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 handling the ball. Wiggins looked to screen. Klay coming off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass but no advantage. Feeds Bam in the post. Flows into Klay-Bam handoff in the corner. Goes for a quick 3pt
11:25 — Giannis just pushes pace. He quickly gets an ISO drive to the rim but it’s in traffic and tightly contested
11:04 — Wiggins swings to Giannis trailing. He attacks off the catch and draws a wall formed in the paint. Instant kick to Davion 1 pass away for a C&S 3pt. Giannis going downhill causes so much panic
ORB. Bam. Tipped to Davion. Giannis ISO in the middle of the floor. Takes Brook off the dribble to the rim
10:43 — Off a steal. Davion gets a drive to the rim but couldn’t finish
10:16 — Davion hub. Wiggins off Giannis pindown. Klay off Bam pindown. Klay gets the pass and just goes for a pu 2pt. Not a fan of this shot this early
9:52 — Davion tries to drive but stopped. Kicks back to Bam. He just takes a quick C&S 3pt. He makes it but again, these are just very quick shots in the offense off one pass
9:18 — Davion hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. No advantage. Swings to Bam. Bam just attacks off the catch and draws a PF
SLOB(Giannis). Davion hub. Klay looking to come off a Wiggins-Bam stagger. Top locked, cuts then goes to come off a Giannis pindown. Wiggins off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass but no advantage. Feeds Bam in the post but bad pass TOV
8:46 — Davion clears the side. Doesn’t really do much and his drive is eh. But a quick drive and kick to Klay for C&S 3pt. This was a make but this is relying on the shooting too much because the drive does nothing
8:16 — Giannis pushes pace but wall was formed quickly. He finds Wiggins cutting but double dribble TOV
7:43 — Davion hub. Klay looking to come off a Giannis pindown. No advantage. Davion-Giannis handoff, switch. No drive and just settled for an ISO stepback mid
7:09 — Feeding Giannis quickly in the post. Double comes on the catch. Wiggins cuts and relocates. Giannis just finishes over traffic
6:28 — Giannis brings the ball. Klay-Giannis handoff, switch. No advantage. Swings to Conwell. He attacks off the catch, drive and gets a floater
6:09 — Conwell-Bam PNR, drop at the level. No advantage. Swings to Klay. He just takes a dribble stepback. The makes are hitting but the process just isn’t sound at all
5:39 — Conwell brings the ball. Swings to Bobby trailing. Swings again to Klay. He just takes a very quick C&S 3pt. He makes it again but this isn’t good process
5:13 — Conwell feeding Bam ISO post quickly. No help coming. No help showing. Bam gets to the paint and just gets easily stripped. This is the same move Bam gets stripped on a lot of the times
4:44 — Conwell getting doubled at half court. Swings to Bobby. Swings to Klay in the corner for another C&S 3pt
Klay is now heating up. But this is a lot of quick 3pt shots off one or two passes
4:20 — Off a steal. Conwell quickly drives and kicks to Klay but bad pass TOV
3:54 — Bobby hub. Bam off a Klay cross screen. Bam gets a wide open cut
More Bobby hub to cutters. Will be tracking this
3:21 — Bobby just gets into the post. Aggressive. Gets to the paint for a hook. Very quick offense for Bobby. He did have a mismatch
2:48 — Conwell-THJ-Pelle-Bobby-Bam. Feeding Bam in the post. Help doesn’t come or show. He quickly drives baseline to the rim. I love this from Bam
2:10 — Bam swings to Pelle. He quickly attacks off the catch. Gets a drive baseline and defense collapses to double. Pelle splits the defense and goes up for a foul. I like this aggression
1:40 — Giannis quickly looks to drive. He has a wall formed. Kicks to THJ in the strong side corner for a quick C&S 3pt
