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How KAT & Mikal Bridges Are Punishing Cleveland's Overaggressive Defense
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Cleveland's overaggression here is a perfect case study in how gambling on defense creates a chain reaction of problems.
Harden gets exposed guarding his man, Mitchell is forced to pick up the ball at full speed in the open court, and Bridges just keeps moving along the baseline for the easy finish off the KAT pass.
What I love about this Knicks offense is how playing through KAT has unlocked so much more off-ball movement. Bridges is reading the defense beautifully, attacking the middle on the catch, forcing rotations, and burning them on the backdoor cut while Harden's idea of defense is to grab his jersey and pray.
The Cavs even tried zoning the baseline out of bounds play and it still didn't matter. KAT screens the last defender, Bridges gets a free cut and an eight-foot shot.
This is what happens when you have a big who can pass and cutters who are actually paying attention. #shorts
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