[Highlight] Ant responds and hits the clutch shot to take the lead back with 16 seconds remaining!
Holy patience from Edward right there
He’s beginning to believe
Lisan al-Gaib
No, Neo
Ah, I have mixed my pop culture messiah narratives
Keanu Chalamet
Timothy Reeves.
Was super smart to get the big man on the switch he is too quick
Nori as the backup coach had a great day, the 4th quarter we were consistently forcing wemby to stay out of the paint then beating them down low.
This may be an unpopular opinion but he may be a better coach then finch lol 😂 I am shocked that no other team has poached him any time he has filled in for you he has done a good job it would seem
Tbf he’s already been responsible for things such as these play calls at ends of games. I think the combo of Finch and Nori has been great and I’m so thankful the Lakers hired JJ over him lmao
He was voted best assistant in the league as well and he’s so likeable, probably one of his last years here
Probably gone after this year 😢
That’s what we said the past 2 years too 😂 clearly he likes it here
No no no. He is a horrible coach and says corny things during interviews. He doesn’t deserve a HC gig.
Please don’t leave us, Micah.
There’s a lot of strong Finch defenders, but shit I’d love to promote him.
I am a staunch Finch defender, and we don’t know what it looks like off the court, but I will say I have been super impressed with the pulse Nori has on the game and his decisions. He’s much quicker to make changes than finch, and they usually seem like the right ones
He might be one of the best players I’ve ever watched at getting a switch in a pick and roll
His first couple possessions in his rookie year, he scored by getting a big to switch on him in a pick and roll. Vs the pistons I think
It has always been his bread and butter
yea now that you mention it you’re right I never realized just how great he is at getting his proper switches
Very good job on hunting the big man and screening the castle out and big man out
Hes turning into a monster he isnt perfect every game but when hes feeling it hes so nice
Yea he hit an MJ-esque fadeaway over Castle right before this
Gotten a lot better from last year when he’d try to iso drive on Wemby over and over
The dude has been a hooper and has been on the rise with each passing season, but this season in particular he’s truly turned into a clutch, winning player
So cool
the amount of discourse i saw when gobert got cooked by luka in an iso when the game was on the line was insane.
i wonder if there will be anything as close to that for wemby getting absolutely fucking cooked by ant
Ant specifically wanted Wemby on the switch. Kinda shows you that narrative is stupid.
“Only fake DPOYs get targeted on defense”
Ant always hunts wemby I remember last year he was straight up going at wemby
Ant’s also a big reason Wemby had 5 fouls and had to play careful in clutch time tonight.
Did Wemby even get a block tonight?
Ion think so wemby a demon tho mf is crazy
Except last year it went very poorly for Ant
I imagine it was the play Nori drew up
Lmao that was my first thought. I hope people dont diss on Wemby for this play because his impact was fucking ENORMOUS today.
Being beaten on one possession shouldn’t detract from how much he swung the entire game.
If it was Rudy it absolutely would’ve been clipped everywhere
Literally. Gobert is supposed to be able to defend at the key one of the best playmakers of the last 15 years?
It’s worth noting that Gobert contested that shot way more than Wemby here
Not only that but getting absolutely bodied play after play in the 4th by Randle
I always thought it was so stupid when people shat on Gobert for getting cooked by Steph as if any center in the league wouldn’t have also been cooked.
Got scored on by one of the best scorers in the world. Ha ha!
Rudy so bad he made the unanimous MVP look good
Nope, wemby is the golden boy
I agree that was dumb. But it was a handful of monster step backs threes in the WCF. If ant did that to wemby with those stakes, perhaps we would be roasting wemby
Immediately thought that watching this play out.
I just said that to someone. Wemby looked pathetic. Maybe from being exhausted all game?
And then next year when the wolves played the Lakers, Luka kept trying to do the same thing and failing. I don’t have the exact numbers but I remember his iso numbers against Gobert specifically being pretty awful
This looked more like it was a miscommunication with wemby and castle.
Randle was mugging Castle, that’s why Mitch Johnson was furious.
It probably didn’t help that Wemby had 5 fouls as well.
Probably not because Ant didn’t shoot over Wemby like Luka did to Gobert. It’s quite different actually.
And Rudy dominated Luka in iso in last year’s playoffs, one shot means nothing
I agree. I was responding to the question of whether it will get treated the same. I don’t think it should because they’re different situations, and I don’t think Gobert should’ve gotten slandered either.
Ant inching closer to Clutch Player of the Year. His clutch numbers are just insane.
He would be the favorite if he could shake the narrative from last year, his clutch stats are unmatched.
Didn’t he finish second to Brunson?
Yes but the consensus was he wasn’t clutch last year because he couldn’t hit the game winners
IIRC he was jacking up some wild 3s last year, his end game shooting has gotten much smarter. Maybe the coaching staff is dialing up better plays, too
For real. Relatively underwhelming game for him up to that point, but I still almost knew he was putting the ball in the basket some way or another this possession. He’s getting extremely spooky
played out perfectly by Ant and Jules, remove Wemby from the paint and let Ant easily work him
What taking the elite rim defender away from a rim is a common and good game plan? Someone tell everyone saying Gobert is trash.