1:20 — Pelle brings the ball and quickly attacks on the side with it being cleared. Gets a drive to the paint and goes into traffic for a foul. More Pelle looking to attack. Some of it needs to be polished, though
0:57 — Conwell quickly looking to attack. Drive and kick back to Bobby trailing. Bobby feeds Giannis at the rim. Giannis with a quick move and gets a layup. I like the connection with Bobby and Giannis
0:30 — Pelle brings the ball. Giannis elbow hub. Help is showing strong off of Conwell in the corner. Giannis doesn’t make the pass but tried to pull up. Poor pass from Giannis
2nd
11:47 — Pelle brings the ball and quickly tries to feed Giannis in the post but OOB deflected
BLOB(Conwell). Giannis doesn’t wait to attack off the dribble and gets to the rim but poor finish
11:23 — Pelle-Giannis empty handoff. Soft drive and quick pocket pass to Giannis rolling but bad pass TOV
10:49 — THJ-Giannis PNR. Swings to Bobby and he just goes for a C&S 3pt. Too quick of a shot for no reason
10:23 — Pelle brings the ball. Bobby hub. THJ comes off a Giannis screen to the rim. Bobby tries to make the pass but TOV. More Bobby hub actions
10:11 — Quickly feeding Giannis in the post. He drives baseline and gets foul
SLOB(THJ). THJ-Giannis handoff. Just goes for a quick 3pt
ORB. Bobby tipped the pass. Giannis kicks to Bobby quickly for another C&S 3pt. Just awful decision making on these 3s
9:31 — Davion quickly brings the ball. Side cleared. Looks to drive middle. Defense focuses on him. He finds Pelle cutting at the rim. Pelle in the dunker and making good cuts
8:48 — Davion-Giannis handoff, then PNR. Drives baseline. quick skip to Pelle lifting for a C&S 3pt. Giannis roll drew a lot of the defense. Good lift from THJ too
8:11 — Pelle has Brook on him. he quickly looked to attack but no advantage. Kicks to Giannis 1 pass away. He gets into the post. Tries some moves but travel TOV. Brook was staying on Pelle after the cut
7:43 — Giannis in the post. Quick kick 1 pass away to Davion for C&S 3pt. Not a great look within 5s on the clock
7:16 — Simone off a Wiggins-Bam stagger. Gets the pass. Curls to the paint and kicks back to Davion. Swings to Wiggins. He attacks off the catch and draws a PF
SLOB(Pelle). Davion hub. Wiggins off Simone-Bam stagger, switch. That turns into Simone off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass and quickly goes for C&S 3pt
6:38 — Quick offense. Wiggins pushes pace, swings to Davion. He drives off the catch. Kicks to Simone for another quick C&S 3pt. More 3pt shots off 1 or 2 passes
6:14 — Davion-Bam handoff, over and deep drop. Drive but no advantage. Kicks back to Wiggins. Just held the ball, no advantage. Then looks to drive. He goes for a floater over Brook. Awful process. Also Bam in the dunker brought the defender.
5:47 — Pelle with the side cleared. Doesn’t look to attack. Swings to Bam. Bam just attacks off the catch and goes for a PU 2pt vs Brook
5:10 — Wiggins-Bam PNR. Just Wiggins going for a quick PU 2pt. Early shots for no reason
4:38 — Bam delay. No advantage. Davion-Bam PNR. Ice. Quick pocket pass to Bam rolling. He gets downhill and easy shot at the rim. This was great
4:19 — Klay looking to screen for Bam. Wiggins coming off a Giannis pindown. Wiggins-Giannis PNR. Swings to Davion. He attacks off the catch, drive middle and kick to Bam in the strong corner for C&S 3pt. Giannis roll draws so much defense
ORB. Klay. Tipped ball to Davion. He swings to Bam. Great attack off the catch and a great reverse finish
3:40 — Quickly feeding Bam ISO post. No help sent or showing. He goes to work vs Brook and what a move to get a layup. Elite footwork
