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, switch. Davion hub. Wiggins off Giannis pindown. Klay off Bam pindown, switch. No advantage. Feeding Bam ISO post vs Reaves. Help comes and doubles on the catch. Finds Giannis flashing kicks to Wiggins in the corner for C&S 3pt
ORB. Bam. Giannis gets the tip. Bam goes at the rim, broken poss. Loose ball Giannis drives to the rim but TOV
11:18 — Davion on the side with it being cleared. Drives middle and gets to the paint. Passes to Giannis cutting. Giannis goes for a floater over the defense
Bam 1 pass away on the break. Defense helping off in the paint
10:47 — Davion hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. Gets the pass, switch. Bam has Reaves. No pass. Help was behind off Giannis. Davion-Giannis PNR, drop. Pocket pass to Giannis in the paint. Defense collapse. No advantage. Just kicks back out to Davion for C&S 3pt
This isn’t great process in the PNR
10:09 — Davion pushing pace. Swings to Klay. He just takes one dribble into a PU 2pt within 5s. Why was this a shot?
9:46 — Giannis brings the ball on the side. Defense overloads. He gets in the middle but no advantage. Swings to Wiggins. Wiggins-Giannis PNR. Just goes for a PU 3pt. Gets blocked. Again, why was this a shot
9:24 — Davion-Giannis PNR. Just a soft drive and kick to Klay. He attacks closeout and gets a drive for a Pu 2pt. Quick offense
8:58 — Davion on the side. Swings to Giannis. He just takes a 3pt. And once again, why was this a shot?
8:34 — Bam brings the ball. Swings to Giannis trailing. He attacks off the catch and gets a dunk. More early offense but this is better going downhill
7:56 — Davion brings the ball. Davion-Giannis handoff. Gets a drive but doesn’t go anywhere. Swings to Wiggins. He attacks off the catch. Drive baseline and kick but draws a PF. Bam also tried to fight for position
SLOB(Davion). Wiggins hub. Klay off a Bam pindown. Just goes for a quick 3pt. Too many quick shots after one or two passes
7:28 — Bam again trying to fight for position but can’t get the ball. Swings to Klay in the corner for C&S 3pt. More 3pt off little actions
7:02 — Davion-Giannis PNR. Reject, drive, gets to the paint and skip to Wiggins in the corner for C&S 3pt. Bam in the dunker. Giannis draws the tag.
6:38 — Giannis pushes pace. Quickly attacks and swings to Davion for a quick C&S 3pt
Wide open look before the defense is set
6:16 — Davion-Bam PNR. Soft drive and quick pocket pass to Bam. He just goes for a PU 2pt. More early looks. Not a fan
5:57 — Couple of swings around the arc. Bam gets it on the wing. He attacks off the catch, drives but lost ball TOV
5:43 — Again couple of swings. Bam just a hub. Flows into Klay-Bam handoff. Goes for a quick shot. The offense is just ehh
5:16 — Bam elbow hub. Bobby off a Pelle-Conwell stagger. Pelle cuts, draws 2 defenders. Bam missed the kick. Flows into another Klay-Bam handoff. Drive and kick to Conwell 1 pass away. He attacks off the catch. Drives and kicks to Pelle. Pelle attacks the closeout and drives and dump off pass to Bam cutting. Good movement and constant attacking
4:33 — Klay looking to push pace. He quickly attacks, drive and kicks to Conwell for a corner C&S 3pt. Early offense before the defense is set
4:06 — Conwell brings the ball. Swings to Bobby trailing and he just takes a contested 3pt. Why is this a shot. That’s like three times I typed that
3:50 — Klay passes ahead to Pelle. He quickly attacks off the catch and gets to the paint for a floater. More early offense and quick shots
3:34 — Off a steal. Transition. Bam quickly ISO drives to the rim but couldn’t finish
3:16 — Pelle brings the ball. Pelle doesn’t waste time attacking Luka off the dribble and gets to the rim but couldn’t finish. I like the drive and the ability to easily get but need to finish better
3:00 — Quickly pushing paces with passes ahead. Conwell gets it in the corner. Attacks off the catch, drives baseline. Kicks to THJ in the corner for C&S 3pt. More quick offense attacking before the defense is set
