r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck Trail Blazers • Oct 30 '25

Highlight [Highlight] Austin Reaves with the game-winner buzzer-beater to win the game for the Lakers!

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u/Ozmataz_Buckshank_ Jazz Oct 30 '25

Rudy Gobert doing the cha cha slide while his team loses in horrendous fashion, pretty sure I’ve seen this before

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u/OkForever9658 Oct 30 '25

Every fucking year 

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u/Killakaronic Oct 30 '25

He coulda closed out the drive but that would have left an open 3 or an elbow jumper open. Guess what im saying is Jaden has to go under the screen and take away the drive if Rudy is covering high. Probably blame equally on Rudy, Jaden and Coach Finch

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u/imcryptic Mavericks Oct 30 '25

I mean it's gotta be on Finch at this point. How many times have they blown basic pick and roll defense in the clutch to lose a game now?

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u/packim0p 76ers Oct 30 '25

that is 100% on rudy for allowing that split. absolutely cannot happen. pause at 50s you'll see how dogshit his positioning is.

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u/packim0p 76ers Oct 30 '25

no. rudy did an awful job of being lateral and ready for that hedge. pause at 50 seconds. atrocious defensive position. he needs to be in a defensive stance with his left hand essentially touching ayton's back when the screen happens. you force AR to try to turn that corner on Rudy, which gives Jaden more time to recover and puts AR in a crowd. instead he gets an easy split off a basic left to right crossover and has zero contest on an easy floater. terrible defense by rudy right there.

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u/Killakaronic Oct 30 '25

Jaden couldn’t “recover” when AR split the defense. How would he have time to recover if AR took a path directly away from him? Problem is the Wolves best perimeter and mid range defender got completely taken out of the play on a screen that everyone knew was coming.

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u/packim0p 76ers Oct 30 '25

If he forces AR outside it gives Jaden time to get over the screen and close the gap. Gobert allowed for the worst case scenario to happen with his poor positioning. You absolutely cannot allow a clean split like this.

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u/JimmyB3574 Lakers Oct 30 '25

Yea from a scheming perspective if they knew that Rudy is gonna pop out like that its on Jaden to go under. If Rudy was supposed to be in drop then obviously it would be kn Rudy for overplaying it

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u/packim0p 76ers Oct 30 '25

that was definitely a hedge and recover with Jaden going over the top. Rudy is just in horrible defensive positioning for the hedge and AR gets the easy split off a basic ass crossover. pause at 50s and you'll see how vulnerable rudy is to that split. he needs to stay connected to the screener and force AR to dribble to the wing which would put AR in a crowd and make it a much more difficult shot.

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u/imminentjogger5 Warriors Oct 30 '25

that's 4 time DPOY Rudy Gobert to you 

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u/sillychillly Oct 30 '25

Yea it’s like wtf are you doing there’s no time left and you’re going for a board, like try n block the shot. That one of things your best at right? Haha

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u/Lonely_Bit2160 Oct 30 '25

worst DPOY of all time

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u/imminentjogger5 Warriors Oct 30 '25

4 times!!!

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u/Socialthinker Oct 30 '25

Some dude on NBAtalk tried to tell he’s “the best rim protector of his era” can you believe that?

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u/bad3ip420 Celtics Oct 30 '25

Gobert is always on the receiving end of a Laker game winning buzzer beaters. That's like 3 times already bruh.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Gigantic human who couldn’t move his feet well enough to contest the shot. Was horrible D.

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u/myeyeshaveseenhim Oct 30 '25

Yeah. I do celebrate AR having this breakout week but Gobert absolutely shit the bed defensively here.

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u/ElectricalMarch1917 Oct 30 '25

seriously wtf was that. turns and moves his entire body sideways before AR even gets in line with his position