Why everything depends on Anthony Davis
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- Anthony Davis has had dominant performances in the playoffs and a few off nights, but the Lakers strategy against the Warriors is built around him. This detailed film breakdown & scouting report breaks down how Coach Marvin Ham has used Davis to guard Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and the Splash Brothers offense...and how AD's offensive presence also dictates the matchups in this series.
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Darvin Ham is actually doing great especially for a rookie coach with these adjustments for AD, whether he should drop or hang out on the perimeter
Interesting to consider how well many rookie head coaches have done in the past several years. Kerr, Nurse, Udoka, etc.
Man play rui more
@@fazediamond5671 Rui is good but it’s hard for ham to play him since Warriors are running small lineups
@Reality Check yes but actually listening to your assistants is a skill too, especially for a rookie, won't you say?
Ham: AD, please save us. That's all.
Shout out to Anthony Davis for putting on a defensive clinic the first 9 games of the playoffs.. the amount of blocks he has in that span is truly amazing. But you can’t forget Vando.. Schroeder.. Rui and all the other players locking in on defense
Skywalker too, he was the reason why the Lakers won game 4
I love how these brakedowns add so much to what happened game 2. Rather than the typical AD sucked game to it showed the great adjustments by the warriors.
these nba “analysts” on tv could never analyze the game like this at all.
@@TheAnbuGamer They're not all as stupid as the characters they're playing on TV. Basketball analysis doesn't get the clicks hot takes do unfortunately.
This shows how *some* of the criticism of AD in game 2 was missplaced, with a targeted strategy to nullify AD on offense. Its up to Ham to help him out in that instance. Good to see the adjustment in Game 3
Not really. They had a strategy, but individually you can’t be a superstar and let the other team just completely take you out of the game. Adjustments or not, you’ve got to assert your dominance enough to not be just another guy out there.
Ham’s adjustments: 🙏🏿 ref 🤲🏿 oh almighty ref 🙏🏿🤲🏿 please win us a game 🤲🏿🙏🏿
as if those dummies in ESPN know any basketball. they just spout BS to get viral
@@LesioJunior1keep crying bro
What adjustments were made in game 3 to help AD? I feel like he just wasn’t comfortable attacking draymond in game 2 and became more aggressive in game 3.
Always love these postseason breakdowns; would love to see what Miami is doing to shut down the Knicks offense - theyre holding the team to 40% fg
Lets be honest the Knicks are overrated as hell.
Would love to see a Celtics video as well but Ben has a running “joke” of not talking about the Celtics in the playoffs! Lol
Its the spo zone
That is actually simple:Miami is a gritty and good defensive team and the Knicks are what we all knew a second round exit
The Knicks stop themselves
Its such a shame how injury prone Davis is given how much of a defensive unit this man is.
Defense is 80% effort.
Too much effort causes 90% of injuries.
Makes sense no?
@@josephmatthews7698 it's not like all his injuries are on defense tho, he's just got brittle tendons
People keep posting this backhanded compliment like he's already hurt. Yall aren't even acknowledging what he did to Memphis and what he's doing to GS. It's only ever "yeah, but he'll get hurt soon." So disingenuous.
@@josephmatthews7698 not only effort. AD has the perfect build too for this, long and wide body, athletic and light footed. He'd be competing for best player in the league with giannis and jokic every year if he's a bit more durable
@@thehobojarpen it’s not even a backhand compliment when ad plays everybody see how dominant he is that jsut look at his career nba fans have miss ad playin a lot n when he does play he’s a top 5 player same with kawhi but he’s accomplishments are better than ad so🤷🏽♂️
I've never really understood why people were so willing to put up with A.D always being injured, but over these playoffs, I see how otherworldly talented he is on both sides of the ball. Availability is the most important thing, but when you are this good when Available, it's hard to argue keeping him around.
Not even during the off-season, when he returned from injury in the regular season he was arguably the best defender in the league. This postseason simply cements that.
AD was only injured because of shortened off seasons to get the nba back on track after the 2020 bubble in those same seasons there were a record number stars getting injured learn the full story also you saying you don’t understand why people were willing to put up with AD injuries just proves you don’t know ball or watch it AD is a mf worth 5 first round picks an all star and a few role players he gives generational defense learn ball casual
My guy didn't watch bubble AD. When he is healthy he is a massive threat that nobody can deal with.
