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So the Pacers didn't overreact and change the coverage, but how they executed it. You can see Turner deliberately sticking his hand in that split zone vs every screen. The first clip he gets the deflection and turnover, but you can see him using that hand to take away...

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Michael Jagacki1 year ago

Another under-the-radar change Indiana made in Game 6 was a technique one: not a coverage, not a scheme. SGA had been beating Indiana's ball screen coverages with aggressive splits to get downhill, so the Pacers...

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Michael Jagacki1 year ago

I broke this adjustment down and how Indiana changed their defense to win game 6 on my Substack, here:

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'Al' Green1 year ago

Just a stance angle adjustment preceding a split-lane jam by the secondary defender with a help defender flashing the split-end. Rick Carlisle used this against D Wade in 2011 finals.

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Heath1 year ago

@CanningTV this was a big part of the struggle

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Jarrett Morgan1 year ago

They just started going over or "fighting" through screens instead of switching nothing too special but effective if defenders are putting in effort

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cam1 year ago

got something otw about this 🎥

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lorem ipsum1 year ago

having good hands is important, Sarr could learn a thing or two from this

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Coach1 year ago

You mean they played defense?

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