Jamal Crawford and JJ Redick aren’t players renowned for their elite defense, but their reputations took a bit of a hit on Thursday night.
As the two Los Angeles Clippers wings were getting ready to substitute for one another, Redick lost track of the order of operations and allowed the Portland Trail Blazers’ Allen Crabbe to do this:
.@trailblazers out here playing 5-on-4 😂...#Shaqtin https://t.co/tqf9v6Bjbl
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) October 14, 2016
The vaunted 4-on-5 defensive scheme is a tricky thing to grasp, and it’s unfortunate the Clippers just couldn’t execute.
Perhaps the best part of the entire play was the look on Crawford’s face as he tracked Redick back to the other end of the floor before he was actually able to check in:
