Miami Heat vs Cleveland Cavaliers First Round Game 2 Notes
My full possession by possession notes for Heat-Cavaliers game two
Here are my full game notes for game one of Miami Heat vs Cleveland Cavaliers. These are full possession by possession notes of everything that has happened resulting in a foul, turnover, or a shot. A lot of the actions preceding that, and anything extra.
These are my personal notes. This isn’t written up as an analysis or a piece, so the actual write-up may not be in proper sentences or make total sense. It might have a couple of words missing, but they are just notes. Still, it shows all of the actions that each team have run.
I have also put actions resulting in a made shot or free throw in bold.
Also, be sure to check out the edits throughout the series because I will be adding more notes to this whenever I do a different rewatch for a different purpose. I will indicate what will be new or extra.
This won’t have clips as my other previous notes have because for the playoffs, the notes are every possession highlighting everything that has happened. Each video would have ~25 clips and it would be far too long.
Offense
1st Quarter
11:35 — Davion-Herro PNR. Switch on Strus. Flows into Wiggins handoff with switch on Strus. Flows into Ware PNR. Strus is trailing, forcing Allen to step up. No tag Mitchell and open lob Ware
Good action to get Wiggins downhill
11:10 — Bam pushes pace. Goes to corner quickly flows into Herro handoff reject screen into 3pt
10:43 — Similar play to 1st. Davion-Wiggins handoff switch on Garland into Ware PNR. Doesn’t get screened. Good defense no advantage. Bam has been in the corner both poss with Mobley helping off
Wiggins has Garland on him in the corner but they don’t go to him
Ends in Herro late clock ISO vs Strus. Gets a step on him to the paint but it’s a tough shot in the paint with traffic with Allen ready to help and Strus recovering to contest
9:57 — Bam brings ball into Davion-Bam PNR. Garland good job getting skinny but better burst from Davion, turns the corner. Forces help from Mobley to switch. Herro strong corner, Mitchell doesn’t want to fully dig. Allen does also help off Ware in the dunker
Bam aggressive attack vs Garland off the roll. Draws foul
9:30 — Transition off a steal. Herro ISO drive rim
9:10 — Davion-Wiggins PNR. Wiggins gets Garland switch ISO. Just settling for a long 2pt. Allen also helping off Ware on the break. Bam in the corner with Mobley looking to help too
8:32 — Davion-Wiggins PNR. Wiggins gets Garland to switch. Flows into Wiggins ISO at the elbow. Bam in the strong corner. Drive kick open 3pt. Not sure why Ware also relocate to the dunker spot
7:56 — Herro-Ware PNR. Reject drive. Bam in the weak corner. Mobley helps early off it to tag. Mitchell on Wiggins in the strong corner stunting hard. Ends in a Wiggins 3pt off a lift
ORB then Davion ISO drive vs Strus kick to Herro 3pt
7:16 — Davion-Wiggins PNR. Gets Garland on the switch. Wiggins ISO near the ft. Bam in strong corner. Allen in dunker off Ware. Has the drive but Allen just easily rotates to block it. That should be a kick to Herro, who’s wide open in the corner
6:53 — Bam hub. Herro off Davion screen into Bam handoff. Curls vs Strus trailing. Bam quickly slips well. Herro has the drive baseline. Allen helped off Ware in the dunker to tag Bam. Herro makes the kick but bad pass from Wiggins TOV
6:30 — Wiggins ISO vs Jerome. Allen looks to over load the side off Ware just floating around. Great decision to attack middle. Has the drive and kick after drawing the def but Bam got in the way. Had to reset
Bam ISO post vs Strus with the side cleared. Allen looks to over load the side. Hunter takes Ware inside. Jerome splits the difference. Finds Wiggins for 3pt after pushing the defense to Herro
5:45 — Herro missing two looks on a potential pass inside to Ware or a kick to Wiggins. He can’t then create space vs Garland. Reset
Davion ISO vs Strus. Sees help in gaps from Allen off Bam 1 pass away in the corner. Easy swing to Bam 3pt
5:00 — Davion hub. Herro running around off-ball, looking to screen then comes off a screen. Davion finds him on the cut and he just goes for the floater. Jerome was also already ready to help off of Wiggins who was relocating. He forced the floater
4:30 — Herro-Ware handoff. Merrill goes over. Mobley at level. Defense recovers, no advantage with early pick up, just swings it. Wiggins ISO drive challenges Mobley, who helps off Ware. Had the open kick to Haywood
3:53 — Herro-Haywood PNR. Gets Jerome on switch. ISO drive and gets a step. Has to pick up early with Merrill helping off Pelle 1 pass away. Lost ball TOV
3:31 — Herro-Wiggins handoff into Ware PNR. Merrill switches then ices it. Draws 2 on the ball made the pass to Ware short roll but Mitchell fouls from behind. He helped off Pelle
3:23 — Pelle hub. Herro screens Wiggins then comes off Bam screen. Merrill top locked. Herro flows into the handoff but aggressive def from Merrill denies it all and presses him. No advantage. Bam late 3pt. Mitchell was helping off and ignoring where Pelle is
2:55 — Herro running around. Forces Mobley to switch. Herro-Pelle PNR ghosts into pop. Defense switches. Pelle attacks Mobley off the catch to the rim
2:20 — Wiggins-Bam-Herro PNR. Merrill stays attached to Herro. Mobley switches. Flows into Herro off Bam screen. Merrill trails, forces Hunter to help. Draws 2 on ball. Bam short roll. Mitchell tags open kick to Haywood 3pt
1:45 — Davion-Duncan PNR. Gets Merrill switch. Davion-Bam PNR. Ice. Pocket pass to Bam. Tag comes from Jerome off Duncan far 1 pass away. Hunter helps off Haywood too. Haywood baseline cut but defense resets
Ends in late clock Davion ISO drive vs Merrill. Gets a drive but traffic in gaps and Mobley early help at rim. Forces a kick TOV
1:10 — Davion-Bam-Duncan Spain(ish) PNR. Turns the corner. Mobley dropping and helps on the drive. Davion deep inside, engaged 2 open kick back to Bam 3pt. Duncan also cut to take away a stunt
0:50 — Duncan-Herro pistol. Flows into Duncan-Herro-Bam PNR. Turns the corner on Merrill. Has the drive and lob to Bam. Great design. No tag at all
0:30 — Pushing pace no advantage. Reset. Herro ISO vs Mitchell. Sees help in gaps off Haywood. Swings it to Haywood 3pt
2nd Quarter
11:48 — Herro-Duncan PNR. Gets Merrill on switch. Flows into Duncan off Bam screen. Another switch.