He is like embid
AD when healthy is more valuable as a player than Giannis
I want to watch a basketball game with this man and hear his live game commentary and analysis. I'd learn so much. (This wouldn't be such a bad idea for a live stream...)
Ben, can you make a ranking of the best defensive peaks this offseason maybe? I personally think that AD is definitely one of the greatest defenders of all time
He could be but you gotta have the minutes to speak for it, all the GOAT defenders have volume to back them up and thats important, AD gotta stay healthy then he can enter that convo imo
his defense gets overlook because of his injuries, but he outplayed DPOY the whole series just proves how good he is
@@futurehofer1564 he’s been healthy though. In 2015 he shredded the warriors but no help, in 2018 he shredded the warriors but can’t beat that specific superteam with what he’s got, in 2020 he showed everyone why he’s a top 5 player in the playoffs, even in the games he played in 2021 he looked great before the injury which caused the lakers to lose. You’re discrediting him using minutes when AD is built different and in my opinion is the best defender in at last 2 decades who’s name isn’t Tim Duncan.
That would be interesting. Going back, who would be in that series? Dwight Howard, Ben Wallace, Alonzo, Mutombo, Michael Cooper, Moncrief, Bobby Jones, Walton, Frazier, Russell?
@@ryandick9649 add hakeem olajuwon
For all those commentiing about AD not being healthy, he played more minutes than DPOY JJJ
@@andreitaker3527 It is true it's been a problem throughout his career.
@@andreitaker3527 jjj is always in foul trouble he jumps at everything
@@holyghost8467 he still missed 2 months with injury
Difference in expectations. He's the #1 guy on the Lakers, surpassing Lebron given how well the team played post-trade deadline with Lebron out on injury. He has the unfair expectation to show up and ball out every game just like every other "bus driver" on a team.
0:49 should be multiple *Warriors. Thanks for another top-quality video, Ben!
To be fair it's probably the same way in Lakers' practice.
Tbf, Ben's number of turnovers is very low across consistent sample sizes.
I always hate being that guy but love to see it said 😅 no disrespect to the channel, mistakes happen
The defensive unicorn that he is sometimes shadows how great of an offensive player he is. Just a shame that injuries kept halting his progression into a top 5 player in the world. Super happy of his performances in the playoffs fully healthy and showing everybody the greatness he has.
Amazing video. One of the things thats wild is just how in Game 2 AD couldnt deal with that pocket passes but then in game 3 he disrupted them so much. It's like he needed to watch the film and see the angles once and then he'd be able to do it.
Hard to see how the Warriors can really deal with him well enough and consistently enough to win 3 more games. They just have to pray his midrange regresses and that their own shooters can shoot ludicrously hot
What I love is the synergy effect between a Lebron and AD...very dynamic as a duo and if DLo is going to plug and play like that this team is potent al.
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One thing I really like about these videos is when you show a missed shot, but the team in question got the matchup or the situation they wanted. No points get scored at the time, but I'm sure the coaches notice the capability is there and they can go at the weakness again. Great videos.
I will admit that I underestimated Darvin Ham. He’s done a great job adjusting and improving his rotations now that the roster has some guys on it.
Some of AD's blocks were supernatural. Not looking at the ball and making an awkward, backhanded motion to swap it out of the air.
Man, AD is special. All the "odd number game" folks piss me off because yes he apparently does miss more shots on even # games, but he doesn't play worse defense -_-
The play at 3:05 had me hollering so loud I woke up my dogs.
Tbf game 2 he wasnt great defensively. A lot of late rotations/contests. Just didnt seem engaged on either end.
Same as Davis' impact for defense, Rui's offensive impact off the bench for the lakers is mindblowing too
These videos actually make me want to watch the games even more while paying closer attention to the little things.
If AD is healthy his whole career he would have been an MVP and DPOY in the same year that's how high his ceiling is as a player.
This series is as much a clash between hall of fame players as it is a chess match between Ham and Kerr and their staffs, as the beautiful first three games have shown.
