Breaking down how the Thunder were able to attack the Spurs offensively.
You can see here that Russ is coming around the screen he has eyes only for KD on the opposite side. KD is already beginning his cut and Kawhi is trying to peripherally watch KD while keeping track of the ball. KD makes a smart run to the rim choosing to loop towards the baseline rather than making a straight cut. When Kawhi sees the lob coming he backs up hoping to get a body on KD. This is a trick football defensive backs employ. If they can get contact on the intended receiver they can keep all attention on the ball to defend the pass. With KD taking that looping path to the rim Kawhi is forced to look away from the ball to find KD resulting in nothing even close to a contest from him.
That was fun. Go Game 5!
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