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#186: Mismatch hunting & hiding defenders in the playoffs

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Is It Better to Be an Offense Liability or a Defensive Liability?

A lot of teams are using these principles around the league um this season especially so there's a play in the post credits if you want to see it where James Harden ends up on an empty side by himself with the ball. The Celtics send a double when they send the double exact same concepts happen next guy comes over everyone goes into their shift rotations and what happens is instead of looking to hit that first player with the pass  you see so often in the clips in the video harden throws two passes away across the court Jalen Brown doesn't have to change directions that's his rotation anyway and he picks it off It's like a cornerback in football Cody I'm sorry to do this

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