2:34 — Giannis pushing pace. He just drives, gets to the paint and kicks to THJ for a C&S 3pt. More quick shots. Don’t like this at all
2:06 — Conwell brings the ball vs pressure. Swings twice to Giannis. Side cleared but defense overloads and helps. Picks up the ball and nothing. Finds Pelle relocating from the dunker to the corner. He doesn’t take the shot. Just swings back. Giannis attacks off the catch and easily gets to the rim but PF
Pelle in the dunker. He needs to take those shots. Also, Giannis can easily bail out the offense with his drives
1:44 — Off a steal. Quickly feeding Bobby in post but bad pass TOV
1:23 — Pelle quickly feeding Giannis in the post. Doesn’t waste time attacking middle and easily gets a drive to the rim. No help anywhere. Attacking before the defense is set
1:03 — Giannis getting fronted. THJ just dribbling too much. Makes a wild pass to Pelle. He makes another bad pass TOV. Just out of control possession
0:38 — Giannis with a careless pass TOV
0:21 — Giannis getting doubled on the perimeter. Draws a PF
2nd
11:34 — Giannis high post hub. Defense showing everywhere. Swings to Conwell 1 pass away. No advantage. Conwell just ISO drives, gets to the paint for a post fade. Late clock
10:26 — Davion looking to push pace. Swings to Bobby trailing. He attacks the closeout. Gets to the paint for a floater. More quick offense
10:03 — Davion brings the ball. Swings to Giannis trailing. He just attacks off the catch and it’s so easy. You can’t stop him
9:40 — Pelle brings the ball. Swings to Bobby running. He drives and kicks back. Reset. Giannis ISO on the side, the whole defense just overloads that side. Pelle with a great cut drawing the defense. THJ lifts for a wide open C&S 3pt. THJ needs to make these
9:03 — THJ just running around but no advantage. Giannis off a Davion cross screen. Bobby hub. He makes the pass to Giannis cutting. I have enjoyed Bobby as the hub whenever it happens
8:30 — Giannis brings the ball. All defense on him. Pelle cuts behind the defense and it’s an easy cut to the rim. The typical Pelle cut in early offense
8:05 — Pelle brings the ball. Swings to Giannis trailing. He draws the defense at the nail. Kicks to Niko 1 pass away. Niko doesn’t shoot or attack properly and lost ball TOV
7:47 — Giannis elbow hub. Defense showing, no advantage. Niko hub. Giannis off Davion cross screen. No advantage. Giannis ISO post. Defense overloads. Just gets into the paint and tries to go to work but couldn’t. Makes the kick to Davion for C&S 3pt. This is just becoming dependent on 3pt shooting if that’s all it is
7:05 — Giannis quickly looking to attack. This is just an easy ISO drive to the rim. All within 6s
6:45 — Davion hub. THJ off Giannis pindown. No advantage. Swings to Giannis. He attacks off the catch quickly. Drives baseline and out of control offensive foul TOV
6:14 — Davion passes ahead to Klay. He quickly goes for a C&S 3pt in semi transition
5:52 — Trying to push pace again. Giannis looked to drive and makes a sloppy 1 handed pass to Klay TOV
5:25 — Davion looking to push pace. Bam gets fronted in the post. Can’t feed him. Couple of ball swings on the break. Niko just goes for a C&S 3pt. What is this possession
4:54 — Bam brings the ball. Quickly flowing into Klay-Bam handoff, switch. Bam draws a PF on the mismatch
SLOB(Niko). Bam fed in the post. Help comes. Fed again. Help coming from the baseline. Niko and Wiggins cut at the same time. Bam makes a great read to Niko at the rim
4:16 — Davion looking to push pace. Very quick drive deep in the paint. Kicks back to Wiggins but poor pass. Reset. Wiggins just goes for an ISO pu 3pt. Bam was fighting for post with no help anywhere. Wiggins doesn’t even bother to look
3:44 — Bam quickly passes ahead to Klay in the corner. He just takes a WTF shot on the stepback
3:14 — Davion-Bam PNR, switch. Drive kick to Wiggins in the corner. He beats the closeout, drives and kick to Davion. He doesn’t take the 3pt. Looks to drive but TOV