Flows into Bam ISO post vs Hunter with side cleared. Mitchell looks to overload the side from behind. Gets double kick to Haywood after Pelle cuts to set a pin in screen. Swing Herro gets a 3pt but TOV 24s
11:16 — Bam pushes pace. Quick Duncan-Bam corner handoff. Merrill goes under but good recovery tough 3pt
10:50 — Bam pushes pace. Quickly goes to post vs Mobley. Jerome looked to help early behind
Herro-Bam PNR. Mobley switches. Flows into Herro-Duncan ghost PNR pops for 3pt
10:10 — Herro-Bam handoff. Reject gets a drive and engages 2 inside. Hunter ignores Haywood 1 pass away to help in the paint on the tag. Good kick from Herro to Haywood lift 3pt
9:40 — Herro-Duncan PNR. Gets Merrill switch. Flows into Herro-Bam handoff but bad pass TOV
9:20 — Duncan off screen into Davion PNR. Hunts Merrill switch. ISO drive baseline. Jerome tight on Duncan. Wiggins in strong corner with Hunter showing strong help. Kick. Good closeout. Wiggins beats it, drives baseline. Mobley immediately looks to help off Bam. Bam cuts, Merrill tags, opens up Davion for 3pt. Poor kick allowed a contest
8:45 — Davion brings ball, pitch to Bam into Wiggins-Davion handoff into Bam PNR. Great slip that forces switch. Mobley takes Wiggins and just a pu 3pt. ORB
8:33 — Davion ISO drive vs Jerome. Has a step but drives into Mobley helping off Bam in the strong corner. Bam also just stays in the dunker for no reason. Ends in tough 3pt. Also, Merrill tight on Duncan on the strong side
7:55 — Davion hub. Duncan off screen forces Mobley switch. Swing to Wiggins. Bam vs Jerome draws def inside. Great skip from Wiggins to Jovic 3pt
7:41 — Davion ISO drive vs Okoro. He’s giving him that lane. Allen does help off Bam but a bit late. Good finish at the rim
7:15 — Davion push pace into Davion-Bam PNR. Allen quickly switches. Flows into Bam ISO post vs Wade. Allen immediately helps, kick. Davion off catch drive floater
6:42 — Davion off screen into Bam PNR. Ice drive bad pass TOV. Paint packed. Wade helped off Jovic
6:15 — Bam quick ISO post vs Wade. Side cleared. Allen showing help inside. Strus was helping. Open kick to Duncan 3pt
5:50 — Herro-Ware PNR. Hard show with Allen. Draws 2 on ball. Broken play. Herro gets the CS 3pt off Davion pass
5:20 — Jovic-Herro PNR. Okoro switches. Good quick drive, draws foul
5:00 — Semi transition off a make. Jovic push pace drive, deep in paint kick Herro trail 3pt
4:37 — Davion-Jovic early PNR. Jovic gets Garland switch. Draws Allen to help quickly. Open lob to Ware. Strus glued to Herro weak corner
4:15 — Semi transition. Jovic quick drive rim
3:44 — Jovic-Herro PNR. Okoro switches. Herro off Ware screen draws 2 on the curl. Open Ware swing 3pt
3:00 — Wiggins ISO drive vs Wade. Allen already looking to help. Just poor decision on the drive. Doesn’t create space and just throws up a pass TOV
2:40 — Herro pushes pace. Gets to the paint no advantage. Kick to Bam trailing. Quickly flows into handoff. Allen switches goes for ISO stepback 3pt
2:05 — Bam hub. Herro off Jovic screen. Gets Mobley switch. Just gets to the paint for a quick pu 2pt
1:48 — Transition. Quick Herro pu 3pt
1:20 — Wiggins ISO post vs Mitchell. Side cleared. Bam entry then looks to cut inside. Allen ignores him and looks to help. Mobley sinks from Haywood to Bam. Wiggins just goes for a post fade
ORB. Ball finds Jovic on the kick for open 3pt
0:56 — Jovic brings ball with Herro being denied by Hunter. Gets it in the end. Flows into Herro-Wiggins PNR. Good reject and has the drive for the floater. Allen rotates early off bam in the dunker. Feel like Herro killed the dribble far too soon and had the kick
0:24 — Herro-Wiggins PNR. Mitchell switches. Drive but Mobley and Allen both have feet in the paint and Hunter drops off from Wiggins. Herro makes the kick for Wiggins 3pt
3rd quarter
11:50 — Wiggins-Ware PNR. Blown coverage. Good reject from Wiggins. Gets the drive to the paint but just goes for a tough floater over Mitchell. Both Mobley and Allen looked to help inside to force a further look
11:00 — Davion hub. Looking to get Herro off screen but no advantage. Strus sticks with him. Allen also helped off Ware to wall Herro off.
