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How LeBron James Uses His Basketball IQ to Control the Game
Lebron James is far from his usual self. The injury still has an effect on him and limits his speed, and especially his jump. But even tho he can't be as aggressive, ...
LOOK At What The Lakers Did To Steph Curry
If this doesn’t reveal the Lakers strategy and how they won this game, I don’t know what will. 5 guys on Curry forcing anyone else but Steph to beat them. The Lakers survive and go to the playoffs on this Lebron James 3 from out of this world. But to really understand what happened and how the Lakers were able to get the win, let’s go deeper and break it down. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. Look at this. 3 guys on Steph. Right from the start, the Lakers made it obvious that they didn’t want him to get hot. He was hounded all over the court and in order to get some shots off, look at where he needed to fire away from. He missed that one, but made a rainbow over Lebron and KCP, and this mind blowing shot with 3 guys chasing him at the buzzer. Despite having the entire focus on him, Steph finished with 37 points on 52% shooting. Amazing. However, to win a game as a team, you need a lot more points. This is what the Lakers were counting on. Frank Vogel’s defense was going so aggressively at Curry, at times leaving the other Warriors completely wide open like in this situation right here. And in the first half, the supporting cast was knocking down shots. Right here, everyone is chasing the main man, and on the rebound, the ball finds Bazemore, nobody around him, and hits the open shot. Again, multiple defenders up top, he gets rid of it, Green penetrates, finds Mulder who dunks it. So look at the numbers at the half. Curry had 15 and the rest of Golden State had 40 points. And Golden State had a surprising lead of 13 points at the break. However compare that to the second half numbers. Steph with 22 and all others 23. LA really kicked their defense up to a whole new level forcing a lot of turnovers by the Warriors. 15 in the second half to be exact. That’s more than teams sometimes have for an entire game. And in a situation like this where every possession matters, for a playoff spot, they are extremely costly. In the fourth quarter the Lakers also put Steph in some pick and roll situations, and as you can see that scramble opened up some nice looks, especially right here: Everyone is focused up top, and Lebron catches Bazemore watching, so he fires a bullet pass to Caruso, who has the angle for the drive. The help comes from Green, but a great pass to AD who finishes this wide a dunk capitalizing on this opportunity created by putting Curry in a position to defend the pick and roll. And all of that was capped off on the very last possession of the game when LA once again knew exactly who they need to guard for the final shot, and as you can see they get the turnover and seal the deal to go to the playoffs. At the end it was nothing but respect between the 2 superstars, as they provided us with great theater even before the official start of the postseason. For the sake of more drama and excitement, I do hope that Golden State can win their deciding matchup against Memphis, and sneak in at the 8 spot in the west. Stay tuned for that and much more breakdowns throughout the entire playoffs. And make sure to subscribe and not miss out. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
When an NBA game becomes EMBARRASSING And UNWATCHABLE
The first 1000 people to use this link will get 30% off an annual Skillshare Premium https://skl.sh/heatcheck05211 This play sums up the most embarrassing performance that I’ve ever seen in an elimination game. Complete miscommunication by the 2 defenders culminating with this situation right here. They trip each other and fall on the floor, leaving a completely wide open dunk. This was the story throughout the entire game for the Hornets, so sit back and let’s break down the breakdown of the Charlotte Hornets. That’s bars for you. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. Right off the bat there were some early signs of laziness on defense, as they went under the screen on literally the deadliest shooter on the Pacers. In a win or go home game- I expect much higher effort defensively. Instead, 3 straight possessions in the 1st, Douggie got some open looks, and got blazing hot early on. But let me show you what’s really bad effort on D. Charlotte allowed Indiana a mind boggling 74 points in the paint. And look at some of these: In transition, look at where all the Pacers are, this is by no means a fast break opportunity. Brogdon calmly jogs all over the court, 4 defenders are back and they still get beat on a backdoor. In particular, P.J. Washington. And watch how many lowlights he’s got in this