AD went off! Reacting to Mavericks vs Rockets!
Rockets without Shenun for the second straight game due to sickness and then the Mavs coming off an awful loss to the Thunder. Both the reactions of those games were on Patreon. No Steven Adams, no Shangon, but they still won against the Suns who were without Deon Booker. Uh KD off ball screen come up good pass KD coming off a game where he had eight assists. Capella is fighting. Going under [Applause] pay. Cooper drop coverage. Go to work. Ah, AD with the rebound. AD went one for nine against the Thunder and his one field goal came in the fourth quarter of garbage time. Ryan Mhmard been playing really good recently. Oh, nice. Then looking for an off ball for KD. Deep drop. KD get this pivot two dribble. got your spot way too easy. PJ’s back. They’re going to that empty drag. Look at that’s so cool, man. You see, I’m a nerd out about this type of stuff. Look how AD like waved like this and then Cooper cleared out and it gets right to the spot. Free throw line right right on the wing and we’re going to that empty drag. Capella’s dropping. Go to work, Nimhard. KD reject the screen. KD straight up is ISO trying to get to that right elbow. And that’s crazy because Naji Marshall is literally sitting at the spot he wants to go to and he just splits both of them. That is over AD. AD is bringing the ball up. Skip to the corner. Hooper. Two dribbles. Hold up. They want Nemard. He’s going to Yeah. Nice. Jabari Smith is fighting down there. Delay set. Oh, AD’s isoling pain. Same play that they keep running for KD. I mean, it’s too easy at this point. And that’s just straight up isoling, too. Now he’s on Max Christie. He’s just at the top. Takes two dribbles. Gets to a spot every time. He’s done that four times now. Reed Shepard’s in the game. Reed Shepard to Holiday. Step back. Fly by three. Cooper. Oh, got a mismatch. Fade. Nice toddler. Drop coverage. Pocket pass. KD on the wing. ISO again on Naji Marshall. Naji is a good defender. That’s good defense. You just can’t guard that. Now PJ got the assignment. Tween. Twin behind the back. Hezi pull. Goodness. N double teaming him now. You kind of have to. He’s been cooking. Aaron Holiday. What a pass. Tate with the extra. Reach Shepard with the dunk. Hey, Brandon Williams in and out. Step back. Bucket. Christie. Nope. Cookies. Jan Tate came away with it. Drop off. Jabari. Nope. Bad pass. That’s a good defense though. We got to find out who that was. Now Jabari got a mismatch in transition. That’s a bucket. Of course, this is a man Thompson. This is the actual right read by DLO. So they come up and switch it. You got a guy trailing. So you want to throw this in there. See how he’s looking off PJ or Christy to get the plug to not come. This every did everything right. But Amen Thompson’s recovery was crazy. Trying to get Reed Shepard on a switch. They got it. Crossover. Pull up and one. Come on, Reed. They said, “Let’s get DL on a switch.” That’s a bad Aaron Holiday, my guy. Bro, you’re literally able to throw this pass. He’s wide open. Got him sealed at the high post and you try to attack. PJ said cookies. Give me that cheese. Got Jabari on D’Angelo Russell. Nice. This is how you go against a front when they’re fronting and they’re coming from the weak side. That means this guy’s got two. So all you have to do is flash to this free throw circle and pass it in yourself. Beautiful job by PJ Washington. Just that’s high IQ. First player. Oh, Nemar Cookies took it right from him. Hey, trailer. Uncle Jeff. Tate handoff. No help. Easy shot. Nice. What in the world? That’s unacceptable. That’s a tough shot though. Walk into a three. Double teamed. Staggered pin down. Ooh, why did you pass that, Reed Shepard? Okay, Jan Tate. Oh my gosh, Capella’s all over the glass. Refer towards the middle. Hey, there you go. Pistol set. This is such a tough ass to guard. I mean, it looks like this is the pistol flare set. So, he’s coming off this and then he’s coming and setting the flare screen. So they are basically forcing them to switch and they do right. They’re forcing the switch because this guy can’t drop and then try to recover over a flare screen. So they have to switch out. Ryan Nemar’s just too fast. Look at just turn the corner on Josh Kogi. Hit him with a reverse. Yep. Look at them both come for Jabari. All worried about Jabari and KD. Jabari getting this off ball pinned down and Naji just double teaming when Capella setting a screen. You can’t do that. It’s also a smart set. They know they’re going to bring the double for KD. This time they don’t. You have to. He’s cooking. Christie got to bail him out. Step back. Bam. One. Cookies. Cooper. Uhoh. Hey, nice pon fake. Good finish. Double teaming KD. Josh Ki short roll. Good pass, Jabari. Cut off spin. Half spin. Fay. Nice. Jabari. Brandon Williams for three. What are we going to? Oh my god. They’re staying attached to AD