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A major theme of Explain One Play last year was how the Warriors countered switching defenses. In spring 2016, the Spurs popularized this defense against the Warriors motion offense. What was fiendishly clever about this is that the strategy done right takes away open shots off screens, but gives up size mismatches. So in theory, Stephen Curry can now roast a big slow defender, or Klay Thompson can shoot over a smaller defender.
But the simplest way to punish the switches is to run isolation plays, which slows tempo, breaks up flow, disengages teammates and communication, and isn’t all that efficient, even for the best isolation players in the NBA.