video. Similar situation, T.J. Mcconnell gets it and look: he’s by no means a speed demon. But look at how he goes coast to coast completely unbothered, against the much bigger Washington and easily lays it in. The Indiana guards got anywhere they wanted on the court. Mcconnell walks his way into an easy shot from the paint, then watch this exhibition type of defense for the Brogdon layup. And again, no complicated set plays, no fancy dribbling, Malcolm just puts his head down and goes to the rim. And similarly to Mcconnell, he’s also not the quickest in the league to put it lightly, but nobody stopping the penetration, no help at all, and yet another 2 easy points. Speaking of him, look at this- straight line drive, no contact, no contest and another layup. But back to P.J. Washington. Check out 2 more backdoor cuts against him in a game where he should be aggressive and tough on defense. Especially this right here. Look at this! How does he get beat so easily by Holiday, and who does he expect to bail him out right here? This is inexcusable. By the end of the third, Mcconnell was running laps all around the Hornets defense, and got the easiest uncontested shots. First right here, and at the end of the quarter by just jogging along the baseline for the wide open inside look. Moving on, if you also look at the boxscore, you’ll see that Indiana shot almost 46% on threes and that also has a lot to do with the way their play in opponents defended them. Check out all of these open threes generated by the easy penetration. And when you have this much room to shoot it, of course you’re gonna hit a large percentage of those shots. Again, as we watch these, there is no fancy strategy involved, or special play calls or nothing like that. This is just lack of effort by the defense and getting beat on the first step, which then creates all of the problems, and eventually the open man. I do have to give a lot of credit to the Pacers as well for their superb ball movement, and great execution of the game plan, doing it even without 3 of their main players in Myles Turner, Caris Levert and T.J. Warren. But I also have to say that Charlotte were so bad in this game that almost the entire second half was garbage time, and this was the only reason why Domantas Sabonis wasn’t able to get a triple double, as he sat out the entire 4th quarter and finished the game with 14 PTS, 21 REB and 9 AST. So after this phenomenal performance, Indiana is 1 step closer to the playoffs and they face the Washington Wizards, for the 8th and final spot in the East. As for Charlotte, this disappointing and flat out embarrassing final game was mostly because of the inexperience and these are some growing pains that a young team like this has to go through. Despite all of that, I love what they have going on, and they’ve been a pleasant surprise this season. The future is bright for them and we’ll see them in the playoffs the following years. Until then, Charlotte will have this game in the back of their minds for a while. Wow, this was a strange video to make honestly. But let me know in the comments who do you have clinching the 8 seed and if Indiana can survive another battle. That’s it for now subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
100% Free Throws! 2 Years WITHOUT A MISS! (Crazy NBA Stats)
Kyrie Irving finished this season with a phenomenal statline of 50% from the field, 40% from three and 92% from the free throw line. With that he became only the 9th player in NBA history to accomplish this, and here is the full list of elite shooters headlined by his coach Steve Nash who did it 4 times in his career which is unbelievable. But as impressive as that is from Kyrie, Tony Snell went even a step further. So let’s check out some wild statistics from this NBA season. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. I promise you’ve never seen a player shoot 51% from the field, 57% from downtown, and 100% from the line. Without a single miss. That’s exactly what Snell did this season but if you’re asking yourself why he wasn’t included in that previous list, it’s because of the low attempts- especially when it comes to free throws. Only 11 which is a laughable sample size. But still, since this is the first time in NBA history that a line like this has been achieved, I feel like he deserves some credit. But what’s mind blowing here is that Snell actually had a perfect free throw shooting season last year as well. 32-32. Dude last missed a foul shot on March 12 2019. More than 2 years ago. Are you kidding me?!? OK, moving on. We saw the Wizards clinch a play-in tournament spot in a crazy season for them. Starting off 4-13 they found themselves dead last in the eastern conference. And on April 6th, just last month they were 17 and 32 and everyone wrote them off. However in a furious finish, Washington went 