Jrue Holiday's Best Defensive Plays In The 2020-21 Postseason 

Jrue Holiday is the defender Patrick Beverly thinks he is

No trash talks, no flops and no barks. Plays simple basketball with terrific defense without fouling. Doesn't need dirty plays and mind games to get to your skin just let his game do the talking. Never bad mouth anyone nor telling that the next 5 yrs are his lol.

My god that last play against Booker was a masterpiece

this is one of the reasons the bucks won the championship

Got to give Jrue credit... we all know he's a really good ... great two-way player... but when his shot isn't falling... he still helps your team with his passing and his excellent on ball defense. He's a guy everybody wants on their team and was huge during this title run

I love how his defense is so good the players he’s guarding don’t even flop or wave for a foul at all they just respect it.

As a bucks fan who watched all the playoff games without jrue there we don’t see the finals this man literally robs everybody on the opposite teams of the ball and will play great one on one defense against any position I was always a fan of jrue but seeing him get to showcase his talents to the world in this playoff run was nothing short of amazing

How to win a championship: trade with new orleans stars

Without Jrue Holiday, the Bucks DO NOT reach the Finals!

Jrue is underrated. One of the best defenders in the league by a long shot.

Holliday could make more money in Europe with all this pickpocketing

00:15 this dude Holiday is playing mind games. He “fake” chased Herro after the hand off while having his back away from the ball handler, ran two steps, turned around and stole the ball like “Sike, I never left”.

I love how he takes the most difficult assignments. The way he switches between Durant and Harden is a thing of beauty.

Jrue Holiday will be an All-Star next season.

5:02 this sequence is magnificent!

His lateral quickness is next level. Dude is a pest to the opposing player.

He messed Booker up so bad in their series.

Not even gonna lie, I'm just realizing how lockdown he is, he got the clamps!

He does such a great job of poking the ball away without getting reach-in fouls

3:03 DEFENSIVE WIZARD, didn’t do a thing but still got the ball.

MIDdleton was more consistent than he’s ever been in these playoffs, but replacing Bledslow with Jrue was the missing ingredient

While everyone else thinks super team, milwaukee thinking D.

No one mentions that block on Ayton, wish they showed the other angles. That was legit one of the most insane things I've seen in slow mo.

The fact that jrue can guard in all position..UNDERATTED

Respect for this. Can you make a Middleton “all clutch shots in 2021 playoffs” video next??

The scary thing is we only saw glimpses of how good his offense can be… if he can score more consistently it’s a wrap

That game 5 Steal to Alley-oop still gets me hype till this day. I was in DeerDistrict when this happened that the entire crowd turned into a moshpit.

He needs to be in talks as one of the best PGs in the game today. My favorite PG when he was on the Pelicans.

They keep trying to bring it down low against Holiday. They didn't realize it ain't a mismatch with him down there. He's strong as f-ck and very good with his hands. Clamps up anyone anywhere. 🔒

Chris Paul and Devin Booker gonna have nightmares about Jrue Holiday for the whole summer

It was funny amongst Bucks fans to call Holiday Jrue Bledsoe because of his horrific shooting but the man was putting up all defense level performances and it was clearly leaving him sapped on the offensive end. We don't win the championship without him

Elite defender. He can also hold much bigger guys in the post

KD, Harden, Kyrie BIG 3 = ❌❌❌❌❌ Giannis, Middleton, Holiday = ✅✅✅✅✅

we need to see more videos like this! Jrue is the best defender in the league

Seeing him is confusing man, one time your favorite player is bringing the ball down the court and suddenly he is running back chasing jrue. It's like a bugged videogame with no steal animation.

So the term Defense wins Championship is real.

modern day gary payton minus the trash talking...

One of the best defenders💯

Jrue be locking up like “cmon bro you know you can’t dribble”

I loved how you showed the offense generated from his defensive plays, nicely done!

Love defensive highlights 👏🏽

Dude is dope! Slick.

Damn! Great stuff.

UNDERRATED

His hands are so fast, and you can tell he's strong.... Imagine if jrue holiday had picked up the gloves instead of a basketball

Jrue is a true professional...I love his game.

