Most people don’t understand the similarities of basketball and ice hockey in relation to the same basic principles of the game. Defensive zone communication and switching. Defensive zone breakouts. Neutral zone transitions both ways. Offensive zone basics as far as creating time, space–and then finishing. Give and go. Following your pass. Illegally setting screens, but not getting caught. Pick and roll. Pick and pop. Triangle cycling of the puck/ball. But in the end it’s mostly about creating space and time–and making sure your finisher finishes at an acceptable rate.
Durant and Westbrook aren’t Jordan and Pippen, but more like Gretzky and Messier when you really break down their games. Durant is Gretzky the best finisher in the game. Westbrook is Messier the bulldog.
Kevin Durant on skates.