I find it amusing how different each of the three games has been, because of the extreme flexibility and quickness that both coaches have shown in adapting their playstyle to the other team, with intelligence - e.g. what Ham did with Davis as you said at 1:27. The results are very telling as well: after game 1 went to the Lakers, Kerr adapts and takes game 2 in a blowout, then in game 3 Ham adapts to Kerr's adaptations and wins by a blowout as well, with almost the same final scores, but reversed. Just beautiful team basketball. I love what Ham is doing personally, because after years of an offence oriented league lead by Curry's and Kerr's 3pt revolution and old heads saying that today's basketball is soft and noone plays defence anymore, he's finally changing things and showing that you CAN and you MUST also defend to win at basketball.
This is not just LeBron and AD vs Curry and Klay, it's defence vs offence, it's Ham vs Kerr, and its all the role players and bench players of the Lakers vs GSW. Ham and Kerr are showing us that basketball is a TEAM sport, and that a great team and a great strategy are essential aspects of the game!
Love the passion and enthusiasm my dude! It's a beautiful game for sure!
I hope AD will win his 2nd ring this year and FMVP as well. It will be hard to win an individual award next season because of the minimum required games played. I hope he will win atleast DPOY and MVP
That ain't gonna happen he is too injury prone and too win both of those awards at the same time takes a real special player
I hope none of your wishes in this comment come true 🙏
Yeah, It would be dope to see him win FMVP.
I can see this happening if we get to the finals and win. AD has been our best player this playoffs.
I think Bron is more likely to win FMVP than AD. Bron been on autopilot these playoffs and I think he is still nursing his injury for the finals. When he plays well he is the best player on the Lakers and AD is inconsistent
Great breakdown. Makes you wonder if AD had stayed healthy the year after the bubble, I think they beat Phoenix, who ended up in the Finals losing to the Bucks.
That wingspan is crazy. It looks like he’s playing this level of defense without trying.
AD is so great, I was a huge fan of his in NOLA, always wanted him to join GSW but now I gotta cheer against him but it sill amazing to see him performing at his best
Hello Thinking Basketball. I think your channel is great. Your recent vids got a sedentary dork like me into the NBA for the first time (and into basketball in general.)
Another great content once again from Ben . Very educative . Please do a breakdown of Tyrese Halliburton’s passing game
He’s my favorite player
He did one on the NBA app earlier this season
No
This is playoffs time. Ain't no way Ben discussing players sitting at home.
@@kedrprao 😂😂😂
All the warriors need is a big man that can shoot. I wish Brook Lopez was a warrior man. He would be exactly what they need right now
The craziest thing to my about the 3:00 clip is how AD went for the first block with his right hand and the second block with his left. No one in the league has his combo of agility, length, hands, and processing speed
Small correction: *multiple worriers not multiple lakers were afraid to shoot near AD
This what I've been saying. Through all of AD's injuries, I knew he was Lebron's key to beating the Warriors
LeBron's key? AD is by far the Lakers' best player. That's HIS team.
@Manuel Canelo I think he meant in Cleveland. If AD was on that team instead Kevin they would've had a better chance of beating the KD warriors
@@manuelcanelo6670 Well AD needs to be more consistent & criticized tremendously if he’s THE guy….Can’t have another 11 points, 7 rebound performance 💯💯
@@manuelcanelo6670 I mean Lebron has been taking a back seat for some time now yet AD gets injured time and time again. Also AD's inconsistency is a main issue rn if this is his team he needs to be more consistent 🤷♂
@@manuelcanelo6670 i wouldn't say by FAR but yeah for sure he's the number 1 option on both offense and defense. Only issue besides injuries is offensive inconsistency. I think Lebron is experienced / smart enough to only go off if absolutely necessary now that he's old. It would kinda suck for AD if they make it all the way to the finals cus of him but then Lebron only pops off in the finals and get FMVP LOL.
Love your breakdowns. You are a step above. Love the playoff breakdowns coming out so quick! Keep it up!
This guy truly deserves DPOY. If they win this chip, he should get mvp
Nuggets-Lakers series would be fun to watch. Jokic unstoppable offense vs Davis underrated defense..🙌
The irresistible force moved the immoveable object.
0:54 "multiple Lakers were afraid to shoot near him" AD plays for the Lakers Ben
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He is indeed, the Dynasty Killer.
We all know this about AD, he has the talent to be the best player in the game. What we don't know is whether or not health will allow him to play and when when he does play will he impose his will upon the game.
