces a tough shot in the paint
2nd
11:34 — Semi transition. Not getting back and matched up. Pelle just lost his man for some reason cutting. He was the first one back. That should’ve been him
11:00 — Good possession until the end. Nothing is allowed. No advantages created even though this started off from a TOV. Bobby on the perimeter on Gradey. Bobby-Giannis PNR, switch but allowed the slip to get position. Pelle helped on the ta then was late to contest. That’s also on Conwell to know to rotate. Open 3pt instead
10:32 — Bobby just ball watching and allowing Strus to get the tip. That should’ve been a box out
No one boxes out and are just ball watching
10:16 — Semi transition defense. Strus open pu 3pt
9:40 — Bobby with solid defense 1v1. Giannis letting the roll behind him. Brook just gets an open floater. No tag from Bobby either
9:03 — Davion trailing off ball. That was quite bad and his man just got open curl to the paint. Giannis had to switch. He also recovered back to Brook
8:20 — Rui vs Pelle. Why is Davion just coming to double and leaving a wide open 3pt 1 pass away. There was also no one to rotate to the pass. Just not needed help. THJ should’ve reacted quicker too
When someone comes to double, other players have to be in sync too
7:53 — Davion-Giannis PNR. Davion trailed and forced Giannis to step up higher. Open Brook on the pop for 3pt
6:20 — Simone showing strong help off the strong corner but that was poor execution. He also helped because Wiggins was allowing the drive#
5:55 — Davion-Bam PNR, switch or under. Another open 3pt
So many mistakes on defense in this quarter
4:55 — Davion-Bam PNR. Stuck on the screen, forced a switch. Wiggins kicks the mismatch out. Good peel switch from Simone. Wiggins poor defense vs Brook. Getting taken off the dribble. No help from Simone at the rim either
4:23 — Wiggins easily getting beat by Rui. Just one cross and he couldn’t keep up
3:50 — Giannis with good defense vs Rui on the closeout. Davion-Bam PNR, trailed behind and Garland gets an open 3pt vs drop
Davion’s screen nav hasn’t been great. He also looks to help all the time and can’t get attached in time
3:12 — Garland with another open pu 3pt. Wiggins-Bam switch but not great execution and he had the space
That’s b2b 3s for Garland that are open
We have Pelle now on Garland
2:05 — Pelle-Bam PNR, switch. Klay with good defense on Rui after the switch. Stripped his drive
There’s also switching up top with everyone else
1:30 — Giannis switches on Garland. Davion for some reason is helping off the corner very early. Lost his man and it’s another open cut to the rim
0:47 — What is this defense from Klay? Just letting Rui walk to the rim in early offense
3rd
11:50 — Good activity from Wiggins on the deflection after the switch to prevent the pass to the slip
11:19 — Klay switches on Brook. What is Giannis doing helping that much in the paint and just completely ignoring DJJ going to the break
10:38 — Klay again switches on Brook. Giannis is just switching everything up top. Giannis on Garland. Klay on Brook defending in the post and fouls. Bam should’ve kicked the mismatch out. I don’t know why he didn’t do that
10:05 — Davion-Bam PNR vs Garland. Drop. Davion trails. Forced to switch on the pop, open 3pt for Brook
9:30 — Klay cross matched with Brook downlow
9:08 — Transition. Not getting back and wide open corner 3pt after a drive drew the defense
8:43 — Wiggins solid defense vs DJJ on the drive. Strips him well in the paint
8:15 — Davion-Bam PNR, switch. Giannis kicked the mismatch out perfectly. Bam on Garland. Then Klay and he gives up a drive. This awful defense
7:42 — Bam on Garland again. Klay kicks out the mismatch on Brook. Davion losing his man on the cut after the pass. Just not paying attention. Giannis with the instant rotation to get the block
7:03 — Klay switches on Garland. Just allows the drive so easily. That drive draws Wiggins to rotate. Giannis with a late reaction. And it’s another cut to the rim.
Giannis needs to be quicker. But also just Klay can’t get beat like that
6:36 — Klay switches on Garland. 2 on the ball on the 2nd screen. That forces Wiggins to tag. I don’t get why that wasn’t just a switch. It was before
6:13 — Davion-Bam PNR vs Garland. Just going under. Maybe some miscomm. Gives up an open 3pt
6:02 — Giannis trailing Rui badly off ball. Gives up an open 3pt
5:36 — Klay switches on Garland. Bam switches on Garland. Klay on Brook.
