Luka Exposes OKC's Defensive Flaw: Mavericks Thunder Game 6 Western Conference Semi-Finals 2024

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Coach Nick identifies the one area of OKC's defense the Mavericks were able to exploit to beat them in a tough 6 game series as Luka Doncic led the way.
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[@WOWimTim]

Shoutout to Luka to taking 2 completely different teams to the conference finals in 3 seasons.

[@mattmmixes]

That 2022 run was so wild made a first seed suns teams fresh of a finals run look like they didn’t belong in the nba in game 7. This year’s roster is much more complete and can beat anyone.

[@TheUltimateRage]

@@mattmmixes I remember that night. The Suns subreddit went private to prevent the trolls from invading. They were down BAD!!!

[@mattmmixes]

@@TheUltimateRage the suns social media team apologized to the fans lmao

[@darnellwilliams8783]

​@@mattmmixesyall are pushing a Narrative Agenda SMH yall hate Kyrie .he's been Carrying all playoffs yall Luka cheerleaders

[@andrebuckley9382]

@@darnellwilliams8783 doesn't mater no time need to remind any haters MAVS to the Finals

[@Godmode_ON24]

This series ending on an SGA foul leading to free throws is so poetic.

[@mattmmixes]

Even as someone who FWs shai it was pretty funny

[@alexandreliusound]

Bunch of bots I be seeing this same exact comment everywhere

[@Godmode_ON24]

@@alexandreliusound who you calling a bot bruh

[@LinkRocks]

Way to copy what many others have said. Now do the 4 to 2 jokes everyone is doing.

[@alexandreliusound]

@@Godmode_ON24 you 🤖

[@milosmevzelj5205]

Luka playing while being injured and gets his fourth triple-double. And second wcf in last three years. MVP imo.

[@Lena-ks5ni]

PRAVI MVP!

[@phothewin6019]

That's what happens when you play in South Korea instead of North Korea.

[@456MrPeople]

Let’s hold on and see what happens in game 7 for Denver before making that conclusion.

[@no.con.dom15]

how is he MVP off that series? Was trash in most games

[@milosmevzelj5205]

@@no.con.dom15 trash?!! best scorrer, best assister and best rebounder on mavs is trash for you. And most of the time playing also very good defence. Yeea, it must be trash.

[@keysersoze8592]

SGA = North Korea LUKA = South Korea

[@robertpopesq]

I don't get it

[@fluffernutter34]

@@robertpopesqwatch Awful Coaching’s videos about the mavericks and Thunder defense this series. He screams about the Thunder living in North Korea because of their bad defense

[@NeoPayneHK]

@@fluffernutter34 who screams?

[@sonny_blade]

@@fluffernutter34 and in North Korea nobody says anything about it even though it's wrong

[@Goxilla]

Luka playing on one leg with "only" 24 ppg in that series is such a relief. He finally got some nice roleplayers around him that take care of both ends. The Wolves or Nuggets are both tough teams to beat. If Dallas faces the Wolves then Kleber is need more than ever. I hope he will be back by game 3 of the next series

[@masongreen1371]

Why do you think theyll need him.

[@ThaninViriyaki]

@@masongreen1371 Kleber is their lone stretch big. Gives them versatility on both sides of the floor. PJ plays the 4 to fill in but he's not nearly as tall.

[@Michael-vw4cg]

How serious was the injury?

[@Nbabettingwizard]

Kyrie had the tip in regardless

[@bigdaddymark2256]

HE HAD THE WHAT???

[@davinnicode]

Pause

[@mattmmixes]

Ball don’t stops fantasy

[@davidlee9411]

No diddy!

[@ThatsPety]

Yeah his positioning was balls deep, the d was no match

[@ragnaruniii1041]

PJ Washington is the Lebron James of PJ Tuckers

[@healthfadsfade]

Nice 👍

[@williammaverick]

01:53 Luka took 2-3 fouls here and no call. This series would have been a sweep had the refs not been favoring the OKC to bein with.

[@456MrPeople]

Do we not remember the play right before this? OKC should not have gotten possession because they were the ones that last touched the ball before it went out of bounds. The Mavs would have won that if had a challenge left.

[@m3gusta17]

@@456MrPeople I guarantee you I remember that play. Also the refs refusing to hit Dort with his 5th foul after repeated body slams and hand grabs.