17-6 to end the season and with a total of 34 wins and 38 losses, they secured a place in the play-in. Fantastic comeback by Real Deal Beal and Brodie. Speaking of him, I know I made a video about Russell Westbrook and mentioned this but this is the perfect opportunity to repeat his video game average of 22 points, 11 and a half rebounds, and 11.7 assists. Yet another year with a triple double average, 4th in the last 5 seasons. This should never be taken for granted. Also when Russ gets a triple double his teams are 136-45 which is 75%. Which brings us to a player with a better win percentage when getting a triple double. And that is Draymond Green. This year, Draymond got number 30 in his career, and his record is astonishing. 29-1. That’s 96 and a half percent. So I guess all he has to do in the playoffs is get triple doubles and Golden State wins the title. Sounds simple enough. And on the topic of the playoffs, here is one painful fact for you 8 or 9 Sacramento fans left out there. The Kings have now missed the playoffs for 15 straight years. That ties the longest post-season drought in NBA history. The Clippers were in a similar spot from 1977 to 1991. Hopefully the young core of De'aaron Fox, Tyrese Halliburton and company can bring this team back on track where Bibby, Vlade and Peja left it. Steph Curry has been unstoppable this year, and the fact that he was able to single handedly drag this Golden State team to the play-in is a super human accomplishment in itself, but let me share some more tangible statistics with you. By winning the scoring title, Curry joins Michael Jordan as the only players in NBA history to lead the league in scoring at age 33 or older. Which yeah, Steph is 33 and I don’t know if it sounds as weird for you guys as it does for me. Also with 5.3 makes from downtown, he broke his own three point average record of 5.1 further cementing himself as the greatest shooter of all time. Great three point shooting is part of the reason for the Jazz success as well. Utah ended the year number 1 in makes and number 4 in percentage which is a deadly combination. But they’re on this list because they’re the first team in NBA history to make 10 or more threes in every single game of the season. So let’s see if they can keep up this blazing hot performance throughout the playoffs. And a nice way to end this list is with Lebron James. The King averaged 25 points per game, which makes it the 17th season of 25 ppg or more. There isn’t a single player close to him in this category, with MJ, KD, Kobe and the mailman all at 12 seasons. SImilarly to Westbrook, once again I gotta remind you to not take greatness for granted. I’m sure there are a lot more interesting and crazy sounding stats from this season, so let me know in the comments if you got a good one. The playoffs are here folks, things are just now heating up. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
The SAD TRUTH About Russell Westbrook...
Russell Westbrook gets the rebound and flings this beautiful full court pass to Beal. Those were part of yet another triple double with 21 rebounds and 24 assists against Indiana. What’s absolutely wild is that he could have 0 pts, 0 rebounds and assists for the rest of the season and still average a triple-double. Which effectively is his 4th season in his career accomplishing this. This type of consistency is staggering. And while the large majority of players go their entire career without getting a single triple double, this should pretty much be enough for people to consider Westbrook as a phenom and like and respect him right? Instead, nobody is talking about it at all, and he gets bashed by the media. Why? Let me explain. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. During and after his MVP season, his teams really weren’t objectively good enough to be considered title favorites. Yeah, he played with Paul George, and James Harden, but looking at the big picture, there were better teams. And when he wasn’t able to get his team deep in the playoffs, the narrative sort of wrote itself about Westbrook padding his stats. Heck, you all know that I made a video about that- which went viral, and because of it people are convinced that I hate Russell. Which couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s one of my favorite players and one that I would pay good money to see him play live. And putting things in perspective, 4 years after that video, these are just a few situations and although they look bad on video- at the same time, there’s no way a player can sustain this level of greatness night after night, season after season, thinking solely about himself and padding his numbers. In 10 or 15 years, long after he retires, Westbrook will be considered a freak of nature, and his accomplishments will be talked about and put on a pedestal as a record