A Running List of Bowser2Bowser’s Annotated Basketball Videos on Twitter (2023–24 NBA Season)

1. This page links to my (@Bowser2bowser) annotated Twitter videos—i.e., the stuff that might interest you even if you missed the day they were posted.
2. Twitter doesn’t make it easy to promote/separate your more evergreen Tweets from your ephemeral/instant reactions to live events, so that’s what this page is for.
3. This page will be updated with newer Tweets/annotated videos.
4. (Also, many of these Tweets begin a thread on Twitter, in case you’re into that.)

June 8, 2024:

1. Sob City: How Boston’s defensive rotations prevented Dallas — aka “the new Lob City”—from getting a single alley-oop in Game 1 of the NBA Finals:

2. ISO Ball: How subtle differences have huge impacts in two eerily similar ISOs, one from the OKC Thunder and another from the Dallas Mavericks:

June 2, 2024:

1. “Crowd” pick-and-roll coverage:

Minnesota used a fairly unique PnR defense in which Luka Doncic’s defender would funnel Luka towards the crowded side of the floor—i.e., towards whichever slot had a defender. That (slot/nail) defender would stunt at Luka, which eased the burden of Gobert or KAT in drop coverage:

May 31, 2024:

1. The offensive challenges of the Minnesota Timberwolves playing two non-shooters: Kyle Anderson and Rudy Gobert in Game 5 vs the Dallas Mavericks

May 27, 2024:

1. How the Minnesota Timberwolves have tried—and failed—to target/expose Luka Doncic in their series against the Dallas Mavericks:

2. Twitter thread what the Minnesota Timberwolves can do to counter Dallas Mavericks’ shrinking the floor (Thibs’ strongside overload zone, etc):

May 26, 2024:

1. Thread analyzing the differences in how Dallas and Minnesota defend ISOs:

2. “Stampede the Switch”: countering a switch by using a stampede cut (aka “go and catch,” aka “boom drive”)

May 21, 2024:

1. Twitter thread on the different ISO processes—both offensively and defensively—of the OKC Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks:

May 19, 2024:

1. Why did the Dallas Mavericks have an answer for everthing OKC threw at them—but OKC had no answer for anything Dallas did?

May 18, 2024:

1. How defenses can exploit non-shooting guard — in this case, OKC’s Josh Giddey—in ways far beyond “dare him to shoot”:

May 17, 2024:

1. The Boston Celtics join the “5 Slot” revolution:

(“5 Slot” is a term I coined for the Atlanta Hawks’ variation on a 5-Out alignment—in short, the center begins in the weakside slot/wing isntead of near the top of the key.)

May 16, 2024:

1. New Orleans’s Trey Murphy III telling JJ Redick that he and Herb Jones will help off the strongside corner to stop a stampede cut (aka “go and catch” or “boom drive”):

2. a humble plea for NBA defenses to reconsider no-middle principles against 5-Out alignments—in particular, forcing baseline against a corner drive:

3. How Darius Garland’s broken jaw may still hinder his performance (and thus give Cleveland Cavaliers reason for optimism)

tldr: Broken jaw —> weaker teeth clenching —> weaker in general

May 1, 2024:

April 30, 2024:

April 25, 2024:

April 24, 2024:

April 22, 2024:

1. The the ripple effects Orlando Magic’s poor shooting has on its entire offense—in short, everything is harder against the Cleveland Cavaliers:

April 18, 2024:

1. how the rule “never help off the strongside corner” has made reads easier for NBA offenses, hence the unprecedented rise in scoring over the past 20 years (annotated podcast clip):

April 8, 2024: 4.5 Out

February 19, 2024: “5 Slot” variation of the 5-Out alignment

November 21, 2023:

OKC Thunder defense:

October/November 2023: