BACK ON THE "KNICKS PLAYOFF PREVIEW SHOW" PRESENTED BY FAN
DUEL SPORTSBOOK. HAWKS WENT 27-11 AFTER NATE
McMILLAN TOOK OVER FOR LLOYD PIERCE AS COACH.
CLINT CAPELA LED THE ENTIRE LEAGUE AT REBOUNDING.
13.3 TOTAL BOARDS AND 4.7 OFFENSIVE BOARDS PER GAME ALSO
LED THE LEAGUE. OVER TO MONICA AND MORE ON CLINT
THANKS, BILL. MONICA, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS
CAPELA. GUYS?
THERE FOR CLINT CAPELA LEADING THE LEAGUE IN REBOUNDING, AND
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY HIS EXPERTISE. HE'S ALSO A GUY WITH A TON OF
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE. REMEMBER, HE WENT ON SOME RUNS
WITH THE HOUSTON ROCKETS. EVEN THOUGH HE'S YOUNG HE HAS
SOME -- BETWEEN HE AND LOU WILLIAMS, THEY HAVE THE MOST
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE ON THE HAWKS, BUT SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND
ABOUT CAPELA. HE HAD 25 POINTS AND 22 REBOUNDS
IN THE LAST GAME AGAINST THE KNICKS AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THAT PICK AND ROLL. UNBELIEVABLE.
AVERAGING 17 AND 17 IN THREE GAMES AGAINST THE KNICKS.
NO MITCHELL ROBINSON IN THIS SERIES.
WE DON'T EXPECT HE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TEAM.
HE'S STILL DEALING WITH COMING BACK FROM THE FOOT SURGERY.
NERLENS NOEL AND TAJ GIBSON HAVE TO DEAL WITH A DAY THAT THE
WHOLE LEAGUE KNOWS IS A TOUGH REBOUNDER AND TOUGH TO KEEP OFF
THE GLASS. OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING YOU
THINK ON BASIC LEVEL BASKETBALL IS YOU'VE GOT TO PUT A BODY ON
HIM BUT IT'S SO DIFFICULT AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
YOU NEED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR HEM WHEN TRAE COMES
OFF. I THINK IT'S SO TOUGH, AND I
KNOW NERLENS NOEL AND TAJ AND THOSE GUYS DO THE BEST THEY CAN,
BUT YOU CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF HIM. YOU NEED TO SLIDE OVER, SLIDE
UPPED AND CONTEST THE BALL WHEN HE GOES UP AND WHOEVER IS
GUARDING TRAE, JUST LIKE WALLY SAID BEFORE BREAK, MAKE THE PASS
DIFFICULT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SIZE.
YOU CAN SEE HIM -- THE KEY IS GOING TO BE THESE TWO,
EVERYBODY. THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, YOU
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE SERIES IS WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING
RIGHT HERE. THE KNICKS AND ALSO THE HAWKS,
TWO OF THE TOP PICK AND ROLL TEAMS.
MM-HMM. THEY USE THE PICK AND ROLL
CONSTANTLY, AND IT'S -- FOR THE HAWKS IT'S NOT JUST WITH THE
BALL HANDLER, IT'S WITH THE ROLLER.
THEY WILL OUT CAPELA AS WELL. THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO
DIFFICULT AS WE GO BACK TO BILL AND WEAL.
GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT -- YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WAYS TO STOP IT, BUT
IN THREE GAMES, THEY HAVE HAD A HARD TIME DOING IT, NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT. WALLY, WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH
ABOUT THE KNICKS CENTER TANDEM, SPECIFICALLY NERLENS NOEL.
SEEM TO HIGHLIGHT EVERY POST-GAME.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT CAPELA THAT MAKES IT SUCH A DIFFICULT
MATCHUP? VERY PROBABLY FOR HIS SIZE
AND TRAE YOUNG IS VERY GOOD IN THE PICK AND ROLL AND PUTS THE
BIG MAN IN A REALLY TOUGH POSITION AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
I MEAN BY THAT. WHEN THEY RUN THE HIGH PICK AND
ROLL IT'S NOT EASY TO SLOW DOWN AND HERE COMES TRAE YOUNG.
CAPELA SETS THE SCREEN REALLY HIGH SO -- FREEZE IT RIGHT
THERE. OKAY.
THIS IS OKAY. NERLENS NOEL IS EVEN WITH TRAE
YOUNG. TRIES TO FAKE AT HIM A LITTLE
BIT. I LIKE THE WAY PAYTON IS KIND OF
PURSUING, BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
WHEN NOEL STUNTS AT TRAE YOUNG, FREEZE IT THERE.
LOOK, CAPELA GETS BEHIND HIM. WHEN HE GETS BEHIND NERLENS NOEL
AND HE HAS A STRAIGHT LANE TO THE BASKET, THAT'S TROUBLE.
THAT'S WHEN TRAE YOUNG KNOWS JUST THROW IT UP TO THE BASKET.
R.J. BARRETT HAS TO HONOR THAT THREE-POINT SHOOTER IN THE
CORNER SO THAT'S THE KEY FOR NERLENS NOEL.
