I played the Kyrie game-winner at 50% speed on a whim to see if I could figure out how he got so open. Here’s the footage, courtesy of Timi, who forgot to put his usual name-stamp in the corner.
I’m not sure exactly how the Celtics intended for this to play out, but here’s what I see:
- Wesley Matthew and Myles Turner look to trap Kyrie as soon as he comes off the (fake) screen by Al Horford.
- Turner sees that Horford popped out for three before Kyrie really makes use of his screen, which is probably a quicker sequence than he anticipated.