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#186: Mismatch hunting & hiding defenders in the playoffs

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The Nets vs the Nets Game

The nets were playing a micro ball lineup. They had no big men in the lineup during stretches of this game. What they're really trying to get to is switch and double. Instead of having to recover to who he switched off of, yo-kitch just goes, well, it doesn't matter who I guard. So I'm just going to go rotate to the nearest guy. And the real technical term for what's happening there that I didn't get in here is called next rotation with appeal switch. You need a third defender to come over on the weak side so you can throw an entry pass at the top of the key. It's like a James Bond movie, right?

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