FENERBAHCE vs EFES: Play By Play (DETAILED)

Hey, what's up guys? Welcome back to another film breakdown, and we're gonna do this Fenerbahçe game that we just had. So score's 10-10, I just check in the game, and obviously I gotta be better attached. You can't see it, maybe they'll show it, but knowing I'm guarding a shooter, I have to run them off the line. So even though— and I, I can't— so So he came from down here. I can't cheat through here because there's too much space over here for him to, you know, flare to cut it and go over here. So the main thing is I have to be on his hip better. Still though, the contest is decent but not close enough. It was the right hand, right-hand shooter, left-hand contest. Okay, okay, here just like watching it. This is like in between, I would say. So no matter your transition rules, no matter what you're doing, you're either gonna box out, you're gonna get back. This is neither. So this isn't good. It's kind of like, oh, I went, didn't do anything. So rule of thumb, 1, 2, 3 passes away, I'm bottom of the eye. So I'm responsible if this guy drives Typical defense, the last guy's responsible. If I step up, this guy drops back and he plays first pass, Xing out, depending on what pick and roll defense. But this is just emergency situation if that happens. So see how I try to step up and just deter them from passing it. But obviously I know what they're looking for, looking for Nigel coming off. So since I'm already there, me and Ergun just switch it. And knowing that the shot clock is winding down, I'm playing deny it, don't let him get it, playing psychology, knowing Hall is told by their coach to give the ball to Hayes, being their top scorer on their team. In terms of denying, I could be way better at this. So if you watch, this is like not I'm not in the middle at all. I'm opened up this way. It should be my right leg up and my right hand denying the passing lane. This is a great learning point for any new players overseas. So look at this, we have 3 fouls, score's 15-14. Now I'll take the foul. So in this situation, you want to be super aggressive to steal it because maybe the ref doesn't call it, right? So be super aggressive to steal it, but knowing you're trying to foul. And if you're just trying to foul so you don't get an unsportsmanlike, you just like swipe hard, um, the ball, try to steal it, raise your hand. So this one I could have been a little bit more patient. No one scored, shot clock. Our last possession, Shane hit a shot. Session before, Benny missed a layup. So maybe getting us in maybe a little bit of longer offense. No screen, no nothing. So there's no advantage created at all. If I want to get to this shot, go off two feet so you have more balance. They're not going to call a foul. I always say people who are strong don't ever get the benefit of the doubt. Hey, so what is he telling him there? Same thing I just told you guys. Stanley, go to foul. Look, you have fouls to give. Go to foul. Go to foul. Yeah, they switch because he's late in curl, so emergency switch. Moving screen. You see how Shane called attention to it? If Shane just fought over— that's the thing about Europe that is, that is difficult, is that you kind of get rewarded for flopping, but you're not taught to flop at a young age, especially as an American. Oh, here's a great example of the take foul thing. So here we have an advantage. I should have shot this, but they have fouls to give. So he jumps and he's in a bad position. Take the foul, take the ball out of bounds. Boom. You're not taught that in America, like, oh, take this foul. So the more you can play half-court offense, 5 against 5, is better for your team. So that's the idea right here. Come off, they're already over here, so it's so crowded. Over in this area. So I passed to do DHO with Vinnie, which now thinking about it, that was kind of not smart. So why pass and allow him to get back over here if I just boom, fake this way, come off? He's late on any type of ball screen defense. Spacing's actually pretty decent right now. So I pass and allow him to get back over here. I will say one thing, this is a little detail but it matters a lot. So this being right here and being right here is everything for spacing. So that means he'll be one step here. I still make it, but watch, I have to pick up the ball. Just that half a step would be a difference. So And this is another way where I need to flop more. Watch, watch Pierre's hand on me. So that hand doesn't seem like much, but a little bump when you're low like that forces you off your angle. So as a driver, you want to drive this way knowing he's going to push you, not here. I try to shield him off a little bit with my right hand without pushing. Okay, so now I got to switch. I'm just digging, even though I'm playing the shooter, just trying to make them feel uncomfortable. Body's good down there, but I lose sight of my man, so I have to have my pistols up, being able to see here and here at the same time. So here, just looking at it, it's not easy because I do this all the time, but Shane should pass it to— he should be right here, wide open 3. That's one thing I started doing at halftime. Is taking, um, I know they do this in the NBA a lot, like they'll clip up stuff, but taking a, uh, my phone and turning on your league TV and going back and watching the clip. So like if I make something happen like in the game or something good happens, something bad happens, I'll remember the time during the game and go back and watch that at halftime to see what I saw. This one, time and score, we just turned it over. I love you need to hit RJ on this one. Boom, throw it. Boom, right there. When we talk about spacing, even Roddy could be deeper in the corner, just the one step. But since his gravity is crazy— because I say gravity, I mean, okay, like if I drop a water bottle, boom, gravity, right? It falls to the ground. So Roddy's gravity, because he's a shooter, pulls his guy to him. Look at the gravity over here. Pulls his guy to him. So even Burch thought he was wide open, so he went. So as soon as Burch goes, he should right to the rim. But either way, I gotta make the shot off two feet or first hit or jump because he's open. But I will say this, being a ref is definitely hard. Um, see, Rollins, European, Latvian. Knows how to flop. Look, draw attention to the foul. Hey, smart. It's actually a skill. I say it's a skill, and I have first team off flop. I'll give you my first team off flop right now. 1, Kalanich. 