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How the Spurs Neutralized SGA Without Doubling (Wemby Was the Key)
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Coach Nick breaks down exactly why SGA struggled against the Spurs — and it wasn't luck.
San Antonio didn't even need to double him. They had enough point-of-attack defenders to keep him in front, and Wemby sitting back as the neutralizer made him think twice every time he got downhill.
The "hot stove" technique Coach Nick highlights here is the key — touch without impeding, show chest, get in the path. It's textbook. You're not drawing fouls doing it, and you're taking away everything a shifty, snaky driver like SGA wants.
The bigger warning though: if OKC keeps letting SGA ISO his way through a series instead of actually running actions to get him advantages, this is going to be a problem. He's too good to be this limited — but the Spurs made it look easy. #shorts
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