A small amount of time studying tape daily pays long-term benefits. What works, what doesn’t, and what can we do better? Find something that players can turn into hoops.
Basketball is a “game of separation.” Porter, Jr. uses the off-ball screen and buries a three. Don’t think Simons had a chance.
Classic Mazzulla Ball…penetrate, draw 2, open the three. Will teams eventually stop helping on the drive and live with the mid-range shot?
Urgent cutting separates baskets from wishes. Garza sets a screen and Simons cuts hard and gets rewarded. Simple basketball can work.
Variation on the short roll creates a two-on-one and a layup.
The Nets did this a lot with the 6’10” Porter, Jr. coming off a handoff and ripping in threes. More simple execution
Death by live-ball turnover, the high points/possession opener.
Big-to-big pick-and-roll well-executed by the Nets.
The Nets ran this screener to handoff action again and again for Porter baskets and he was nails.
The Nets did a lot well and the Celtics had porous defense.
Lagniappe. Do you have any L.A.M.E. players?
You can’t win with any L.A.M.E. in your game.
“Lazy- somebody who is not willing to work
Arrogant- somebody that thinks they are better than they are
Mediocre- somebody who is not very good
Entitled- somebody who thinks they deserve what they haven’t worked for.” pic.twitter.com/bhkV8MpmyH— The Winning Difference (@thewinningdiff1) November 22, 2025