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Unreleased footage that shows the Spurs in utter confusion coming out of the timeout before the OG tip in. MUST watch, sound up. Link to full breakdown below 👇🏀
I'll disagree with RJ and say you can't play packline positioning against a shooter like Vassell. It's too easy to make that pass and get it off with a long close out from Hart
Okay, so we've got a better angle. The refs are going to consider this an unnatural body turn and landing with feet split, so that's why the held off on the landing space foul.
I don't think anyone could argue that his feet swaying forward was anything but natural, and that Wemby didn't give him space to land. Confounding no call
The key for anyone contesting in the air is to rotate the body so you can land sideways and break right back into the play, as Vassell demonstrates beautifully here
This is a dangerous play regardless when a player is pushed in back. And the 2 to make 1 rule is rare but happens when a shot is made and a flagrant is committed. A throw back to the '50s rulebook
Just a huge shot by Vassell at the buzzer to stop the bleeding and interrupt New York's momentum. Knicks have to be favored in a slog of a game like this.
De'Aaron Fox thinks that impacting a player from behind without straightening the arms isn't a flagrant foul, yet the rules don't care about that. Only the degree and timing of impact. Can't remember a player struggling with decisions like this in a Finals
After the double, Vassell needs to let the cutter go to Castle so he can maintain his position. Instead, he ends up next to Castle while Brunson can lick his thumb and check the wind before lighting this up
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