Jrue Holiday is a great defender

He's my favorite player in that squad

A true Lockdown defender🐐🔐💯

So happy for jrue.

I love this guy so much

This is some insane defense by Holiday. Every game he made game winning plays on both ends of the court.

imagine having the refs help all series long and still lost 4 straight games lmao

Not only a good defender but we’ve never seen someone so smooth with like Jrue

Just seeing all the highlights in 1 post season run for this guy... WOW, that is some really good defense.

i'm convinced holiday's poor shooting in the playoffs was a direct result of him devoting so much mental/physical energy to the defensive end. his 4 for 20 games didn't really bother me because of how significant his presence was on the other end. best pure guard on defense in a very long time

The fact that he keeps his body square after the ball handler shoves to get separation, and still has the awareness to poke the ball with the contact towards him just beauty to watch.

Jrue Holliday has some A+ defending but then some C grade finishing 😅

Man. This is Art.

Craziest thing is the anticipation. He knows exactly what move you are going to make

Number one is still best defensive 🔥💯

Legend

Jrue is elite 🔥

He's among the top 3 defenders in the league. Would love to see him win DPOY

2:00 pm cst 12/13/22 Tuesday glad to be back here just turned 2:01 jrue destroyed the sun in just a little over a year ago crazy tho how time flies what a finals for my bucks

WELCOME TO BOSTON ☘️

Really is crazy how good he slides his feet when defending

Even when trying to close out he can still move laterally. That's quite impressive.

Un-der-ra-ted.. Just underrated who dont know this game very well.. But anyone who played basketball easily see that ridiciously talented and cold-blooded player is essential part of the Bucks's success.. Sometimes he shoot 3s like playing in Venice beach and like warming up 3s

Not only was he doing this but he was also playmaking like the real pg that the Bucks had been missing all these years, Jrue was the X-factor

Great!

Jrue holiday is like Avery Bradley and Marcus smart mixed together. Really strong and athletic, and has that close aggressive style and lateral quickness that Avery Bradley has

Im smiling a mile wide!! Im a defensive first kinds guy. The fact that this guy plays both sides of the floor is something reminiscent of the 90’s

the goat!

Crazy to think that it's a 7min video all of the work he has done in the playoffs

Truly a Champion and an Elite Athlete.

Is it too much to ask playing like this from Patrick Beverly? Holiday has become one of my favorite players to watch. Such a great game, such a great teammate. And now an Olympic gold along with the ring in one season. Godlike.

Us Pels miss him real happy he got a ring and getting more recognition Uncle Jrue Breeze

That strip at the end is something ive only seen mike and pippen do

Jrue Holiday is such a great baller. Definitely, he's one of the best in his position

Elite defender!

These highlights don't even begin to describe the all-game every-game full court press that Holiday was playing on the Suns.

All that the bucks gave up for Jrue was worth it

Art

WHAT A DEFENSE 🤯

The missing peace of the puzzle... Jrue!!!!

Jrue is glue. 🔒

Most underrated player in the league. Glad to see him get some recognition

Happy for the Bucks. They played solid fundamental championship games. Jrue is very good. Hope he continues his way to the hall of fame.

Jrue is a great all rounder

The stopper.

Jrue holiday!!!💪💪💪💪💪❤❤❤🇵🇭

Jrue Holiday is a combo sized guard he can literally take any guard on the perimiter and play perimeter himself then take it down low in the paint with the best of the best he is probably the most physically imposing guard i have seen in a while!

Jrue and Caruso That’s the two most fun perimeter defenders to watch. The best part is the people who do get guarded and forced into a turnover or bad possession don’t complain to the refs. There is no complaint to even make. They know they just got perfectly defended by a defensive god.

He has Great defense awareness defensive IQ know When to Anticipate the pass lane smart Defender

Jrue Holiday, this man had skyeye, the eagle's Perspective~!

Jue a beast..Gianniis and Jue defense is next level...i think Jue connection with Khris & Giannis will only get better and that's scary

He really have the knack of knocking the ball whenever it's shown

Jrue is nice man, period.

He is very quick and strong, seldom lost his position when he defends. Excellent defender!