The GENIUS Defensive Adjustment From LUKA And The Mavs...

[@ItDontCost2ShowLuv619]

55 has transformed his whole game, he’s hitting step back 3’s and locking up on defense.

[@MrLuck]

Derrick Jones Jr is a dawg

[@firstnamelastname6148]

vet minimum contract

[@tomgsand172]

Can we get a 3 second paint violation counter? I feel like the mavs had at least 10 in those clips u showed at the start of

[@vc8424]

@@tomgsand172you know a series isn’t going well for your team when your complaining about the lack of 3 second calls 😂

[@tomgsand172]

@@vc8424 i dont have an nba team, i dont watch the clippers especially lol, but when a defensive strategy revolves around “clogging the paint” i feel like 3 second defensive calls should be relevant

[@jason10184]

I got laughed at when I said Kleber needs to hit his 3s for us to win and he showed up . Some people think he's a bad shooter because his bricks are not even close to going in but when he's on fire he can have games like that

[@titan8084]

I'm pretty sure maxi is a 50%+ 3pt shooter in playoffs Those who laughed are casuals

[@queque5606]

Most of the time Maxi is ready to pass not shoot. The Mavs need him to be ready to shoot at all times because once he tries to pass and noticed he’s wide open, he always bricks that dang shot. He needs to be more confident and he for sure was this game.

[@LeNut-yi7ui]

@@titan8084no he sucks he is not a 50% shooter

[@joshreid1006]

As important as that was I wouldn’t say that’s the reason they won. They locked up PG and Harden like crazy and I’m sure they would have won even if Maxi did mid

[@moritz4439]

@@LeNut-yi7ui hes 40% carreer 3p shooter in playoffs... wouldnt say he sucks. the main part he has to do is defend. Wouldn't trade him for Westbrook or even Harden. He's a roleplayer and a good one at that. @titan8084 hes 60% in this playoffs, 50% befor this game.

[@lettucetomatoonion]

Good for Luka displaying urgency and leadership, his maturity is catching up to his talent

[@xxsskyyxx]

Kai been the real mvp these playoffs for Mavs with his play on both sides his defense been crazy and best among guards that I’ve seen .. especially game 5 and 6 vs clips and game 2 this series vs thunder .. along with his 4Q scoring explosions

[@MrTrueCaller619]

DJJ was almost wearing PG's jersey

[@runthenumbers9698]

DJJ is such a great fit this series

[@natsu-ko7580]

@@runthenumbers9698 exactly hes underrated sometimes just because he is not as flashy in the box score

[@runthenumbers9698]

@@natsu-ko7580 I wonder what's going to become of Exum. This seems to have REALLY not been his series and dJJ and Washington have been utterly pivotal. If we make it to the next round, I wonder what Kidd's initial blueprint will be. Will he base it off the strong end to the regular season (benefiting Exum) or will he base it off the Clippers series (benefiting DJJ)

[@Mdevlin0]

@@runthenumbers9698 i hope we see more of Josh Green in game 6. He has all the ingredients to be pivotal, the main one being that there won’t be anyone on the Clippers defense that will respect him enough until the damage has been done. DJ, PJ, and even Exum all have more gravity and will be more closely contested.

[@targethandgun7631]

1:27 Heard "West-brick"... couldn't unhear it anymore.

[@miggyalejandro]

Kleber was out there shooting 3s like he was Dirk.

[@tyb0804]

same hometown

[@JonathanWoodall]

Nah it’s one of those Alumni player dresses in a disguise and tries out for his old team videos. Dirk just has good makeup on him and convinced us he’s some guy named Maxi.

[@davide6679]

The real defensive genius in this series is Kyrie Irving. I can't believe my eyes seeing how he's defending

[@YunisRajab]

Kyrie has always been a good defender that's just disinterested. He turns it up in the playoffs

[@Mdevlin0]

@@YunisRajab na he’s always been a good defender. The problem is that doesn’t fit the image that the media wants to portray of him. So you have all these paid NBA analysts saying that Kyrie has great handles and that’s it. Has a bad attitude and doesn’t play defense. Not a team player. All false. But you can’t be a good defender and be a bad teammate. You can’t have a bad attitude if you’re good on both ends of the floor. The crazy thing is that anyone can look at the numbers. Anyone can watch the games he plays and see that it’s all BS. Anyone can look up what his teammates actually say about him. But the people with money and the agenda know that a staggering majority of people are just going to take what the analysts say at face value because they’re the “professionals,” and the dumb masses just parrot the words like they’re fact. Smdh.

