Cavs Xs and Os

[theSTEREO.]

Lloyd's Final Thoughts are the greatest.

 

[crabbyshark]

Here's a nice post from Golden State of Mind breaking down a dribble handoff GS runs with K Thompson, Steph Curry, and Andrew Bogut.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJMOzO-AIro


Hopefully the Cavs' offense begins to show more elements of this.

Any three man combo of Kyrie, Dion, Lebron, Anderson, Love would be very hard to defend here.

 

[crabbyshark]

Hopefully the Cavs' offense begins to show more elements of this.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyGB5KAG2h4&feature=youtu.be&t=3m38s


The play at 3:39 here is close.

edit: In the second play the narrator gives credit to the Spurs defense for stopping the play. No doubt the defense is good but it could have ended with a better shot.

The flow of the movement suggests that Joe Harris screwed up by passing it back to Dion. It appears Harris was expecting Marion to cut to the basket and when that didn't happen he passed it to Dion instead. Danny Green cheats up to prevent the handoff to Will Cherry, opening up a passing lane to TT. Unless I'm missing something, Harris should have passed to Tristan under the hoop (maybe TT was a tad late getting to his spot?)

 

[cavsfever]

From Zach Lowe:

3. Cleveland’s Lapses In Weakside Pick-and-Roll Defense

The Cavs tightened up on defense during their eight-game win streak, but they struggled against Oklahoma City (sans LeBron) and New Orleans, and they sprang some ugly leaks even as they reeled off wins.

Cleveland mostly plays an aggressive, trapping style, and when you send two guys at the ball, the rotations behind the play — and especially from the weak side — must be on point.

The Cavs don’t trap like that here, and perhaps that’s one reason Kevin Love decides he doesn’t have to fulfill his duty as the help defender responsible for bumping Jonas Valanciunas:



Little things like this will determine whether Cleveland can contend with the league’s very best in May and June.

 

[Kouki]

anyone know if the player tracking (distance, speed, etc) is available for a team basis or individual game basis?

 

[KI4MVP]

anyone know if the player tracking (distance, speed, etc) is available for a team basis or individual game basis?

Last year I thought the NBA site let you pull it up by team, I don't see that option now.

 

[mhi]

I was thinking of starting a thread like this; anyways below is a great post by @pinoycavsfan



a few observations:
1. love likes to run to his spots and make jumpshots. he's a rhythm shooter. running to his spot to shoot gives him rhythm unlike how he's been used here where he's a spot up shooter only

2. love is great in the high post as a facilitator and scorer. a great player to have in princeton offense where there are many back door plays and back cuts.

3. he loves the left box to post up and make a turn to his patented right hook or make a left turn fadeaway. he looks physically imposing on these clips and can create space when he bumps his man unlike what we are seeing as a cavs where he loses the ball alot on his post ups.

4. love is not just a spacer in minnesota, he's the focal point on offense.. he sets screens but also he's been given multiple screens to give him open looks..

5. love strives when he is paired with an imposing center.. he gets to freelance on the offensive boards, he gets free when the center screens for him off ball, and he can cheat on defense.

6. the fake hand-offs then a step back three/jumper is deadly.. cant believe we're not seeing that with LBJ and kyrie running towards love..

EDIT:

the cavs can run an entire offensive system with love on the left high post and lbj at the right high post and kyrie having the ball(horns).. maximize love's/lbj's high post offense/passing and kyrie's pick n roll/breakdown the defense offensive capabilities.. no more cutesy weave action.. it was great at first but the nba has adjusted to it..

defensively the cavs is still a lost cause.. still needs a center that can hide love and kyrie's defeciencies.. no more high hedging on pick and rolls.. it really puts pressure on the cavs lack of weakside help and shot blocking..

 

[Douglar]

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland...nning-streak-1.559893?localLinksEnabled=false

5. Now with [Mozgov] the middle, the Cavs are icing side pick-and-rolls. When a team ices a pick-and-roll, it takes away the middle screen and pushes the ball handler toward the baseline (the sideline can often act like another defender). The only way this is effective is when you have a big man at the basket, which the Cavs now have. Some within the team say the Cavs started doing this prior to Mozgov’s arrival, others say it didn’t really happen until the trade.

