He had a good offensive game, but this was a terrible defensive quarter for him.
Doesn't he realize that midrange jumpers are Mo's main contribution to the offense? This is, well, basically a free throw for Mo. Well, here the Warriors push the ball in early offense and Alex Len (again!!) leaves Speights alone near the free throw line, for no particular reason. Speights Jump Shot: Made (20 PTS) Assist: Barnes (4 AST) He gives the appearance of someone who is tired and was never given a scouting report on Mo Buckets. When he does.īarnes makes the nice little pass to give Mo an open baseline jumper. This leaves Barnes an angle for a drive to the hoop, Alex Len (again!) leaves Mo to help on the drive. By the time they figure it out, Shaun Livingston does a dribble pitch followed by a flying butt whump screen taking out a PHX defender. Look at everyone pointing to have someone pick up Harrison Barnes on the left wing. PHX gets completely mixed up on their defensive assignments as the Warriors push in early offense. Speights Pullup Jump shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Barnes (3 AST) Livingston made the nice little pass and Mo finishes. It looks like the Mo's defender Alex Len intentionally sank back into the lane to cut off Livingston's drive, while waiting for Shaun's defender to catch up.īoth Suns go with Livingston, so this lets Speights roll to the hoop alone. I don't understand what the Suns were trying to do on this coverage.
This is a simple pick and roll, with Shaun Livingston handling the ball. Speights Driving Layup Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Livingston (5 AST) Let's break them down Mo's buckets in the fourth quarter one by one. So, how did Mo Buckets get mo' buckets? In brief, he was left open by the defense and he made them pay.
He had probably his best game as a Warrior to ignite the fourth quarter comeback.
Well, Curry did his usual magic in the fourth quarter, but for the sake of variety, let's look at Marreese Speights, the NBA's tallest shooting guard.