[@andrejvagaja]

Harden couldn't pass Doncic, that's pretty amazing to me.

[@JonathanWoodall]

@@andrejvagaja it is amazing but also Harden at this point in his career is one of the more favorable superstar matchups for Luka, just as far as build goes. I’m more impressed by the good defense he had on PG

[@chrisfedder3680]

lolnBS

[@stargazer8g2]

Jason Kidd is a great defensive coach, his adjustments were one of the reasons why they knocked suns out in 2022

[@foreverfornever1124]

damn Mavs looking a pre-2010 defensive team. Bring this back please! Great adjustments by the mavs and Kleber stepping up in the crucial moments for a big game 5 win. Also Im convinced more and more Kyrie fits in really well with the Mavs, playing the best basketball in his career. May see a huge renegotiation of his contract next year no matter where they end up in the rest of the playoffs. Him and Luka make for a genuine duo and cant wait see more of them next season

[@Kantodiez]

Thank Westbrick for being the 6th man for the Mavs.

[@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains]

Westbrick fan doesnt understand how bad of a spacing problem he has been creating for clippers, harden and pg13. Woth the amount of time they throw double on pg13 and harden. Westbrick cant hit any shots😂

[@jjcometa9333]

​@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains fr. Unless russ just goes crazy on the 3 point line next game. Then clips will struggle. Unless they somehow just hits 50% of their 3s again

[@tnsle000]

@@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains Mavs letting him shoot 3s lol

[@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains]

@@tnsle000 thats the point.... they double harden and pg13 so hard and they wants westbrick to shoot cause thry know he'll misd

[@tnsle000]

@@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains i think the Mavs are about to send their ass to Cancun

[@Heavilymoderated]

I was just laughing on the Kyrie behind the back drive. Like, what can you even do.

[@koba2209]

Not giving him 3pt play. Foul hard. Justifiable. Demoralising break. U cut it thru. Foul hard give him minor bruise and send him on the line.

[@urbaindelva7869]

​@@koba2209And potentially get ejected or a flagrant call.

[@koba2209]

@@urbaindelva7869 in this weak ass woke era probably yes. So the only option it seems to be is to just take it like the bitches we r right?

[@fujibooze3594]

@@koba2209Get a flag and get ejected and mess up your whole teams morale while kyrie is now going to come back driving down the lane 😂

[@koba2209]

@@fujibooze3594 well then theres no hope and u need to just take it lmfao

[@bilindabutcher8913]

I loved how on offense the Mavs played with a lot of pace and trusted Lively on the short roll in screen actions

[@alejandrovillela2400]

3:45 you can see Steve Balmer watching Luke like "please stop, no more"

[@danielpascualsenties4556]

First it was the iPhone, now it's this guy

[@AreThree-Dee]

Best version of Kai since the Cleveland!🔥🔥🔥

[@runthenumbers9698]

The funny thing is, the entire NBA thinks this was a big game for Luka. It wasn't. Luka ended up with 34-7-10 in 39 minutes His season AVERAGE is 34-9-10 in 37.5 minutes This was Luka's best game of the series... and it was an AVERAGE game for him The Clippers are lucky they haven't seen Playoffs Luka this year, and STILL they're down I hope Luka closes out with a dominant performance. He needs some momentum going into the next round.

[@dread.8110]

This was the most engaging game for him and he played better because of it. That’s why ppl shouldn’t just look at numbers. Kyrie started the half with 6 or 8 pts yet his defense was impactful. Same with Luka. Charles Barkley made a great point that Luka should trust his team more and it showed so much in this game how that really is the key. In this game I seen him pass the ball to kleber , watch the ball smack off the side of the backboard , and while up only 2 points , gave him the ball again for a knockdown 3. Hardly any complaining because he put his full effort into both sides of the court and his team rewarded his efforts. I’d rather a 25/6/6 guy whose playing to win , than a guy going for 50 just to lose. I.e Devin booker

[@cffritvij2906]

He took atleast 27 shots per game , y'all be riding Luka

[@alexn5501]

​@@cffritvij2906 luka is a great player, get over it.

