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THIS Is The REAL REASON Why The Clippers Became UNSTOPPABLE
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ Russell Westbrook straight up face guarded Luka on multiple possessions not allowing him to even get the ball. Even James Harden stayed strong defensively with a great contest, and had no problem acknowledging his opponent on this tough shot. Despite his 28 points, the Clippers actually held Luka to just 36.0% from the field, and the increased activity on defense is part of the secret for their 9 game winning streak, but the real reason will definitely shock you. Another element to their success is this. Ever since November 17th which is when the Clippers broke that infamous losing streak, James Harden has really found his place in the team, and you can see that with him on the floor the Clippers are +17 points, compared to -7 with him on the bench. His box score stats during this 9 game winning streak are impressive as well. Look, this is basically a 20 and 10 performance, almost 50% from the field and 45% from downtown. Harden was especially lethal from outside in the game against Indiana where he seemingly couldn’t miss and took us back to his MVP days in 2018 Heck, he even got Kawhi hyped. But speaking of Leonard, this is where we get to the biggest reason for this massive explosion from the LA Clippers. As astonishing as it is to say this, Kawhi Leonard has played in every single game this season, and says that he’s fully healthy for the first time in 6 years. He played just 9 games in his final season with the Spurs. The next season in Toronto you could literally see him limping and competing on 1 leg at times. Only 60 regular season matchups back then. As he was taking his time to heal while on the Clippers, Leonard never played more than 57 games. But this season, it’s already 27 out of 27, and boy does he look good. The quickness and the sharpness in his moves is fully back. Not only that but also mentally, Kawhi looks decisive and in attack mode. And the numbers speak for themselves. He has been phenomenal throughout the entire season just look at this. 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 61% from the field and 50% from downtown. Unstoppable 9 game stretch for him and there’s no doubt that he has been the catalyst to this winning streak. But most importantly, he admitted that he’s finally feeling healthy and healed, for the first time in 6 years. He said: It was years trying to get through that wall, I've been dealing with this right knee injury for a while, since 2016-17. Even going through the Raptors' run, that being my first year going so far [again] just put another toll on it. Now, I feel good coming out of games, and I don't feel any [pain]. So, I just want to keep going, and that's my goal is just to stay healthy, and the rest will play itself out. So all of a sudden now everything makes sense. Now you see the vision with Westbrook and Harden despite being past their prime. If you have Leonard playing healthy at this level, you take those aging superstars and all you need from them is to win you 1 game in a playoff round. Kawhi and PG will take care of the rest. Harden can easily have an explosion similar to the one against Indiana, even if it’s just once in about 10 days. He can be average for the rest of the way and it’s going to be enough for this team. Russ can dominate the floor for 1 game and even if he’s unusable the next one, a healthy Kawhi and PG plus Harden and the supporting cast can take over and take this team very far. Now out of nowhere the Clippers are fourth in the west, and it seems like things are only getting better for them. As long as they are healthy they can get blistering hot. As hot as the Bulls are right now. They ran through the Lakers last night and seemingly cannot lose ever since Coby White took over the team. I made a video about him so check it out right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
Just When We Thought The Bulls Are DESTROYED...THIS Happens
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MYSTERY SOLVED: The REAL TRUTH Behind The Stolen Ball
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ The mystery of the stolen ball that led to the big scuffle is very complicated but I got all the footage to show you exactly what happened. The chain of events starts even during the game, as there was a lot of chipiness, Giannis elbowing Haliburton, and a hard foul on Antetokounmpo himself that turned into a scuffle, and look at Thanasis with the all time hold me back moment. Dude is literally hooking his teammate’s arm, to hold him here. This is hilarious. Giannis then dunks the ball with 20 seconds to go and I guess this made the Pacers extra salty. So now we get to the key moment. Watch closely as Milwaukee’s equipment manager follows the shot and immediately goes to the ref to get the game ball. This ball is supposed to be given to Giannis for his career high 64 points. As he collects game balls from some more meaningful games. A newly leaked footage shows us that the Bucks team secures it. But just seconds later, we see a basketball in the hands of Indiana’s equipment manager to give it to their rookie for his first NBA points. The Greek freak sees what’s going on and comes in storming, saying “that’s the game ball”. Obviously he wants it. What Giannis doesn’t know is that the official game ball is with them, and this is the reserve ball that we see right here. You can see the Bucks staffer telling him “we got it we got it” but Antetokounmpo doesn’t listen. As the Pacers guy takes off towards the tunnel, Giannis starts chasing him. This is how we get to this chaos. Now because there is a bit of rivalry and chipiness stemming from the in season tournament already, now Indiana guys led by Miles Turner are adamant to not give the ball back.. Antetokounmpo comes out furious and starts berating Haliburton. This is almost like he’s ordering him to go get the ball. This back and forth lasts for almost an hour, and even tho eventually Giannis does get his ball, he doesn’t think it’s the one they played with. Don’t worry Giannis, it is the game ball that you have. To make matters even worse, all of this started because of the rookie, but he did already score his first points in the in-season tournament final. Now there are some technicalities here because the final game does not count towards the regular season so it’s not official- official. The entire situation got very hot, very quickly and it’s only going to get more interesting as these 2 teams have 2 upcoming games in January. Contrary to this, the Lakers and the Mavs were all hugs and smiles after the game, and Lebron had to give respect to Luka for what he did to him and the Lakers. Check it out right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
Even Lebron Had To Admit That Luka OUTSMARTED Him...
