Order vs. Chaos & the fight for basketball's soul
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- Houston and Golden State are again facing off in the NBA Playoffs in what has been described as the “battle for basketball's soul.” Which is a superior offensive philosophy, the Rocket's isolation or the Warrior's motion? Former New Mexico St. video coordinator Jordan Sperber stops by to break down the incredible differences in the way the NBA's top two offenses attack, counters to defend them and what gives the Warriors offense an unparalleled top gear.
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"Direct traffic for spacing purposes" is a fancy sentence for "Y'all get hell out of the way"
Qi He Not at all actually. The way they are spaced out around the perimeter is very important. It’s not as simple as “get out the way”
@@notsocooldude7720 still a funny joke😂😂
This content is ridiculously good, and insightful, and is only getting better
As someone who never played basketball for a team but loves to watch and play pickup, I love channels like yours that help me understand the game. Much better than listening to Stephen A talk about player legacy
Every SAS show - "And let me be clear. He is a close friend of mine. I love him. But when I watch him out on the court, this brother does not have THE HEART or THE HUSTLE to win. It's disappointing. It's a disgrace!"
yeah sports media is bs and not actually how basketball works
man SAS is soooo... different. He is pretty knowledgeable about basketball but just isnt allowed to show it on scripted debate shows
im in the same spot as you, I like learning this stuff a lot and want to start playing organized basketball soon
@@adik4923 No he's not lol, it's funny when he blatantly shows he doesn't even know the rosters of every team
Content so good I feel like I could take that Phoenix job now LOL
Hahahahahahahha
LOL anybody could take that phoenix job
* insert spider-man meme.
They made the finals. Looks like you took the job. Great work buddy
You took them to the Finals nice job
Warriors: Pass to open man, spread the floor, find driving lanes, etc. Rockets: Give the ball to James Harden and see what happens.
More like pick on the mismatch
warriors : 4 all stars
Rockets: 1
What would u expect?
Di antoni offense is literally floor spacing 5 out, drive in and kick out. Layups or threes
The Rockets waste like 20 sec just to get Curry switch onto Harden.
Basically rockets copying cavs winning strategy until durant happens. 😂
I still think that the Warriors' defense is the reason why they are winning this series. For that reason, I think Draymond Green is the difference maker in this series.
Definitely under valued they are so good on defense. But you have to understand that the media is all in on KD so they are saying that he has no help to make him look good.
@@FilipCordas lmao what who says KD has no help
Green said he lost 20 lb after his constant injuries this season helped a lot. He gained a lot of weight and it impacted his play. Now he’s back to his DPOY form
@@jamais412 Well you don't watch sports shows a lot. In the last week or two everyone is on the warriors are no good with out KD.
@@FilipCordas well than please point me to the complete idiots who have been saying that
This is by far the best basketball channel I've seen
i feel like theres never gonna be a team like the warriors with 2 (potentially 3 depending on your opinion of klay) primary all time great scorers completely sacrifice being the single star and definite lead scoring option.
Its beautiful to watch lol lucky I'm from the bay and all our time being ass payed off
Cad Chamberlain Righg the modern nba fan is too blind to realize history right now with the Warriors
I think KD is pretty definitively their number 1 option. At least 1A to Curry’s 1B.
Chris Mendoza warriors fans like you are real ones and golden state has always had a passionate fan base. It sucks that warriors fans are all stereotyped as bandwagons even though many great fans like you had to go through years of mediocrity and failure to see their team win
ye but this season im seeing them go to durant more and more :( i prefer their curry-led offense tbh
The way the warriors move around on offense is like a type of defense where it tries teams out where the warriors take advantage in the 4th qtr
Excellent analysis as always Ben Taylor and Jordan Sperber
Very good. I’ve been looking for content like this that explains different offenses in the NBA.
Rockets took the best team ever to 7 games. Respect.
So did LeBron and the Cavs.
@@TornaitSuperBird No they lost 4-1
Best basketball channel on TH-cam. An incredible combination of qualitative understanding of the game, and sound statistical analysis. Credit to Sperber for his great contributions.
Kerr and D'Antoni are brilliant. Two of the most innovative offenses we've ever seen, in totally opposite directions.
This video is amazing! In high school, my coaches emphasized both spacing and player movement, which was an inefficient offense. I didn't know why it felt so off until I watched this video.