[@alexn5501]

​@@cffritvij2906luka is a great player get over it.

[@runthenumbers9698]

@@dread.8110 I'm not saying there was anything WRONG with the game. Obviously, the Mavs won by 30. The Mavs had a good game. But Luka himself... shot splits of 53% fg, 25% from 3, and 5/5 from the free throw. Pretty ho-hum. What's weird is that this series, commentators have been saying Luka hasn't been showing up... when actually, he's been damn steady. He's had 1 kinda bad game, 1 slightly above average game, adn 3 slightly below average games. Here's the numbers of all 5 35-7-10 29-10-10 22-10-9 32-6-9 33-13-6 That's 1 off game in every statistical category. He also had 1 or 2 st/bl every game. He has been SUPER steady... and just below his season averages Season average 33.9/9.2/9.8 w 1.7 st/bl Playoffs average 30.2/9.2/8.8 w 1.2 st/bl His stats are good, obviously, but below HIS average. The most impressive thing about his stats this series though is how consistent they were. Win or lose, he was in the neighborhood of 30/9/9 EVERY GAME. Also, it seems there's no correlation between his stronger games and the team's wins. And I just can't get behind calling anything a "Luka Game" in which Luka doesn't score 40 or AT LEAST shoot 50%fg/40%3pt Luka hasn't shot 36% from 3 once this series and besides last night, his high for fg% is 42.3% (He's 48% from the field on the season). It's just reality. Luka has had a slightly subpar series, and has had nearly the same statline every night.

[@YunisRajab]

Luka and Kyrie might be getting shedding a lot of defence criticism after this series

[@MrAlvarez23]

This is a big difference when you have a coach that can make adjustments, and you have dogs that want it more. Not like some others that we know POCKETMAN😂

[@imdbtruth]

JKidd outcoached Ty Lue in the series. Most Mavs fans never liked Kidd being the coach, but I think he's a great coach. I mean who would've believed that just swapping Grant Williams and Richaun Holmes out for PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford could take the Mavericks from being a subpar defense and turn them into a defensive powerhouse? Nico finally got Kidd some serviceable players around Luka, and coach Kidd is making the most of it! 💪

[@KRISTOPHERFRESNIDO]

Gameplan: Leave them wide open on 3s so they get confused, end up panicking and miss 😂😂

[@waex3344]

Mavs has been the best defensive team so far in the playoffs...considering they were one of the worst in the first 2/3 part of the regular season. I am not really a fan of Kid as a coach, but cannot really ignore how transformative this team look after the trade. The whole team take defense like their lives depend on it.

[@JohnnyBananas7x]

Yea he got guys that defend. Doesn’t matter who ur coach is if u dont have the personal.

[@sherwincervantes]

They have been trained not to hand check or extend arms when guarding Harden . Just some random swipes and body block when they try to drive to the hoop

[@above97]

Luka did his thing on a sore knee.

[@tul17]

This is so much better than watching the mainstream media channels! Thank you

[@MikeyMike0330]

That Kyrie steal and layup was so fire bro

[@BobbyBughao]

Reminds me of the 2011 Mavs defensive zone against Lebron. Clogged the paint, focus on Lebron or other shooters, contest mid jumpers, mild contest on 3 and leave Wade and Bosh shoot 3s

[@urbaindelva7869]

You're one of the few people who actually tells the Mavs side of the story on that.

[@Mark-db1ok]

Is beyond annoying how some people discuss that title in terms of LeBron collapsing, rather than Jet wearing him out and the Mavs beating them down.

[@Mark-db1ok]

It's beyond annoying how some people discuss that title in terms of LeBron collapsing, rather than Jet wearing him out and the Mavs beating them down.