He does have the talent. If he could still shoot 3's like in the bubble and stay healthy, he would've been in MVP talks again.
Hes played more games than KD and Kawhi
AD when healthy is like the true Unicorn, before Giannis, porzingis, or wembanyama. AD was that guy.
@@twincitydezray i miss that AD 😂 he looked like KD on those mid range too.
Honestly I was expecting the Basketball Gods to smite AD this series seeing as so many of Warriors' series wins come off teams who suffer major injury/injuries. I guess there is some justice in this world ^_^
I pray to God every night that he will continue to bless Anthony Davis and allow him to stay on the basketball court.
Love for AD man he's the best defender in basketball right now.
Best than Mvp Embid?
@@LucasKimisima IMO? Absolutely. Embiid is a top defender…but doesn’t have the mobility to play the 3pt shooter AND get back to defend the rim the way AD is doing.
@@PantherNationn Embiids defense is a bit overrated imo if it was 2019 Embiid but Embiid right now I don't think he is a top defender but not a bad one by any means.
Davis is the best rim protector in the entire league. And since he is playing more careful now with more finesse moves, dunking with two hands and hanging from the rim, he's not going to be as injury prone and the Lakers will be a problem. I don't see any team not struggling against them and they can very well win any series against any team they end up facing
Real talk, wtf was Draymond doing at 6:32 LMAOO
Superlative analysis Thank You!
love these playoff analysis videos!
I came here to see what all the controversy was about...I do not understand how anyone has a problem with this ...the man just helped 1000 people hear ..like damn
I just wanna say since im never this early that i really appreciate this channel. Thanks for everything y'all do. Keep it up💪🏾
i love these videos . i learn so much
So much AD praise I love it! Totally deserve.
I stated it as well. When we made the playoffs, I even said that this entire playoffs depends on AD on how he sets the tone for this team and what type of performance we get from him. This is AD’s team and he is the one who will show up for this team or not, it depends upon him and ends with him. He’s our best player and he has to show us why we should take him seriously
Was waiting for this video ❤❤❤
ADs defense was so good even the Lakers were scared to shoot haha
If AD had been healthy his whole career he would have multiple DPOYs and MVPs by now
Still got time to win a few of those awards. He’s only 30.
@@chief5774 Bigs don't get any healthier playing at the wrong side of 30. And AD was already injury prone before then.
@@t4d0W 30 isn’t old its the prime of a players career nowadays. I can see him doing this until at least 33-34. He will decline after that.
“The wall of Davis” 😂😂
Brilliant take
DPOY should be awarded for the playoffs too. He's the real DPOY
I'm learning so much and I don't even play basketball 😅
5:53 it’s hilarious that Draymond of all people is arguing about illegal contact on a screen here 💀
Davis is a defensive cheat code, but props to Ham for making needed adjustments to enable said cheat
I love the Bill Russell comp - I saw a lot of Bill Russell in AD when he was at Kentucky and he’s reaching a similar level of play now with his ability to get his hands everywhere and dominate the whole court defensively
AD can be amazing. But let's also highlight that amazing Reeves behind the back pass at 7:30. Wow!
Please, do an analysis on 2018 LeBron James (2017-2018). He's last season with the Cavs. That version of James is the BEST PLAYER TO EVER STEP FOOT ON THE COURT! He had it all - clutchness, defense, offense, athleticism, IQ, playmaking, etc.
I think he stood out because he had no star and it made him look better than he was. When he faced good teams, he looked his ordinary self. It's like when KD left thunder, Russ was amazing in the season after.
@@spankstar What?? Did you watch him in the playoffs? Those were good teams. Teams with higher seed. He even dropped 51 points against Warriors with KD game 1 before the infamous JR Smith incident
AD has always been great going back to his Kentucky day's
The warriors have no idea on what to do with AD, they aren’t use to being switched onto the best defender on the planet who runs the big, all those moving screens they get doesn’t work because AD nullifies it and I’m not even mentioning the fact they can’t guard him.
moving screenss is the biggest cope, can't hand le a team winning so you gotta fabricate these things to make yourself feel better. Every team gets away with moving screens, but other teams don't win as much as the warriors so it dioesn't get brought up.
He's clearly the best defender in the NBA.