It’s pretty easy to analyze this. One team had insane amount of talent, another has a couple great players, some solid role players, and a lot of journeymen. Rockets had to be creative to make up for the insane talent gap
Naah the problem is that the gm of the 🚀 is an analytic nerd it's more 3's than 2s. He can only signed players who is more focuses in 3point shooting and driving.
Dave Yap
He 100 percent is an analytic nerd. But when your completion is 4 hall of famers and a finals MVP you have to get creative or you lose. If the rockets play traditional against the warriors they lose every single time. This creative approach took them to 7 games and might have won if Chris Paul didn’t get hurt. Give dantoni the warriors roster and he isn’t playing the same way he is now with the rockets
@@RobertSmith-ow5kf but before u say if cp3 did not getting injured they would won that's a lie. For me without iggy on that series gsw would won in game 6 look what happened last yr with the impact of iggy vs cp3.
Also Mike D'Antoni is offensive genius and godfather of 3pts and offense in mid 2000s to 2019. The problem is that he cannot figured on making 2nd option on offense is the 3s are not going in, very predictable coach, not good rotation, and very weak defense. One thing for sure is the gsw front office is very great starting from laughing stock in 2000s in 2013 by picking curry klay barnes and draymon, signing big players like lee iggy, dlo, and durant, also great role players like shaun, McGee, young, and bogut, into championship contender, and hiring coach like mark jackson and stever kerr. It maybe tooks years to developed but the outcome of their plans is success winning 3 championships in 2010s decade.
@@RobertSmith-ow5kf the problem is that too much obsessed in stat and analytics on 3s can lead into successful especially in season but in the playoffs they've always short.
Dave Yap
The same could be said about golden state. Without a salary cap spike and getting Durant they might have never won. You can argue they were a jump shooting team that only won because of injuries to the Cavs in 2015, and an unprecedented salary cap spike in the 2016 off season
This series is like the best chess player vs the best checkers player.
It's a good thing the game of basketball is easy.
MrRey93 everything looks easy from the stands
@@shrimp1276 Basketball wasn't invented to have people standing around watching it.
MrRey93 sure you could oversimplify it by saying something like “all you have to do is put a ball through a basket” but it really isn’t that easy to be like any nba superstar obviously but don’t say it’s easy until you can at least make it to a professional league
MrRey93 that’s why people love basketball tho, incredibly complex and the pros make it look easy
that was a freaking legendary video !!! thank you very much !!!
I love videos like these
Simple, informative, and interesting at the same time!
Good video. Good job with the editing and pace of how you tell the narrative with the clips you’re using. This is a professional level analysis
Slipping screens works wonders against the Rockets. Let's see how the Rockets respond in game 3.
KD doesn't do One-Legged Fadeaways, he's doing Mortal Kombat kicks with those fadeaways LOL.
This channel is so underappreciated
I continue to enjoy this guy's videos.
Impressed with the analysis.
I haven't been this into a channel in forever great content man
its mind blowing how much the offenses has changed in jsut 3 years. 3 years ago a simple pindown would get an open shot for curry but now teams are learning fast so the warriors got to do some crazy stuff like linking arms and confusing the defense while running a marathon every game. Oh and the rockets are now a lottery team
Amazing analysis guys!
Solid video. Keep it up.
Warriors players everytime they play must have insane amount of game sense to be able to identify when to slip the screen, when to screen and pop, when to pass to where to pass it, when to switch on the defense, when to double team, yet they play like it's easy.
That's a result of good coaching and tons of practice. But they do have a cast of basketball nuts with very high bball IQ. As much as everyone hates them winning every year, you have to respect the work they put in.
that guy talks in slow motion
Tru, and i like it
He's not a TH-camr by trade, though. He's probably more comfortable doing this kinda as a live lecture with a PowerPoint.
Phenomenal insight.
It gets overlooked but we are watching some great basketball between these two
Thanks for teaching me about the Hedge
Great Video!
Subscribed! Great now I have to watch a whole backlog of videos...
This is really good content.
The difference is:
*The Warriors CAN play like the Rockets. The Rockets CANNOT play like the Warriors.*
Brady Wall right they don’t have damn near a full Allstar team
What a retarded take
@@mathiasbariss9886 why do people still use this shitty argument? You do realize that the Warriors haven't been the best team for a while just because "hurr durr they have so many star players" right? Even without KD they still win most of the time. Teams with lots of stars don't just win by default.