for the new players to try to get to. Just like that’s the case with Oscar and Wilt. But today, it’s mostly silence and criticism focusing on what he cannot do. And that’s the sad truth and the harsh reality that Russell Westbrook is facing. Which is why as the saying goes- I’d like to give him his roses while he’s alive and can still smell them. Let me focus on everything that the brodie CAN do, and all that makes him special, a phenom and one of the NBA greats. Right off the bat, check out what Bradley Beal had to say about him. Also, on the topic of being a teammate, you see all these situations where Russ is fiery and yelling and all that, but the large majority of his teammates rave about how great of a guy he is and how he cares about them and keeps the team together, and Steven Adams summed it up well explaining the interactions with Westbrook.Even his opponents recognize the greatness. Lebron James dedicated an instagram post to defend Russ in a way, and open the eyes to all the haters out there. And Anthony Davis crashed his postgame press conference to congratulate him on a phenomenal performance of 18/18/14 in a win over the Lakers. Players simply respect that type of competitiveness and the fire that he has. The most obvious example of that to me will always be this moment from 2015. He falls down and gets hit inadvertently. As the camera zooms in, we see that there’s literally a dent in his face. He would undergo facial surgery, only to come back only 4 days later and drop yet another triple double with 49 points 16 rebounds and 10 assists. Of course, he could’ve rested, he could have taken some games off, but the thing with Russell is, unless he’s injured and it’s impossible for him to play, he will go out and give everything he has on both sides on the court, every single possession. Oh BTW, just last night in the postgame interview, he did reveal himself that he’s been playing through a torn quad at the start of the season, which may finally explain the slow start for the Washington Wizards. At least some of it. Take a look. WESTBROOK POSTGAME Speaking of the Wizards however, things are starting to get really interesting. They’ve won 13 out of the last 16 games and are now firmly in the play in tournament race. But the thing is that after facing the Bucks on Wednesday, all the remaining games are against the bottom teams of the Eastern conference. All winnable games. So best case scenario, that seems realistic if things go their way is that Washington can move up to the 8 seed which would give them 2 chances to win 1 game and go to the playoffs, as opposed to having to win 2 out of 2 being the 9 or 10 seed. You know exactly what I’m saying if you watched my other video where I explained exactly how the play in the tournament works. So I gotta be honest and say that although I’ve really enjoyed watching the Hornets as one of the most refreshing teams this season, they’re young and their time will come.
Have You Seen THIS Before? GENIUS PLAY For Luka Doncic
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/heatcheck04211 Have you ever seen inside screens like this creating an alleyway for the point guard? Doncic goes through and Even though the Mavs didn’t score directly off of those, it’s an interesting and creative concept that I haven’t seen before so I knew I needed to feature it in this collection that I’ve made from the last couple of days. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. The Hawks initially run this double screen for the point guard, but as Bogdanovic starts clearing out, you see the quick change of direction and Capella already knows, so after the initial screen, he moves down to set another one for Bogi. The catch, the shot and the three. You can see how the shooter is seemingly just slowly going through the motion at the beginning but in a split second, he starts running back and that’s what catches the defense off guard. I really liked this action from the Cavaliers against Toronto. You can see as the 2 men game is starting to develop up top, OG Anunoby has to keep an eye and try to help on the possible penetration. So Cleveland’s Dean Wade sets a back screen for Isaac Okoro. BTW guys I’m well aware that only Cavs fans know these players but bear with me. Anyway, Okoro is uncontested for a three right here, but he sees the lane being open and cuts inside. The pass and the easy layup. As we let the play roll one more time, check out how many options they got in this moment. The layup inside, and the 2 shooters out. Beautiful play design and execution from the Cleveland Cavaliers. And speaking of cuts, it’s not often that I see a big man sneaking up like this, just like a guard would. On the pick and roll, you can see all the attention from the defense being there. So as Shroder penetrates, Andre Drummond, tip toes behind his defender