How A High School Strategy Beat An NBA Team 

$$$ Same reason systems like this work in HS. Running greats x’s and o’s will win some games, getting, but getting the players to play their butts off will win a lot of games

@@RobertSmith-ow5kf yes we agree on this topic

well, champions dont quit

Exactly. To play this hard when you're down by 30 says a lot about this team.

$$$ Couldn’t agree more. Our bench players give it their all, and that’s all us fans can ask for.

Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam.

Peter W. Dunn you fucking stupid if you think they are superstars😂they may be all stars but not super stars

Saleem Ibraheem Bruh shut yo goofy ass up nobody cares 💀

I remember when people were making fun of lowry when he was on a scoring drought.

Quacker Stacker pascal siakam has been PLAYING like a superstar this season

Well remember Luka was not playing Sure the mavs have beaten good teams without him but in close games they really need him Without Luka they would not be close to being a top western conference team

@@herrkapilz7459 But raptors also did not have siakam, powell, gasol, matt thomas

Lea B and Stanley Johnson as well

Lea B Luka is better then all of them combined

Daniel Keem Hes a great player but the raptors were missing 3 key pieces of their defense and offense, two of which are starters

Props to everybody this takes a lot of energy to run this through a whole quarter

It was def a good idea, but the players still have to make their shots for it to work... Props though to nurse

R Z count the rings

R Z whats ur point lol

@Andre Salazar coach pop never won without duncan let that sink in. overrated. phil jackson is the goat .won without jordan, won without kobe

It's half the game I'd hope so.

@Saleem Ibraheem No. Sorry.

Raptors besides Lowry are ridiculously long and quick.

yep their defense was too much for the 76ers, the bucks and the warriors on their way to that championship.

@sBinBallin BusinessBoomin A team with no defensive skill that means they would be playing half the game like a lot of the teams who focus on one side of the game and wonder why they lose, they give up easy basket after easy basket and have to work harder for each basket on the other end. like a cup that can't hold water it slowly waste water over time or in this case energy and the team loses.

can ya hear me shaking my head?

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i spent 5 minutes adjusting the sound of my tv

OMG 😂😂😂

I'd say he's just sick but this scenario would be better.

These coaches are overrated, look at popovich without a star he can't do shit, so is this Rick aresly

Gamma

Purely High School JUNK DEFENSE. 😀😀😀😀😀

Yep, trash sound today Coach

@Luffer Booms Yeah like I'm the only one who's pointed it out. Are you just here to argue with people!?

Last season Toronto's defense was already stellar

Fabri7777 well obviously we had Kawhi

@@Kurd4Eva101 its more than just Kawhi

their defense stopped the 76ers, the Bucks and the Warriors. they played defense at an all time level.

@@Kurd4Eva101 youre kidding right? You honestly think only one player was responsible for our whole defense?

Not under appreciated by the Raps

I think part of it is ego. Believing that NBA teams are "too good" for such "simple" strategies. Which is true if the opponent is ready for those "simple" strategies, but NBA teams apparently aren't always ready for these strategies exactly because they expect their opponents not to use these strategies. It's a funny meta-strategic situation.

tayib salami it’s not used because players in the NBA are too skilled. Quick/ smart passes beat a press. This was just really bad coaching by Rick.

its pretty tiring to do it consistently , and you'd think the other team would eventually call a time out and be able to draw up a counter but the raptors bench is hungry to prove themselves and rick misplayed poorly which is why it worked out so well

I think teams should use it more....not to say you have to make it a staple of your defenss like high schools do...But...once in awhile throw a trap out there...just to see if you can catch the team sleeping or unprepared....if they score they score... But giving an of offense a different look at least disrupts the offense.....if you want proof this works.....2004 Nba finals...Lakers vs Pistons...they pressed our guards heavily..by the time we got into our offense.....we were against the clock... Great video coach.....id love to see you do breakdowns on more press and zone defense. They dont get the respect they deserve and truly should as they are basketball staples

The strategy works but small individual plays and momentum also helps with this comeback. Just incredible.

It’s not outside the box any high school basketball teacher can teach this to even freshmen

Much respect for him for doing so. Rather than ESPN talking bout the raps, they’ll say shit like “Mavs blew 30 point lead behind KP’s 25” or whatever

Cuz they are the Champs

ESPN too busy talking about who other playoff contenders can get off of Toronto, like the raptors are some nonplayoff team on the decline

@Noyce Gaming My best bet would be Erik Spoelstra (Heat), Nick Nurse (Raptors), Rick Carlisle (Mavericks), Brad Stevens (Celtics), and Frank Vogel (Lakers). They're my Top 5 for now, in no particular order.