3:08 — Davion-Bam PNR, ice. Soft drive baseline and kicks back to Bam popping. Defense rotates quickly off Giannis 1 pass away. He makes the pass to Giannis cutting and he just goes for a fade
It’s a make but these can’t be the looks that you’re taking
2:42 — Klay coming off a Giannis pindown. Gets the pass and feeds Giannis ISO in the post. Bam in the dunker. Brook goes to double. Giannis just settled for a post fade. Awful process again on these shots
2:22 — Davion looking to push pace and quickly gets a deep drive in the paint. Kicks back to Pelle trailing. No advantage. Swings to Bam and that flows into a Klay-Bam handoff. Goes for a tough 3pt. I like to flow like this with Bam
1:56 — Klay pushes pace. Transition. Bad pass, kick ball
SLOB(Davion). Pelle hub. Klay top locked. Swings to Bam. He attacks off the catch and just goes for a contested floater. Not sure why that shot was taken
1:17 — SLOB(Davion). Pelle hub. Klay top locked again. Giannis high post hub. Giannis just quickly goes to attack and gets to the rim. So aggressive but forced up a shot over traffic. Giannis needs to make some of these reads to kick out when the defense collapses
1:00 — Davion pushes pace. Quickly looks to attack before the defense is set. In traffic. Lost ball TOV
0:46 — Davion hub. Klay off Bam cross screen. No advantage. Swings to Bam. Giannis in the post. Doubled on the catch. Kicks back to Davion 1 pass away. He attacks off the dribble in ISO. Gets to the paint for a floater
I feel like the offense should be a lot better if you have Giannis getting doubled like this
3rd
11:50 — Off a steal. Giannis pushes pace. Quick kick back to Klay trailing for C&S 3pt
ORB. Wiggins. Reset. Giannis-Bam PNR, switch with Brook. Giannis ISO drive middle but lost ball TOV. Awful process from Giannis
11:12 — Davion quickly looking to push pace. Makes a kick but deflected OOB
SLOB(Davion). Wiggins hub. Klay top locked. Turned into Klay cut and screening for Bam, switch. Wiggins did nothing. Klay tried to come off a Giannis pindown but switch. Davion ISO drive, gets to the paint but stopped. Giannis needs to create late clock and goes for PU 2pt. A lot of movement from Klay that I love
10:24 — Giannis elbow hub. Wiggins off a Davion pindown. No advantage. Davion-Giannis handoff, under. Davion just goes for a PU 3pt. Got dared to shoot
9:58 — Giannis brings the ball. Quickly goes ISO in the middle of the floor. Wall is formed. Kicks back out. Reset. Swings to Bam. He tries to attack but not great. Swings back to Giannis. He just goes ISO vs Brook, wall is formed every time and he’s going into traffic. Spins deep into the paint. Kicks to Klay lifting. He goes for a PU 2pt
9:25 — Davion quickly tried to push pace but didn’t do much. Wiggins has Garland. Gets fed in the post. He tries to create a shot and forces a quick hook. Bam was cutting around the paint but Brook just doesn’t care
9:03 — Davion-Bam empty PNR. Drives middle. Kicks to Giannis after the stunt at the nail. He attacks off the catch and gets to the rim. I need more of this. Giannis on those stampede cuts should be feasting
8:35 — Davion-Giannis PNR, ice. Tried to make a pocket pass very early. Bad pass finds Klay somehow for a C&S 3pt
8:00 — Davion brings the ball. Swings to Bam trailing. Delay. Klay-Bam handoff. Just goes for a tight 3pt. What a shot from Klay. This reminds me of Duncan
7:36 — Giannis pushing pace. He quickly just ISO drives to the rim and smokes the layup in transition. He also had Bam on the cut. Bam didn’t like that he missed him
7:22 — Feeding Giannis ISO post. Wiggins cuts and relocates to the wing. Strus doesn’t care and sits in the paint. Bam cuts and screens. Giannis kicks to Wiggins for a C&S 3pt