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ Even Lebron himself had to give respect to Luka for what he did to the Lakers. Watch the chess game that went on on the court. In order to get the favorable matchup of Austin Reaves on Doncic, the Mavs use him as the screener. And Hardaway’s quickness forces Prince to switch and close down the lane. So Dallas get what they want, and now we got the easy blow-by here by Luka despite going 2 miles an hour, forcing the defense to close down on him. Even with 3 guys around Doncic doesn’t panic and finds Exum wide open in the corner for the 3. Right here we got 1 screen and a switch, and another one which the Lakers also switch. At this moment there is a lob threat, which both Lebron and Reddish are ready to intercept, Williams is open on the wing but Exum is right next to Luka all alone as well off because James helps down low off of him. And with all the time in the world to get set, Dante hits another three. This one needs no additional commentary. The way that Doncic makes these finds look so easy is unbelievable. Exum benefited a lot from all the attention that Luka attracted from the defense and there’s a reason why he shot 7 for 9 from downtown. He was wide open on all of these. Now this is where things get interesting with Exum. I guess the Lakers followed the scouting report saying that he was 8 for 28 from downtown coming into the game, but what they may not know is that Donte shot 42% from beyond the arc during his 2 seasons in Europe. And if you can knock it down in Serbia in this type of atmosphere, you know that this is legit. So why the slow start then? Well, due to limited playing time he couldn’t really get into a rhythm, and has a bunch of 0 for 1 and 0 for 2 games. That’s not enough shots and rhythm. So now in the last 3 games, with Kyrie, Josh Green and Derrick Jones Jr not playing- Dante has been getting 35 minutes per game and he’s been using that to the fullest. Going back to Luka tho, just watch what happens here. On the second consecutive screen, he gets in front of Reddish and it’s a 2 on 1 against Lebron. He does a good job initially of staying in the middle between Doncic and Lively on the potential lob, but did you catch that? Let me run it back to show you how Luka raises his arm faking out James for the pass, and that leaves the lane wide open for him on the layup. That type of patience in a split second situation is incredible, and he does it again here on the drive as he stays patient with 3 guys on him he just pump fakes- sending everyone flying, and puts it in. This is a similar situation like the Lebron example, with a double screen on Luka only this time AD doesn’t stay in the middle and attacks Doncic instead. So we got… Not only did he completely dissect the Lakers defense for the entire game, but he’s been on an absolute tear for the last 8 games scoring at least 30 everytime, he got 35 point triple doubles and a bunch of other crazy stats. He’s been on a rampage lately. But I gotta give a special shoutout to Tim Hardaway Jr for his effort. You see the 32 points on efficient shooting, and of course that’s phenomenal, but what you won’t see in the boxscore are sacrifices like this one right here getting the offensive foul. Then the same thing in the second quarter against Reaves. And in the fourth we got yet another charge for Hardaway forcing another turnover. He’s second in the league in this category actually, but despite that, I just love the role that he’s got with the team this year coming off the bench and being efficient. Almost 18 points per game on 39.0% from downtown, that’s how you help Luka and Kyrie and make this team dangerous in the west. With 4 wins in a row, the Mavs have been rolling lately, and contrary to them- the Pelicans have been up and down this season, and Zion heard the comments about him being fat and out of shape so here’s what he did. Check out the video right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
Zion Heard The “FAT” Talk And Got REAL MAD…
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Just When We Thought We've Seen It All From Lebron...He Does THIS