@Noyce Gaming Agreed, I also might've to include Mike Budenholzer too, for taking the Bucks to a good shape.

Coach Spo wasn’t in this game. In fact when they did play I believe the Heat won.

True Kawhi sort of plays like Jordan..

@@LowBudgetJustinY Far less aggressive offensively, not the same quickness off the first step. Kawai's vertical is like Jordan's in his mid-30s. But they both have the same sweet mid-range jumper.

OK but he didn't want to. Don't know if you've noticed, but his new team is not too bad ya dummy.

@@michaelhaydenbell he's saying he would've liked it not it's the only thing that makes sense dummy

Not as flashy as jordan but 2 points is 2 points same with 3 regardless of how you do it

JiaYi Hong nah, come playoff time, star power plays a HEAVY factor. That’s been basketball for decades. If you don’t have a real go to star to get you a basket whenever you need it, your team can’t last through the whole playoffs. I say second round at best

Shayne Silva Looks like they’re hovering around that 3-6 seed. Teams in those range they will most likely face are indiana, miami, or philly. I feel the only way they’re hitting 2nd round is if they face miami (who’s my sleeper team in the playoffs and can really upset) or indiana. Second round I say they take milwaukee to 6 considering they matchup well against giannis’s squad. Or if they play boston that can be a 6 or 7 but either one I just don’t see toronto finishing those squads. ECF is a MAYBE but I highly doubt it with philly, milwaukee, and boston being heavy threats for the ecf. Like I said, in those higher rounds, comes down to pure star power. You can pull off upsets with those squads but someone’s gonna have to consistently takeover when needed. Siakam isn’t that guy to me YET. We’ll see. Playoffs will be crazy this year tbh lol can’t wait

@@icedawaaave3858 yeah sad to say but the main reason we survived last year's playoff is Kawhi because he just can't miss

Biiiig Raps fan, but I'd be surprised. Its a superstar league, and coaching and guts will only take a team so far. Don't care, cause they're fun to watch. Even when they lose, they don't mail it in. I wonder if, in a few years, Kawhi may regret leaving Toronto?

SihYuan Wu it helps when nick nurse can go deep into his bench for some minutes. A lot of those guys are hungry and have something to prove so it’s kind of a situation where everything is falling into the right places.

They can’t be ran often . You have to have the right roster , raptors have a bunch of athletes that just sprint and work hard . Most rosters don’t have that

Yes, SihYuan. I remember running these in HS basketball and fatigue is definitely an issue. Nurse was running 4 guys eager to prove themselves and who have seen limited minutes this year. That's why it worked, ultimately.

Well everybody knows that its strenuous to do full press. But if you're going to compare a high school bball player to a professional bball player, then I expect that it would work much better in the NBA considering how conditioned their body is. I only find it dumb to people who are so called "experts" saying it's tiresome to do it, yet after witnessing this worked, everyone is dumbfounded.

if the other team is like even half way competent they should be able to punish a defense for trying this. getting beat this way is easily one of the most shameful things ive seen in.the nba in a while

The funny thing is he has always been known as an offensive specialist.

Nope, everyone loves an underdog.

Yeh, not really a Mavs fan if you're rooting for your team to lose

😂😂 bloc quebecois? I havent heard that one yet, I love it 👌

Search up open gym raptors on youtube

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agreed! i think part of it has to do with not having a single-owner team tbh, way less ego at the top so the focus is always on just running a smooth organization with lots of continuity and vertical integration: g-league to bench, bench to starter, even assistant coach to head coach. don't know if what other shared-ownership teams are in the NBA but it's worked well for the Raps and the Warriors

RobK warriors have entered the chat

@@pepinoawesome7775 *laughs in Beverley*

@@pepinoawesome7775 Sure, Warriors loss to Clippers was also embarrassing and crazy, but Mavs lost their 30 point deficit much, much quicker than GSW. For Raptors it took only 9 minutes and 53 seconds to tie the game from 30 points down. Let that sink in - 9 minutes and 30 seconds. It took Clippers 18 minutes and 21 seconds to tie the game from 30 points down - so pretty much twice as much time. So, yeah, in a way both games are very comparable, but Mavs collapse also took it to the next level - I don't think there exists another game in NBA history where 30 point lead has been lost in less than 10 minutes.