Good on Bam to cut and screen. Also DJJ doesn’t want Klay getting open one bit. That’s why he was late to rotate to Wiggins
6:54 — Bam high post hub. Into Giannis ISO post. Gets doubled on the catch. Bam cut after the pass. Bam gets the pass and gets fouled at the rim
Two good plays to exploit the double. DJJ is also not early because he’s on Klay
6:27 — Davion pushes pace. Davion-Giannis PNR. Swings to Bam. Doesn’t take the shot and just swings to Wiggins in the corner. Wiggins-Bam PNR. He curls and drives to the paint. Makes the kick back to Bam popping in the corner for C&S 3pt. I like the constant flow without any stagnation
5:59 — Klay pushing pace. Quickly goes into Klay-Bam PNR. Draws 2. Finds Bam on the roll. Bam draws the tag. Kicks to Davion. He attacks the closeout, drives and finds Bam cutting. This was great
5:23 — Davion-Bam PNR, ice. Tries to drive but no space and doesn’t go far. Kicks back to Bam popping. Flows into Klay-Bam handoff. He gets a 3pt. I like the counters on the pop from Bam to flow into handoffs
SLOB(Klay). Bam in the post. No help comes. He just goes to the paint for a fade. Got the defender biting on that fake
4:46 — Taking time to clear the side for Bam. Bam gets the ball in the post far out. Strus helps on the drive in the paint after Wiggins cuts. Bam drives to the paint and kicks to Wiggins. Quick swing to Klay for C&S 3pt. So much reliance on spot up shooting
4:19 — Bam hub. Klay off a Pelle flare screen. Gets the pass and attacks off the catch into a tough pu 2pt
What a shot but okay
3:51 — Bam ISO post vs Strus. Double comes quickly off of Pelle who made the pass then cut. Bam just kicks it out with no advantage. Bam ISO post again. Double comes again off 1 pass away off of Bobby. Makes another simple read and no advantage. Bobby swings to the other side. Pelle attacks off the catch into the paint for a tough floater. Bam got doubled twice and there was nothing out of it
3:07 — Klay-Bam PNR. Looked for a shot. Tried to feed Bam rolling but bad pass TOV
2:20 — Klay-Bam PNR. Defender trailed. Just goes for a PU 3pt. Klay sometimes just hunts those shots very early
1:38 — Davion-Conwell-Pelle-Bobby-Giannis. Giannis quickly pushing pace and passes ahead to Bobby in the corner for a C&S 3pt. Why is this a shot
1:17 — Davion looking to push pace. He passes ahead to Conwell. Defense recovers. Reset. Davion-Giannis PNR. Just swings to Conwell for a quick C&S 3pt. More quick 3pt off of nothing but swings
0:55 — Davion pushes pace. Semi transition. Finds Conwell running ahead. He attacks off the catch and dump off pass to Giannis cutting
0:29 — Giannis-Conwell PNR. Drives middle and just goes into traffic for the foul
4th
12:00 — Davion hub. Pelle off Giannis pindown. Pelle gets the pass then finds Giannis on the cut for the lob. This play. Making a note of it
11:28 — Pelle pushes pace. Passes ahead to Giannis. Just gets a quick drive to the rim. So easy when he gets downhill
10:58 — More pushing pace. Pelle quickly looks to attack but goes into traffic and no plan. OOB
BLOB(Davion). Giannis great movement on the cut. Gets the pass and gets fouled at the rim. Giannis moving off ball like this on cuts has been nice
10:29 — Giannis just head full of steam. Doesn’t waste any time. He just looks to attack and gets to the rim vs Brook but bad finish
10:16 — Giannis-Pelle PNR, ghosts. Then rescreen. No advantage. Davion-Giannis handoff, under. He just goes for a PU 3pt
9:43 — Davion pushes pace. He quickly looks to drive. Finds Giannis cutting. He makes a kick back to Bobby trailing for a C&S 3pt. Bobby is pissing me off with these quick shots
9:18 — Off a steal. Transition. Davion finds Giannis cutting.
