Looks like they made a concerted effort to get Brand out in the post and into pick and pop. The majority of these situations involved Green, not Miller. Green can get to the rim off the pick and roll well, and when he's hitting his jumpers like he was today can be a good option for the pick and roll.
It's interesting watching the difference between Brand and Speights. Speights breed and butter offensively in college was the pick and roll, with a hard drive to the rim, whereas Brand prefers the pick and pop. Both of them are going to need to be in those situations to be effective.
How much longer until Speights outplays Dalembert? Has it happened yet?
I do have to give Cheeks credit (I know that's not really allowed sometimes). He's pretty steady with Speights being in the regular rotation. He's just about worked himself as the first big off the bench. It would have been very easy for Cheeks to bury Speights on the bench, behind veterans such as Evans, Theo, and even Donyell who could man the position. For Speights to be getting into the game before, and playing more minutes than, Evans is significant IMO.
Young's defense overall is pretty amazing. He defends the pick and roll very well. I'm so happy to have him on the team. They didn't look for him too much in the half court after the second quarter, and he sat too much of the 3rd IMO (he left like 4 minutes into the quarter), and never got into a rhythm in the second half, but he still made an impact.
Nice, solid road win. It's good if they've recognized Brand's comfort zone offensively and are working to get him in positions like that he can succeed. It would be nice to have someone in the starting lineup that could run the pick and pop, but at least they're trying it with Green/Williams.