Jason Jia Well no one said it automatically equals wins, but it helps a fuckton on that court. Curry, Klay, and KD have an insane amount of gravity to them that the second they pass the half court line, the defender gotta d the fuck up or their giving up 3 points. Of course, the game plan of the Warriors helped, but I believe the 3 point ability that the Warriors had with those 3 was the biggest factor. Anyways, Ik I’m a year late and KD has left, but that’s my 2 cents.
@@joeasuncion2891 the things is, even with a near full all-star team might still not be enough to play like the warrior. they need atleast 1 or 2 players with good off-ball movement and can shoot 3 to spread the floor to play like the warriors. definitely not someone like westbrook
Nice, this is better than Fs1 and ESPN, real basketball talk, not with drama bs
Best basketball channel of all time.
Love the colab
Amazing content your IQ and resources is incredible
You’re the CineFix of NBA youtubers
What I’m getting from this is that the Warriors have so many good players that any one of them can draw attention at any given time and since any of them can score quickly as soon as they have an opening, it’s really difficult to prioritize who you should be focusing your defense on.
Well Dray sucks offensively so it can be exploited 5 on 4 except slacking of Dray opens up the passing lanes he's so skilled at hitting.
A younger Carmelo would work good in a isolation heavy Rockets.
If Harden chokes Carmelo could be the man.
Thunder and Rockets tried to change Carmelo into a 3 point guy and the 3rd or 4th scoring scoring option.
The man was very good at isolations and people complained he did it so often. But the shots keep going in.
Melo is garbage. Can't wait until people forget about him. Olympic Melo is the only good Melo.
Well He is 19th all time in career points and also 19th all time in PPG.
Any decent player can put up good numbers on terrible teams. The only teams he was ever on that were good were the Nuggets teams, and he ruined that for himself. The guy has always had a huge ego that wasn't justified. He was overrated, and he's out of the league for a good reason. Melo tried to play isolation basketball, and he's terrible at being the first option. He can't pass, he can't rebound, and he can't play defense. The only thing he was ever good at was shooting, and even then he was streaky. He made everyone around him worse.
He got 24.8, 6.3, 3.1. As a Nugget.
ppg, rpg, assists.
As a small forward.
24.8 is very good for any position.
6.3 is good for a small forward.
3.1 is not bad.
Carmelo Anthony is what got the Nuggets back into the playoffs.
He was the best scorer they had. Even when Allen Iverson came over. Allen Iverson led the NBA 4 times in scoring.
I love your videos and the way you analyze the game and specific players, can you try to get out more videos cause I look forward to watching your stuff
Quality content
Interesting clip. 5:37 Quick note, the Rockets adjusted to Steph lifting Dray to become the switch-man. Instead of Tucker continuing to run up and set the on-ball, Tucker would curl across to the opposite corner/wing and then Steph’s man would run up to set the on-ball (achieving the proper switch).
That was dope
So good
No idea what Sperber was talking about when he started going on about transition, no relevance.. but after that very on point & interesting.
This channel needs to blow up, this is amazing content from a real basketball mind. Fuck ESPN
Great vid but wanted to point out play @ 5:22 isn't a hedge by Curry. He was trying to send Durant and came late. Hence handen getting the drive
Would love to see a video breaking down whether or not Ricky Rubio brings value, that or one about rondo's value
Fantastic job, all I do is think hoops, I was in heaven
Please do a analysis of cj dame duo or an analysis of kwahi
Most teams can't play with the improvisation the warriors do. Not that they can't cut and move off the ball, but teammates need to play alongside each other for years before they understand each other like that. Nobody as of yet has a core of 3 players that have played together for at least 7 years (Steph, Klay, and Draymond). I'm also fairly certain nobody has as many players that have played on the team for at least 5 straight years (Steph, Klay, Draymond, Livingston, and Igoudala). You can't improvise this much without players who understand their teammates natural tendencies in a variety of situations and where their looking to go in those situations. When you have a group of guys who can do all that everyone else can just slide into the scheme more easily but it would be impossible to just collect any group of NBA players and immediately start playing like that.