right now. Look at Capella’s defense. He’s staying attached to AD. And then it’s a flat screen. So you get him going downhill. Capella is also out of position. He thought the screen was going the other way, but he never actually flipped or changed the angle. Simple flat screen set. Get him going downhill up on the screen. Good skip pass by, but also the respect that the Mavericks are showing on Reed Shepard now because now they’re coming up on his screens. They’re no longer letting them get to these elbows no more. They’re saying somebody else got to do something. Capella short roll. You plug from the weak side. KD floats up to take away PJ’s the last rotation. Katie straight up ISO again. No double. Nope. Get into my spot. That’s tough, bro. You can’t even stop him right now. Got to get up in the jersey. Inverted pistol to get the switch the head try to show and get back and that’s why he pulled. How many times have we seen a iso with Kevin at the top of the three-point line? One, two. Oh, good job by AD forcing the help. Good job by plugging Capella. Jabari getting a bucket though. After KD takes two dribbles, you got to help AD. Oh, wow. Okay. Second half. Are they prepared for this? Kevin Durant said top of the key ISO. One, two. Pull up. Help. Don’t come. AD. Top of the key iso. Straight up isos this game. One dribble. Step back. Dennis. N. Dabari. The trailer. Wide open. The key iso. Men Thompson. Cross. Gather. High off the glass. Miss. Got it. Long rebound. He’s fighting. Capella is open. A ad iso on the block. Double and one. Lot of ISO ball being played right now. This time it’s Brandon Williams on the wing isoling. Everything’s a ISO. Here’s a pick and pop. Reach Shepard had him, but he was too late on the pass. AD easy as a point guard. You always have to go one, two, make a read. In this case, reach trapper says one, two. Sorry, let’s recount. One, two. You either got to pass now or you attack. He chooses to attack. Now you can’t pass. It’s too late to pass now. Look at AD on the rotation. One, two, pass. One, two, attack. Don’t. One, two, three. Bail out. Oh, another turnover by Reed Shepard right there. Brandon Williams. Drop off PJ. The same situation where they’re kind of coming up on Reed Shepard. So, he knows that Capella is the next read. I’m reading the low guy. He’s helping Brandon Williams. Look at the bait job he does right here. That’s good defense. But look at the dunk. That’s old school. That’s good defense by Brandon Williams, though. Pistol set. They’re coming up and they got a steal. Now he’s trying to dribble through it. That’s a couple bad mistakes for him in a row. Hey, another PJ dunk. The Re Shepard minutes. Didn’t look good right there. HD straight up iso. One, two, attack. Wow. Basketball is all just rhythm, bro. One, gather. Top of the key iso when he got the switch. There’s KD isoling when he got the switch. They help. He trusts Jabari. That’s what I noticed. But now they’re just getting the switch. And now look at him blow by Max Christie. One, two, gather every time. He’s going to take two dribbles and attack. You got to come with the hill. Brandon Williams. Hey, Rockets is just ice isobo right now. Oh, trying to get the switch, right? But they’re going to trap him. So that this pop is open. He tries to throw it and it goes off PJ’s knee. So that’s not a kick ball. And he doesn’t stop the ball. Bad defense by KD. ISO ball could only work for so long. That’s a dangerous pass. One, two, gather. What we got? What do we got? Pistol set to get the switch on Uncle Jeff. Cross over middle. Drop off. Mm-m. Can’t take that. Jeff trailer. Jeff got to stop the ball. Wherever Jeff’s at, that’s where we’re going. Oh no. Jeff Green’s not in the game no more. Bad pass right there. What a pass by Cooper flag. I mean, he’s got him sealed. This is a good seal. It’s a good seal. But you see right here, this little stuff right here, Cooper got his arm locked and the ref’s not calling it. That good defense though. Then threaded the needle drag screen. Double drag going under both of them. Got to shoot it. They’re hunting Reed Shepard right away. Yep. And he missed the floater. I like Reed Shepard, but offensively when he’s not in a rhythm and he makes compounding mistakes. This what I don’t like about Reed Shepard so far. Right here. He might get a three though. There we go. But then he gets hot against Houston. Okay, Jabari sweeping Gabby drag screener up on it. That’s a tough shot. Oh my god. There you go Reed. Get up in there. Come on Reed. Come on, Reed. Drag screen. Got the switch. One, two. They help. We kick. A man Thompson missed the three. Jabari’s fighting. E. Nice step. AD wants the ice off the top of the key. He’s got him sealed. Man’s coming for the steal. Good catch by AD. And now they’re in rotation. Throw it up there. Let’s notice Klay Thompson and street blows. Josh. Hey, Jabari. Uh, got a board though. They