[@MrMathsimon]

@@m3gusta17Dallas vs Thunder and inconsistent calls

[@onyinyeokonkwo7044]

1:12 if okc won the challenge then why would they need to foul? They would’ve been up 1 point and just need to play defense on the mavs

[@no.con.dom15]

Coach Nick's bias towards the Mavs is obvious. Bro missing basic shit

[@jackmcclintock9883]

@@no.con.dom15 I've been watching Coach Nick for years but this year his bias against OKC has turned me off him a bit. Still good videos but he's done nothing on OKC all year, and every tweet and video this series focusses on the Mavs.

[@natedoog07]

Kyrie made that put back shot and mavericks are up by 1 so OKC need to foul

[@no.con.dom15]

@@natedoog07 They wouldn't count a basket after the whistle/challenge. If OKC won the challenge it means Mavs ball

[@milosmevzelj5205]

And some people wanna take the ball out of Luka`s hands. He is point guard who organize plays of his team. And doing that very good. Is that so hard to understand?

[@michaelahurt]

They DID take the ball out of his hands. That was a huge reason why they turned around the Clippers series He’s still going to have the ball a lot but you can’t let defenses get comfortable. If they know exactly what you are going to do they can and will stop it. I mean that’s what we saw in both game 6 and Min-Den. The team that was able to attack in two different ways vs just one is the team that prevailed. Playing only Luka ball is like boxing with one hand.

[@Ace0_-]

Do a awful coaching collab to save us from North Korea 🗣️

[@Lena-ks5ni]

The begginer's naivety.....

[@MrE_]

A 90k sub channel trying to collab with a near 900k channel is crazy

[@wp4872]

@@MrE_ bro got over a mil views on tik tok, he wants the youtube smoke now

[@ochomunna270]

​​​@@wp4872TikTok numbers are not even comparable to KZbin's. BBallBreakdown, Mike Korzemba, ThinkingBasketball are goat KZbin channels with huge subscribers count and high average views. Awful coaching is not close, he just complains about perceived mistakes in a comedic fashion with stating possible adjustments. Coach here actually teaches, reads plays, suggests adjustments, gives shooting tips, reads defensive schemes, provides counters, understands tactical errors, and is an actual coach in real life. Hoppers suggest these channels to ballers for technical reasons to understand and improve in the game of Basketball. They should be coaching in the NBA, there's an actual Dallas Mavericks coach who was popular on KZbin creating content before getting his dream NBA coaching job, he was a video coordinator prior while giving us free lessons. I've learnt so much for someone who doesn't play and loves the game.

[@manz7860]

Coaching basketball is ass and an ass

[@Ace0_-]

WE LIVE IN NORTH KOREA🗣️‼️- AC

[@milosmevzelj5205]

So true.

[@mrkayyali89]

AC has become my favorite basketball breakdown channel lol. Dude is hilarious and actually understands the game very well.

[@hmm-tx6ef]

@@mrkayyali89who? I’ve been seeing a lot of North Korea but I don’t know who it is

[@mrkayyali89]

@@hmm-tx6ef it's the channel @awfulcoaching

[@EdTex7643]

You live in North Korea, How'd you get this comment out?

[@drew318]

I can’t believe people argued that wasn’t a foul, he touched his arm before he released the ball & he also was in Washington’s landing space.

[@darnellwilliams8783]

@drew318 it wasn't a foul nba softer than cotton candy all to push Luka the agenda

[@andrebuckley9382]

more than a foul Kyrie completed the play in the air so basket would stand also lol doesn't matter if they didn't get the foul on the block ball never released so it would be and 1 also with free throw

[@drew318]

@@TheRealest365 He touched ball first but he double clutched so he still had possession when shai hit his arm. If he would of shot it in one motion then it probably wouldn’t of been called.

[@mhqqiqin_]

​@@TheRealest365it's a foul because Washington hasn't released the ball yet when the contact happened. If Washington already release the ball then it's not a foul.

[@davewinston4304]

Yeah these refs man mf blind

[@Simon-bx9py]

1:14 Why would they have to foul? They were up.

[@kennyhuffman4484]

That part gave me a headache….think he was trying to be the “smartest coach in the room”

[@acornsucks2111]

SGA fouled Luka before PJ.

[@accsuperstar]

What? If they won the challenge why would OKC have to foul dallas? They were leading....

[@bballbreakdown]

Omg. I had a brain problem

[@Mwdmessi]

Terrible analysis

[@JustSomeguy83795]

​@@bballbreakdownWell, at least you acknowledged your mistake. There's always respect in that

[@MrMathsimon]

Finally, a good video for the Mavs.

[@rabd3721]

YESSSSSS, I love it when BBBreakdown shows love for the Mavs.