MAYBE the Bucks could play like this but I'm not certain they're core all has 5 years a piece yet. The bucks try and hybrid both systems though since they've got a mutant like Giannis on their team.
you have a good point, but how many role players have we seen over the past years get plugged in and look like all-stars? i mean, this is the same team that won with javale mcgee and swaggy p playing big minutes in spurts. even in the game 6 against the rockets, they got big minutes from their bench with no iggy and basically no curry. part of it is chemistry, but a lot of it is the system (and being extremely versatile and being snipers). i mean, let's not act like steve kerr didn't play/coach under pop's motion offense and jackson's triangle offense. both are very concept heavy rather than play design. and even then, them and the celtics are by far the smartest/most efficient on ato's.
@@rjgraddy11 Swaggy P and Javale are role players that do something very specific and do it on a very elite level. Swaggy shoots 3s and Javale rebounds and rim protects. Javale in particular as I can only think of 3 nba players better at rebounding than he is with certainty, Jordan, Drummond, and Gobert.
@@DarkKnightofHeaven very true. my point is, how many people wanted those guys? like, javale, while everyone knows he's athletic (and underrated smart), has been the poster-child of shaqtin a fool for nearly a decade. and swaggy p is swaggy p... but you see dudes like mccaw or clarkson, or javale stay for a couple years and parle their years into better deals with other teams. while i can't say some don't pan out, how many are utilized with the same effectiveness that they were with gsw? not saying they're scrubs and not a knock on them, but you don't see their same productivity in their 10 minutes on the court with the warriors vs 25+ minutes on other teams.
and please note that both swaggy and mcgee are some of my favorite players of all time... odd, i know
Tbh i enjoy watchin this more thwn anyrhing else
As an obvious fan, I love how perfect the plan of James driving and kicking out for a three works
People are so scared of letting James Harden finish at the rim that defences close in on him as soon as he drives and leave these rock solid shooters wide open; Harden averages so many god damn assists because the defenders want him to pass.
Morey is hip to this game and just keeps signing guys who can take and make catch and shoot threes; itd be my wet dream to have Klay on the rockets.
We need you to start speaking about the finals
Isolation vs motion offense.. Cool 😎
Seeing the Heat DHO offensive scheme makes me think that the Warriors are going to balance their off-ball pindowns and DHO options. Although the warriors already do DHOs but not as often as the Heat is doing right now.
That was pretty accurate i don't think any of it would say be random for thw warriors but I would say a odd algorithm to when and where the screen based on what 5 are on the floor so with the hampton 5 line-up there tends to be a off ball screen in the mid range for klay or Steph to navigate around and normally done so by green or iggy , now 2ndly I'd also say in transition or before a full half court set they do a high screen normally about 35 ft from the basket this almost always tends to be a shooter to shooter pick so normally klay to steph or kd as a rotating pick while iggy or green slide down into the arc for potential rebounds to long 3s or for the next transition of the offense the half court curl and pick scenario i stated above and with your other analytics id say its roughly 15 to 20% of their offense . now since the rockets scheme to me is far less interesting i wont over analyze them . i would make a suggestion to also analyze the bad teams in the nba like the magic , the twolves, the kings and the pelicans just to see if we also have comparible outlooks there aswell since its easier to analyze what you watch more of the top teams will have a more in depth scouting report the bottom teams tend to be overlooked with good offenses just not the talent to execute or lack of familiarity i mean by that bad teams tend to rotate the most players per season and those that dont lack trade assets or talent to acquire more talent.
Gordon underrated again!!!!!!! 😭😭😭
Three years later and I think it's obvious who was right and who was better.
Or who just had better players. Clearly both were effective.
no it's not, curry would have lost to spurs in 2017, rockets in 2018 and 2019 without prime mvp kd joining the team. Harden got an injured cp3 in 2018 and a shit cp3 in 2019
Great video! Lots of Rockets haters in the comments.......
So basically iso ball vs team ball.
This is what sports analysis on TV should look like, instead we usually get two guys screaming at each other for an hour about pointless topics.
Great content, but back to the original background music next vid please👏🏾
Warriors: looking for the best shot possible, focusing on 3s
Rockets: fire at will, draw fouls, complain when it fails
thats what you got out of 9 minutes 36 seconds...
shut up you fat fuck
8:57 "with a hand on his face" 😂😂
Solid system and chemistry for gsw
This is why James harden stay dropping bomb points but the rockets still loses.
TH-cam has better sports analysis than ESPN
question realgmer to another: what is it about the Rockets scheme that has them as elite offensively as the Warriors without nowhere near the same level of talent? defensively they have no chance guarding the Dubs while the Dubs certainly can guard them so the series is over but for the future...are the Rockets more pick and pop players with the ability to put the ball on the floor and drive away from being a less trapable offense?
