Two classic examples of the “Steve Clifford Defense” within a 2 minute span in the 4th quarter. Both of these resulted in the Jazz making wide open 3s.
January 28, 2024
Two classic examples of the “Steve Clifford Defense” within a 2 minute span in the 4th quarter. Both of these resulted in the Jazz making wide open 3s.
2 comments
You think Clifford told all 5 of them to stand in the paint?
There’s no way he’s teaching collapse the lane like that in an NBA that’s 3pt oriented!
I believe it’s these guys trying to play hero ball once they got down big. They aren’t following directions or playing their assignments!
Once you have been getting pounded down low, and out muscled for rebounds bc they were playing small ball w pj at the 5. Coaches will have players creep down to prioritize helping out w rebounds. Naturally, players’ defensive mechanisms tend to have em react that way also.
2 comments
You think Clifford told all 5 of them to stand in the paint?
There’s no way he’s teaching collapse the lane like that in an NBA that’s 3pt oriented!
I believe it’s these guys trying to play hero ball once they got down big. They aren’t following directions or playing their assignments!
Once you have been getting pounded down low, and out muscled for rebounds bc they were playing small ball w pj at the 5. Coaches will have players creep down to prioritize helping out w rebounds. Naturally, players’ defensive mechanisms tend to have em react that way also.
Rebounding disparity was 49 to 35!