Flows into Bam hub with Herro coming off Davion screen. Strus doing a hell of a job preventing Herro. Finally gets the pass and attacks on the rip through. Gets to the paint and goes for the floater with Allen helping off Allen in the paint. Mitchell also stunt off Wiggins, that probably forced the early pick up
10:16 — Herro-Ware quick PNR pu 3pt. Strus was pressing in the backcourt. Goes over and got hit. Open look but early shot
9:52 — Davion hub. Herro off Bam screen. No advantage with Strus recovering.
Flows into Davion ISO drive but he goes into traffic. Mobley ignored Bam from the top that had him occupied. Allen helped off Ware in the weak corner. Open kick for 3pt
9:15 — Herro-Ware empty handoff. Strus does a good job pressing. Broken play on the tip. Ends in Ware trying to create something. Gets the drive for a pu 2pt with Mobley also already being on that side taking away the rim
8:45 — Wiggins-Ware PNR. Another reject no advantage then looks to attack. Bam in the strong corner. Davion in the weak corner. Garland able to tag. Wiggins looks to attack ISO, not much space gets to the paint foul
8:17 — Quick Herro lost ball TOV. Stripped on the catch
8:12 — Herro open CS 3pt. Off that same TOV, broken play. Wiggins has the drive kick, Davion swings it to Herro
7:36 — Wiggins hub. Herro pindown Bam no advantage. Flows into Bam elbow hub. Ware in the far corner with Allen. Herro comes off Wiggins screen. Strus great denial
Flows into Herro-Bam handoff. Strus jumps it, prevents it. Herro looks to drive. Mitchell stunts off Wiggins 1 pass away. Allen helps off Ware completely but Herro missed the kick. Reset
Wiggins late clock ISO vs Mitchell 3pt
7:04 — Quick Davion-Bam PNR. Mobley drop, Garland over, Allen 1 pass away off Wiggins. Very early pocket pass, Bam gets it but Mobley able to recover. Poor foul
6:30 — Ware hub. Flows into Wiggins off Davion screen into handoff. Also, initial Bam pindown for Ware to get Allen navigating screens first. Jerome looks to go under both screens. Wiggins able to turn the corner and get downhill. Good strong drive foul
6:06 — Davion-Bam quick empty PNR. Ice. Hunter in drop. Jerome tags Bam of Wiggins. Allen in paint off Ware dunker spot. Garland walls off the drive. Reset
Flows into Wiggins-Ware PNR. Again ice it. Hunter in drop(he switched with Allen off ball). Doesn’t look to drive at all or even think about it. Just swung the ball once Strus stepped up a bit
Herro has to create off catch goes for stepback 3pt
5:40 — Bam dumb pass TOV
5:12 — Ware quick trailing 3pt vs Garland. Not sure if I like this, even if it’s open. That’s Garland on you
4:50 — Ware hub. Herro off Davion screen into handoff. No advantage. Good slip from Ware. Herro attacks Merrill the other way, gets a step. Gets a drive but early pick up. Garland was lunging off Davion 1 pass away. Allen also helped early off Ware. That should be a dumpoff. Makes the kick to Haywood after Jerome sunk inside.
Haywood doesn’t take the 3pt. Swings it. Ball finds Herro again, attacks off the catch into the floater. ORB BLOB
4:32 — Herro-Bam PNR. Allen switches. Has the ISO drive and again early pick up with Garland stunt off strong corner off Davion. Still gets a layup
4:08 — Herro-Bam PNR. Everyone else spaced to corners. Attacking the single side. Cavs blown coverage with Allen on the wrong side and Merrill allowed a screen. Herro draws 2 on ball. Bam short roll. Hunter tags off Haywood. Haywood good baseline cut and it was Garland low man
3:29 — Wiggins-Bam empty PNR. No advantage just swing. Flows into Davion-Bam PNR. Allen stops the drive. Jerome both feet in the paint early. Davion makes the kick to Haywood 3pt.
