DEN Nuggets - Point Away (Zoom) Jalen Pickett DHO to Julian Strawther. Swing to Christian Braun. Elbow entry to Dario Saric. Away / split action between Braun & Strawther. Houston sends both weakside guys to the roller -> great pass by Saric to find Braun for 3.

LA Lakers - Horns Chin Veer Runner Gabe Vincent gets the chin screen from DFS and sets a flex screen for Austin Reaves. As that is happening, Jaxson Hayes DHOs to LeBron. Reaves goes off the flex and following the handoff, Hayes sets a veer for AR in runner action.

LA Lakers - Wide Finland (77 Spain Veer STS) Wide screen for Bronny by Jaxson Hayes. Hayes & Bronny ball screen for Max Christie. Bronny gets the backscreen from Dalton Knecht and spaces to the corner. Hayes then springs Knecht free in screen the screener action. Tough bucket.

TOR Raptors - 77 Shallow Clever way to disguise the action & distort tag responsibilities by Toronto. Looks like zoom action for Gradey Dick. After the DHO, he swings to Poeltl. Jakob DHOs to get RJ Barrett to his strong hand and Gradey shallow cuts as Barnes clears. FUN STUFF.

CLE Cavaliers - Delay Zoom Spain (SoQ) The Cavs go to their pet set to start quarters again: Jarrett Allen gets the catch. Zoom for Donovan Mitchell. As JA hands it off, Max Strus sprints from the corner to screen JA's defender. Houston defends it well but there were openings.

A cool thing happened for me this weekend - my first piece with Cleveland dot com went up and you can expect a few more things of mine on there this season. I tackled just a little bit of the Cavs do with their zone: cleveland.com/cavs/2025/02/h…

Cavs fans are going to learn *so* much about their basketball team with Evin Gualberto writing about them. Highly recommend!

This ghost-RAM-77 Skip action is IND's go-to play to relieve pressure on Tyrese when defenders shade him left. Watch Camara run the seam. I've never seen a team take away BOTH Tyrese & Myles. Extra clip for comp. He played 45 minutes the night before. This was the 4Q. Wow.

Virginia Elite 16U UA Next (Class of 2027) Head Coach Evin Gualberto (Evin Gualberto) and Assistant Coach McKinte Young Boys UAA #vaelite #uanext

Shoutout Evin Gualberto for his 2016 Jokic mix that opened my eyes to the light youtu.be/pCVN4r4pTbk?si…

Per Synergy, Miami played the most possessions of zone defense in the entire league during the regular season. So I wrote a little bit about how the Cavs tackled Miami's zone in G1: cleveland.com/cavs/2025/04/h…

Cleveland Cleveland Cavaliers fans, I wrote a few words about *that* 4th quarter in Game 2: cleveland.com/cavs/2025/04/w…

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Hey guys, I previewed Pacers-Cavs w/ Samson Folk (the coach) & Evin Gualberto - the war at the nail - Nembhard guarding Mitchell - "prove it" series for Mobley - CLE's zone baiting open 2s - zoning CLE? You won't find a more in-depth breakdown of this match-up: youtu.be/bbn-bmC_7s0

This Samson Folk (the coach) guy might’ve been onto something in the 20/21 season.

Minnesota Lynx (Minnesota Lynx) - Zoom Indiana Beauty of a set from Coach Reeve: Courtney Williams sells that she's using the back screen at the nail then pops for a wing catch. Zoom action (DHO + ball screen) for Bridget Carlton + a flare for Kayla McBride = KMac triple

Look at this Washington Mystics offensive possession: Empty PnR. Roll-Replace to get Shakira Austin a slot catch. Euro action as Sykes 45 cuts. Empty PnR. Nothing going so Kiki Iriafen lifts to the elbow and they flow into split action. Point switch by Dallas = Sonia Citron 3.

Here's Amen Thompson defensive highlights for 14+ minutes: youtu.be/yhnl4M6yAhM?si…