[@terrencesawyer2599]

This video was absolutely perfect. Great analysis. Great breakdown of the game. And small hints of comedy without trying to be funny. Also a WONDERFUL transition into the ad didn’t even want to skip 🎉

[@Mike-rc7gn]

This video proves WE LIVE IN NORTH KOREA .

[@bns434]

Bro PJ back in his hometown ballin

[@alibamhisoun8115]

1:21 What am I missing? If the challenge was successful they need a stop for the win why would they foul?

[@mrlogick1098]

These are the kinda basketball breakdowns we need , not dudes on tv screaming at each other over their favorite players 😂.

[@onizuka9628]

The ending was poetic

[@fleevaundo_806]

I love that the mavs won but man I was sad it had to be OKC that lost😭

[@scbntz713]

We live in North Korea!

[@montevans7110]

The hornets really didn’t appreciate P.j. Washington .

[@ehhric1]

I was at game 6 and the energy was insane!

[@ThatsPety]

1:12 Why would OKC have had to foul? They were up by 1. Dallas would have had possession but still been losing. EDIT: NVM it seems 100 other people have already asked this. Lol

[@5ferr]

Why would they have had to foul kyrie if their challenge was successful? They would've been up by 1 with 2.5 seconds to go

[@marcosknijnik]

also what i didn't understand

[@KingJKickz]

I wish they didn’t call a foul so that shot by Kyrie counted

[@JonathanWoodall]

Idk Chet was right there and looked like he had already physically reacted to the foul call so idk if Kyrie actually gets that bucket

[@michaelhaydenbell]

@@JonathanWoodall No, he didn't, Kyrie was already leaving the ground when the whistle blew. I already pondered this.

[@ThatsPety]

Chet barely jumped. He would have tried much harder had he not heard the whistle. It's impossible to know how it would have turned out without the call. Just take the win!

[@rakwilavila3733]

@@michaelhaydenbell shot counted plus a foul at most

[@awesomeninja234]

Luka is a top 3 player in the NBA.

[@michaelhaydenbell]

Well no shit...is this a lame troll attempt, or...?

[@jjpark1989]

Top-2 is more accurate

[@heybro6105]

​@@michaelhaydenbellhe's pathetically desperate for likes.

[@endva3092]

no.1

[@hayhayj7204]

PJ is absolutely loving being on the Mavs

[@JuicyCharon]

No if they won the challenge, they wouldn't have had to foul a good free throw shooter right away. The basket wouldn't have counted and they'd be up 1. They would have to just defend for 2.5s.

[@kimmasek]

please explain yourself coach!

[@jeremylynn8243]

Mavs won against Tony Brothers this game but Tony will get his chance again in these playoffs

[@MrMathsimon]

Noooo please noooo

[@incognitoslo]

Can't believe I'm going to say this but another thing that separates Luka from SGA is his elite defense

[@mannyminds5262]

The energy Kai has is imbeded into the whole team! I know because of experience

[@angeloperaltagaran510]

JKidd is a great coach! 2 WCF appearances in 2 out of 3 years.

[@nmzhoops]

if they win the challenge why would they have to foul? they would be up by 1 and they would just trust their defense to get a stop. did you think okc was trailing?

[@jason10184]

I don't get what point you are trying to make . The thunder are up 1, so they don't need to foul if mavs get the ball back . 1:15

[@richellannbutcon748]

It was speculative, if the OKC challenge was successful the mavs will still retain the possession. "Risk fouling a good ft shooter" simply refers to what would've been the next play which is to inbound the ball, if you're the mavs you will sub in all your best ft shooters because the next move OKC will do is to foul. TBH it didn't really matter if the challenge was successful or not, the results still would have been the same, what's clear is that Shai made a monumental mistake of risking unnecessary contact.

[@no.con.dom15]

​@@richellannbutcon748"he said you probably have to foul a good free throw shooter right away. In other words intentional fouling. Not that they may have. There's no situation where any team up 1 is intentionally fouling the opposing team. That's ridiculous. You trust your defense.

[@BruvahSulaiman]

My first thought was that they got lucky since Kyrie made the outback. The foul call took away Kyrie's 2 points and made them have to shoot FTs for it instead.

[@jasonjuster8388]

Lets go wolves for the chip, whoa thats crazy to say.

[@softwhiteund3rarm0r]

Corner 3s and late phantom fouls. Anyways, love the breakdown coach.

[@MemesOfProduction69]

No, I wasnt wondering because in not a Thunder fan and I actually know the rule.