2, Sloukas. 3, Musa is probably up there. DiCollo. 4, Yelanovus. He plays hella hard. I don't know if he's right. Those are, those are the first team all-star, and it's not a negative thing, it's just they're really good at it. Okay, so now you make another foul, we're in bonus, so we can't foul here. Okay, I mean, Melly could pass it too, so it's not anything against Melly, but it's just like knowing personnel. Who's a better shooter? Probably Hall. So yes, he does that, but if he passes it right now, then it's a wide open shot, or I have to come up and it's a wide open shot for him in the corner. Who's the better shooter out of those three? But probably knowing time, probably just says, okay, I'm gonna force him to shoot it instead of, uh, Hall. We talked about Roddy's gravity, right? They only let the guy get the ball. Look, look right here. Gravity denying. So here, knowing— I'm gonna say like, talk about some ball screen stuff. So KYP, like know your personnel, knowing tendencies. Right here, I'm knowing that like, okay, he's left-handed, he wants to get left-handed, but one of his number one things he does is reject. So I'm trying to check, but in terms of footwork, I have to be better at getting this foot over. But I know we're hedging, so My goal is to not get rejected, right, and have high hands. So this right here is a big thing. I remember my guy in high school used to talk about it, Coach Tilden. Shout out to Coach Tilden. Your first 3 steps are everything after anything— after a shot, after a hedge, after, I don't know, a box out. First 3 steps. So watch, let's watch my first 3 steps first. So my guy's out of the picture. My first 3 steps should be dead sprint to here just to shrink the floor. That's what I mean when I say shrink the floor. Shrink the floor, meaning if my guy's out of the picture, he did his job, 2 on the ball, get the ball out. If my guy's out of the picture, I need to come here to make him think about what he's doing. Now let's watch Dio's first 3 steps. We both do the same thing. Look, no, you gotta freaking boom, turn around, sprint. At least sprint to here. De'Aaron should be just sprinting to here to clog stuff up. Pause. Another thing I would like De'Aaron to do as a big, just knowing as a card, like, have your hand up, have your hand up. Stanley, don't help strong side. So if you're gonna help strong side, be here but to recover. So now since he's not there at first, takes a step this way, this makes him sprint on the closeout, which gives him the Driving angle. This is something I did. I'm interested to see what you guys think. As a guard, like, it's a— I need to add to my game. But when he goes to lay it up, he like puts his— like, it's not a— I don't know, I guess it's not really an offensive foul. But right there, this hand right here, because if Dio touches him and knocks him off balance, I'm gonna say and-1. I'm gonna try it in our next game. Don't ever be too cool to learn from someone older, younger. Just learn. Like, yes, Fenerbahçe is one of our rivals, but this move is— he got off the hesitation. So Dio, this move's elite. He gets a layup, so gets by him. So right here, I'm just trying to time. I'm not jumping like stupid. I'm knowing, okay, he's coming off. He probably thinks I'm gonna jump on a pass fake, so I'm just waiting to time this jump. And also trying to get the ball to someone who doesn't want to bring the ball. This guy doesn't feel comfortable. That's a win. And knowing his coach doesn't want him to bring the ball, so he's nervous when he catches it. You see how, like, let me see it again. Let's watch our first 3 steps right here. Dio, first 3 steps. My first 3 steps. My guy's behind me. Boom, first 2 steps. Boom, to the paint. We switch and they go to set a flare screen, knowing we're in a mismatch already. Look at the shot clock. There's no reason for me— Rollins tells me stay up to put me in a position to help Dio. What's this guy gonna do? Oh, me out here, nothing. Now I have to jump to the ball, good, knowing he's in a disadvantage, and then get back to this guy. Now I crowd him knowing he's a shooter and knowing that he wants to go left to right cross. Step back left, 3 seconds, contested. If he makes it, handshake. But it's all about making the other team do what they don't want to do. Play to their weaknesses, not their strengths. Okay, right here, another thing for you to learn: no fouls. I mean, okay, we have 2 fouls, so 2 fouls to give. I can be aggressive. I'm not in foul— I'm not in foul trouble. So right here, I'm just trying to be aggressive, trying to be aggressive, just create a little chaos. Now I'm not worried about getting crossed, not worried about him going to the basket. I'm playing the psychology, I'm playing the fouls, knowing they, they just came out of a timeout. The coach probably called a play, so if Hall breaks the play and goes and scores any— or goes and shoots and he misses, then coach gonna be pissed. Don't pick up your dribble. Why are you picking up your dribble, dude? Another thing here I gotta get better at: as soon as they put that hand on my hip, put my arm through it and go up. That joint felt cash, right? So right here I'm thinking you gotta understand psychology. Like, you gotta think, why am I gonna drive when I have a wide open shot?