6. Regardless, it’s a fairly standard defensive scheme, but one the Cavs haven’t used much until now. It’s also the way the Timberwolves defended side pick-and-rolls with Kevin Love and Nikola Pekovic.​

 

[NaySmith]

The Heat won a championship with a LeBron-Chalmers PnR as one of the heavily featured plays, including the game-winning play, Game 7 against the Spurs. A steady diet of Bron-Kyrie PnRs would upset playoff opponents' stomachs quite a bit.

 

[tocov]

Some X's and O's.
"This is a new set that Blatt installed when LeBron came back from his 2 week recovery and when the Cavs traded for Mozgov. It is designed to get LeBron in a PNR situation elbow to elbow out of horns, and it end in an Isolation for him if he does not create anything."

This is actually a typical Blatt play that we see a lot these past games, and he did a lot at Maccabi with Tyrese Rice (and earlier Jeremy Pargo) in LeBron's role. It's pretty simple, but it leaves the more talented player to create on a weak defender, even if the play does not end as planned.
Maccabi still uses it today with Pargo back with the team.

 

[tocov]

And another Blatt classic is my favorite - Weave.
This is very cool but depends on players with high bball IQ to recognize the chances being created throughout the play (sometimes you cut inside, sometimes you screen and roll, sometimes you just spot up for a 3). Quick thinking and talented players make the most of this set, and I wish they ran it more, because with Ky's and LBJ's quickness they can cut inside almost every time.

 

[NasstyNate]

Some X's and O's.
"This is a new set that Blatt installed when LeBron came back from his 2 week recovery and when the Cavs traded for Mozgov. It is designed to get LeBron in a PNR situation elbow to elbow out of horns, and it end in an Isolation for him if he does not create anything."
...

We need to get Love involved. What I really want to see is a version of the horns play at :31 (against Bulls) where

1) Kyrie throws an entry to Lebron and jogs to Love's side
2) Lebron P&R with Moz. Moz rolls
3) Kyrie sets down screen on Love's man
4) Lebron to Love for an open 3

Alternatively, in the weave video at :58 (against Charlotte) where

1) Kyrie throws to Love at the top of the key and runs right
2) Love hands to Lebron and leaks out left toward the corner
3) Moz comes around and sets a back screen on Love's man
4) Lebron to Love for an open 3

Other ideas?

 

[tocov]

They do something similar at 1:07 in the first vid (vs Lakers) where after the entry pass JR screens for Kyrie who goes to the corner, and pops to the wing. If they used Love for that move, he could set an actualy effective screen (as opposed to that half assed effort by JR) and free Kyrie in the corner, or pop to spot up.
If Lebron made one step into the paint after TT's screen, Smith's defender would need to help, leaving him wide open for the triple.
Replace JR with Love and you have our 3 (supposedly) best players as shooting options.

Your suggestion for the weave play sounds great too. The best thing about this play is that it creates so many different options, and that's one of them. It requires good team chemistry and players that can spot opportunities in a split second and that's LeBron and Kyrie for us. With good communication I don't see why your suggestion can't happen.

Next we have this one, a nifty little out of bounds play.
I especially like the modification on :28 where Lebron screens for Smith, then Smith re-screens him back which creates some chaos between the defenders, and LeBron uses his quickness to cut inside.

 

[Just Checkin]

And another Blatt classic is my favorite - Weave.
This is very cool but depends on players with high bball IQ to recognize the chances being created throughout the play (sometimes you cut inside, sometimes you screen and roll, sometimes you just spot up for a 3). Quick thinking and talented players make the most of this set, and I wish they ran it more, because with Ky's and LBJ's quickness they can cut inside almost every time.

Yeah if you could take this vid and play them next to each other, you'd get a bit excited at seeing the rest of the playbook and wondering where you've seen that action before

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEI3Ns62iy0

 

[tocov]

Here's a play where they use both Love's gravity as a 3pt shooter, and his smart screen setting to get Kyrie easy looks:

Notice how in the last version, both Love and JR float out to the preimeter, leaving the paint empty. DMC stays in the paint to defend, leaving T-Mo and KI has a choice between pulling up like he did or driving further and dishing to Moz.