2:56 — Semi Transition. Herro pushing pace swing. Jovic quick off catch drive vs Merrill. Gets a contested floater. Bam ORB putback
2:15 — Herro wasting time. Slow getting to it. Herro-Jovic PNR. Hunter switches. Drive and engages 2 with Merrill inside too. Mobley at the rim off Bam in the dunker. Jerome strong corner showing help. Only 1 kick available to Jovic back. Jovic has to stepback 3pt
1:36 — Herro just ISO vs Merrill. Solid defense. Gets to the paint. Draws a stunt from Jerome off Jovic strong corner. Mobley looked to cut off the rim off Bam in the dunker and Hunter sunk. Herro ends up drawing a foul
1:20 — Semi transition. Jovic pushes pace. Quick outlet Larsson 3pt. ORB but Haywood lost ball TOV
1:00 — Herro brings ball, quick ISO drive vs Merrill. Just goes for the open floater. That’s the only shot available. Rim is fully packed
0:32 Larsson-Bam PNR. Just holds it. No advantage vs Hunter swings it Jovic cont 3pt
4th Quarter
11:38 — Duncan-Bam handoff, under. Into Duncan-Bam PNR. Ice + Hunter helping off Jovic strong corner. Jerome early help in the paint off Haywood + Mitchell early tag off Davion. Duncan skip pass to Haywood but defense recovers
Late clock Davion ISO vs Mitchell, he’s giving the drive and stops it near the paint for the floater
10:50 — Duncan-Bam empty PNR. Draws 2 on ball. Bam short roll. Okoro early tag off Davion. Swing it. Davion attacks off catch, gets to the paint for another floater. Mobley also sitting near the rim
10:15 — Bam ft hub with Mobley on him. Everything denied off ball. He just goes for ISO drive into post fade
9:34 — Jovic hub. Off ball actions going nowhere into Jovic-Duncan PNR. Merrill switch. Jovic ISO drive vs Merrill gets to the paint for a tough finish. Mobley helped off slightly off Bam in the corner. Bam was just spacing for the whole poss
9:05 — Davion pushes pace but blown transition. Defense recovers. Just swing and Jovic takes a deep 3pt for no reason
8:23 — Davion-Bam PNR. Okoro goes under, then attack. Great Gortat screen from Bam, Davion gets a deep drive and foul
7:53 — Bam brings ball hub. Herro can’t get open vs Merrill. Reset. Flows into Davion-Bam PNR. Poor defense Merrill allowed the screen. Davion gets Mobley to switch. Bam has Merrill.
Bam ISO post vs Merrill. Mobley looks to help quickly. Open Davion kick 3pt late clock. ORB
Ball kick swing Haywood 3pt
7:04 — Davion brings ball. Herro ghosts screen pops nothing. Davion looks to ISO drive vs Garland but Allen helps off Bam to be in the paint. That leaves Bam wide open but he doesn’t look to shoot
Flows into Herro-Bam PNR but Allen recovers. Ice, just goes for stepback 3pt.
ORB Jovic kick, swing Davion 3pt
6:19 — Transition. Off a steal. Davion ISO drive foul
5:58 — Jovic ISO post vs Jerome with the side cleared. Allen showing help strong off Bam 1 pass away. Stagger for Herro but Strus denies it, no backcut either. Reset
Flows into Bam hub with Herro coming off Jovic screen. Great Herro movement. Curls off the screen but Allen again helped off Bam to stop the drive. Bam doesn’t look to shot but immediate pass to Davion 3pt. Hunter was also in the passing lane
5:20 — Herro-Davion PNR. Garland switches. Whole side cleared. Allen doesn’t care about Bam and sits at the nail early. Herro ISO drive but he goes nowhere because there isn’t anywhere to go. Ends in a late clock Jovic ISO 3pt. ORB
Kick Herro stepback 3pt. Had an open swing to Jovic corner
4:30 — Semi transition. Herro quick drive beats closeout to the rim
3:47 — Davion-Herro PNR. Just touch and go no advantage. Davion ISO drive vs Garland. Bam starts in the corner. Jovic on the high wing. Allen helps and open lob. No sink from Mobley. Good spacing
3:22 — Davion-Herro same PNR. This time Strus switches. Garland on Herro. Davion looks to ISO drive same play, but Mobley helps off Jovic. Herro looks to come off Jovic flare screen but no advantage
Flows into Herro ISO vs Garland tough middy
2:50 — Davion-Herro PNR. Tough and go no advantage. Off a Jovic screen. Reset, swing Jovic bad pass TOV
Bam has been in the weak corner all these poss
2:15 — Davion-Bam PNR. Herro looks to curl around it, Strus sticks with him. Poor Mitchell defense, hits on the screen. Allen steps up, open Bam roll. Draws strong tag from Garland open kick Haywood 3pt
1:47 — Davion-Bam PNR. Mitchell ices it this time(also, Garland no longer on Davion like before since the ISO play). No advantage. Bam hub and Herro just constantly runs around. He manages to get free from Strus and attacks off the catch to rim. Garland low man
1:15 — Davion-Bam PNR. Ice. Mobley early tag on Bam. Swing Jovic 3pt
0:46 — Herro-Bam handoff. Allen switches. Herro ISO drive vs Allen gets a step into pu 2pt
0:34 — Davion-Bam quick PNR. Has the drive draws def kick Jovic open corner 3pt
Defense
1st quarter
11:53 — Garland-Allen-Mitchell PNR with the side empty. Davion trails. Ware shows. Allen slips. Swings it to Mitchell who finds Allen cutting on the slip. Bam perfect rotation as the low man to be early and contests
11:23 — Mitchell-Strus empty PNR. Herro shows. Mitchell rejects and drives baseline vs Wiggins. Great job from Wiggins, cut his drive off completely. Ware also made sure to show help, Davion sunk then to Allen. Good rotations. Nothing else needed. Herro briefly lost Strus on the relocate kick CS 3pt.
11:00 — Cavs push pace with outlet. Mobley rim runs and just goes through Ware with ease. No one stopped Ware running. That’s on Ware being too deep early. Mobley gives him a little shoulder and gets to the rim dunk
10:20 — Mitchell-Strus-Allen PNR. Herro shows on 1st, but Wiggins recovers. Ware in drop. Davion showing a lot of help off Garland 1 pass away. Wiggins doing a good job staying attached. Reset
Mitchell-Strus PNR again. Hunts Herro switch. Just goes for a stepback long 2pt
9:45 — Mitchell-Allen PNR. Wiggins over, Ware drop. Wiggins gets caught on a screen a bit. Bam in strong corner on Mobley stunting. Bam recovers on Mobley on the kick and bumps him off the drive. Kick, reset.
