There are just under five minutes left in the first half and the Lakers are trailing the Wolves by five points. Their defense is a bit scrambled and Austin Reaves is isolated against Julius Randle above the break, shaded towards the left side of the floor.

With just nine seconds left on the shot clock, Randle wants to drive to punish his matchup, but Marcus Smart is showing some help just off of Anthony Edwards to not only spring into action should Randle try to go middle, but to almost bait a pass to Edwards, who could then leverage that advantage into a drive of his own.

Randle sees Smart and fires a pass to Edwards who drifts some to his right to give himself the angle to drive. Smart, however, has read all of this and recovers quickly, mirroring Ant’s movements and cutting off that i

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