[@farstrider4592]

I originally tuned in to this series to watch the brilliance of Luka probably like many others, but I ended up really enjoying the Mavs as a team playing clamp down defense and seeing all their hustle plays. Shout out to black Kyrie actually playing magnificent defense often on both George and Harden, something I totally did not expect.

[@KevinJacquelin51511]

The constant micro management of Luka’s defense by the TNT crew was nauseating. Have that same energy for 75% of the league that can’t play D. Oh and also it’s hard for anyone to play defense when 2 BS fouls are called on them like Luka was in game 4

[@ericzamudio2905]

They need to show the owner of the clippers when they're losing. It makes me happy.

[@alwinuding8926]

If the Clippers role players had made their shots, this would've been a completely different video🤷‍♂️🔄📽📲💻

[@Marzex1x]

kleber shot phenomenally in game 5, game 6 he gets injured and PJ steps up and hits i think 4/6 absolutely amazing performance by the role players,

[@garyjensen3414]

Luka is one great player...I wish he played for the Warriors...

[@BrackishWaterC]

Jaden hardy played 5 mins and dropped 14 points

[@Mark-db1ok]

More than pg and Harden managed, haa!

[@domingosupreno7321]

This channel is better than house of highlight where chuck/shaq/kenny and ernie not seeing the defense of mavs but the struggle of clippers , dang

[@ema2kolfiz828]

Kidd is an underrated coach, always seen as a liability but it’s untrue. Lue is considered a good strategist so we should expect the pg/jh to play more off the ball to avoid this wall

[@urbaindelva7869]

Yeah, Ty Lue needs to have Powell and Mann involved in the offense more. He knows that the Mavs will target Harden and PG, so he should use that to open up opportunities for everyone else. He also needs to get Russ closer to the basket. Have him cut, be a roll man, or a screener. The Mavs will let him shoot. Russ also needs to take advantage of the space they give him.

[@bibe5555]

love this videos!

[@lewesshilage697]

Gotta shout out my man Westbrook for being the best sixth for the Mavs!

[@franckdatou4578]

Naan Westbrick back on business😂😂 that the nightmare every Clipper's fan not want

[@jimbobfisher8904]

Dressbrick is a**

[@Saintmadman]

Where are the other games?!?!

[@Davidstone568]

Of course luka can play defense. Especially when the whole team is pitching in. He didn't have near that help Sunday

[@thomasbrouwer2771]

Make defense great again

[@Kelbonobo]

Kyrie was actually the defensive leader this game too. Hes crazy locked in🔥

[@JacobSnover]

This why Steph plays off ball so much, with Harden being there best 3pt shooter and bringing up the ball it makes it hard for him to get open shots and Dallas just watches him

[@BUSTAMOVE_ARAB]

Exactly why the rockets fail to them. Don’t have one player doing everything.

[@urbaindelva7869]

​@@BUSTAMOVE_ARABOr a coach that won't adjust the game plan so he won't HAVE to do everything.

[@BUSTAMOVE_ARAB]

@@urbaindelva7869 Factz 💯

[@ramhaven2322]

Leaving Westbrick open seems to be working out..

[@cffritvij2906]

MVP in this series for Mavs is kyrie and I love that

[@zb1033]

2:03 “the focus is on the harden penetration” PAUSE! 😅. White kyrie 🔥 basketball breakdown! learning alot from your analysis bro

[@maxschmidt8944]

If the all starplayers show Performance, the rollplayers decide the game

[@Native722]

Ty Lue need to play small ball, when harden or pg drives, kick it out to Daniel Theis, pj tucker, Powell, etc for the open three.

[@urbaindelva7869]

Will they MAKE those shots, though? If they're not making them, then the drive-n'-kick game doesn't work. Also, Norman Powell can actually create for himself, so Ty Lue should run more plays for him. And since when can Theis shoot threes?

[@vn_loc7316]

It will be lob city for Mavs if small ball Clippers don't hit 3s

[@David-iv6je]

Kudos to the Mavs for playing tough defense and daring the role players to win it from the perimeter. Jason Kidd knows from 2011: being a contender requires really hard work on D. But I dislike the 2018 Rockets comparison. They were playing peak GSW to 7 games and because of CP's injury they basically had a 6 man rotation: they even tried injured Luc M'Bah a Moute (shoulder) and Joe Johnson (old) for a few minutes. The Rockets game plan relied on psycho swarming D and it worked when CP was healthy and then they were short handed. In game 6 they were just completely gassed and were shortarming everything toward the end of the game. Nothing like what happened with the Clippers, who simply had perimeter shooters who were not good enough but were not gassed. C'mon, leaving Russ open is a no-brainer and has nothing to do with playing a severely shortened roster.

[@magnus1208]

Love your videos, always so entertaining and interesting to watch. Quick question, how do you use nba footage without it getting copyrighted or taken down completely? Love to hear your response.

[@xxsskyyxx]

Kai defense is what needs discussing .. he been playing amazing defense these playoffs.. best among all guards from what I seen which is wild for him lol but he always been good at d just chooses when to actually play .. he won that first round for them with his play on both sides and his 4th Q scoring explosiond

[@plavalaguna950]

Man you doing best nba wideo ever!❤

[@TheRobins1m]

Nice video. I must admit, I’d struggled to see what the defensive adjustment (if any) was from the Mavs. Now is it a one-off? Will the Clippers adjust? Such an up and down series.

[@CiCLoDoL]

4:16 emotional breakdown.

[@AMACHiiBiong]

Emotional damage 🫢

[@moritz4439]

he is calculating his the way to his next destination. "Please wait, calculating the route to the championchip destination"

[@Mark-db1ok]

He maybe should think about running the retirement.exe program

[@naelna]

Nice analysis. Did you make a predictions vid? A bet who will win it all?

[@abl1699]

Are you not covering Nuggets vs Timberwolves?

[@antinapay]

Clippers have 4 of the best iso superstars, and they were helpless

[@pedestrianne]

35k of those 40k were from uncalled travels, wardoffs, shoulder tackles and his finishing move the dancing traveling tornado

[@FilJR99]

Now, this is where I think analytics get it wrong! The 3pt shot in a stressful and hostile environment, with the game on the line, it’s much less efficient. All that talk of attempting lots of 3s instead of just having safe 2pt shots is proven wrong every year in the playoffs.

[@mikeywilkinsjr3769]

At this point, give us Mavericks vs Nuggets or Mavericks vs Timberwolves in the WCF

[@frankosski]

Hej, nie klina... A Kleber! To Niemiec! Kleber! :) peacew out!

[@Bucketswithabag]

hey bro u didnt upload yesterday. i wonder why....

[@LeaksofLegends]

because of Knicks bias

[@pg13pacernation30]

Paul George, James Harden & Russell Westbrook earned themselves the TRIPLE ‘Hot Garbage Treatment’ for their Game 5 performance 🔥🗑️ PG: 15 PTS, 4/13 FGM - 31% Harden: 7 PTS, 2/12 FGM - 17% Russ: 6 PTS, 2/11 FGM - 18% A combined 8/36 FGM - 22% in the worst loss in Clippers franchise history…

[@salehaallal4364]

I love the mavs’ strategy clogging the paint , but what happened to the 3 second rule? Can’t blame the mavs for exploiting it though if the refs just aren’t calling fouls for that…Jokic also just sits I. The paint and they turn a blind eye to it

[@quigleyfox]

Imagine if they said Luka go all out on D and let Rie cook for 50

[@yukon6370]

radical approach, like Luka at least trying on defense lol

[@ohigh6]

I heard "Genius" and "defense" and knew this had to be a comedic video lol.

[@loganrcooke]

Imagine this clippers team in 2010

[@nazarpredatorak]

That's good and all, but it works for bad shooting teams or when the opponent has a bad night

[@phillylifer]

Harden can never go back to back. Wouldn't matter if they didn't play defense

[@kahusay5379]

james harden playoff mode!

[@Dizcreti]

Pretty disappointed on the clips but hopefully it goes to 7 because probably the 2nd best 1st round series

[@MrTrueCaller619]

After Knicks 6ers ?