got to start hitting threes. Never mind. That’s tough. That’s a old school three. Top of the key. ISO for Jabari. I mean, listen, this game is good for development if you’re a Rockets fan, but you’re not going to win a basketball game is at the top of the key the entire game. It’s just not possible. And Amen. Thompson’s not playing good at all. He’s really struggling. Nice pass. Looks like KD’s done for the night, too. They gave up. Nice. Think the Lakers might be able to take the lead. I mean, I say you can’t win doing ISO’s low game, but look what the Mavs are doing. Oh, kicked out to Cooper and let him go to work. Naji on the wing. They left him open. Get your floater. That’s automatic. He got Hall of Fame float game, bro. One, two, gather. Finish every time. Cooper make a nasty high. It’s most likely. Actually, that is going to do it. The Rockets lose a actually. I mean, they won the last one without Shangon. So, Shangon needs to come back. He’s sick. Obviously, Steven Adams injured. Uh KD did as much as he could. Men Thompson two for 11 just wasn’t good enough. Six turnovers. Reed Shepard offensively he wasn’t bad but those three turnovers came in bad moments and his defense wasn’t no he’s being hunted they tried playing Jeff Green that didn’t work. Kevin Durant though was cooking 11 for 2027 and Jabari was really playing nice too. So Jabari and KD were bright spots. Aaron Holiday also had 19. But for the Dallas Mavericks man Anthony Davis 14 for 19 29 points uh eight rebounds two steals. But the steel numbers, look at PJ, he had five steals. Cooper flag 19 points. Nehard with 11 and seven. Brandon Williams a really good game. 20 points, five assists, two steals. That’s really what I want to look at is the steals numbers cuz 13 steals for Dallas. Look at Dallas’s points in the paint. 74. So without Steven Adams and Shangon, it’s food down there. Fast break points is the difference in my opinion. They were 11 for 12 on the fast break. 26 points. That’s the biggest difference. 34 points off turnovers. Houston’s transition defense and their careless opportunities on offense was the reason for the loss cuz Dallas only shot 19 threes and still won the game. So, I don’t think Reed Shepard had the best of games protecting the ball. And of course, Men Thompson had six turnovers himself and was two for 11 from the field. Give credit to the Dallas Mavericks defense. PJ Washington with five steals. Almost everybody else on the team had two each. And then Anthony Davis went to work. Man, Dallas Mavericks aren’t a bad team. Trying to tell people this, especially when they get Kyrie back. This team, if they could be healthy, which is a big if, can definitely be a threat in the West. You’re still watching at this point, you’re a real basketball fan. 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21 comments
Love your reactions Ztay I have a question do you kinda root for the Mavs as your 2nd go bc of AD, and Max or no?
Mavs aren’t a bad team. They just needed to find their rhythm, and get healthier. Nembhard been a bright spot for us too, everyone seemed to love to play with him. He tries to get everyone involved including himself.
Keep em coming.
eh? I unliked and liked again.. The b-ball still there.
The ball stil comes up here.
Unfortunate L, cooking the first half then let it slip with TO these kinda games are must wins for Houston. good vid ZTAY
I want to tank
Basketball appeared for me again
the ball did show up when I liked the vid
They’re showing a ton of Rocket highlights but every time I look up, the Mavs are winning the game.
AD forever
Thanks for the vid!! Not sure if we should tank anymore. This is the only draft pick for like six years. Nico traded them all to get the players to pair with Luka.
Adams is still not playing b2b. KD didn't play in the 4th. I guess the coaches didn't want him to play too many minutes on the 2nd night of b2b since his minutes have been higher than expected so far this season due to other injuries (mainly Tari and DFS).
KD could 2 dribble pull-up in a coma
Why the F do they not put that block of the year by Amen Thompson in the highlights? This is what I hate about the modern NBA. Mediocre offensive plays overshadow blocks of the year.
No Sengun or Adam's or Eason. But, No Lively, Gaff, Klay, or Ky.
And yeah, PJ did not play in the OKC game or it is a different game. Since Mavs have had PJ, they 8-4 against OKC when he plays. They are 0-5 when he doesn't. PJ is extremely underrated.
Bro point who not playing but not mentioned who out for dallas it just show the narrative that being pushed
Dallas wasn’t just missing Kyrie, Gafford and Lively were out!
Basketball appeared bro! I enjoy your reactions, I appreciate your non-biased perspective.
MFFL. NICO WAS ALWAYS RIGHT ✅️. WE HAVE FAKE MEDIA AND FAKE MAVS FANS HERE IN DALLAS. Now everyone wants to Celebrate Only cuz They Fired Nico. They Suck.
Good stuff