2:49 — Davion quickly looks to ISO drive. Gets in the paint, draws a hard stunt 1 pass away off of Niko at the nail. Kicks to Niko, swings to Wiggins for a contested C&S 3pt
ORB. Bam goes for a putback but couldn’t finish over the defense. Why was that a shot from Wiggins
2:25 — Davion comes to the side with it being cleared. Looks to attack ISO and gets a drive to the paint. No advantage. Kicks back to Wiggins lifting. He attacks off the dribble, didn’t attack straight away. Gets a drive to the paint for a floater. The drives from Davion don’t really hit well
1:53 — Davion-Giannis PNR. Just goes for a PU 3pt. Got dared to shoot
1:21 — Off a steal. Transition. Giannis just gets a drive to the rim. Very easy
0:55 — Pelle-Klay-Wiggins-Giannis-Bam. Pelle drives and draws PF
0:30 — Pelle-Bam PNR, switch. Swings to Klay He just goes for a quick C&S 3pt
3rd
11:45 — Wiggins hub. Bam off Giannis pindown. No advantage. Draws a PF
SLOB(Davion). Giannis ISO on the side, just going for a PU 2pt with help everywhere. I don’t like these possessions at all
11:08 — Davion looks to drive on the side, help is there showing. Swings to Giannis. He just quickly kicks to Wiggins in the corner. He takes a quick corner C&S 3pt. Again, too quick of a shot for no reason
10:38 — Davion Iverson cut. Just attacks off the catch, gets a drive going baseline. Engages the defense and keeps the dribble. No advantage at all and just makes a careless bad pass TOV
10:14 — Giannis ISO in the post. Drawing defense everywhere. Kick to Davion 1 pass away. He draws a closeout, swings to Klay for another quick C&S 3pt. What is the point taking these quick shots not even in 5s into the offense
9:52 — Giannis looking to push pace. He just quickly goes to attack and gets deep into the paint in traffic. Draws a PF
SLOB(Davion). Wiggins hub. Klay off a Giannis pindown. Gets the pass and just goes for a quick C&S 2pt
9:08 — Davion hub. Klay off a Giannis pindown again but offensive foul TOV
8:47 — Bam brings the ball. Flows into Klay-Bam empty handoff. Another offensive foul on the screen TOV
8:25 — Giannis making a careless pass in early offense to Wiggins cutting bad pass TOV
7:49 — Davion-Giannis PNR, under. Engages the defense. Kicks back to Giannis on the pop. He doesn’t take the shot but dribbles into a PU 2pt. Wall was formed
Giannis could’ve had Bam in the corner or on the cut. Pelle in the dunker
7:26 — Off a steal. Transition. Bam pick 6 to the rim
6:56 — Davion just swings to Giannis trailing. Davion-Giannis handoff. Drive and snakes to the paint but no advantage. Reset. Pelle tried to drive but in traffic. Almost lost ball. Giannis gets the loose ball and attacks to the rim. Broken poss but Giannis bails everyone out
6:18 — Giannis quickly looking to attacks. He drives baseline before the defense is set but is going into traffic and TOV
5:48 — Giannis ISO in the middle of the floor. Defense is showing in gaps. Just goes for a PU 2pt. Why is this a possession
5:22 — Looking to push pace. Giannis attacks off the catch in the corner. Help comes early and doubles. Kicks back to Davion. He swings to Pelle, relocating to the corner for C&S 3pt. Poor possession. Again, not much purpose. Also, Pelle with his off-ball movement has been great
4:48 — Giannis brings the ball. Sees help already. Still just attacks middle and gets right to the rim. His drives are so easy. Also, just more quick offense
4:14 — Off a steal. Giannis drives and lost ball TOV
4:02 — Davion quickly attacks ISO and gets a drive to the rim. More quick offense
3:42 — Davion on the side. Waits and doesn’t attack well. Can’t create space. Gets a drive to the paint slightly. Kicks to Klay for a C&S 3pt
2:46 — Dru-Bam handoff, switch. Bam ISO post. Help overloads the side. He gets to the paint for a floater. Bam also had the wide open kick to Pelle
2:06 — SLOB(Dru). Pelle hub. THJ off Bobby-Bam stagger, switch first, top locked second. No advantage. Swings to Bam. He just takes a C&S 3pt