going from one side of the basket to the other. Dennis keeps his head up and sees this, so dishes it out to the big man for the finish. Next, Not really a set design here, but check out the awareness by Rajon Rondo. With 5 seconds on the shot clock, Paul George gets stuck and throws a crosscourt pass towards him. In this moment, Rondo sees Terrance Mann open in the corner, but knows that the clock is running down, so he just flips it straight to him with a touch pass. Mann is able to get it up before the buzzer and knock down the three. Great awareness by Rondo, pulling another awesome move from his bag of tricks. Moving on, just look at the beautiful movement by Minesotta. We got the hand off to start things off, then you have a quick pass to Towns, and the guards are crossing around him at the three point line. This ends with a great looking acrobatic layup but the shooter was open up top as well. Check out this lightning quick development in full speed. Next, keep your eye on P.J. Washington who’s gonna set a quick screen here, then immediately cut inside and screen for Rozier, and as you can see he forces a switch in both situations, so at the end P.J. is left with the much smaller Jrue Holiday under the basket. Gets the pass, bumps and finishes with the hook. Again, it all happens in the blink of an eye, and you can see how much a second is worth in this league. Ok I know, that I focus on great offense in these videos, but check out one instance of terrible defense, that made me watch this play a few times to see how the Rockets got the easiest points. The Timberwolves got faked out with the simplest hand off and that creates a 2 on 1 situation against Towns that ends up with a dunk by Christian Wood. You can see Okogie signaling right here to McLaughlin to stay there but I guess he didn’t see that, resulting in an open lane and 2 points for the Rockets. At the end, I feel like Doug Mcdermott is always on these videos. His off ball movement and the screening that the Pacers run for him, allows for some easy points. It happened again last night against Portland. As he comes off of the double screen, Dougie is open for the shot right here, but he uses the momentum and acceleration to continue all the way to the basket and go past Carmelo and finish with the layup. Hey, I always enjoy making these videos but I’m tinkering with the concept. How often I should make them, how long, how many days to include stuff like that. So let me know if you have any ideas, as I try to make these videos regular once or twice a week. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
Just How He WANTS IT...
Check out this play. Paul George comes out to the three point line and then signals for the pass to go to Zubac. PG then immediately cuts and gets the ball on the handoff with an open lane to the rim. Nice defensive rotation here but there’s no chance that PG can be stopped once he takes flight. So let me go deeper and explain how the Clippers extended their win streak to 6 in a row, and what that could mean for the playoffs. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. Watch the spin here to get free, and moments later on the drive, the beautiful euro step to split the defense and finish. And again, moving without the ball to shake off the defender, gets it on the wing and splashes the jumpshot. Check out the barrage of jump shots that George hit on his way to 36 points on phenomenal shooting along with 7 rebounds and 8 assists. All that without Kawhi Leonard for this game as the Clippers were able to hold off Indiana. Thing is it wasn’t just the shot making. PG is letting the game come to him. Drawing defenders on the drive, then finding the cutter and dishing a no look pass for the lay in. Or surveying the floor and finding the open shooter in the corner for the three point shot. Even taking advantage of the matchups and executing a tight pick and roll with Zubac right here. Great roll by Ivica, timely lob pass, and the dunk. The matchups were such that both Zubac and Marcus Morris had opportunities to score in the absence of Miles Turner under the basket. So there were multiple occasions where Morris would just back his way down to his favorite spot, turn around and raise up for the shot and the Pacers were unable to stop him. But all of this is just a part of a bigger story. The Clippers are getting into a nice groove just before the playoffs. I mean they have been solid throughout the entire season, but for the last 15 games which is quite a big portion btw they’ve been on fire. A record of 12-3, and shooting lights out 49.8% from the field, and 43% from downtown, being the absolute best in the NBA in both categories. Right now they’re in a phenomenal rhythm, peaking just at the right time for the playoffs. And all of this while staying under the radar. For the entire season at