All of Paige Bueckers' points as a pick-and-roll ball handler against the Los Angeles Sparks came in the fourth quarter with Li Yueru as a screener. Their chemistry has shown in recent games.
1. Li's extra-high screen against deep drop while the defender fights over gives Bueckers space to have rhythm on a pull-up 3 uncontested.
2. Li sets another extra-high screen, this time against the Sparks, trying to ICE. This time, the big defender is playing up above the 3-point line to respect the pull-up 3. Bueckers uses this to attack the paint for a short-range pull-up jumper using the glass, avoiding the shot-blocker.
3. Another extra-high screen to begin the sequence, but this time, the big defender backpedals earlier to prevent the drive in ICE. With both defenders focused on Bueckers after the initial screen, Li comes back up to re-screen and makes effective contact, clearing Bueckers to drive middle for a rhythm pull-up in mid-range.
remember when jungkook said “i didn’t have any choreo so i thought it'd be weird if i was the only one not dancing. i just asked for the choreo video and said i'd copy it.”
and even after 4 years people are still carrying this performance in their hearts
Lu Dort was the longest tenured Thunder player and genuinely one of my favorite players of all time
He was a catalyst that turned the Thunder around in 2019-2020 as an undrafted rookie who became a starter and gave Harden hell round one before one of the greatest game 7 peer romances ever
He grew into one of the best defenders in the sport and a knockdown shooter who saved the championship run in that series vs the Nuggets
His moonball three from halfcourt in game 7 is the moment where it felt like the championship was won
From undrafted to a champion with the Thunder, I hope the #5 isn’t worn for the Thunder again
Thank you @luthebeast for everything, we’re not champions without you
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