Sacramento Wins with Terrible Defense against the Nuggets – 120 to 113
Practice With Understanding
But practice what? The Nuggets have time between games to recollect. Reviewing videos only gets visual understanding; the physical part has to take place during actual practices to reduce these weaknesses.
So, what do we do?
Practice one on one and two on two close outs before the game. How close can you get to your opponent, anticipate, and respond to shifting your position.
Harris is a good model to follow on this.
Practice going over screens at the three to stop the shooter. If the shooter hits, coach, make them run 10 laps.
Mudiay is horrible on closing out or going around screens. He doesn’t anticipate and is always late. So are most of the others. This can be learned.
Practice stopping drives without fouling. One on one, two on two.
Nurkic raises his hand on an offensive shot 10 feet away from the shooter. Nurkic, you are better than that. That is all a matter of focus on your responsibility and effort. Come on! You want to be worth something in the NBA? Better look at Gasol from Memphis.
Turnovers are due to carelessness primarily. Focus, flow and concentration.
Anticipate and help. Your teammates must be moving to get you out of trouble and receive a good pass. This goes back to constant movement. Every player must be in the game every minute. If your feet are not moving, go to the bench!
Flow in the game, make it fun. You must talk to one another constantly. We want to hear you helping each other.