[@goom3103]

I wonder if grant will or davis bertans instead of pj Washington would have been the same story for the dallas mavs in this scenario where open corner 3s has been their option to win games. Back in boston grant will did that to win game 7 against the bucks and bertans is also a great corner 3 type of player

[@TiresAreForCars]

If the challenge was successful OKC is up 1 why would they have to foul.

[@circaen]

I honestly don't think you could overturn that call because Kyrie had that put back. It would have been a fucked up thing to do for sure. But it is a foul. If Shai wanted to block that shot he should have done it with force so PJ could not hold onto it like that.

[@the_stewbear]

Why would OKC have had to foul if they won the challenge? They were still up 1 with 2 seconds left in that scenario so they would have just needed to play good defense…

[@suprcrzy]

Watch 1:52 - 1:57 closely. This is how Luka was guarded the ENTIRE SERIES! You wanna know why he was complaining so much? Meanwhile SGA gets touch call after touch call. The refs this series were atrocious

[@RighteousUncle]

NBA knows, if Luka gets same treatment as all other guards he averages 40 triple double with ease, that's why refs are instructed to allow hack a Luka all game long with only 1 in 10 fouls called..

[@denk664]

Wow BBALL Breakdown about a Dallas win. The end is near

[@pinobluevogel6458]

Classic Breakdown video. Short, sweet and to the point. I wouldn't mind a more in-depth review of the matchup, but this is certainly the basis of what decided the series. I think it was a bit of a bad matchup for OKC to begin with. They are a team that drive to the rim a ton, which doesn't work well against the great paint defense from the Mavs. Also, their strategy was to double Luka and Kyrie as much as they could, leaving 1 guy open on a very late rotation, allowing for a lot of open three pointers. This is not the best idea against one of the best 3 point shooting teams in the league and Washington, Jones Jr and even Josh Green made them pay often enough.

[@talkenhead87]

0:23 that was crazy basketball IQ, even if he did it accidentally

[@JuicemanGravy]

I thought the foul was because SGA hit Washington's pinky on the shot.

[@caseyjones815]

SGA IS A HELL OF A PLAYER. THE LAST PLAY WAS JUST TOUGH FOR HIM. PJ SOLD THE FOUL WELL AND HE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE BALL AFTER THE BALL-CONTACT BEFORE SGA SWIPED ALL THE WAY TO HIS ARM AND ELBOW. THATS BASKETBALL.

[@weksauce]

"Double-clutching" in no way invalidates the blocker getting ball first. If it did, then the rule is meaningless, and shooters should just burp up trash shots on the way down when they feel any extra contact besides on-ball. Excellent challenge, insanely stupid reffing. I hate Oklahoma and am completely indifferent to the Thunder.

[@tylervideos2762]

You said it best. That’s what makes luka a better mvp than sga.

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

OKC has SO many weaknesses, starting with P. Giddey then moving to being too SMALL and light in the ass and too young. When Lue Dort is your ace defender you ain't going far in the playoffs.

[@hittkid6312]

This is why I get so heated when someone says (specially basketball media and channels) that OKC simply missed their shots while Mavs did not. Ofcourse Mavs will hit their shots, OKC's plan is to leave anyone open not named Luka or Kyrie.

[@cncaliguy09]

Luka was already hacked and mugged twice before that shot trying to pass into the corner. Shows you the NBA wanted game 6

[@Hoemai]

First of all foul or not, but it seems there is many confusing rules there. 1 there is harden rule , 2 there is rule that you can touch the ball first and then player and it's not foul and 3 now there seems to be rule for this. Seems like these rules have conflict with them self.

[@Regular.com2]

PJ suprised me this series and the confidence he has in his shot is amazing

[@connorgillispie7128]

Why would they have had to foul if they’d won the challenge?

[@KingJKickz]

Shai shouldn’t have tried to do that tho

[@kennyhuffman4484]

Challenging the call is the 100% right move….if they win the challenge then they just have to defend the last shot of the game. Coach just confused the whole plot🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Fpskeny]

Why everyone complaining about a foul. It’s like a reach in foul you still have the ball but you still get hit before you shoot l. He still has the ball trying to shoot. So yeah you hit the ball but he’s still has possession and in shooting motion. If he let it go it would be different

[@theokingshango]

Me: “Basketball games” Coach Nick & Awful coaching: “Endless universes of sublime tactical nuances beyond layman grasp”😅

[@NeoPayneHK]

as long as luka healthy will mavs beat wolve???

[@nerdbit84]

This game should be studied for how much the refs tried to push for game 7 and those extra viewership stats and ticket sales.