WHEN YOU'RE BACKING UP MAKE SURE CAPELA NEVER GETS BEHIND YOU SO
THE BASKET IS CLOSER TO CAPELA THAN IT IS TO NERLENSNO.
KEEP THE MAN BETWEEN YOU AND THE BASKET AND FURTHER BACK.
THAT'S THE KEY FOR NERLENS NOEL. ALREADY TOUCHED ON TRAE YOUNG
A LOT. WHAT CAN THE KNICKS DO?
WE'LL SHOW AN EXAMPLE WHAT HAVE MAKES HIM SO EFENGTIVE, AND WE
TALKED -- ALAN MADE THE POINT. KEEP HIM OFF THE FOUL LINE.
YEAH, AND ALAN MADE THE POIN SCREENS.
FREEZE IT RIGHT HERE. HERE'S WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
UNDER.WO THREE FEET OUTSIDE THE
THREE-POINT LINE. DERRICK ROSE DOES A GOOD JOB OF
GOING UNDERNEATH THE SCREEN. WELL DONE, TAJ GIBSON IN A DROP
SCENARIO SO HE'S THERE TO ENHAD. IF THE FIRST SCREEN DOESN'T WORK
THEY WILL RUN A RE-SCREEN. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
CLINT CAPELA COMES UP AND SETS THE RE-KOREAN.
IT'S SET AT THE THREE-POINT LINE.
WHEN IT'S SET AT THE THREE-POINT ROSE DERRICK ROSE CANNOT GO
UNDER BALL GAME TRAE YOUNG CAN STEP RIGHT INTO A THREE-POINTER
AT THE THREE-POINT LINE. HE'S GOT TO GO OVER THE SCREEN.
THAT'S TOO EASY RIGHT THERE. THAT'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT THE
KNICKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE.
WHEN THE SCREEN IS SET ABOVE THE THREE-POINT LINE, YOU'RE FINE
GOING UNDER. WHEN THE SCREEN IS SET AT THE
THREE-POINT LINE, YOU HAVE TO CHASE THEM OVER THE TOP AND RELY
ON YOUR BIG MAN FOR THE HELP WHEN HE TURNS THE CORNER.
NOW, ONE THING IN THE KNICKS FAVOR, THE HAWKS HAVE BEEN
UNABLE TO STOP JULIUS RANDLE THIS YEAR.
THREE MEETINGS, AVERAGING 37 POINTS A GAME, 12 REBOUNDS A AS
YEAH, AND, I MEAN, HE'S JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL AGAINST THE
HAWKS BECAUSE HE PLAYS ALMOST AT LIKE 60%.
HE'S NOT STRESSED AT ALL WHEN HE HAS THE BALL, AND WATCH.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT. HERE HE JUST CASUALLY DRIBBLES.
HEES PATEON. YOU GET OUT OF THE WAY.
NOW, FREEZE IT THERE. LOOK, HE'S GOT SO MUCH SPACE TO
OPERATE BECAUSE NOBODY IS COMING TO DOUBLE.
I MEAN, WHY WOULD THIS DEFENDER RIGHT HERE NOT DOUBLE OFF ELFRID
PAYTON? I GUARANTEE IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS
DEFENDER IS GOING TO BE OVER IN JULIUS RANDLE'S LAP NOT ALLOWING
HIM TO DO THAT AND DARING PAYTON TO SHOOT THAT SHOT.
RANDLE DRIBBLED FIVE TIMES. HE'S AN ALL-STAR.
THIS IS ASKING A LOT OF JOHN COLLINS TO DEFEND HIM IN THIS
SCENARIO. THEN HE SPINS.
HELP SHOULD BE COMING WHEN HE SPINS ON THIS PLAY.
THAT'S JUST WAY TOO EASY. I GUARANTEE YOU THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO GUARD HIM LIKE THAT. THEY ARE GOING TO BRING THE
DOUBLE TEAM AFTER JULIUS RANDLE PUTS THE BALL AND GETS
AGGRESSIVE AFTER TWO OR THREE DRIBBLES.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SWARM OF PEOPLE COMING AT JULIUS RANDLE,
AND HE'S GOT TO BE READY TO DISH IT AT THAT TIME.
BOTTOM LINE. THE HAWKS DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT
CAN GO MAN-TO-MAN THEORETICALLY AGAINST LANDLE?
NO. RANDLE HOPEFULLY CAN SHOOT AT
SUCH A HIGH LEVEL, 50% IS TREMENDOUS.
IF HE CONTINUES TO SHOT LIKE THAT, HAWKS ARE IN TROUBLE AND
KNICKS WILL WIN THE SERIES. COMING UP, WE TALKED ABOUT
THE HEADLINE PLAYERS AND WHY THE BENCHES OF EACH TEAM, A LOT OF
EXPERIMENT COMING OFF OF EACH TEAM'S BENCH.
WHY IT MAY ULTIMATELY DECIDE THE SERIES AS WE CONTINUE ON THE
"KNICKS PLAYOFF PREVIEW