that. They’ve been solid and playing at a great pace since the start, but unlike last year, now nobody is talking about this team. Remember how all of last year the talk was Clippers or Lakers, Lebron and AD vs Kawhi and PG. The battle of LA. But all of that hype disappeared with a single playoff exit that they had, albeit a debacle of epic proportions, losing a 3-1 lead. However if you ask me, this is exactly how they want it to be. Kawhi is a man of few words anyways, and PG had some struggles with all the pressure and the talk surrounding him and the team. So right now he’s ballin 'out. Postgame, PG mentioned having some conversations with Dwyane Wade about taking his game to a new level and how that has helped him this season. PG INTERVIEW So yeah, in my opinion nothing has changed from last year. We still need to view them as top candidates for the championship. The roster got better in my opinion, and although they’re missing Ibaka and Beverley at the moment, they will be back for the playoffs, and of course Rondo got there at the trade deadline as well. And with the Lakers struggling right now with injuries, anything can happen come playoff time. But one thing is for sure, this time the Clippers are much hungrier and that makes them much more dangerous. Let me know what you think and how far they can get in the post season. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
This Is UNGUARDABLE...
Looking at these 2 videos from Devin Booker and Chris Paul, you can understand a lot about the success of the Phoenix Suns this season, and how they won in a close game against the Utah Jazz last night. So let me show you just how unguardable these 2 can be. What up everybody my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. The strategy was putting Gobert in the pick and roll. Right here good screen by Ayton, Rudy doesn’t come out to contest, Booker raises up and knocks it down. And look at this setup for Chris Paul. The high screen, he accelerates, and Rudy has to drop to protect the basket. Paul stops on a dime, fires and scores. Having players who are 52.5 and 48.9% respectively from midrange is elite, so I guess that’s kind of like pick your poison type of situation. Either the big man is gonna commit to the switch and leave them room to blow by for the layup, or do it haphazardly like this where he’ll just show and wait for the main defender to recover, hoping that they’ll be on time, or that these 2 sharpshooters from the Suns are not gonna hit a lot their shots. Which last night wasn’t the case, as Booker exploded for 35 points, while Chris Paul was also great with 29 and 9 on 50% shooting. Classic point god. Look at this, after the screen, in this situation there is space for him so he fires up and swishes it. But when Gobert commits to him and fully switches, look at the laser pass in traffic to find the cutting Ayton. Amazing. And this was the story throughout the entire night. The entire season actually as Phoenix is firmly in the number 2 spot in the entire league right behind the Jazz. When you have CP3 on your team everything seems to click and players seem to get better. Devin Booker is one of the biggest beneficiaries of this mentorship and Chris was quick to give him credit after the game. One of the things that won’t show up in the boxscore for Devin is a play like this one. Doesn’t have to score to impact the game. Right here recognizes the opportunity, sets a back screen for Cam Johnson who is wide open and knocks down the three, a clutch basket late in the game to give the Suns a 5 point lead which they’ll ultimately be able to keep it to win this game. I promise that later on I will make a more detailed video about how both Book and this entire team as a whole have been able to completely turn things around from a losing franchise to a number 2 seed in 1 season, of course all of that because the point god himself. Chris Paul. As for the Jazz, while these 2 losses in a row don’t look the best, especially being from 2 potential playoff rivals in Phoenix and Dallas, I would like to say 1 thing. I love the fact that they have stayed competitive in both games despite shooting way below their average on threes, which has been their identity so far this season as the team with the most makes from downtown. They still got the shots they get so in my opinion it’s just a matter of getting back on track and continue to make them. After all, they were on a 9 game winning streak just before these 2 games, and they’re still the best team in the entire league, so I wouldn’t be too concerned at this moment if I’m Quin Snyder. But yeah, for all of you young hoopers- master the midrange and the pick and roll as you can see it can be an unstoppable weapon in your arsenal. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
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