[@jfonzy_8053]

Finally a Dallas vid lol

[@deandrepage1048]

Lakers should be watching this. 👍 Lakers 2-Guards need to be frequent SPOT-UP SHOOTERS IN BOTH CORNERS of Power Forward Lebron James's "Penetrate & Kick passes." Or Anthony Davis's kickout pass against double-teams.

[@tigerhoods7927]

It is pretty funny that this coach only agrees with refs calls when it involves teams or players he likes

[@connorwilson1157]

The thunder were ahead by one when PJ took that shot. Your analysis doesnt make sense

[@xavierb9061]

Shai foul is an alltime bad way to lose a series. Its like oppoaite of mj vs the cavs.

[@daviddoherty1780]

Can someone explain the North Korea thing ? Why do people keep saying that I live there😢

[@x1997xCamper]

Why would the mavs need to foul if they won the challenge?, they were up 1. They would just need a stop.

[@zinktomas8251]

Kyrie got the putback either way. Whistle or no whistle - Mavs win

[@jorgealafriz]

Would Kyrie’s follow up be counted or just inbound throw-in if the challenge was successful?

[@Devastish]

Inbound throw in. Play stops with the whistle, even if it's a bad call, so the tip in would not have counted.

[@protexroofing5939]

​@Devastish which would of totally screwed mavs

[@Devastish]

@@protexroofing5939 agreed.

[@CiCLoDoL]

You lie. I didn't see you in the arena.

[@alexanderdevell7538]

Hello

[@Christhedon96]

Giddy was useless this series okc has a lot of Npc player movement as a team. And real hoopers and a structured team out shined them in Dallas.

[@MrRJC1991]

This series showed that Chet isn't on Wemby's level. Dude got defended by Dallas like he was a 6'5 Guard

[@no.con.dom15]

We've known Chet isn't on Wemby's level for a few months, mate

[@hatersbhating]

they needa trade p giddey.

[@ysp.96]

Mavs in 6. Mark my word. You heard it from me here first. Conley is gonna be a liability on defense. Wolves dont have the length on the bwck court like okc. They cant put conley on anybody. Mavs in 6.

[@murrayclarke2171]

OKC will win a bundle of championships over the next 10 years. Dallas were lucky but if there was no foul called Kyrie had it in with 2.0 left anyway.

[@suprcrzy]

Just like they won a "bundle of championships" with Durant, Harden and Westbrook..

[@andrewdavis6259]

Disclaimer- the entire video is a sales hype to get you to buy SeatGeek lol😅😅😂

[@bballbreakdown]

How does one buy seatgeek? 😂

[@rabboni97]

Being number 1 seed doesn't really mean anything.

[@Aggie4life77]

Basically, OKC played to shut down Luka and Kyrie and let the rest of the team beat them. Well……the rest of the team beat them😂😂😂😂

[@Michael-vw4cg]

I really thought this was going to 7!!! Kyrie still undefeated in close out games lol don’t like him get to 3!

[@KSA_Traveller2009]

Foul or without foul still Dallas win the Game Kyrie have the follow up....I think Referee tried to help OKC to have Game7😂

[@mauricesmith8499]

Y’all fucking trolling for watching this video there is no defense of flaw they were just doubling Luka and kyre

[@ashamsthomas6026]

but, but...SAS n Shaq say SGA is the MVP

[@pippospano6558]

🎉

[@AkbarAli-rl9vo]

Can someone please tell me what's this North Korea stuff is about on this channel?

[@Davidstone568]

Mvp luka is the mavs and okc's only concern. They shut down leader luka lol and okc wins

[@brokenicry]

ANYBODY ELSE CATCH THAT 666 around 4:23 ???

[@mannyminds5262]

Luke Kai walker

[@Rukus1881]

Way to make sure you included the 666 in your edit... seat geek will put you in seat 665 I'm sure.. smh..😅

[@IKnowHuh731]

Luka won the game, kyrie won the series

[@guyprieto1593]

Sounds like korean to me

[@therocklau]

What will happen if you play no PG? You have no reliable offense, this boy coach of OKC perfectly showed that, OKC roster is so much better than Mavs, but they are not a real team, it's highest level streetball. This is a great result, they been hyping SGA for a while season, when in reality he is great but not legendary, certainly not as good as Doncic or Jokic, for christ sake Doncic is only playong on one leg and shot less than 20 times per game, this is the weakest Doncic in years, and you still lost.

[@larrythelobster5633]

This video is the reason why there's corruption in the world