If he can sustain good health and actually play a full season easy MVP, DPOY seasons
@@Davefromdabend5 Should've been won DPOY instead of Gobert a few seasons back.
@@emmanuelmoses7249And in 20 instead of Giannis.
@@CrazyxEnigma woooah now lol
@@oscarwestbrook1155 AD was better defensively that year imo.
It’s beautiful to see a defensive strategy like this to stop a high powered offense. Reminds of what the patriots did to the rams offense in the Super Bowl a few years ago. It’s fitting a 7 foot center with a not so great outside shot is the key to stopping a team of shooters. Just goes to show the constant evolution of the game.
Actually very refreshing to read the comments here. Not the normal BS. Good series so far with great adjustments.
AD is so overhated, if this doesn't prove he's still a top 10 player and the best player on the lakers, idk what does
wow what a great anlysis!
0:45 multiple lakers were scared to shoot next to Anthony Davis” lol.
Nothing like watching Curry get his shot blocked. Brings a tear to my eye.
AD is playing old school defense.
But it's the safe way lol
Probably??? He’s having one of the greatest defensive post szns of ALLL TIME especially in the last decade
AD's injuries really do him a disservice. He made the 75 All-Time team for a reason. He's a 2-way machine that can impact the game in ways you didn't think possible.
I guess its how the basketball gods defined a dude who breaks a lot of rules on defense. He's gotta have a weird body type with odd biomechanics that leaves him injury prone for most of his career. If anything modern medicine has allowed him to play competitively for over a decade as oppose to hanging it up sooner due to said injuries.
youtube, get this man Verified
This man is working hard on both ends of the floor…. VERY HARD. Imagine how physically demanding that is next time we jump to criticize him for not putting 100% effort or performing well in every single game.
0:50 yep multiple Lakers are scared to shoot around AD 😂
What you basically also just said is that everything also depends on draymond. I wonder how golden state will adjust tonight
The league stands no chance against this man. The lakers should run thru the conference. Only real threat i see is denver if we can get thru them nobody from the east stands a chance
And davis is possibly the worst matchup for jokic. AD quicker than him and has never faced as good as him in the playoffs
Denver isn't a threat if you neutralize Jokic which I know is a hard thing to do but not with Davis, Vando and a Defensive focused Lebron.
@@GetdonkedOnI like your enthusiasm but sadly Jokic led nuggets will not lose to the lakers it’s just not meant to happen
@@Eboy223 lakers in 6 bet.
@@DestroyerOff bet lol
Lebron literally leaving Moody WIDE OPEN
THIS IS ART!!! Thank you so much for all the work you put into these videos! The "Bill Russell Special" sequence, gave me good bumps! Damn this is a beautiful sport!
i think wemby will be the evolution of ad
Warriors Fans taking notes right now... love this breakdown!
Thank you for this …. Mofos think not scoring 30 a night makes you a terrible player
If he stays healthy he can possibly win mvp
How he doesn’t have a DPOY is beyond me
AD is the definition of MVP
7:50 bro just forgot every one even shaq 😂😂
What AD did at 3 mins is one of those plays that used to get me tight on NBA2k back in the days. Like hth can get jump back to back and defend two players at once!?!? God is how.
AD finally won a series against GSW.
U still think ad the top 2 player he was in 2020?
2020 was 3yrs ago ben opinion definitely changed
Ben definitely changed his opinion
@@AdamxAudra what did Ben say about AD and what does he say now?
@@calebmartin1917 what did Ben say about AD and what does he say now?
AD was a top 2 player in 2020. What happens now is irrelevant to 2020 and does not change that fact.
AD got a real life intimidator badge on hof
CAN YOU PLS MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THE HEAT!!
Lmao the refs are the dynasty killers 😂
Ben im sorry I really wanna watch this vid but the phx denver game right now is absolutely insane and my mind can handle anything else
He is going to get injured again….unfortunately. Hope I’m wrong though he is a great player. Glass Ad
I was thinking of Bill Russell too seeing this defense
short answer : Size. he's an elite shot blocker. golden state depends on shooting. if his team mates can guard the backlines pretty well, he can just destroy them inside.
And yet some salty Warriors fans are saying the refs are rigging it for the Lakers smh. Refs aren't rigging the Warriors bricking shots or not scoring in the paint