That's not true. Rockets do a great job of defending the warriors. Look at all of their games the past 2 years, it's rarely blowouts, the margin of victory is around like 6 points and they keep each other well below their season averages.
@@Floyd_Steel Agree, Rockets defend Warriors really tough in the playoffs. Playoff D is a different animal than regular season, in general.
Love him or hate him. James Harden is a top 2 if not best offensive player ever. The type of mercurial offensive talent he is let's Houston have a chance with him being the lone all star. Also, cp3 is great and has a high bball IQ. We take the most efficent shots. 3s, layups, freethrows. Since we dont have the talent we maximize efficiency. Imagine if we had a Klay thompson type smh. It would be crazy
you got and one subscriber
Draymond Green is the Protector/Bodyguard for Steph Curry, running over to avoid isolation attempts against Steph Curry.
Warriors are playing Chess while
Rockets are playing Checkers!
Harden says, "King me!"
🔥
I could see Houston getting swept. Wouldn’t that be something after all the hype for a round 2
Rockets offence: But James what if you made them
Stole it from Game of Zones......but whatevs
@@HeadmasterP7 Yh meant it more as a tribute/reference
Woaahh!
This man needs better thumbnails and background music and he will be the goat baller TH-camr
Why not play zone against heavy movement?
Motion Offense is most definitely the best because it's PLUG & PLAY. 😀😀
Your 2nd Unit can run the same system.
Is there a chaotic neutral offense?
Houston Rockets system is totally different from Phoenix Suns days, damn shame. 😞😞😞
The bucks aren’t in this video?
GUD SHIT.
Poetry in motion.
Thumbnail says it all u got 2 Great players.. trying to take down 4..that's all the math u need...but let's think about how great those two are to actually have a shot to take down the 4.. that's y this is an epic series
It's only the giveaway fouls and freethrows that improve Houston's efficiency. That's why they are up in arms when they don't get those fouls.
To be fair though Houston intentionally built their game around those freethrows, probably with some rigorous statistical analysis. In a perfect world the game should be called the same way during the regular season as in the playoffs, and if nothing else it highlights how much referees effect the game. The real question is whether those differences in calls are consistent or random.
Amen to that. As a Bay Area native who stopped watching basketball after the Chris Mullen era, I came back because of the way the Warriors play. The winning certainly helps, but if the warriors were playing isolation heavy ball with a sneaky (and admittedly skilled) reliance on fouls, I wouldn’t be watching even if they were winning. Watching Harden and the Rockets is painful and infuriating. Chris Paul isn’t much better. That hunting for fouls BS shouldn’t be part of the game, and if it is the game should be changed. It’s irritating to watch.
Golden State Warriors adopted the San Antonio Spurs Motion Offense, then juiced it up with 3-pointers. 😀😀😀
Hope my Lakers do the same since new Laker 2-Guard, Danny Green learned the ORIGINAL OFFENSIVE SYSTEM as a player for the San Antonio Spurs.
"The Rackets..."
L CORNY BITCH
Jordans voice isnt as soothing and smooth as Ben’s but i still like this video
The rockets have started to decline ever since they choked on game 7 wcf against gsw back in 2018 (cp3 was also injured during the time).
What team is better offensively, the 2017 Cavs or the 2018 Rockets?
In the playoffs? The ‘17 Cavs had one of the best offenses of all time (120 ORTG). In the regular season, the Rockets offense was consistently better than the Cavs.
2018 rockets in the regular season, 2017 cavs in the po
@@kags9367
Did you adjust the offensive rating to opponents strength? Because the east was pretty trash.
@@wallstreetzoomer they had a 115 off rtg with an efg% of 53% against the best defensive team (GS) that year
the rockets had a 105 off rtg with an efg% of 50% against the same team
@@ayanedjagbre7469
Wow the rockets still took them 7.
Feels like Harden expanded more energy on the defensive end since g4 than lebron the whole series, might have affected his offensive production.
Thanks though.
Curry the longest range ever, Draymond Green the best high pick&roll big man. This is the core of the warriors.
Who ranks 30th in passes per possession? :D
Soooo 0:58 isn't a double dribble????🤔🤔🤔🤔
I think the PURE Harden centric offense weakens the whole team and does him a disservice. They need to pass more because in the playoffs you can be keyed on.