Flows into Strus-Allen PNR. Herro stays attached no advantage. Kick back to Mobley. Bam closes out and gives up nothing. ISO drive and bad pass TOV
9:20 — Garland pushes pace, flows into Garland-Allen-Strus PNR. Strus doesn’t really set a screen, he just ghosts into a pop. Davion trails. Herro looks to hard show and lunge. Garland splits it. Bam completely ignoring Mobley to be in the paint. Ware in drop. No drive or roll available. But Garland makes the kick to Strus, with Herro out of position initially
Strus not making contact confused the whole action with Davion and Herro
8:53 — Garland-Allen-Strus early PNR again. Ware looking to drop back early. Davion also overplayed this badly and allowed Garland to reject the screen and go the other way. Strus doesn’t set a screen again and just pops, curls around. Another miscomm with Davion/Herro and Garland gets a wide open pu 3pt
Ware has been dropping a lot back on that initial screen
8:14 — Garland-Strus PNR. Davion under, Herro shows. Another brief miscomm and defensive lapse. Strus was open again but Garland missed him. Ware a big higher up and now switches on Garland. Herro switched on Allen. Swing to Mitchell, Herro on Allen forces rotations inside from Bam off Mobley. Mobley cuts in to set a pin in screen for Strus on the skip
That’s three straight similar actions all getting good looks
7:30 — Mobley brings ball flows into quick Mobley-Mitchell PNR. Hunts Herro on the show. Mitchell had the pop but great anticipation from Davion on the rotation and prevented a shot but foul PF
SLOB: Garland poor pass unforced TOV
7:06 — Transition. Off a miss. Garland pushes has the lob to Mitchell rim
6:36 — a bit of full court pressure. Forces a 8s violation TOV
6:03 — Jerome-Strus-Allen PNR. Don’t want to switch with Herro on the 1st screen. Wiggins fights over and recovers on the drive. Ware also dropping, engaged with the drive. Bam good tag on Allen off Hunter and then able to closeout on Hunter in that corner. Bit of a fly contest, don’t think it warranted him off his feet, but Wiggins was there to peel switch and forces a floater
5:23 — Garland-Jerome PNR. Looking to get Herro involved. Davion doing a good job getting closer to him and stays on the drive. Wiggins in the strong corner off Hunter showing strong help, he’s completely in the lanes, early. Davion recovers and still pressing
Flows back into another Garland-Jerome PNR. Herro now switches. Goes for an ISO stepback 3pt vs Herro
4:52 — Garland-Jerome quick PNR. Gets Herro on the show or switch(Davion seemed to just switch). Poor defense, not in good position, Garland able to split it. Gets the drive and foul PF
SLOB: Jerome-Mobley handoff into Merrill PNR. Larsson goes over but trails. Mobley with a great slip, exploits Ware being higher up. Herro switches the Merrill screen. Larsson goes on Merrill. Highsmith great job at covering Mobley slipping with the tag that allows Ware to recover. Probably saved a layup.
No advantage and reset to Garland ISO vs Highsmith. Just goes for a tough long 2pt fade
4:20 — Semi transition. Off a miss. Jerome pushing pace. Garland drives, kick. Larsson great help to deter. Wiggins poor foul from behind as a trailer PF
4:10 — Garland-Merrill PNR. Getting Herro on the show. Lunges and switches. Miscomm with Haywood. Brief moment 2 on the ball and open Merrill on the pop 3pt
3:45 — Transition. Off a steal. Mobley just goes ISO drive coast to coast to the rim
3:05 — Mitchell pushes pace and quick ISO drive vs Larsson gets to the paint for a very early floater
2:35 — Jerome just a quick ISO stepback vs Larsson goes for 3pt. Early shot
2:01 — Jerome-Merrill-Mobley PNR. Larsson goes over but trails. Bam ready to show and hard blitzes. Pushes Jerome all the way to the corner. This was just a great read pass from Jerome for the cross court pass to Mitchell. Mitchell able to beat the closeout from Highsmith, he had to step up to help on Mobley flashing up. Wiggins took the drive from Mitchell and Mobley was left wide open on the cut as the defense looks to recover. Herro was also on Merrill way beyond the 3pt line, could’ve seen Mobley cutting
1:26 — Larsson pressing Jerome full court. Took a lot of time off clock. Flows into Jerome-Merrill PNR. Duncan on Merrill but rejects it and goes at Larsson on the drive for a tough floater but also foul FTA
1:00 — Mitchell brings ball into a Merrill PNR. Looks to involve Duncan. Rejects it and Davion gets beat, fouls PF FTA
0:43 — Transition. Off a miss. Mitchell ISO drive to rim
0:08 — Jerome-Hunter PNR. Gets Haywood switch. ISO drive into another tough floater
2nd Quarter