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ Hold on, let’s play that again. On the rebound here Lebron is literally the last guy back. So how in the world did he zoom past the entire Pacer defense all the way for the layup. And it wasn’t just that. This is the exact same thing, last guy back but look at him flying down the court and he’s gonna be 39 in a few weeks. This is absolutely astonishing. James had a bunch of these coast to coast runs that ended either with a finish at the rim or with a foul, as it seemed like he wanted to leave everything on the floor, every ounce of energy in order to get that first in-season tournament title. Right here he is muscling inside, the double team comes but look at the pump fake here and even tho he misses the bunny, Lebron fights for the rebound and puts it back in. Now this is the will to win. 24 points and 11 rebounds along with phenomenal performances in the previous games made him the MVP of the tournament. Now this is something that MJ for sure doesn’t have over him. This finally makes Lebron the goat, am I right?! All jokes aside tho, in this game Anthony Davis was actually the top dog. And you can spell that D A W G because look at this face. This instantly reminded me of Lebron’s iconic look against Boston. Look at him flying outside to close out on the shot, then hustling right back to the paint and getting this rejection on Bruce Brown. Davis had 4 blocks in this game, but it was the offensive domination that got the win for the Lakers. Look at this lightning quick spin against Turner finishing it off with the nice flip shot. And the pick and roll with Lebron is unstoppable so you got this… It wasn’t just the assists that he took from Lebron, but there was some valuable advice as well from the mastermind. With how inconsistent he is, I feel like the Lakers were sooo lucky to catch him on one of his good days just in time for the championship. And it was a monster game. 41 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists. With numbers like that, I guess you can say that you’re him. 41 points on 66% and everything was in the paint. In fact, this was the case for LA as a team. They scored 86 points in the paint against Indiana. This is not a typo, 86 out of the 123 points total were inside, close to the basket. There was no messing around with fancy long range shots as the Lakers only shot 13 times from downtown. Seriously winning a game in today’s NBA by going 2 for 13 from beyond the arc is mind blowing. But it was something they did on defense that won’em them game. Follow Haliburton who’s being chased by Vanderbilt way out here. As soon as he runs away from him, it’s Max Christie right in front. On the screen now we got a trap with Anthony Davis. And let me stop it right here for you to see this. 4 Lakers defenders surrounding Tyrese. But as we let it roll, I am shocked by LA’s recovery and getting back to their man, as they get the steal right here. Amazing. In this situation they got 3 guys all over Hali. The Lakers just wanted to get the ball out of his hands, and make somebody else beat them. Just look at this trap right at half court. It’s extremely rare you see a team trapping this high up. The Lakers did it consistently in this game, and with good reason because it really paid off for them. Granted, there were a few situations where Myles Turner would make a shot, or Bruce Brown would hit one of his floaters, but that was LA’s point. Force the other guys consistently make the right decisions in a split second and knock down a shot with the rotation guy coming over at them. So ultimately it turned out that they weren’t able to sustain that. The defensive plan was obvious as soon as the game started but even before tipoff D’Angello Russell sort of hinted at it in the pre-game interview. Tyrese had gone 76 minutes without a turnover, and the Lakers forced him into 2 right at the start of the game in the first 3 minutes. Obviously this had an impact on him and I believe that other teams will look at this game and will try to implement things for their matchups against Haliburton and Indiana. So look. In the quarterfinals this team exposed Phoenix’s lack of athletic bigs, punishing them time and time again. I made a video about it explaining everything. Then in the semis, the Lakers absolutely exposed Zion’s offensive shortcomings as Lebron guarded him like he would guard Ben Simmons. I made a video about that as well and it took off. I’ll make sure to link it at the end. And now in the finals, LA went after the head of the snake for Indiana and won the game by blitzing Tyrese. You see how they are methodical and how they look to exploit different teams in different ways. The Lakers had a phenomenal tournament run and they deservedly take home the money bag. Damn coach I don’t know how exactly you celebrate christmas but hopefully this half a million will help you survive the holiday season.
Boston's CATASTROPHIC Mistake That COST Them The Tournament
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ The Pacers made 19 threes on 47.5% from downtown, and you could ...