[@Dizcreti]

@@MrTrueCaller619 no Denver vs lakers was amazing! Thinking basketball pointed out how good the series is if you think it was a bad one

[@bilindabutcher8913]

Clippers need to involve Norman Powell waaaaaay more if he takes 15+ shots it would take a lot of pressure off of PG and James

[@GOlone9597]

Credit to the Mavs' defense, but PG and Harden do this everytime in the playoffs 😂

[@tribalypredisposed]

You can analyze all nice and stuff, but let's just admit this was another classic Harden playoff choke, shooting 2-12 and 1-7 from three for seven points, and chipping in four turnovers too.

[@eshnajizzle]

I don't think this is genius, it's just sensible. Good, but obvious. Happy to see them putting in the effort, though. That's the real key on defence. You're always giving up something when you need to help out on D, the key is to give up as little as possible, and that's done through hustling to catch up.

[@kvsyy3723]

Harden and westBRICK 😂😂😂

[@kennymiles1481]

I think the Mavs should consider giving Hardy and gree more minutes. Both players are decent three point shooters and arent a liability. Kleber snd washing are both ok but can be hit or miss at times.

[@1Joseph25]

there’s no way the Clippers win this series man it’s over time to rebuild, and sign & trade both PG & Harden then trade Kawhi Congrats to the Mavs for making the WCF

[@betternameneeded6475]

Defensive adjustment was to start playing defense... genius

[@hikokujaku]

"The focus is to help on the harden penetration"

[@AMACHiiBiong]

AAA for effort ☝🏽 And some say defense doesn’t win games 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@citogerzon]

Clippers are number one in isolation frequency which means they rely heavily on their superstars.

[@mycabbages3538]

We gotta pay 55!

[@nmc400]

This is so bad for clippers next game. Their confidence in their shooting is rock bottom going into possibly the last game.

[@pedestrianne]

this doesnt diminish lebron's legacy as the undisputed 9th greatest of all time!

[@despair420blazeit4]

Westbrook for 3! CLANGS

[@klatis84]

how Westbrook is one of the best players that ever played the game and at the same time one of the worst key player to have in the offseason? amazzzing

[@sjc4]

dude have the mavs broken the code finally?!

[@jaronlolz5117]

Everyone clowns on JKidd when the mavs lose, but no praise for the coach when his team wins? 🤷‍♂

[@Sup_bro23]

Other than Powell, all the other Clippers role players did very little on offense

[@phillylifer]

We know harden will be a monster in game 6 (and mini mouse) in game 7

[@urbaindelva7869]

That remains to be seen. They're going back on the road. Who's Mini Mouse?

[@kennymiles1481]

Harden coming to the clippers really messed up russ. He isn't a shooter and needs the ball in his hands.

[@kennymiles1481]

@allenross3050 He should and was for a while.

[@RT-qz5ci]

That first clip…. Why on earth did P pass that ball!?! Bro you were in layup range. Floater at the worst. And you kick it out for 3?! Smh

[@andymage7179]

That's what happens when you have multiple ballhogs in your team.

[@mirby623]

(-_-).oO( You act like Dallas doesn't have two ball hogs. LOL! Luka and Kyrie are the definition of ball hogs! )

[@randomuruk7230]

@@mirby623 In what way?

[@nobnobnobnob]

@@mirby623 Luka averaging 10 assist

[@skwong94]

this comment is so brilliant it fits into every game of these series regardless of the results!

[@JamesL0717]

​@mirby623 Maybe you can call Luka a ball hog since he is the literal point guard, where most plays are designed to go through him, but ain't no way you gonna call Kyrie ball hog. Dude barely touches the ball considering he's also a guard. Perhaps you don't watch the game and get your opinion from Kyrie's highlights.

[@gokuson5498]

Clippers need healthy Leonard

[@chrisbeeler4873]

Luka just needed to shoot well

[@justinekyle28]

lets go

[@MrCovert23]

Defense wins championships. If only EVERY TEAM would focus on it the NBA WOULD BE MUCH BETTER

[@nobnobnobnob]

LAC missed 16 3pt shots, even if they , make half of it, they still losing the game

[@jjcometa9333]

Now clippers know what it feels like to miss a lot of 3s😂. So far mavs are below average in 3s. Theyre due for a game the clippers had twice