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
11:55 — Double PNR. Klay switching the first PNR, the over 2nd. Pelle chasing Bailey around and got caught on a screen. Gave up a 3pt
11:30 — Davion letting a drive blow by. Giannis is forced to switch. Giannis poor defense on a 2nd drive. Allows a paint touch and then also fouls
10:55 — Double PNR. Klay switches the 1st. Trails the 2nd over. And gives up a cut to the rim. No rim protection either. It’s the same play as the first. Pelle was chasing Bailey.
10:36 — Davion trailing DP on the drive. Bam is forced to help again. Good contest from Bam but there was an open roll. He got the ORB. That’s on Giannis to tag and box out here. Davion ball watches on the 2nd shot. Gives up another ORB
Awful defense from Giannis and Davion ball watching
10:00 — Davion trailing the screen again but no advantage
9:32 — Lots of switching on or off ball. Keeping everything in front
8:30 — Davion late reaction to the switch. Now, he’s trailing again and gives up an open 3pt. That was a miscomm with Davion and Pelle
So many breakdowns start with just a simple miscommunication problem
7:55 — Davion again trailing the PNR. Takes a lot of time to get over. Bam is forced to help. Klay is then forced to tag. Opens up a shooter for 3pt.
7:30 — Davion allowing a blow by. That forces Giannis to help in the paint. Klay is splitting the difference. Klay good closeout on the first pass. Got bailed out with a foul
7:23 — Miscomm with Davion and Klay on the switch. Switch doesn’t happen but now Davion is behind, trailing. That puts the defense in rotation because it forced a tag, Bam had to now help on the drive and it just opens up to more potential mistakes. Pelle did a good job rotating quickly to help Bam
7:00 — Davion pressing DP. But then is trailing again in the PNR. Bam is forced to help. He switches on the drive. More defensive rotations start with that one simple breakdown
6:30 — Pelle great defense. Him and Klay also switch well. Pelle stays on every drive. Giannis with a poor closeout forced rotations. Bobby in the paint early forced a floater instead
5:00 — Conwell goes under the PNR vs Collier. But can’t recover. Giannis forced to switch. Pelle ball watching and lost his man shifting to the wing. That gives up a 3pt
4:18 — Bobby has had good positioning. Early to help in the paint
3:55 — Bobby again is early in the paint and his presence did deter shots at the rim, forcing upper paint
3:10 — More Bobby just being in the paint early. Bam again baits the pass well after sinking and then has a good read in the passing lanes
Bam has been good at helping, encouraging the pass and then getting back into it and getting the steal
2:50 — Transition defense. Did get back but still allowing open looks. This was on Wiggins
2:38 — Davion-Bobby. Hard show, blitz vs Collier. Conwell takes the first rotation. Bobby recovers to the roll. Conwell switches on Collier and forces a tough paint shot
Conwell has been holding his won.
2:00 — Davion almost getting beat on the backdoor cut. Bam read that perfectly and helped at the right time to get another steal
1:21 — Good entire possession from Wiggins on ball. Does a good job sticking with his man in the PNR and on drives. Bobby lazy boxing out and gives up a ORB and no effort to contest the putback
0:52 — Bam switches on Collier. Miscomm with Bobby and Wiggins on the roll. Both go to him and leave the pop wide open for 3pt.
0:30 — Davion drawing a charge!
2nd
2nd
11:30 — Bam switches up top vs the Chicago action on Bailey. Gardner showing strong help in gaps. Solid closeout and good defense vs the drive. Bam also comes to help and be active. He closesout and is aggressive. Gardner comes to double. Great locking up
This is again how help should be. If you’re committing to helping, help to that extent
10:25 — Wiggins helping off the strong corner and is now out of position to contest the 3pt on the lift
Also, this wasn’t in action but Davion was just floating around off ball.
10:00 — Bam getting beat off dribble very easily by Okogie. There’s no low man help from Simone
9:45 — Wiggins aggressive defense vs DP. Gets backcut. Gardner looked to peel switch off the corner. Simone also helps as the low man. Davion takes the 1st pass. Wiggins rotates the 2nd. Still made the 3pt
This all started with Wiggins getting backcut
9:03 — Transition defense. Getting back to make the lob pass harder
8:50 — Davion pressing full court. Draws an offensive foul on the screen
8:18 — Davion trails the PNR. Is now on the back of DP in the paint. Allowed a drive further. Good help from Gardner
7:46 — Conwell was solid on this possession. Defended well up top and then his closeout and recoveries were decent. Forced a tough shot
7:15 — Simone switches on DP. Trails another PNR. Giannis switch. Almost allowed the slip. Gardner low man tags well and early. Conwell takes the 1st rotation. Gardner was ready to take the 2nd. This was perfect help and x-out. Simone failed to box out then fouls
A defensive breakdown that started with Simone also ended up with him giving up ORBs
6:48 — Putting Simone in the same action again. He trails the screen that opens up the roll and he fouls him. This time, there’s no tag
6:28 — Gardner trailing the PNR. Giannis in drop. Miscomm with the coverage. I feel like Gardner thought there was a switch. DP gets a wide open pu 3pt
The Jazz are just going to the same PNR action and are hoping for the same kind of breakdown with the roller getting open
4:47 — Double PNR. Klay switches the 1st, over the 2nd. Is trailing and just gives up the drive to the rim. Bam in drop. Then gets screened
This is just awful defense. I don’t think I’ve liked Giannis defense in drop
3:53 — Klay doing a good job with off ball chasing and contesting the 3pt. Giannis not boxing out allowing the tip
2:44 — Giannis switches on DP. Allows a 3pt
1:34 — Wiggins just allowing a drive. No physicality here and so easy to get to the rim
0:58 — Wiggins caught on a screen. Forced Bam to switch on DP. Pelle with good contact on a drive, forced a deflection
0:37 — Bam switches on DP. No shot. Good contest. Klay allowing an easy drive vs the closeout to the paint
0:5 — This was just awful defense given the time and the situation. How did DP go full court to the rim?
