LA Wins the Championship; Our Favorite Moments From a Crazy Year; Tyrese Haliburton Scouting Report

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Nate Duncan

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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LA overwhelms an exhausted Miami team to give LeBron his 4th title. We take stock of the Lakers’ season and look at how it changed the perception of the key figures. Then (29') we look back on the most indelible moments from the craziest NBA year ever. Finally, a scouting report on the unique game of Iowa State’s Tyrese Haliburton. (50’) Dunc’d On is exclusively ad-free four days a week, join here! Get new bonus content as well like private Discord access, regular chats, our cap projections, subscriber mailbags, and more. Please read this letter about what you’ll get and why we are doing this, plus this FAQ for your more specific questions. With Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) and Danny Leroux (@DannyLeroux).

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0:00.0	Well, this is it Danny the 2020 NBA season four months after we thought it would be is finally in the books the LA
0:07.4	Lakers are champions LeBron James is a four time champion Anthony Davis is a one time champion
0:14.1	There were zero reported cases the final tally for COVID-19 in the bubble
0:19.4	But I guess we should start because that's what this podcast is at least talking some about the game
0:25.3	It and how it happened with the Lakers completely destroying the Miami heat leading by 29 after three quarters
0:32.7	Second largest lead at halftime in NBA final history. Yeah, it was an absolutely dominant performance from the Lakers on both ends
0:40.7	I focused more in the early going on their defense
0:44.5	I thought that in particular
0:46.1	Anthony Davis was absolutely destructive and it was Miami struggling to get shots in the restricted area
0:53.6	Struggling to make shots in the restricted area turning the ball over a lot the Lakers won the possession
0:59.0	Game in the competitive portion of the game on both in both offensive rebounds and turnovers
1:03.8	They had a big advantage in both of those and so to me that held especially the turnovers help fuel the Lakers
1:10.4	Transition offense which has been such an important part of their success this entire season
1:14.3	Yeah, you mentioned Davis how many two on ones did Anthony Davis foil in this game with heat players turning the corner
1:21.4	The strategy was that they were gonna run those guys off the line for some to drive and whether it was Jimmy Butler or Tyler
1:28.3	Hero or Duncan Robinson sometimes or Kendrick none who may not be able to show his face in Chicago when he and Anthony Davis go back
1:36.0	They are considering how Davis completely owned him at the rim in this series and the adjustment was made by the Lakers to put Anthony Davis at center
1:44.9	They started Alex Caruso rather than Dwight Howard
1:48.2	You had been calling for Howard not to start you were absolutely correct in that as it turned out and so Davis was guarding out a bio
1:54.5	Now there were so many two on ones without a bio is one of the guys a great finisher
1:58.6	But Davis just stymied them time and time again and then the Lakers for their part start 14 of 15 in the restricted area
2:06.6	Themselves many of those with that transition game
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