I can hit the shot.

One more. Bring your— come back here. See how he's leaning down? That's the one where I need to push him back and make— that's when you make him fall. Hey, hey, hey. But I like this one because I was stuck. I didn't shoot a bad shot. It could have been a better pass, but I need a cut. I need a cut from the 45. Pick and roll back screen. So depending on what defense we're in, I'm just watching to see if this guy gets downhill. As soon as he gets downhill, our responsibility is to switch with him. Shane ticks. This is just basic pick and roll back screen coverage. I should be up a little bit more because you can just stop and shoot this right here. Melly flopping for—

he—

Melly might be second team on flop now I'm thinking about it. There's no help over here. The screen's late, so I set it up first. Okay, right here, see, I'm trying to shrink the floor and he's allowing me to do it by not being just here. So I gotta be earlier here on this tag. So if I'm here, I tag here, then it's easier for me to get out.

I'm just worried about the shooter.

That was a nice move. Great foul by Rollins. No, great foul. No, we got fouls to give. Smart. This is playing psychology of the game, knowing he's a shooter. He just came out of a timeout, so he drew an ATO, and I'm pretty sure the ATO isn't for him to drive downhill and shoot a shot. ATO is after timeout. Sorry, I didn't explain that. I was trying to foul even though we're in bonus. I don't know what I was doing, but this is playing psychology, knowing Nigel hasn't like really gotten it going this game, that he's trying to force. So if I can force him to take a shot, isolate his teammates out, this is a win. Tough shot. Great action. This is another— see, even though D'Lo got it, this is like the happy— this is like, it's tough, like flopping and not flopping, because if you don't get the call, then you look stupid. So Burch pushes him in the back, so if he falls out of balance like Melly right here he doesn't get the rebound. But since he says stay strong, he gets the rebound. So I was trying to find that happy medium. I say foul. This is the reason I say foul is because he leaves his feet and he goes from A to B, not straight up. So regardless of what the other player does, maybe it was a makeup call, I don't know. But this was a first 3 steps, if I tell you not Watch this, watch this. I just put my head down. That's championship effort. Why am I not doing— why am I doing that in the fourth and not freaking doing that in the first? Something I gotta ask myself, honestly. Boom, it's turnover right here. No, we don't have fouls to give, but I'm going to make a foul and make it hard. So right here, so you always want to get this smaller defender out. So they switch, they switch, it's going away from the ball. I'm bigger than Shane, I'm already rotating here. So get out, get out, get out, Shane! So he gets out and he's running over here knowing that he probably can't make this pass over. If not, he can get there. See, points. Take him. I gotta see this. I mean, okay, I make this shot, but I don't care about that. This is horrible box out principles though. This is a lucky one. Let's just say that. I turn and watch the ball.

Horrible.

I need to go and find a body and box out. This is better, playing smarter, knowing they're in bonus attack. Put pressure on the rim. Know the ref has to call something. That's the game. No, I just want to do these to kind of— I'm already, already do this, so maybe it'll help someone to kind of see what a professional basketball player sees when they're watching film from their perspective.