8:58 — Giannis slows down. Giannis-Bobby PNR, Brook switch. Giannis just pounds it. Giannis goes for a PU 3pt. AWFUL process. I never want to see this
8:19 — Davion-Giannis PNR, ice. No strong drive but engages 2 and kicks back to Giannis. Doesn’t go for the 3pt. Flows into Pelle-Giannis handoff, switch. Pelle looked to drive but PF
SLOB(Pelle). Davion-Giannis PNR, switch. Just a Davion ISO. Beat him off the dribble so well. Gets to the paint for a floater
7:40 — Davion-Giannis handoff, switch. Feeding Giannis ISO post vs DJJ. Draws a PF
SLOB(Conwell). Davion hub. Pelle off a Bam pindown but turns into Pelle screening for Bam. Bam doesn’t take the shot. Flows into Pelle-Bam PNR, under. Pelle drives middle, creates good space and goes for a floater but not good
Also, Pelle using that arm. It’s also getting more common those pindowns turning into screens for Bam
6:48 — Davion-Bam PNR. Just a very short drive and quick pocket pass to Bam. Gets a PF. I don’t like these automatic reads on pocket passes so quickly
6:20 — Davion-Klay-Pelle-Wiggins-Bam. Wiggins feeding Bam ISO post vs Dunn but bad pass TOV. Wiggins can’t make a post entry pass
6:06 — Off a steal. Wiggins drive and kicks to Klay. He just goes into a dribble PU 2pt
5:34 — Davion brings the ball. Bam delay. Klay comes off a Davion cross screen, under. Klay gets a 3pt
5:02 — Davion-Bam PNR. Snakes the dribble. Keeps the dribble alive and drives and goes for the floater. Pelle with his constant movement
4:37 — Giannis ISO at the top of the key. Makes the quick skip to Bam in the corner. He attacks Brook off the catch and gets to the rim. This is how I want Bam attacking closeouts more often
4:11 — Davion pushing pace. Swings to Bam trailing. He attacks off the catch and gets to the rim again for a foul
3:54 — Giannis pushing pace. He quickly finds Pelle cutting to the rim in semi transition
3:38 — Off a steal. Transition. Giannis passes ahead to Davion driving to the rim
3:19 — Off a steal. Transition. Giannis gets a drive to the rim and foul
2:51 — Klay off a Giannis pindown. Gets the pass. Draws a fly by contest. Swings back to Davion. No advantage. Davion attacks off the dribble and gets a drive to the rim
2:23 — Giannis-Pelle PNR. Reject, drives into the defense. No advantage. Just handsoff to Klay in the corner. He takes an off balance 3pt
2:01 — Bam pushes pace. Passes and gets it back. Quickly attacks off the catch into a pu 2pt. Early offense and quick shots
1:32 — Davion slowly brings the ball and just ISOs on the side vs Garland. Looks to have a drive but gets nowhere. Help comes from Bam at the dunker. Kick back to Klay 1 pass away. Swings to Pelle. Pump fakes and drives but no advantage. Passes and gets it back. Again Pelle looks to drive off the catch but OOB
BLOB(Davion). Klay off a screen get a C&S 3pt. Defense again fly by contest
0:44 — Davion-Bam PNR. Drive but no advantage. Just passes to Bam rolling but defense recovered. Bam goes for a quick PU 2pt. This is why I don’t like the PNR offense
0:20 — Off a steal. Transition. Davion drive to the rim. ORB. Giannis putback a whole bunch of times then foul
0:2 — SLOB(Pelle). Bam just lifts up gets the pass and goes for a middy
OT
4:48 — Some off ball movement. Pelle gets the ball and feeds Giannis at the rim but no lob there. Giannis draws the defense inside and goes in the paint then makes a bad pass TOV
Brook just doesn’t care about moving around the arc. He’s defending Giannis and Bam just is wandering
4:07 — Davion-Giannis PNR. Drop. Drive, engages the big and finds Giannis rolling to the rim
Brook again on Bam helping at the rim
3:38 — Davion brings the ball. Swings to Bam trailing. Delay. Feeding Giannis in the post. Help comes from 1 pass away off of Klay. He kicks and just takes the C&S 3pt
2:59 — Davion-Bam PNR, under. Drive but no advantage. Gets into the paint and kicks to Pelle after the stunt off the corner. No advantage. Giannis just bail out PU 3pt on the grenade
2:19 — Giannis pushing pace in transition. Quick drive and kick to Klay leaking out to the corner for a C&S 3pt
1:57 — Bam hub. Klay off a Pelle-Giannis stagger, switch the first and top lock second. Swings To Davion instead. He attacks off the catch. Gets a drive to the paint and kicks back to Bam for a C&S 3pt. Brook was ignoring and sagging off Bam. These are looks Bam needs to make
1:19 — Davion hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. No shot, defense recovered. Feeds Bam ISO post. He gets to the paint and goes for a quick post fade
0:40 — Giannis pushing pace. Swings to Bam trailing. He attacks off the catch and gets a drive deep to the rim. Kicks to Davion in the corner for a quick C&S 3pt
0:03 — SLOB(Giannis). Klay off a Bam hammer screen. Gets a C&S 3pt in the corner