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Breaking It Down


12 Mar 2010

Breaking It Down: Anticipating the action

By Arsenalist 45 Raps

Here’s a defensive possession from the first half where it’s evident what the Lakers are about to do, but only one Raptor anticipates the action while the one that was supposed to see it coming, didn’t move an inch.

02 Mar 2010

Breaking It Down: Why did Amir Johnson pick up this foul?

By Arsenalist 18 Raps

Amir Johnson’s been known to pick up fouls at a fairly quick rate, every 5.49 minutes to be exact. He picked up three fouls in a span of 1:57 against Cleveland, one of those fouls was a little interesting and is a subject of this BID segment.

12 Feb 2010

Breaking It Down: Creating Fastbreaks

By Arsenalist 13 Raps

One of the things that stood out against Philadelphia were the Raptors’ 26 fastbreak points. Many of the points were the result of a convenient rebound combined with an aggressive mentality to run. We examine two such instances.

29 Jan 2010

Breaking It Down: Switching and recovering

By Arsenalist 46 Raps

We break down the key offensive and defensive play of the Knicks game: Bosh scoring on a face-up and Jarrett Jack drawing the charge.

22 Jan 2010

Breaking It Down: Calderon and the high screen

By Arsenalist 30 Raps

Here’s a play against the Bucks which relies heavily on timing and three players being on the same page. It is executed to perfection.

26 Nov 2009

Video: Bargnani’s effort and a question for Turk

By Arsenalist 60 Raps

Where is the effort from Bargnani on this possession?

25 Nov 2009

Video: Leaving your man open

By Arsenalist 22 Raps

We examine a couple defensive sequences and ask why a Raptor left his man open.

22 Nov 2009

Video: How not to defend the high screen

By Arsenalist 26 Raps

Defending the high-screen is vital for any defense, here we examine how we shouldn’t go about doing that.