11:25 — Larsson again pressing Jerome a bit in the backcourt. Took time off. Looks to flow into Jerome-Hunter PNR. Duncan looks to prevent a screen being set by fronting him. Hunter is able to slip easily then. Bam does look to rotate but that wasn’t enough to stop the cut already and got fouled from behind by Duncan FTA
11:06 — Mitchell brings ball. Quickly looks to drive vs Larsson. Draws strong help from all sides. Herro stunting hard off Hunter in the strong corner. Larsson dropping back on the drive. Bam helping off Mobley 1 pass away to be in the paint. That opens up Mobley on the kick as the trailer 3pt
10:30 — zone def. Ball just swinging with Highsmith and Larsson up top. Ball reversal into Mitchell-Mobley PNR. Defense shifts to the left. Open kick to Hunter 3pt
9:55 — zone def. Hunter brings ball, reverses, defense shifts and it’s another quick reversal for Hunter 3pt again
9:32 — Transition. Off a steal. Merrill quick 3pt
9:05 — Hunter brings ball. Quick ISO drive vs Wiggins. Drives middle. Not much of a stunt or help from Davion from 1 pass away off Jerome. Hunter gets both feet in the paint. Bam help off strong from Mobley and forces the kick to Mobley 3pt
8:15 — Jerome quick ISO stepback 3pt vs Duncan
ORB. Mitchell looked to tip the ball over Wiggins to Merrill, who was freely walking about
Defense scrambling. Jerome cuts, draws the defense kick, swing Merrill open 3pt. Davion just ball watching when he could’ve rotated earlier to Merrill. Everyone just casually strolling around on the scramble after the ORB
7:30 — Mitchell-Strus-Allen PNR. Duncan doesn’t want to switch. Davion goes over but trails badly. Bam in drop. Jovic did a good job taking Allen on the tag after Merrill cut along the baseline. Davion able to recover and cut off the drive. Wiggins also being able to stunt a bit off Okoro in strong corner
Mitchell kicks to Strus then quick ghost PNR and pops for 3pt
6:59 — Mitchell-Strus-Allen PNR. Wiggins matched with Mitchell. Duncan looked to push Strus, no call but also no advantage. Flows quickly into another Mitchell-Strus PNR. Duncan shows and looks to recover but before Wiggins can get back, it’s an open pu 3pt
6:30 — Cavs look to push but Bam quickly showed help in the paint to prevent any potential drives, ball swing into Strus-Allen empty PNR. Duncan over, trails badly out of play. Drives middle with no nail help. Davion on Mitchell at the logo. Bam in drop has to step up. That opens up the pocket pass to Allen and can get downhill before Bam can recover. Good drive to the rim
6:07 — Transition. Quick outlet Strus 3pt
5:39 — Garland-Allen quick PNR. Davion trailing a bit but no contact was made. Wiggins showing help 1 pass away off Strus, so easy swing Strus 3pt
5:14 — Garland-Strus pistol pitch handoff in the handoff. Goes at Herro on the show. Herro looked lost where to go after then was trailing as Strus comes off the flare screen. Herro gets beat on the closeout by Strus. He drives and requires Wiggins to help off the strong corner and it’s an open kick to Okoro 3pt
4:48 — Garland-Strus-Allen PNR. Davion trails, just no reason he should immediately start behind the play like that. Garland doesn’t use the 2nd screen and just curls around. Herro drops but as Davion looks to recover, it’s an open Strus 3pt
4:28 — Cavs push pace. Okoro quick ISO drive vs Herro. No advantage there kick back to Strus trailing. Strus looks to attack but Davion takes everything away being aggressive. No drive or 3pt. Swing back to Okoro and he attacks Herro again off dribble baseline. Gets a drive but Wiggins is there to help too
4:02 — Strus-Garland handoff(similar to pistol but this time Strus keeps it) then flows into Allen PNR. Quick pocket pass to Allen cutting to the rim. Ware in drop but had to step up a bit with Wiggins trailing but that also allowed the roll. Herro should be tagging here, there’s no reason to be so on Okoro in the corner.
3:31 — Okoro-Allen PNR. Jovic switches onto Allen. Allen post, looks to drive but decent defense from Jovic stopping him. Kick back and reset
Flows into Garland-Allen PNR. Jovic switches again. And just goes for a late clock ISO stepback long 2pt
2:47 — Garland-Okoro-Allen PNR. Herro dropping back from Okoro, doesn’t want to switch. Davion trails badly, again. Allen quickly slips to take away Bam. Garland has the open pu 3pt
2:25 — Garland-Allen quick early PNR. Poor def from Davion again and just allows the reject, drive. Bam wasn’t in position, was expecting the screen used. Herro barely stunts from OKORO. WHY? So, it’s a wide open drive for Garland to the paint with Jovic stepping up late to contest
1:57 — Mitchell-Mobley quick empty PNR. Jovic switches. Attacks him quickly and drives baseline. Good staying with the drive to contest.