3rd
11:36 — Pelle switching twice with Giannis. Bam switches on DP. Pelle takes roll. Looks like everything has been an auto switch. Giannis allowing a tip. Pelle’s man also gets the loose ball. That’s another ORB given up. Davion-Bam PNR, switch vs DP. That’s too much space for pu 3pt
The poor switches hurt so much
10:42 — Bam a bit undisciplined here on the closeout
10:30 — Davion-Pelle switch. The slip is always there and that forces rotations
9:40 — Klay gets beat off the dribble. That was too easy and offered little resistance or any contest. Davion tried to take a charge but could’ve easily just contested it instead
9:18 — Klay-Bam switch. Open roll. Davion low man has to rotate and help. Does a great job. Forced a pass. Pelle takes the first rotation to contest. Giannis so lazy ball watching and gives up another ORB
8:40 — Klay-Bam PNR switch. Bam on DP. There’s a drive but Bam is on him and easily gets the block
8:25 — Davion-Pelle switch. But not executed well. Open pop. Davion did a good job recovering. Davion and Klay doing a good job on that drive and switches too
7:58 — Transition. Klay great hustle getting back to slow him down. Davion also gets back to contest. Perfect
7:40 — Miscomm on the switches vs the double PNR. Wide open roll to the rim. This on Davion-Bam-Pelle. Giannis low man doesn’t even realise to help
7:05 — Pelle-Bam PNR, switch. Bam on DP. Tries to stay on the drive but foul. Also, this switch wasn’t perfect either
6:30 — Bam on DP. Just dribbling and can’t attack. Klay switches on DP
5:30 — Wide open 3pt given up. Is this some zone defense?
4:38 — Conwell good PNR defense vs DP. Very aggressive with his hands too. Giannis-Klay switch.
4:28 — More zone defense. Pelle and Conwell up top. Open 3pt after a flash middle
3:16 — Switching everything up top. Giannis on DP.
Defense has been better with the seamless switches. Not putting themselves in rotations
3:00 — Zone defense. Corner 3pt
2:33 — More zone defense. Wiggins and Conwell up top. Not allowing any advantages. A corner drive after Bobby helped
That corner with Bobby has been the most vulnerable spot. This was a thing with the Warriors
1:55 — Conwell getting beat off dribble badly. Bam rotates to contest the shot. Davion ball watches and doesn’t box out. That’s just lazy
0:50 — Zone defense. Another flash middle. Gets a floater. Another ORB given up. That should be on Davion to box out again
A bunch of ORBs given up in zone
0:10 — Zone defense. Almost the same issue. Bobby helped inside instead
4th
11:55 — Starting the Q in zone. Killing the clock. DP gets a 3pt with Wiggins dying on the screen
10:40 — Zone defense. Flashing middle after a few swings but these are good looks to give up
The zone defense has really threw off the Jazz
10:22 — Back to man. Davion drawing another offensive foul
I think that’s three fouls drawn by Davion
9:40 — Giving up a wide open corner 3pt. Davion helping early in the paint and was slow to recover. He was helping on the tag
I don’t want Davion to be the low man helping
9:05 — Back to zone def. Flashing middle but Davion gets him and prevents anything. Switch to man after the BLOB. Wiggins allowing an easy drive off dribble. Paint and open floater. This was a poor closeout from Wiggins
8:33 — Transition. Pick 6 off a TOV
8:05 — Zone def. Bailey keeps flashing middle and gets those jumpers
7:30 — Man def. Gardner allowing a drive. Simone helps off strong corner. And it’s a lazy closeout to contest. Open corner 3pt
7:02 — Transition. No one picks up Collier and gets wide open 3pt
6:49 — Transition off a TOV. No one picks up Collier again and he gets a 3pt. This is on Giannis
6:06 — This was great defense from Pelle. Stays well on the drive to force the miss
5:45 — Pelle-Bam PNR again. Don’t want to switch. Pelle recovers. Stays on the drive and cut him off. This is just perfect defense from Pelle. Absolutely perfect. Bam helped for no reason and then allowed a pass to a cutter. Giannis didn’t recognise that to help
5:00 — Pelle again with perfect defense on the drive and contest. B2B stops for Pelle that were so needed
4:40 — Pelle physical off ball vs DP. Forced a TOV on a foul
3:25 — Solid possession. So many deflections and just general activity
2:55 — Transition. Allowing a dunk
2:24 — Pelle gambling on the steal. Caused the breakdown for the wide open 3pt
2:00 — Collier just goes at Klay in early offense. Poor defense on the drive. Gets an easy foul
1:35 — Davion easily allowing a drive after he wasn’t in position. He was helping off and then couldn’t recover in time. Giannis low man didn’t help
1:05 — What a chasedown block from Klay in transition. This was so clutch