(NBA Film Study) Warriors running Zoom action against the Lakers

Yo, this ---- hard. This is FYL Sportsman, it's Lamont. We back, NBA Film Study, Basketball 101. We back talking about the Golden State Warriors because I think the Golden State Warriors were on some of the most creative sets that I've seen. Now, are the sets themselves very creative? No, but what they do, the actions that they run out of these sets, man, just kind of have me just thinking about the wizardry of Steve Kerr and how he's able to create unique looks for his team out of just some of the most basic sets in basketball. We got to talk about it. Obviously, when we talk about the Zoom set, Golden State Warriors and almost every team from college to the NBA, they run some type of Zoom action, whether it's in-game, whether it's to get guys going with a head of steam, whether it's to get people open at the three-point line. Zoom sets are used, but how Golden State uses them and how they like to pick you apart and pick on some of the weaker defenders is amazing. We're going to watch this play breakdown right here because I think when you talk about this Laker matchup, this is some of the things defensively they're going to have to be aware of and they're going to have to be locked in as a unit defensively to stop actions like this. We're going to run through this action right here. It's actually called Golden State's fake blind pig action. It's a Zoom action. We're going to watch this. This is the normal Zoom action. You have the pin down at the free throw elbow. Wiggins is doing what? He's Zooming up for the DHO. That's the initial Zoom action. In most cases, it's supposed to look the same on the other side. Watch how the Golden State Warriors get creative when Andrew Wiggins gets the ball. When you get the ball out of a Zoom action, your number one job is to do what? It's to Zoom. Whether it's to get into the paint or you're Zooming to the other side of the court so you can create another Zoom action coming the other way. What does Wiggins do right here? This is where Steve Kerr's genius shows right here. As opposed to Steph Curry setting the Zoom screen for Draymond Green, they send the skip pass directly to Draymond Green. Watch what happens after the fact. After the fact, and this is the blind pig action that you see, Steph Curry floats behind Draymond, which eliminates that defender from helping on the Draymond. Everybody's paying attention to Steph Curry shooting to that corner. Everybody's paying attention to it because Steph Curry is the primary scoring threat. What does Draymond do? This is Steve Kerr being creative, finding ways to get Draymond Green easy buckets, which ultimately relieves pressure of Klay Thompson, Jordan Poole, and Steph Curry, the primary scorers of that team. When you can get 10, 15, even 21 points from a guy like Draymond Green, it puts immense pressure on defenses. As we see, Draymond Green finishes this play at the rim just because of Steph Curry's presence. I keep telling you guys, when you get five guys on the court, especially at the NBA level who are all willing to run the offense, irregardless of who scores extremely hard and at a high pace, it's hard to defend. We're going to run this back one more time. I think it's a very creative action right here. The zoom action right here for Wiggins, Steph Curry's patient right there, obviously being used because if it's a threat to shoot the three, Draymond Green doesn't waste any time. What does he do when he gets the ball? He doesn't waste time. He doesn't dribble. He doesn't try to face up. He just attacks the basket quick because it opens up a multitude of options just by getting into the paint. And fortunately enough for him, he catches the Kings off guard and they give up a dunk at the rim. Golden State Warriors, this is one of the reasons why they are one of the biggest threats to win the championship this year. Their ability to find ways to get loony buckets. When you talk about some of the guys coming off the bench, they are extremely creative in all of the sets that they run. So I think when you talk about this warrior team, it's hard to count them out against these Lakers, the Lakers who've been playing great defensively, but the Lakers have been playing great defensively against teams that probably aren't the greatest offensively. That's going to get put to the test Tuesday in game one when they have to face the Golden State Warriors in Oakland. Man, I know you're not talking. Play the beat.