@@OpiumDose and it was a depleted raptors team. I don't know why carlisle didn't use the zone like he normally does. Brunson is terrible in the 4th quarter, not just clutch time lol

@@OpiumDose I"m just GLAD it wasn't the Bulls!

lmao imagine if the Lakers came back from 30....ESPN would have 10 videos out already covering every single play

It´s just the first news in the front page of the NBA website, it was featured in Game Time, but oh well... I guess nobody talked about it...

@@vqh while talking about how great Lebron was in every sentence even though he didn't play last night lmao

Read the other comment, it's not a mic but a basketball, appearently

Can you hear me shaking my head?

Thought my earbuds were tripping lmao

I think he's sick

@@detski- HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

U mean a 20 yrs of experience coach?

Jimmy butler getting credit for miamis zone defense. Yup im here after the 2020 finals 😎👌

Jonah ware Get some stone age video and watch Wooden's 1-2-1-1 zone press. from the 70’s. Still works with enough energy.

Wouldn't be possible without the defense and hustle plays, mainly by bench guys

Inigo yeah cause Greg Popovich doesn’t exist 🤓🤡

@@Unknown-zs9yc please remind me of the spurs record, and don't bring up his prior championships, we're talking about now

@@Unknown-zs9yc Why isn't Pop winning now? On paper his players should be good, he isn't playing with trash

True but it can be really hard on the team trying to break the press so maybe it evens out the wear and tear on the players.

If it only evans out the wearyness, it comes back to just pure skill again and then the strat will have no meaning

its because if you man press, its easy to beat ur man if u have the whole court to dribble even with only 8 seconds. if you traps/zone press, all you need to do is have the awareness to find the open man because to trap, theres 2 guys on 1 guy and teams expect nba players to find the pass easily. also, its easy to call a timeout and draw up a simple press break. reason why this one worked is the mavs got lazy because they were up alot. and coach carlisle did a bad job here. also, mavs really lost their will and energy when their huge lead was taken away which is understandable. this was the perfect scenario in which the trap played out. but i do agree that traps should be used occasionally but for the most part, half court man is what i'd go with.

@@f0rtyy815 yeah I don't think highschool tactics should be replied upon but they should be used on occasion to throw off teams. Especially zones against teams like the 76ers who can't shoot

@@abdullahrob7251 agreed. sixers are a special case tho because i feel teams can run 2-3 the whole game and win. but even for other teams, i think you can throw twists and turns here and there to confuse the offense a bit.

but they also have to get the right defensive players to execute it which they have. thats how good their roster construction is

@@Killerqueen2000 That's why teams want to hire Masai. He knows how to build teams.

Jr. Donaldson 20 Hollis Jefferson, OG, Siakam, Bouchard, Miller are all long and fast. Anyone of them can make the all defence. Then you have Kyle Lowry, Fred Van Vleet, Mccaw, Norm who annoying as hell, constantly steeling the ball, not to mention Iblaka & Gasol who chase all the big man away from the rim. This is a difficult team to deal with. Teams must hate to play them. Did I mention they are the #1 team in 3 point shooting😉 They just need to stay healthy for the Playoffs.

I can see Good players wanting to join the Raptors if Toronto keeps this going. That will give them the extra spice they need. 🌶️ It's fun watching such old fashioned bball ripping it up! ✌️

William Hooke it will work on only one game because everyone will start refreshing how to beat these shitty old fashioned stuff

they were good but the championship is definitely because of Kawhi and an injured Warriors

To be fair raptors have always been good, they needed a player like Kawhi to take them over the top

You can not put 100% on anything unless you are GOD

I'm often surprised that even a 2-3 zone catches out NBA teams. I would have thought they all faced it in High School. As soon as the coaching staff see it, they should shout "zone" and then "1-3-1" ~ which is the Paper to that zone's Rock. Yet it really catches them out, like lions boggled by a Porcupine. I can eat this thing, but how?!

yeah well this is the highest level of basketball in the world though

@@GT-ii7ci Of course, but you would be surprised how their mistakes looked similar to my team's mistakes :) I was really shocked by this actually. The same struggles we had (let the ball reach left or right), re-organize quickly enough after bucket, get back to normal defense quick enough if the press didn't work etc. I guess if you find a college or high school games using diamond and one you will find the same similarities I mentioned.

TheElectronicsMan100 stolen lol

@@kungfukenny1540 you know what I mean, everyone "borrows" lol

Clippers are so talented and deep it might not matter

@@burner1303 I agree but Nick nurse with this clippers team in the playoffs would be fire 🔥🔥🔥

@@burner1303 Clippers are so talented and deep that they lose almost every time Kawhi manages his load.

Gamma

Asher Hetch Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Sometimes you just gotta wonder what the zebras are seeing.