Ep. 13: Previewing The Lakers-Pelicans Play-In Game & Adjustments | Buha's Block
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In Episode 13, Jovan Buha previews the Play-In matchup between the No. 8 Los Angeles Lakers and the No. 7 New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Jovan goes through additional notes from the regular-season finale, the season series numbers between the two teams, five adjustments for the Lakers, five adjustments for the Pelicans, and a matchup prediction, among other topics. If you enjoy this episode, please consider subscribing, rating and reviewing. Chapters: (0:00) Intro (1:36) Additional thoughts from the win over the Pelicans (6:16) Season series statistical breakdown (9:45) Adjustments preface (10:47) Lakers adjustment No. 1: Spam the LeBron-AD pick-and-roll even more (12:02) Lakers adjustment No. 2: Ruthlessly target Pelicans’ worst defenders more (12:44) Lakers adjustment No. 3: Respect Herb Jones’ shooting (14:15) Lakers adjustment No. 4: Tighten the rotation (15:43) Lakers adjustment No. 5: Maintaining a sense of urgency (16:51) Pelicans adjustment No. 1: Start Larry Nance Jr. (17:59) Pelicans adjustment No. 2: Play BI more + run more offense through him (19:43) Pelicans adjustment No. 3: Get Zion on the move (20:46) Pelicans adjustment No. 4: Stop running pick-and-rolls at AD (21:37) Pelicans adjustment No. 5: Target D’Angelo Russell more (23:46) Adjustments recap (24:41) Outro
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