1:40 — Garland-Allen quick PNR. Jovic on Allen in drop but he got there late a bit coming back. Highsmith also trailing. Wiggins stationed at the elbow to deter a drive. But that opens up a kick to Mitchell 3pt
1:07 — Hunter pushes pace. Quick ISO drive, gets to the rim but another decent contest from Jovic inside. ORB but Allen travels TOV
0:39 — Mitchell-Hunter PNR. Goes at Herro switch. Looks to drive but is drawing strong help and digs from Highsmith off Garland in the strong corner. Highsmith really stepped up to help on the potential drive early. That forced the pass but bad one TOV
0:03 — Garland-Hunter PNR. Herro switch, goes to ISO stepback 3pt
3rd quarter
11:36 — Mobley-Strus PNR. Herro dropping back, doesn’t want to switch it. Bam stays on the drive. Absorbs the contact well. Wiggins at the elbow off Mitchell helping and stunts. Davion looked to rotate but that could’ve easily been Wiggins making that rotation, so now it was 2 on the ball because of the miscomm
Defense recovers, flows into Mitchell-Strus PNR. Hunts Herro on the show. Engages 2 with the drive, open Strus pop. That forces Bam to rotate and that opens up Mobley on the cut. That forces Ware to help off of Allen, which forced Wiggins to sink to Allen. And that opens up another kick to Garland, as Herro is slow to rotate to someone and stays in no man’s land. Garland gets a 3pt
ORB. Mobley gets it over Wiggins. Defense scrambles on the kick. Garland beats closeout with Herro again not in position. Just watching no one after the ORB. Def in rotation. It finds Mobley post up vs Herro
10:41 — Garland-Strus PNR. Davion slow to react and trails again. Herro in drop, shows but then switches, which has Davion rotating to Strus on the pop. That allows Strus to attack the closeout, drive kick to Mobley 3pt. Bam was on the elbow looking to help. ORB
BLOB. Garland off screen quick CS 3pt. Davion taking long routes
10:08 — Semi transition. Mitchell just quick pu 3pt vs Wiggins not fully up
9:36 — Mitchell-Strus-Allen PNR. Herro dropping. Mitchell doesn’t use the 2nd screen and Allen slips. Mitchell snakes around and forces Herro to show, that puts 2 on the ball and it’s an open Strus pop. That forces Wiggins to rotate over. Bam has to rotate on Garland, and it’s another swing to Mobley corner 3pt
9:02 — Garland-Strus-Allen PNR. Wiggins on Garland. Herro dropping off Strus. Garland looks to reject but Wiggins does a good job cutting him off. Flows back into the same screens. It forces Herro to switch and now it’s Garland-Allen PNR with Ware drop, Herro letting the drive. He looks to recover but foul FTA
8:34 — Garland-Strus pistol pitch handoff. Flows into Strus-Allen PNR. Goes over and recovers. No advantage. Swing to Garland. He beats Wiggins on the closeout with a quick rip through. Has the drive baseline kick Mobley 3pt. Bam was looking to help
7:58 — Garland-Mobley empty handoff. Wiggins over, does a good job recovering back. No advantage. Flows into Garland-Mobley empty PNR. Bam switches on Garland, Wiggins on Mobley. Good defense inside, manages to poke the ball loose. Deflection, scramble play. Mitchell looks to drive vs Davion but good defense not giving anything up, he looked to bait a foul on the shot
7:14 — Garland-Strus-Allen PNR. Herro just standing dropping off Strus. Davion caught on screen is trailing. Ware has to step up and Allen just slips. Has the open roll but great defense from Wiggins as the low man. Good rotation and gets the block
6:55 — Garland-Allen-Strus PNR. Wiggins able to recover fully. Ware in drop. Herro sticks with Strus. Great recovery from Wiggins in the end and stays with the drive. Nothing there. Ends in some handoff to Mobley lift 3pt.
6:35 — Garland-Allen PNR. Allen offensive foul TOV. Davion draws it
6:20 — Garland-Strus PNR. Gets Herro in drop, showing. Puts 2 on ball before Davion can recover but that just flows into Strus coming off Allen’s flare screen. Herro goes under and it’s open 3pt.
ORB. Bam takes the roll to box out but then no one takes Hunter who just cuts from corner on the putback
5:45 — Garland pushes pace into Allen PNR. Davion gets caught on the screen. Bam in drop late to react. Wide open pu 3pt
5:32 — Garland-Merrill handoff. Good off ball to go the other side forcing Herro to switch. Flows into Garland-Allen PNR. Ware at level. Herro trailed. Looks to drive. Davion great help from strong corner but risky off Merrill. Ware doing a good job swallowing the drive. Paint was packed. Highsmith helped off Hunter and recovered on the kick. No advantage anywhere. Good effort
Ends in late clock Jerome off catch stepback 3pt. Wiggins gets the block. Really good possession in the end
5:04 — Cavs push pace with outlet. Ware cross matched with Garland after his trailing 3pt. Garland waits and finds Allen rim running. Cuts through. Herro doesn’t want to take him so tells Wiggins to but bad awareness. He wasn’t going to be ready and someone needed to stop him. Wiggins rotated a bit late and open hook for Allen at rim
4:20 — Jerome-Allen PNR. Bam hard blitz. Puts 2 on ball. Allen has the empty roll into all the space with Herro being the sole defender in the paint. Herro splits the difference poorly looking at Merrill and Allen gets an open cut and Herro has to foul
3:50 — Jerome-Merrill-Allen PNR. Herro switches the 1st screen. Trails the 2nd and forces Bam to step up. Allen rolls and draws the tags from Highsmith and Wiggins. Wiggins rotates back to Merrill and advantage is gone
Flows into Hunter-Merrill handoff and ghost pop. Hunter drives vs Highsmith. Cuts him off and forces a pass inside. Davion lost Garland lift and it’s an open kick. Highsmith quickly rotates smartly to closeout but it’s a tough 3pt
3:13 — Garland-Merrill PNR. Davion caught on screen. Herro dropping and switches. Loose ball deflect OOB
SLOB: Zone def. Ball swinging. Hunter cuts middle for a quick fade
2:44 — Zone def. Ball swing and Jerome quick off catch drive vs Larsson. Open gap in the lanes up top allowed the drive. Goes for the tough floater. ORB scramble Mobley finds Hunter cutting to rim. Defense thought they had the ball and run.
