How Rajon Rondo Outsmarted Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns (Ft. On Court Captions)

so this is probably my favorite matchup in basketball

rondo

vs cp3, two smart point guards who help put their teammates in the best positions to succeed, regardless of how you feel about

rondo

and his pettiness, it's undeniable that he's still one of the smartest players today, but Before I show how he beat number three in the soles, I want to congratulate Mr. Alexander who has been begging for this rondo content, so if you're watching I hope you enjoy it Now in the video, one of the most successful works in The Sun's Playbook is the Spanish pick and roll that you were able to analyze a couple of videos ago.

Notice how it's a double screen and the second blocker goes out to the wing for three after being successful the first time. You can hear Chris Paul say "yo." Champion m Rajon Rondo Reg, going toe-to-toe, the Suns were able to make multiple excellent shots on these possessions and largely stayed in the game out of this action because it put the Clippers' defense into fight mode, for what they prepared in the last quarter. again down six notice how rondo sniffs this he positions himself so

chris

paul

can't go right where all the screens are happening and

paul

decides to go left and hit a mid range jumper now the end result was probably something that the

suns

Okay, since Chris Paul is one of the best mid-range shooters, but the important thing is that you can't take everything away from him and forcing CP3 to take a somewhat contested mid-range jumper is probably the best you can do during the press conference.

The reporter asked how Rondo was able to sniff out certain elbow actions and this is what he had to say. See, that essentially tipped you off. Well, they called it number three. You know, the team came out quickly and loudly. I simply read. I tell my teammates, it's the same play I made the night before against Utah, so you know, we know coaches that did a great job exploring and understanding what he did to win in the fourth quarter and, like me, He said we're all on the same page the five of us on the defensive end already stopped and then I saw two examples after Patterson made a three.

You can listen to this conversation which is discreet and audible, but I did it. The best I could to understand what I could hear. Patterson has seven with a couple of rebounds, so the sun elbow action runs and I notice how Rondo targets Paul George to sink so Aidan can take the log. This gives Batum time to switch to Ayden and Chris Paul settles. for another jump shot that misses this time this one is much clearer rondo yells again up to eight and the

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try to execute a pick and fade with crowder which the clippers trade before crowder makes a bad pass to Aiden so the sol wanted to attack marcus morris all night and they have another mismatch here, you can hear some hot mics so there are a couple things going on.

Ronda wants Marte to switch to someone in the corner and if you look at this lineup, Booker wants to attack on the right. Aidan is positioned on the left. dunk point and on the left side you have george and leonard, who are two of the best defenders in the league, so notice that ronaldo goes up high to not allow any type of snot penetration to the right side, which forces him to go left and towards george. and he misses and here I think cp3 is aiming for crowder or jumpers to go to the wing, but rondo knows that this ball is going to help Aiden since it is the only option, so he stays on Aidan's right hip where the pass is more available from cp3. he is in the corner, this forces him to take a step back and he beats the pandemic p with a beautiful jump shot, let's move on to the offensive side.

I want to show how Rhonda controls the pace of the offense as she dribbles. Here are some hot microphones first. He made three from midway through the second quarter, if my math is correct, then he's waiting until the eight-second mark to start the play and gets the screen from Paul George. He knows he has a quickness advantage and passes the jumpers for the layup. The same. here paul george picks up the pace so the clippers have mismatches and rondo tells morris to go to the left wing to get the ball to kauai when morris receives the ball rondo says and you can see the play develop. crowder comes to help because leonard has a strength advantage on the jumpers, so now the only person on that right side is Aiden Rondo recognizes that Paul George has the mismatch and hits a three at the end of the shot clock.

Next play here are some hot mics again, let's give the Clippers plenty of attention. credit too, they shot the ball fantastically tonight 51 from the field and 50 percent it sucks that this is the angle we have because it is like that, but we have to deal with it, so when Paul George walks up notice how Booker cuts him off . he can't move around the screen rondo and kawaii notice it and when bridges does the same hawaii turns he positions himself inside ronaldo notices it and gives him a great pass although they don't score these are examples of how rondo exploits a defense, the clippers have great confidence on him to orchestrate these nice possessions and ty lue will have a tough decision between playing jackson or rondo down the stretch come playoff time, but before we finish the video, this video can't end without a round of trash talk. , we know he takes their matchup very personally and it's a lot of fun to watch, so when Rondo goes after CP3, gets called for a foul, you can see him look at it and say they're ball. knocked out and a foul now if anyone can explain what this means that would be great, I guess it's basically telling him that he failed but if anyone can explain this in more detail it would be awesome anyway if you enjoyed the video, the clippers and my kids played a couple of weeks ago and I would be more than happy to review that game; otherwise please like and subscribe and I'll see you next time, peace.