People REALLY don’t like the French lol
We had a whole campaign against them in the early 00s! Freedom fires and whatever we called FrenchToast; probably Freedom toast. Either way, we can’t unlearn that hate.
Fr🤢nch
Wemby is disqualified from ever winning DPOY. No one would ever intentionally target a good defender
it’s why I have so much respect for Bam and Davis and I still think people underrate them, great rim protectors that aren’t just a “big dumb guy” when they get switched
Rudy actually does very well on a regular basis on the perimeter
Best ISO defender in the league this year
I was screaming at my TV for someone to help on the switch. Ant played that perfectly.
lmao got one big out there but kornet was rotating, the floater was great as well
This man should be running away with Clutch Player of the Year
Is he not? Isn’t he statistically far better than anyone else
Definitely the current favorite imo
I mean if he was top 3 in voting last year while being empirically awful he has to win it now that he’s actually decent
The Spurs started this game on a 16-0 run
I missed the game but that’s fucking crazy. I see we also missed over 10 FTs. How did we win this lol.
As bad as we were, everyone on the Spurs outside of Wemby were too.
Amazing defense in the fourth
Spurs guards were some shit like 3⁄28 or something at some point
That is some filthy moves
That first step to leave Wemby behind was electric.
Loved his patience to find the right shot. Wemby couldn’t do anything!
Ant is so much more polished this year, it’s been awesome to watch
So clutch man.
And he’s only 24 years old.
He’s only 19
Absolutely cold blodded
It’s like a chess match. Wemby thinks nobody will take it to the rim against him, so he tries to force a jumpshot. Looked like Ant created some space for himself for a jumpshot but then attacks the rim anyway. What a move.
What a finish
Surgical with the hesi’s that was beautiful
Turned his ass into a god damn croquette
So does Grady not really work for the Wolves anymore then? It’s almost always radio guy now
Grady does some games but he has the national job now so when he’s not there it’s the radio guy
Following in Kevin Harlan’s footsteps and very well deserved, Grady is the truth.
Grady got too good for local
I think he’s only doing about a third of our games this year
It’s felt like a lot less than that.
Ant seized the moment like a superstar! Clutch gene on full display.
Wow that was perfect
The possession before this was an MJ fadeaway over Castle.
Ant showing the league the blue print for how to deal with wemby in iso
“Don’t shoot when he’s in the vicinity” lol
Get him to switch onto you and then cook him in space
Get him to switch onto you and then be sure you have a great screen to get an open shot
Fixed that for you
You think Ant cares about a Stephon Castle contest? There was no screen on Wemby, Ant just cooked him in isolation, he was nowhere to be found with no screen. BBQ chicken
Wemby cut off the paint by staying on Ants left, which means he was going to right into the screen. Then he trails because Kornet is in front of Ant. It’s all there on vid.
Bro are we watching the same video, Wemby doesn’t touch a screen
French big man got cooked by a superstar, is he trash now?
Courage
When Julius came in and started playing physical with Wemby this game was over
There isn’t a player in the league who can stay in front of Ant 1 on 1, I hated when people act like Gobert is supposed to lock up guards 30 ft from the hoop
Great game between the two best teams in the west
Roasted wemby
Who’s stopped the Wemby? Julius Randle. 🐐
Wemby not good defensively getting cooked by guards from perimeter. Will be a playoff liability…. /s
I know Wemby is great defensively, but putting him in iso against Ant with no help behind him seems like a bad idea.
Went through Wemby just to have Kornet waiting.
Lookin like dwade here
Cold blooded all the time. Ant don’t quit
Man, a patient Ant must be a nightmare to guard. Too strong, too quick, and not shy to raise up
Wolves have been running through all the top dogs in the west lately
Phenomenal screen by Randle.
Get that shit outta the net French man
classic david vs goliath matchup right there
Mitch rarely gets that fired up. So its so funny to me how wrong he was here.
I think it was from Randle sealing Castle
Yeah I just dont think you can call that. Randle held him early but it was a normal seal by the time Edwards was headed that way.
I certainly didn’t think it was worth exploding on the refs over but he might have been building towards it because of the physicality on Wemby in the 4th.
That would be my guess too. I hope a reporter is like, “Yo, why were you so pissed at the end?”
Haha Im about to listen to him. Ill let you know.
Edit: He wasnt asked
I can’t believe the Spurs blew that. I don’t know what’s going on with Castle and Fox but man neither of them can find a shot
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/t5IDhB86X5
Lol nailed it.
ant gets a 1v1 in the clutch meanwhile book gets doubled from tip off to the final buzzer lol
his handles is so underrated man
Fucking frauds fuck the spurs
Stop betting on sports, dummy
Who tf said I was betting
Shai says hi
“How do I make this about me”
Who?
I think he’s talking about NAW’s cousin
Glad to hear from ant’s son
Yes, he says hi because Ant also cooked him lmao
Shai who?
Remind him what happened the last time we played.
4-1
Yea you got that. Hope the Spurs kill ya’ll on Tuesday
hope yall make it to wcf again, it can even be 4-2, i don’t mind
I’m convinced these annoying Thunder fans were Warriors fans a few years ago.