4:25 — Transition. Not getting back. Allowing ORBs
4:02 — Davion-Bobby PNR. Not attached. He now trails Garland on the drive. Bobby is forced to help and open roll
That’s twice now on the PNR that Davion was trailing
3:23 — Bam switches on Garland
2:00 — Bam great aggression in the PNR. Gets the deflection on the switch
1:23 — Giannis letting a slip happen. Miscomm on the switch with Pelle
0:14 — Davion pressuring Garland well but then died on a screen and had to recover. That put 2 on the ball and forced rotations
4th
11:26 — Pelle physical vs Strus off ball. Great switch from Bobby to alter the shot and force the miss on the drive
11:18 — Davion pressuring Dunn. Good PNR defense from Conwell. Switching up top and not allowing any deep drives. This was solid from Conwell
10:44 — Davion again pressuring ball handlers. Switches up top. More pressure. Davion is fucking going at it. What a great possession from everyone
10:20 — Awful transition defense. Somehow a player gets behind everyone
9:46 — Poor closeout from Davion on Garland but then recovered just as fast to contest
Davion’s energy and hustle and his pressure has been felt to start the 4th
9:04 — Davion-Bobby PNR vs Garland. 2 on the ball. Conwell tags early. Pelle takes the cut. Conwell goes back to contest. Solid possession from him
I have also enjoyed Conwell
7:45 — Davion-Bam PNR vs Garland. Davion trails and that forced Bam to help. Engaged 2 on the ball. Open Brook for 3pt
Pops are killing them. That was the case vs the Lakers too
7:02 — Davion trailing Garland off ball on the handoff. Bam switches well. Bam on Garland. Wiggins on Brook. He just finishes over him
6:23 — Bam switches on Garland. Wiggins kicks mismatch out and is on Brook. Bam forces a stepback 3pt
Wiggins and Klay have done a great job kicking out mismatches
5:44 — Klay switches on Garland. Just allows an easy drive middle. Bam was in drop and then had to stick with Brook. Klay needs to be better
4:45 — Klay switches on Garland. Both Bam and Davion look to overhelp in the paint but why
Davion is the one that seems to be freelancing a lot
4:00 — Perfect strip from Davion on Garland’s drive
3:23 — Bam switches on Garland. Bam with great digs to force the TOV. Davion and Klay communicate better to kick the mismatch out but Davion needs to recover on his man quicker
3:07 — Garland hunts Klay.
2:55 — Bam switches on Dunn. Late clock. Nothing going on. Garland just makes a BS late clock 3pt
2:30 — Garland tries to hunt Klay. Davion is very aggressive in his face
I haven’t really felt like I been seeing much from Giannis
1:45 — Pelle switches on Garland. Bam switches on Garland. Giannis digs from the corner
1:34 — Davion getting beat by Garland off ball on the cut. Just poor defense trying to stick with him
0:50 — Garland hunts Klay. No advantage and forced a pass
OT
5:00 — Davion trying to stick with Garland off ball. Bam had to switch on the handoff. Bam gets beat. Klay had to stunt off strong corner and foul
4:15 — Bam switches on Garland. Pelle kicks out the Brook mismatch. Perfect possession. Giannis with a good closeout and recovery to deflect the passes. Forced a 24s
3:45 — Bam in drop vs Garland. Davion does a good job recovering back before the advantage
3:10 — Davion trailing Garland off ball. He’s not attached. Not paying much attention. Forced Bam to switch. Pelle again kicked the mismatch out
2:25 — Bam switches on Garland. Pelle kicks out the mismatch. Giannis overhelping and losing his man on a cut. But then is still able to recover. Pelle also great rotation
The kicking out mismatches has been on point
2:04 — Bam switches on Garland. Giannis kicks out the mismatch. Garland hunts Klay on the switch but awful defense and allowed the pu 2pt
1:37 — Garland hunts Klay. Pelle switches on Garland. No advantage. Giannis pressuring up top
0:17 — Davion and Klay double Dunn in the corner. Davion gets beat by Garland. Rotations but no advantage