1:55 — Zone def. Just a couple of ball swings with defense shifting but no advantage. Hunter flashes elbow vs Herro. Draws the defense inside. Kick to Jerome. He beats Highsmith closeout but cuts off the drive, still managed to get a clean floater after Highsmith jumped initially
1:33 — full court press. Mitchell gets from Jovic and gets the runway. Mitchell just looks to attack. Bam deters the shot at the rim and switches. Just goes for ISO pu 3pt
1:10 — Transition. Off a steal. Quick swing Jerome 3pt
0:45 — zone def quick swing Hunter open 3pt. Early shot
0:06 — Zone def. Mitchell ISO stepback 3pt vs Highsmith
4th quarter
11:50 — Mitchell-Mobley PNR. Davion over, Bam in drop no advantage swing twice. Hunter off catch drive vs Jovic. Gets to the rim and blows a layup
11:16 — Jerome-Merrill-Hunter PNR. Highsmith over. Jovic at level. Ends in a switch with Jovic on Jerome. Duncan took care of Hunter first then recovered to Merrill and Highsmith rotated to Hunter. Flows into Jerome ISO drive vs Jovic, goes nowhere, stops and sees Duncan help kick to Merrill 1 pass away 3pt
10:33 — Mitchell-Merrill PNR. Davion under, so rescreen. Forces Duncan to step up and switch. Just goes for ISO pu 3pt
10:05 — Jerome looks to push pace. Bam early in position in paint to deter drive. Swings it to Okoro strong corner. Davion bit on the fake(why, it’s Okoro). Swing back, Jerome attacks Jovic off catch but no advantage, he cut the drive off well.
Duncan is cross matched with Mitchell. He comes to get the ball foul PF
SLOB. Zone def. Jerome-Mobley PNR. Haywood over recovers well. Feeds Mobley ISO post vs Bam. Travel TOV
The defense vs Jerome has been good on his drives
9:16 — Mitchell seeing early help to deter drives. ISO drive vs Davion. He beats him off dribble but he’s shading him right to attack(not sure why). Highsmith is at the nail looking to help. Duncan is in strong corner off Merrill offers little stunt. Bam with a good rotation from Mobley off dunker to force the floater. Jovic also good tip to prevent ORB
8:50 — some kind of zone def or matchups. Garland-Mobley PNR. Switch with Highsmith on Garland and Davion on Mobley. Garland looks to attack Highsmith. Duncan stunting off Merrill in strong corner and loses him. That meant he was out of position and had to closeout. He stays on the drive and cuts him off. Jovic shows too much help near the elbow off Mitchell, so it’s an open kick 3pt
8:10 — Garland-Merrill PNR. Ghosts into pop. No advantage. Garland ISO vs Highsmith, he’s doing a really good job staying with him. No help anywhere else needed at all. Just forces him to a tough paint floater
7:16 — Garland-Mitchell PNR ghosts pop. Davion switches on Garland. Highsmith on Mitchell. Just a Mitchell ISO vs Highsmith. Gets a step on him driving middle for a foul FTA. Davion doesn’t look to provide much help off Garland 1 pass away but does lose track of him relocating. That easily could’ve been a kick for a wide open corner
6:37 — Herro pressing Strus in backcourt. Looks to pass it off foul PF on the entry pass from Bam
6:30 — Jerome-Strus PNR. Hunts Herro on switch. Dropping, doesn’t want to switch but Highsmith caught on screen. Forced a switch with Herro. Flows into Jerome ISO vs Herro near the elbow. Davion with perfect timed help to force a TOV off a strong corner off Garland. Good gamble
6:12 — Garland-Strus-Allen PNR. Herro dropping off Strus a lot. Davion got caught on the screen and is trailing badly. Bam in drop but had to step up. Davion still looking to recover on the screen. Highsmith stunted from the strong corner off Jerome but a late call on the foul FTA
5:38 — Garland-Strus-Allen PNR. Herro again dropping off Strus. Davion under and recovers. But now it’s Allen PNR and gets caught on the 2nd screen. Bam in drop had to step up again. Slight stunt from Highsmith off strong corner Jerome this time. Garland drive kick once Jovic was in the paint helping to tag Allen. It’s a kick to Hunter 3pt
4:43 — Garland-Allen PNR. Jovic switches on Garland. Davion on Allen. Flows into Garland ISO vs Jovic. Stays with him pretty well. Tracks all of his moves. He’s on his feet not getting beat and forces a tougher fade
4:17 — Mitchell brings ball vs Davion press. Had to give up the ball to Strus off screen. It flows into Garland-Strus PNR. Herro reluctant to switch but does so in the end. Picks up the ball early and had to pass it off. Then Herro denies him well
Flows into late clock Mitchell-Strus handoff. Highsmith switches but gets beat slightly into the paint for a floater
3:34 — Garland-Strus PNR. Knocks over Strus fighting through it foul PF FTA
3:02 — Mitchell-Strus PNR. Herro dropping. Davion over but poor reaction and is out of the play. Mitchell snakes and forces the Herro switch. Mitchell just quickly attacks Herro and gets to his spot for a pu 2pt
2:38 — Off a steal. Mitchell cross matched with Jovic. Mitchell tells Strus to be in strong corner. Mitchell ISO vs Jovic. Just goes for stepback 3pt. No help coming until a late potential double Davion.
1:58 — Mitchell-Strus PNR. Herro switches until Davion comes to look to recover. Mitchell just goes for the pu 3pt in that opening
1:30 — Mitchell-Strus PNR. Herro shows, Davion recovers well and takes the 3pt away. Goes into a rescreen with Strus. Gets caught on the screen and open Strus pop