1:21 — Bam pushing pace. He quickly attacks and gets a drive to the rim. I need more of this from Bam
0:53 — Dru brings the ball. Swings to Pelle. He attacks off the catch, gets to the paint. Drive and kick to THJ. Swings to Dru. He attacks off the catch, drive and kick to Bobby lifting C&S 3pt. A lot of the same C&S 3pt. This is how you’re just dependent on those shots
0:21 — Pelle getting doubled near the half court. Swing to THJ but couldn’t catch it TOV
4th
12:00 — Pelle quickly looking to attack on the side. Gets a drive but lost ball TOV
11:27 — Giannis quickly attacking off the catch as the trailer. Wall is formed off of THJ and Dru. He just spins into traffic and fell. Makes the kick to THJ for a contested 3pt. Not a great look
11:04 — Pelle-Giannis empty PNR. Gets a drive middle, gets to the paint but the drive was stopped. No advantage. He gets the bump and the bailout foul
10:40 — Pelle brings the ball and looks to attack quickly. Kicks back to Giannis trailing for a quick C&S 3pt. No point taking these 3s from Giannis
10:09 — Giannis rim runs. Has good position. Dru post entry. Gets it right to the rim and easy foul at the rim
9:41 — Giannis pushes pace. Finds Pelle cutting. He drives and kicks to Bobby. Swings to Dru for a C&S 3pt. Semi transition. More quick shots but some of these looks just have to go in
9:20 — Giannis again looking to push pace. He just drives into traffic to the rim for a poor finish. Some of these possessions, Giannis just needs to slow down
8:48 — Dru-Giannis high PNR, under. Just goes for a PU 3pt. More quick shots that don’t need to happen. A lot of the possessions are wasted like this
8:26 — Off a steal. Transition. Bobby drives and kicks to THJ leaking out for C&S 3pt
7:51 — Pelle-Giannis PNR. Tries to get a drive and draws a PF
SLOB(Dru). Pelle hub. Pelle-Giannis PNR. Gets the drive and engages the defense. Finds Giannis rolling. That draws a tag. Kicks to THJ in the corner for C&S 3pt. I liked this. Good lift from Dru too. Also, THJ started in the dunker then moved to the corner
There’s been so much on ball rep for Pelle
7:13 — Pelle quickly looks to attack off the dribble with the side cleared. He goes into traffic and TOV
6:47 — Pelle handsoff to THJ and gets it back. Swings back to Giannis. No advantage anywhere. Dru-Giannis handoff. Dru drives and turns the corner. Forces a switch. Finds Giannis rolling. Ge easily gets to the rim. THJ was in the dunker again, then moved to the corner
6:15 — Pelle brings the ball, pushes pace. Semi transition. Skip pass to THJ on the wing for a quick C&S 3pt
5:35 — Just a couple of swings up top. Wiggins doesn’t take the shot. Swings to Giannis. Wide open but doesn’t take the 3pt after hesitating. Davion tries to attack off the catch but couldn’t. Swings to Giannis for a late C&S 3pt
AWFUL process
5:04 — Giannis pushing pace. Passes ahead. Pelle looks to attack off the catch. PF elsewhere on the floor
4:43 — Davion just dribbling. Looks to drive but goes nowhere. Makes a kick to Pelle relocating to the corner. Swings twice to Wiggins. He tries to attack off the catch but wasted movement. Swings to Bam for a C&S 3pt. Similar awful process. No drives getting anywhere and settling for 3s
4:03 — Davion brings the ball. Swings to Wiggins. Attacks off the catch but a short drive. Just kicks back to Davion. He attacks off the catch and gets a drive to the rim for a foul
3:34 — Davion pushes pace. Semi transition before the defense was set. Bam attacks and gets a drive and the foul
3:10 — Klay swings to Bam trailing. Just dribbles and swings to Davion. Davion-Bam PNR. Drive middle. Gets to the paint and engages 2 but no advantage. Kicks to Wiggins in the corner. He attacks off the catch and gets to the rim. I don’t like Davion in the PNR
2:29 — Bam high post hub. Davion screens Klay, switch. Just cuts on the slip. Bam makes the pass. Davion draws the help and kicks to Pelle in the corner for C&S 3pt
1:57 — Bam high post hub again. Davion screens Klay. No cut this time. Bam just goes for ISO pu 2pt
Starters check out